Forth in the Peace of Christ We Go

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Forth in the peace of Christ we go

Author: James Quinn
Published in 22 hymnals

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	Alleluia! Alleluia! (Easy Organ Settings…

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	Easter Joy

Author: James Quinn

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First Line:	Forth in the peace of Christ we go
Title:	Forth in the Peace of Christ We Go
Author:	James Quinn
Meter:	8.8.8.8
Language:	English
Copyright:	© 1969, 1987 James Quinn, published by OCP Publications Inc.

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Notes

Scripture References: st. 3-4 = 1 Pet. 2:9 Irish Jesuit James Quinn (PHH 220) wrote the text to this hymn in Edinburgh, Scotland, as poetic commentary on sections of Vatican II‘s "Constitution on the Church" (chap. IV, see. 34-36; and chap. I, see. 1). The text was first published in Quinn's New Hymns for All Seasons (1969). "Forth in the Peace of Christ We Go" emphasizes our responsibility as Christians to spread the gospel: we go to the world preaching Christ with joy (st. 1); we go as kings to show our servanthood to the King and to all people (st. 2); we go as priests to minister with the message of God's healing grace (st. 3); we go as prophets to speak his word (st. 4); we go as the church to bring Christ's peace and love (st. 5). Liturgical Use: As a dismissal or recessional hymn; in conjunction with sermons on "prophet, priest, and king"; at high festivals of the church. --Psalter Hymnal Handbook, 1988

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DUKE STREET

First published anonymously in Henry Boyd's Select Collection of Psalm and Hymn Tunes (1793), DUKE STREET was credited to John Hatton (b. Warrington, England, c. 1710; d, St. Helen's, Lancaster, England, 1793) in William Dixon's Euphonia (1805). Virtually nothing is known about Hatton, its composer,…

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