Forth in the Peace of Christ We Go

Representative Text

1 Forth in the peace of Christ we go;
Christ to the world with joy we bring;
Christ in our minds, Christ on our lips,
Christ in our hearts, the world's true King.

2 King of our hearts, Christ makes us kings;
kingship with him his servants gain;
with Christ, the Servant-Lord of all,
Christ's world we serve to share Christ's reign.

3 Priests of the world, Christ sends us forth
the world of time to consecrate,
the world of sin by grace to heal,
Christ's world in Christ to re-create.

4 Christ's are our lips, his word we speak;
prophets are we whose deeds proclaim
Christ's truth in love, that we may be
Christ in the world, to spread Christ's name.

5 We are the church; Christ bids us show
that in his church all nations find
their hearth and home, where Christ restores
true peace, true love, to all mankind.

Source: CPWI Hymnal #307

Author: James Quinn

James Quinn (b. Glasgow, Scotland, April 21, 1919; d. Edinburgh, Scotland, April 8, 2010) was a Roman Catholic Jesuit priest who was ordained in 1950. As a consultant for the International Commission on English in the Liturgy, sparked by Vatican II, he has exerted influence far beyond his native Scotland. A collection of his hymn texts is available from Selah Publishing company. Sing a New Creation Go to person page >

Notes

Scripture References:
st. 3-4 = 1 Pet. 2:9

Irish Jesuit James Quinn (PHH 220) wrote the text to this hymn in Edinburgh, Scotland, as poetic commentary on sections of Vatican II‘s "Constitution on the Church" (chap. IV, see. 34-36; and chap. I, see. 1). The text was first published in Quinn's New Hymns for All Seasons (1969).

"Forth in the Peace of Christ We Go" emphasizes our responsibility as Christians to spread the gospel: we go to the world preaching Christ with joy (st. 1); we go as kings to show our servanthood to the King and to all people (st. 2); we go as priests to minister with the message of God's healing grace (st. 3); we go as prophets to speak his word (st. 4); we go as the church to bring Christ's peace and love (st. 5).

Liturgical Use:
As a dismissal or recessional hymn; in conjunction with sermons on "prophet, priest, and king"; at high festivals of the church.

--Psalter Hymnal Handbook, 1988

Tune

DUKE STREET

First published anonymously in Henry Boyd's Select Collection of Psalm and Hymn Tunes (1793), DUKE STREET was credited to John Hatton (b. Warrington, England, c. 1710; d, St. Helen's, Lancaster, England, 1793) in William Dixon's Euphonia (1805). Virtually nothing is known about Hatton, its composer,…

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LLEDROD


DEO GRACIAS (English)

Also known as: AGINCOURT

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Timeline

Media

Psalter Hymnal (Gray) #323
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Instances

Instances (1 - 23 of 23)

Ancient and Modern #475

Anglican Hymns Old and New (Rev. and Enl.) #200

Breaking Bread (Vol. 39) #375

Catholic Book of Worship III #514

Christian Worship (1993) #518

Church Hymnal, Fifth Edition #454

Church Hymnary (4th ed.) #646

Page Scan

Common Praise #429

Complete Anglican Hymns Old and New #187

Text

CPWI Hymnal #307

Hymns Ancient and Modern, New Standard Edition #458

Hymns for Today's Church (2nd ed.) #542

Hymns of Glory, Songs of Praise #646

Hymns Old and New #142

Lutheran Service Book #920

Audio

Lutheran Worship #459

Text InfoTune InfoScoreAudio

Psalter Hymnal (Gray) #323

Rejoice in God #43

Rejoice in the Lord #413

Sing Glory #594

The Irish Presbyterian Hymbook #280

The New English Hymnal #361

Worship (3rd ed.) #627

Include 3 pre-1979 instances
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