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O Christ, You Hang upon a Cross

Author: Shirley Erena Murray Meter: 8.6.8.6.6.6.6.6 Appears in 2 hymnals Hymnal Title: Calvin Hymnary Project

Meter: 8.6.8.6.6.6.6.6 Appears in 2 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Colin Gibson Hymnal Title: Worship and Song Tune Key: c minor Incipit: 55554 31113 11715 Used With Text: O Christ, You Hang upon a Cross

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O Christ, you hang upon a cross

Author: Shirley Erena Murray Hymnal: Hope is our Song #108 (2009) Hymnal Title: Hope is our Song Tune Title: GOOD FRIDAY

O Christ, You Hang upon a Cross

Author: Shirley Erena Murray Hymnal: Worship and Song #3084 (2011) Meter: 8.6.8.6.6.6.6.6 Hymnal Title: Worship and Song Lyrics: 1 O Christ, you hang upon a cross, a cross the world has made, while soldiers hammer justice out, where games of dice are played– Christe eleison, Christe eleison. Christe eleison, Christe eleison. 2 O God, our God, the blood flows on in suffering's dark tide, in battle zone and market place our innocence has died– Kyrie eleison, Kyrie eleison. Kyrie eleison, Kyrie eleison. 3 In private thought, in public stance we war against your Word, the law of love is crucified, the lines of evil blurred– Christe eleison, Christe eleison. Christe eleison, Christe eleison. 4 O God, this day confronts us all who love the world you blessed. In sorrow and in human shame we lay these griefs to rest – Kyrie eleison, Kyrie eleison. Kyrie eleison, Kyrie eleison. Topics: Blessing; Griefs; Jesus Christ Blood; Jesus Christ Cross; Justice; Kyrie Eleison; Marketplace; Purity; Service Music Kyrie Eleison (Lord, Have Mercy); Shame and Disgrace; Sorrows; Stance; War; Word of God; World; Christian Year and Observances Holy Week; Blessing; Christian Year and Observances Holy Week; Griefs; Jesus Christ Blood; Jesus Christ Cross; Justice; Kyrie Eleison; Marketplace; Purity; Service Music Kyrie Eleison (Lord, Have Mercy); Shame and Disgrace; Sorrows; Stance; War; Word of God; World Scripture: Matthew 27:33-50 Languages: English Tune Title: GOOD FRIDAY

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Shirley Erena Murray

1931 - 2020 Hymnal Title: Worship and Song Author of "O Christ, You Hang upon a Cross" in Worship and Song Shirley Erena Murray (b. Invercargill, New Zealand, 1931) studied music as an undergraduate but received a master’s degree (with honors) in classics and French from Otago University. Her upbringing was Methodist, but she became a Presbyterian when she married the Reverend John Stewart Murray, who was a moderator of the Presbyterian Church of New Zealand. Shirley began her career as a teacher of languages, but she became more active in Amnesty International, and for eight years she served the Labor Party Research Unit of Parliament. Her involvement in these organizations has enriched her writing of hymns, which address human rights, women’s concerns, justice, peace, the integrity of creation, and the unity of the church. Many of her hymns have been performed in CCA and WCC assemblies. In recognition for her service as a writer of hymns, the New Zealand government honored her as a Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit on the Queen’s birthday on 3 June 2001. Through Hope Publishing House, Murray has published three collections of her hymns: In Every Corner Sing (eighty-four hymns, 1992), Everyday in Your Spirit (forty-one hymns, 1996), and Faith Makes the Song (fifty hymns, 2002). The New Zealand Hymnbook Trust, for which she worked for a long time, has also published many of her texts (cf. back cover, Faith Makes the Song). In 2009, Otaga University conferred on her an honorary doctorate in literature for her contribution to the art of hymn writing. I-to Loh, Hymnal Companion to “Sound the Bamboo”: Asian Hymns in Their Cultural and Liturgical Context, p. 468, ©2011 GIA Publications, Inc., Chicago

Colin Gibson

b. 1933 Hymnal Title: Worship and Song Composer of "GOOD FRIDAY" in Worship and Song Colin Gibson (b. 1933) was born in Dunedin, the south island of New Zealand. He has been writing hymn texts and hymn settings for over 20 years. His works have been published and performed in Africa, the United States, Asia and Australasia, Great Britain and Europe. He is organist and director of the Mornington Methodist Choir, Dunedin, New Zealand, a lay preacher, and retired in 1999 as Head of the Department and Donald Collie Professor of English at the University of Otago where he currently heads the Department of Theatre Studies and continues to lecture on English Literature as Emeritus Professor. He has conducted numerous hymn workshops in New Zealand, Australia and Great Britain, and has been co-editor of a number of hymn collections. His frequent collaboration with Shirley Erena Murray is represented in several Hope publications, and he has his own published collections of hymns: Singing Love (Collins) and more recently Reading the Signature (Hope, 1994 - Code #1753) and Songs for a Rainbow People (Hope, 1998 - Code #8005). Three of his hymns are included in the Hope hymnal Worship & Rejoice (2001). --www.hopepublishing.com