Author: Andrew Pratt

Andrew Pratt was born in Paignton, Devon, England in 1948.

Easter Resurrection hymn: In the garden, walking, weeping

Easter Resurrection hymn: In the garden, walking, weeping

1	In the garden, walking, weeping,
	Mary came at break of dawn.
	All the sorrow, all the anguish
	made her figure lost, forlorn.

2	All the fragrance of that garden
	couldn't take away her fear;
	coming through the dancing shadows
	sunshine could not calm or cheer.

3	In the corner of the garden
	was the tomb where he'd been laid.
	Her intention was to hold him,
	feel again the love he gave.

4	Now she saw the tomb was empty,
	heard a gardener call her name,
	turning round she saw him, Jesus,
	one who'd reached her through her shame.

5	Sunshine cut through clouds of mourning,
	for his death had come and gone,
	silencing the dirge of sorrow,
	now she'd sing a sweeter song.

Andrew E Pratt (born 1948)
Words © 2002 © Stainer & Bell Ltd, London, England copyright@stainer.co.uk . Please include any reproduction for local church use on your CCL Licence returns. All wider and any commercial use requires prior application to Stainer & Bell Ltd.
Metre: 8 7 8 7
Tune: OMNI DIE










Used By Permission. CCLI Licence No. 1111
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Good Friday hymn – Let us pause for recollection

Good Friday hymn – Let us pause for recollection

1	Let us pause for recollection 
	of a day that shook the earth: 
	day of gruesome execution, 
	day of death, yet hope of birth?
	Will we turn away, denying 
	those who show us how to live 
	lives of sacrificial kindness,
	scared to love, afraid to give?

2	Will we wash our hands like Pilate,
	let injustice take the stage, 
	turn our backs on fear and bloodshed 
	echoes of another age?
	Will we watch them from a distance,
	humans hanging out to dry, 
	or will we deride, forsake, them, 
	leaving them without a sigh?

3	Will we count our gains in secret, 
	leaving just a sordid kiss? 
	Will remorse and horror haunt us 
	selling such a life as this?
	This is now our time of crisis 
	as we stand beneath the cross, 
	this is now the choice before us:
	total gain, or utter loss.

Andrew E Pratt (born 1948)
Words © 2016 © Stainer & Bell Ltd, London, England copyright@stainer.co.uk . Please include any reproduction for local church use on your CCL Licence returns. All wider and any commercial use requires prior application to Stainer & Bell Ltd.
Metre: 8 7 8 7 D
Tune: CALON LAN
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Maundy Thursday Hymn: His hands were remembered in breaking of bread

Maundy Thursday Hymn: His hands were remembered in breaking of bread

His hands were remembered in breaking of bread, 
in wine that they drank and in words that he said; 
their eyes were now opened, for this was their friend, 
the true resurrection of love without end.
	
Till now they were blind in their grief and their loss, 
their lives overshadowed by torture and cross; 
but now in the evening as night shadows fell, 
they knew that all manner of things could be well.
	
And here we remember in this time and place, 
that moment of wonder, incredible grace,
our eyes are now opened, for this is our friend, 
we celebrate life and God's love without end.

Andrew Pratt (born 1948)
Words © 2011 © Stainer & Bell Ltd, London, England copyright@stainer.co.uk . Please include any reproduction for local church use on your CCL Licence returns. All wider and any commercial use requires prior application to Stainer & Bell Ltd.
Metre: 11 11 11 11
Tune: ST DEINIO
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FOR PALM SUNDAY – A HYMN

1	No royal robes, but donkey riding,
	the Christ, our King, had come to town,
	Jerusalem came out to meet him.
	Would gold or thorns compose a crown?

2	The people spread their palms before him, 
	they wondered what this day would bring:
	as Jesus, humble, riding quietly
	brought contrast to the praise they'd sing.

3	The ones who'd shared these years had answers, 
	but even they could get it wrong. 
	So many tensions, tangled, threaded 
	brought notes of discord to their song.

4	But soon the world would be confounded, 
	the tables turned, the structures torn,
	till only those fired by God's spirit 
	could meet this crisis, be reborn.

5	And if within imagination 
	we walked within that crowd today, 
	would we withstand the world's derision, 
	to stay with Christ, or turn away? 

Words: Andrew Pratt (born 1948) © 18 August 2012 Stainer & Bell Ltd, London, England, www.stainer.co.uk. Please include any reproduction for local church use on your CCL Licence returns. All wider and any commercial use requires prior application to Stainer & Bell Ltd.
Metre: 9 8 9 8
Tune: ST CLEMENT