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O Christ, Who by a Cross

Author: Shirley Erena Murray Meter: 10.10.10.10 Appears in 3 hymnals First Line: O Christ, who by a cross made peace your sign

SURSUM CORDA

Meter: 10.10.10.10 Appears in 76 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Alfred M. Smith Tune Key: D Major Incipit: 13543 21221 56716 Used With Text: O Christ, Who by a Cross

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Author: Shirley Murray Hymnal: Alleluia Aotearoa #105 (1999) First Line: O Christ who by a cross made peace your sign Topics: Forgiveness; Funeral; Good Friday; Peace (Shalom); Unity; World Languages: English Tune Title: SURSUM CORDA

O Christ Who by a Cross

Author: Shirley Erena Murray, 1931- Hymnal: Community of Christ Sings #315 (2013) Meter: 10.10.10.10 First Line: O Christ who by a cross made peace your sign Topics: Communion; Interpersonal Conflict; Courage; Cross; Forgiveness; Humanity; Jesus Christ's Passion; Peace of Jesus Christ; Pursuit of Peace; Reconciliation; Shalom Scripture: 1 Corinthians 1:18 Languages: English Tune Title: SURSUM CORDA

O Christ, Who by a Cross

Author: Shirley Erena Murray Hymnal: Moravian Book of Worship #766 (1995) Meter: 10.10.10.10 First Line: O Christ, who by a cross made peace your sign Lyrics: 1 O Christ, who by a cross made peace your sign, who gives your peace in water, bread and wine: O Spirit Christ who is our spirit's home, teach us the secret of the true shalom. 2 We speak of peace when in our hearts we war and, unforgiving, keep our grudges sore; we promise peace while yet we strive to win, and in our enemy, see not our kin. 3 Two deaths now face the starving and the fed - the blinding bomb, the simple lack of bread; with riches of the earth at our command, from weaponry to welcome, turn our hand. 4 The selfishness which is our human curse, the arsenal of hatred which we nurse - all are dispelled when in our hearts we say: "There is no way to peace: peace is the way." Topics: Repentance and Confession; Confession of Sin; Earthly concerns; Justice; Peace--Of the world; Peace, inner; Sin; Social ministry; Temptation of believers Scripture: Jeremiah 31:27-34 Languages: English Tune Title: SURSUM CORDA

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Shirley Erena Murray

1931 - 2020 Person Name: Shirley Erena Murray, 1931- Author of "O Christ Who by a Cross" in Community of Christ Sings 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

Alfred M. Smith

1879 - 1971 Composer of "SURSUM CORDA" in Moravian Book of Worship Alfred Morton Smith (1879-1971) was born in Jenkintown, Pennsylvania, and studied at the University of Pennsylvania (B.S. 1901) and Philadelphia Divinity School (B.D. 1905; S.T.B. 1911). An Episcopalian, Smith was ordained a deacon (1905) and a priest (1906). After a short time in Philadelphia and Long Beach, California, he served at St. Matthias Church, Los Angeles, for ten years. He was a chaplain in the U.S. Army during World War I, returning to Philadelphia in 1919, where he spent the remainder of his career. He retired in 1955. In 1963, Smith moved to Drium Moir, Chestnut Hill, Pennsylvania, and in 1968 to Brigantine, New Jersey, where he remained until his death. --The Presbyterian Hymnal Companion, 1993