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Now to Your Table Spread
Author: Shirley Erena Murray Meter: 6.6.12.4.4.8 Appears in 3 hymnals Hymnal Title: Calvin Hymnary Project Lyrics: 1 Now to your table spread
we come, each one in faith
that you alone provide the words of life or death:
in wine and bread,
in promised food
we find your loving heart, O God.
2 Hands of the world stretch out
your mystery to touch
in longing to believe a truth beyond our reach,
to sing in joy,
to cry in grief,
to know your meaning for our life.
3 Here is our common wealth
in sharing what is good,
as though all humankind around one table stood,
this bread to break,
this wine to taste:
one people in the name of Christ.
Now to Your Table Spread
LOVE UNKNOWN
Meter: 6.6.12.4.4.8 Appears in 82 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: John Ireland Hymnal Title: Voices United Tune Key: D Major Incipit: 35632 12345 36676 Used With Text: Now to Your Table Spread
LOVE UNKNOWN
Now to your table spread
Author: Shirley Murray Hymnal: Alleluia Aotearoa #100 (1999) Hymnal Title: Alleluia Aotearoa First Line: Now to your table spread Topics: Communion/Eucharist Languages: English Tune Title: LOVE UNKNOWN
Now to your table spread
Now to Your Table Spread
Author: Shirley Erena Murray Hymnal: The Presbyterian Hymnal #515 (1990) Meter: 6.6.12.4.4.8 Hymnal Title: The Presbyterian Hymnal Lyrics: 1 Now to your table spread
We come, each one in faith
That You alone provide the words of life and death:
In wine and bread,
On promised food
We find Your loving heart, O God.
2 Hands of the world stretch out
Your mystery to touch
In longing to believe a truth beyond our reach,
To sing in joy,
To cry in grief,
To know Your meaning for our life.
3 Here is our common wealth
In sharing what is good,
As though all humankind around one table stood,
This bread to break,
This wine to taste:
One people in the name of Christ.
Scripture: Luke 22:14-20 Languages: English Tune Title: LOVE UNKNOWN
Now to Your Table Spread
Now to Your Table Spread
Author: Shirley Erena Murray Hymnal: Voices United #456 (1996) Meter: 6.6.12.4.4.8 Hymnal Title: Voices United Lyrics: 1 Now to your table spread
we come, each one in faith
that you alone provide the words of life and death:
in wine and bread,
on promised food
we find your loving heart, O God.
2 Hands of the world stretch out
your mystery to touch
in longing to believe a truth beyond our reach,
to sing in joy,
to cry in grief,
to know your meaning for our life.
3 Here is our common wealth
in sharing what is good,
as though all humankind around one table stood,
this bread to break,
this wine to taste:
one people in the name of Christ.
Topics: The Church at Worship Holy Communion; liturgical Communion Songs; Faith; Proper 7 Year C Languages: English Tune Title: LOVE UNKNOWN
Now to Your Table Spread
Shirley Erena Murray
1931 - 2020 Hymnal Title: The Presbyterian Hymnal Author of "Now to Your Table Spread" in The Presbyterian Hymnal Shirley Erena Murray (b. Invercargill, New Zealand, 1931) studied music as an undergraduate but received a master’s degree (with honors) in classics and French from Otago University. Her upbringing was Methodist, but she became a Presbyterian when she married the Reverend John Stewart Murray, who was a moderator of the Presbyterian Church of New Zealand. Shirley began her career as a teacher of languages, but she became more active in Amnesty International, and for eight years she served the Labor Party Research Unit of Parliament. Her involvement in these organizations has enriched her writing of hymns, which address human rights, women’s concerns, justice, peace, the integrity of creation, and the unity of the church. Many of her hymns have been performed in CCA and WCC assemblies. In recognition for her service as a writer of hymns, the New Zealand government honored her as a Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit on the Queen’s birthday on 3 June 2001. Through Hope Publishing House, Murray has published three collections of her hymns: In Every Corner Sing (eighty-four hymns, 1992), Everyday in Your Spirit (forty-one hymns, 1996), and Faith Makes the Song (fifty hymns, 2002). The New Zealand Hymnbook Trust, for which she worked for a long time, has also published many of her texts (cf. back cover, Faith Makes the Song). In 2009, Otaga University conferred on her an honorary doctorate in literature for her contribution to the art of hymn writing.
I-to Loh, Hymnal Companion to “Sound the Bamboo”: Asian Hymns in Their Cultural and Liturgical Context, p. 468, ©2011 GIA Publications, Inc., Chicago
Shirley Erena Murray
John Ireland
1879 - 1962 Hymnal Title: The Presbyterian Hymnal Composer of "LOVE UNKNOWN" in The Presbyterian Hymnal John Ireland (1879-1962) studied at Durham University in England and became a church organist, choirmaster, editor, and lecturer, eventually teaching at the Royal College of Church Music. He was a gifted composer of music for voice, piano, organ, chamber music, and orchestra that were recognized for their excellence during his lifetime; LOVE UNKNOWN was his only hymn tune, found today in numerous hymnals.
Emily Brink
John Ireland
