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Just as Long as I Have Breath

Author: Alicia S. Carpenter, 1930- Meter: 7.7.7.7.7.7 Appears in 1 hymnal Topics: Transcending Mystery and Wonder The Celebration of Life Used With Tune: NICHT SO TRAURIG

Author: John Haynes Holmes, 1879-1964; David Johnson, 1943- Meter: 7.6.8.6 D Appears in 1 hymnal Topics: Transcending Mystery and Wonder The World of Nature Lyrics: 1 This land of bursting sunrise, all lavender and blue, its cloud-strewn, light-swept day skies flow, and every day renew. To east the glow of dawning, to west the blaze of night, ‘round all the long horizon’s rim, the everlasting light! 2 This land of open vistas, life rooted deep and free, thy canyoned plains, thy mountains vast, plumb earth’s immensity. Here in life’s fragile balance, the sun and stars above, find hand in hand, and heart to heart, the everlasting love. Used With Tune: ANDUJAR

Bells in the High Tower

Author: Howard Box, 1926- Meter: 11.11.11.5 Appears in 2 hymnals Topics: Transcending Mystery and Wonder Winter First Line: Bells in the high tower, ringing o'er the white hills Used With Tune: KRISZTUS URUNKNAK

Almond Trees, Renewed in Bloom

Author: Fred Kaan, 1929- Meter: 7.5.7.5 D Appears in 1 hymnal Topics: Transcending Mystery and Wonder Spring Lyrics: 1 Almond trees, renewed in bloom, do they not proclaim life returning year by year, love that will remain? Almond blossom, sign of life in the face of pain, raises hope in people’s hearts: spring has come again. 2 War destroys a thousandfold, hatred scars the earth, but the day when almonds bloom is a time of birth. Friends, give thanks for almond blooms swaying in the wind: token that the gift of life triumphs in the end. Used With Tune: CON X'OM LANG

How Far Can Reach a Smile?

Author: Marjorie Jillson Meter: 6.8.8 Appears in 1 hymnal Topics: Transcending Mystery and Wonder Meditation and Mystical Songs First Line: How far can reach a smile Used With Tune: ZIMMERMANN

There Is More Love Somewhere

Meter: 6.6.9.6 Appears in 2 hymnals Topics: Transcending Mystery and Wonder Meditation and Mystical Songs Lyrics: 1 There is more love somewhere. There is more love somewhere. I’m gonna keep on ‘til I find it. There is more love somewhere. 2 There is more hope somewhere. There is more hope somewhere. I’m gonna keep on ‘til I find it. There is more hope somewhere. 3 There is more peace somewhere. There is more peace somewhere. I’m gonna keep on ‘til I find it. There is more peace somewhere. 4 There is more joy somewhere. There is more joy somewhere. I’m gonna keep on ‘til I find it. There is more joy somewhere. Used With Tune: BIKO Text Sources: African American hymn

Breaths

Author: Birago Diop, 1906-1989 Appears in 1 hymnal Topics: Transcending Mystery and Wonder First Line: Those who have died have never left Refrain First Line: Listen more often to things than to beings Lyrics: Refrain: Listen more often to things than to beings, listen more often to things than to beings, tis’ the Ancestors’ breath when the fire’s voice is heard, tis’ the ancestor’s breath in the voice of the waters. Zah Whsshhh Aahh Whsshh 1 Those who have died have never, never left The dead are not under the earth They are in the rustling trees They are in the groaning woods They are in the crying grass, They are in the moaning rocks The dead are not under the earth [Refrain] 2 Those who have did have never, never left. The dead have a pact with the living. They are in the woman’s breast, They are in the wailing child They are with us in our homes. They are with us in this crowd The dead have a pact with the living. [Refrain] Used With Tune: [Those who have died have never left] Text Sources: Adapted from a poem by Birago Diop

The World Stands Out on Either Side

Author: Edna St. Vincent Millay, 1892-1950 Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 2 hymnals Topics: Transcending Mystery and Wonder The Celebration of Life Lyrics: 1 The world stands out on either side no wider than the heart is wide; above the world is stretched the sky no higher than the soul is high. 2 The heart can push the sea and land so far away on either hand; the soul can split the sky in two and let the face of God shine through. Used With Tune: RICKER

When I Am Frightened

Author: Shelley Jackson Denham, 1950- Meter: Irregular Appears in 1 hymnal Topics: Transcending Mystery and Wonder First Line: When I am frightened, will you reassure me? Used With Tune: ETHICAL RELATIONS

Bring Many Names

Author: Brian Wren, 1936- Meter: 9.10.6.5.5.4 Appears in 20 hymnals Topics: Transcending Mystery and Wonder Praise and Transcendence First Line: Bring many names, beautiful and good Lyrics: 1 Bring many names, beautiful and good; celebrate in parable and story, holiness in glory, living, loving God: hail and hosanna, bring many names. 2 Strong mother God, working night and day, planning all the wonders of creation, setting each equation, genius at play: hail and hosanna, strong mother God! 3 Warm father God, hugging ev’ry child, feeling all the strains of human living, caring and forgiving till we’re reconciled: hail and hosanna, warm father God! 4 Old, aching God, grey with endless care, calmly piercing evil’s new disguises, glad of new surprises, wiser than despair: hail and hosanna, old, aching God! 5 Young, growing God, eager still to know, willing to be changed by what you’ve started, quick to be delighted, singing as you go: hail and hosanna, young, growing God! 6 Great, living God, never fully known, joyful darkness far beyond our seeing, closer yet than breathing, everlasting home: hail and hosanna, great, living God! Used With Tune: WESTCHASE