775. Give thanks for life
1 Give thanks for life, the measure of our days,
mortal, we pass through beauty that decays,
yet sing to God our hope, our love, our praise,
Alleluia, Alleluia!
2 Give thanks for those who made their life a light
caught from the Christ flame bursting through the night,
who touched the truth, who burned for what is right,
Alleluia, Alleluia!
3 And for our own, our living and our dead,
thanks for the love by which our life is fed,
a love not changed by time or death or dread,
Alleluia, Alleluia!
4 Give thanks for hope, that like the wheat, the grain
lying in darkness does its life retain,
in resurrection to grow green again.
Alleluia, Alleluia!
| Text Information | |
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| First Line: | Give thanks for life, the measure of our days |
| Title: | Give thanks for life |
| Author: | Shirley Erena Murray (b. 1931) |
| Publication Date: | 1997 |
| Meter: | 10.10.10 with Alleluias |
| Scripture: | Matthew 5:14-16; John 12:24 |
| Topic: | Hymns and Spiritual Songs: Burial of the Dead |
| Language: | English |
| Copyright: | © 1987 Hope Publishing Co., Carol Stream, IL 60188. All rights reserved. Used by permission. You must contact Hope Publishing Co. to reproduce these words. |
| Tune Information | |
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| Name: | SINE NOMINE |
| Composer: | Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958) |
| Meter: | 10.10.10 with Alleluias |
| Key: | G Major or modal |
| Copyright: | © Oxford University Press |
