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The World Is Full of Stories
Author: Alan Gaunt, 1935- Meter: 7.6.7.6 D Appears in 1 hymnal Lyrics: 1 The world is full of stories,
of stories that have passed
to us along the ages;
great stories that still last,
to tell of human feelings
drawn deep from heart and mind,
more true than fact: their meaning
the surest we can find.
2 The world is full of stories,
new stories people tell,
and young and old come under
the storyteller's spell
which stirs imagination
and opens wide our eyes
to duty and conviction,
to wonder and surprise.
3 The world is full of stories
that capture and enthral;
but joyful faith discovers
that one transcends them all:
God's love as told in Jesus,
who shared our life on earth,
and human recreation
beginning at his birth.
4 It tells us of the anguish
God's love was bound to bear,
to conquer death and evil
and fathom our despair.
As we repeat the story,
hope comes to life and thrives,
to make the love of Jesus
the story of our lives. Scripture: Acts 24:10-21 Used With Tune: MERLE'S TUNE
The World Is Full of Stories
I Sought the Wood in Summer
Author: Willa Cather, 1893-1947 Meter: 7.6.7.6 D Appears in 1 hymnal Lyrics: 1 I sought the wood in summer
when every twig was green;
the rudest boughs were tender,
and buds were pink between.
Light-fingered aspens trembled
in fitful sun and shade,
and daffodils were golden
in every starry glade.
2 “How frail a thing is Beauty,”
I said, “when every breath
she gives the vagrant summer
but swifter woos her death.
For this the star dust troubles,
for this have ages rolled:
to deck the wood for bridal
and slay her with the cold.”
3 I sought the wood in winter
when every leaf was dead;
behind the wind-whipped branches
the winter sun was red.
The birches, white and slender,
in breathless marble stood,
the brook, a white immortal,
slept silent in the wood.
4 “How sure a thing is Beauty,”
I cried. “No bolt can slay,
nor wave nor shock despoil her,
nor ravishers dismay.
The granite hills are slighter,
the sea more like to fail,
behind the rose the planet,
the Law behind the veil.” Topics: Humanist Teachings Beauty, Truth, and Goodness; Seasons and Cycles; Summer; Winter Used With Tune: MERLE'S TUNE
I Sought the Wood in Summer
Her Baby, Newly Breathing
Author: Brian Wren Meter: 7.6.7.6 D Appears in 2 hymnals Lyrics: 1 Her baby, newly breathing,
with wailing needful cry,
by Mary kissed and cradled,
is lulled in lullaby.
Long months of hope and waiting,
the thrill and fear of birth,
are crowned with exultation,
and God is on the earth.
2 The eyes that gaze at Mary
have yet to name or trace
the world of shape and color,
or recognize a face;
yet Holiness Eternal
is perfectly expressed
in hands that clutch unthinking,
and lips that tug the breast.
3 The milk of life is flowing
as Mary guides and feeds
her wordless Word, embodied
in infant joys and needs.
Enormous, formless strivings,
and yearnings deep and wide,
be-cradled in communion,
are fed and satisfied.
4 How mother-like the Wisdom
that carried and gave birth
to all things, seen and unseen,
and nurtured infant earth:
unstinting, unprotected,
prepared for nail and thorn,
constricted into maleness,
and of a woman born. Topics: God Known in Jesus Christ Birth; Birth; Christian Year: Christmas; Jesus Christ; Jesus Christ: Birth Used With Tune: MERLE'S TUNE
Her Baby, Newly Breathing
As Grain on Scattered Hillsides
Author: Ruth Duck Meter: 7.6.7.6 D Appears in 3 hymnals Topics: God's Church Christian Unity; God's Church Christian Unity; Christian unity; Lord's Supper Used With Tune: MERLE'S TUNE
As Grain on Scattered Hillsides
Bless Now, O God, the Journey
Author: Sylvia G. Dunstan, 1955-1993 Meter: 7.6.7.6 D Appears in 6 hymnals Topics: Covenant; Faith; Freedom; God's Faithfulness; God's Love; God's Presence; Hope; Lent; Pilgrimage Scripture: Genesis 12:1-3 Used With Tune: MERLE'S TUNE
Bless Now, O God, the Journey
Baptise us with your Spirit
Author: Brian Wren, b. 1936 Meter: 7.6.7.6.7.6.7.6 Appears in 1 hymnal Topics: The Gift and Work of the Holy Spirit; Baptism and Thanksgiving Services Scripture: Acts 1:5 Used With Tune: MERLE'S TUNE
Baptise us with your Spirit
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