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Author: Pete Haskins Meter: 11.10.11.10 Appears in 2 hymnals First Line: If one could speak the very words of angels Lyrics: 1. If one could speak the very words of angels, yet not in love that eloquence declare, then all our words, like sounding brass and cymbals, discordantly would jangle in the air. 2. If all our words drew power and inspiration, and if our faith could make the mountains move; if we could know the secrets of creation, it would be nothing if we have not love. 3. For love is patient, kind and undemanding, forsaking wrong, rejoicing in the truth. While passing is the gift of understanding, love is triumphant in eternal youth. 4. Now all we see, in shadows dimly casting, the fleeting glimpses of the world to be: though faith and hope are prophecy outlasting, love is the greatest, ever, of the three. Scripture: 1 Corinthians 13:1 Used With Tune: RANGI RURU

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RANGI RURU

Meter: 11.10.11.10 Appears in 2 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Colin Gibson Tune Key: D Major Incipit: 53211 66543 22345 Used With Text: If One Could Speak

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If One Could Speak

Author: Pete Haskins Hymnal: New Hymns of Hope #121 Meter: 11.10.11.10 First Line: If one could speak the very words of angels Lyrics: 1. If one could speak the very words of angels, yet not in love that eloquence declare, then all our words, like sounding brass and cymbals, discordantly would jangle in the air. 2. If all our words drew power and inspiration, and if our faith could make the mountains move; if we could know the secrets of creation, it would be nothing if we have not love. 3. For love is patient, kind and undemanding, forsaking wrong, rejoicing in the truth. While passing is the gift of understanding, love is triumphant in eternal youth. 4. Now all we see, in shadows dimly casting, the fleeting glimpses of the world to be: though faith and hope are prophecy outlasting, love is the greatest, ever, of the three. Scripture: 1 Corinthians 13:1 Languages: English Tune Title: RANGI RURU

If one could speak

Author: Peter Haskins Hymnal: Hope is our Song #73 (2009) First Line: If one could speak the very words of angels Scripture: 1 Corinthians 13 Tune Title: RANGI RURU

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Colin Gibson

b. 1933 Composer of "RANGI RURU" in New Hymns of Hope Colin Gibson (b. 1933) was born in Dunedin, the south island of New Zealand. He has been writing hymn texts and hymn settings for over 20 years. His works have been published and performed in Africa, the United States, Asia and Australasia, Great Britain and Europe. He is organist and director of the Mornington Methodist Choir, Dunedin, New Zealand, a lay preacher, and retired in 1999 as Head of the Department and Donald Collie Professor of English at the University of Otago where he currently heads the Department of Theatre Studies and continues to lecture on English Literature as Emeritus Professor. He has conducted numerous hymn workshops in New Zealand, Australia and Great Britain, and has been co-editor of a number of hymn collections. His frequent collaboration with Shirley Erena Murray is represented in several Hope publications, and he has his own published collections of hymns: Singing Love (Collins) and more recently Reading the Signature (Hope, 1994 - Code #1753) and Songs for a Rainbow People (Hope, 1998 - Code #8005). Three of his hymns are included in the Hope hymnal Worship & Rejoice (2001). --www.hopepublishing.com