Hymns of Truth and Light ‎#313

313. I Come With Joy

Text Information

• First Line: I come with joy, a child of God
• Title: I Come With Joy
• Author: Brian Wren (1968, rev. 1977, 1993)
• Meter: CM
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1998
• Topic: Church: Communion
• Copyright: © 1971, 1995 Hope Publishing Co.
• ONE LICENSE: 00455; 243546; 95155

Tune Information

• Name: DOVE OF PEACE
• Harmonizer: Charles H. Webb (1987)
• Meter: CM
• Key: F Major or modal
• Source: Walker's Southern Harmony, 1835
• Copyright: Harm. © 1989 The United Methodist Publishing House, admin. The Copyright Co.

Text Information:

Brian Wren wrote this hymn to encapsulize the important themes of a series of sermons he preached on the meaning of communion. It begins with the person 'I,' but ends with the inclusive 'we'