Wind of the Spirit, move us on – a hymn for Pentecost from Marjorie Dobson
1 Wind of the Spirit, move us on,
Drive us before your force.
We need that power to strengthen us
Of which you are the source.
Blow off the cobwebs of the past
And set us on your course:
O come Holy Spirit, move us on, move us on.
O come Holy Spirit, move us on.
2 Fire of the Spirit, burn in us,
Surround us with your light.
Destroy our sense of apathy,
Give us the will to fight.
That with our hearts on fire for Christ
We set the world alight:
Chorus
3 Voice of the Spirit speak to us,
Give us your words to say.
Inspire the language of your love,
Help us to preach and pray.
That all may hear of saving grace
Translated for their day:
Chorus
4 Christ, let your Spirit sweep through us,
Your serving Church renew.
Give us new hope and confidence
In all the work we do.
That those who seek for faith today
May find their way to you:
Chorus
Marjorie Dobson (born 1940)
Words © 1999 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 6 8 6 8 6 and Chorus 7 6 11
Tune: GOD REST YOU MERRY (London)
Category: Hymns
Hymn inspired by Romans 5 – God of consistency
Hymn inspired by Romans 5 - God of consistency - Suitable for Aldersgate Sunday
1 God of consistency, love without limits,
ground of all being and all that will be,
compass us round with compassionate kindness,
higher than mountains, as deep as the sea.
2 God of all graciousness, walking beside us,
there at our birthing, yet on beyond death,
God of transcendence, unrivalled, majestic,
God beyond knowledge, yet closer than breath.
3 God in all being, yet ground of existence,
God beyond grasping, unbounded by law,
while we are moved to sing loud alleluias,
here would we worship in silence and awe.
Andrew E Pratt (born 1948)
Words © 2014 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 10 11 10
Tune: STEWARDSHIP (Ruddle)
Love’s debt
13: 34 I give you a new commandment, that you love one another. Just as I have loved you, you also should love one another.
1 Love's debt to each and all we owe,
to those who brought us to this day,
and how can we return this love?
In things we do? In words we say?
2 Some debts seem more than we can bear,
to brother, sister, parent, child;
for while we give and give again,
our love is weak, our sense beguiled.
3 O God where is the purest love,
that does not seek for pride or wealth?
God give to me, that I might share,
the love that seeks another's health.
4 God help me love as you love me
with selfless, unremitting care.
And when I look to those around
to see the face of Christ is there.
Andrew E Pratt (born 1948)
© 2014 Stainer and 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: LM
Tune: RIVAULX (StF 735)
Persistent God, your gracious understanding – God’s grace at Easter
Persistent God, your gracious understanding
1 Persistent God, your gracious understanding
returns the love that often we with-hold.
When met with our resistance and denial
you greet with peace and draw us from the cold.
2 Three times you challenged Peter's frail commitment,
that stemmed from reasoned nervousness and fear.
Three times he answered that he really loved you,
you held him though he'd seemed so insincere.
3 You see beyond our actions and our motives,
you read the hope that's written in each heart,
and in this knowledge welcome home your children
by showing each and all a place and part.
Andrew E Pratt (born 1948)
Words © 2013 © 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 10 11 10
Tunes: HIGHWOOD; INTERCESSOR
Easter now – hymn – We would be an Easter people
We would be an Easter people
1 We would be an Easter people
living resurrection now,
making all those years of promise
real, as Jesus shows us how.
2 Meeting Mary, Jesus loved her,
calling to her by her name.
Those who need the love of Jesus
we will welcome just the same.
3 'Peace be with you' was Christ's greeting
to the ones who'd let him die.
May our greeting be as gracious
to the ones who'd spurn our cry..
4 Doubting Thomas was confounded;
Jesus loved him in his doubt.
Help us welcome saint and sceptic
as we work your purpose out.
5 Let us live the resurrection
in each time, in every place.
Let us live as Easter people,
true to Jesus' boundless grace.
Andrew E. Pratt (born 1948)
Words © 2003, 2006 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: CHARLESTON
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