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He stood with scarred and open hands – a hymn of resurrection

He stood with scarred and open hands - a hymn of resurrection inspired by John 20: 19-31

1	He stood with scarred and open hands, 
	their bloodied, but now risen, Lord, 
	incomprehension met his words, 
	their fear had tightened like a cord.
	
2	His word of peace rang in their ears, 
	yet they could hardly understand. 
	Bemused, unsettled, disbelief 
	meant that the fear they felt was fanned.
	
3	Yet here he stood, as flesh and blood, 
	a word of peace upon his lips, 
	but as they try to grasp at facts 
	their sense of meaning slides and slips.
	
4	He knew their need, for doubt and awe 
	was clouding each and every mind 
	but here was fish, he took and ate, 
	his human life was sealed and signed.
	
5	The path of pain that he had known 
	was grounded in necessity, 
	for perfect love was bound to face 
	self interest and hypocrisy.
	
6	And now they understood his words, 
	'come follow' echoed in their ears. 
	That self-same grace will call us all  
	and love will cancel out our fears.

Words: Andrew Pratt (born 1948) © 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: LM Tune: BRESLAU

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
Created by HymnQuest.com