5. God the Sculptor of the Mountains

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Text Information
First Line: God the sculptor of the mountains
Title: God the Sculptor of the Mountains
Author: John Thornburg (1993, alt.)
Meter: 8.7.8.7.8.7
Language: English
Publication Date: 2013
Scripture: ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ;
Topic: Christian Year: Easter Vigil; Christian Year: Trinity; Creation (4 more...)
Copyright: © 1993 John Thornburg
Tune Information
Name: JENNINGS-HOUSTON
Composer: Amanda Husberg (1995)
Meter: 8.7.8.7.8.7
Key: D Major
Copyright: © 1996 Abingdon Press (admin. The Copyright Company)


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Despite the great sweep of these stanzas, each one ends by describing how our human condition needs God’s help: formless, aimless, hungry, searching. Each of these adjectives is followed by a related three-syllable petition: shape us now, lead us now, feed us now, meet us now.


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