Jan 11, 2016
Be Now My Vision
Text: Ancient Irish text, ca. 8th century; translated by Mary E. Byrne, 1905; versified by Eleanor H. Hull, 1912; alt. Music: SLANE, traditional Irish melody; harmonization by David Evans
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Be now my vi-sion, O God of my heart;
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Noth-ing sur-pass-es the love You im-part.
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You my best thought, by day or by night,
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Wak-ing or sleep-ing, Your pres-ence my light.
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Be now my wis-dom, and be my true word;
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I’m ev-er with You and You with me, Lord.
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You my great Fa-ther, O help me to see
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Now and for-ev-er Your child I will be.
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Rich-es I need not, nor life’s emp-ty praise,
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You, my in-her-i-tance, now and al-ways;
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You and You on-ly are first in my heart,
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Great God my trea-sure let me nev-er de-part.
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As the Deer
Text & Music: Martin Nystrom, alt.Psalm 42:2
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As the deer pants for the wa-ter,so my soul longs af-ter You.
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You a-lone are my heart’s de-sire,and I long to wor-ship You.
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You a-lone are my strength, my shield; to You a-lone may my spir-it yield.
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You a-lone are my heart’s de-sire,and I long to wor-ship You.
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You’re my friend and You are my broth-er, e-ven though You are a King.
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I love You more than an-y oth-er,so much more than an-y-thing.
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You a-lone are my strength, my shield; to You a-lone may my spir-it yield.
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You a-lone are my heart’s de-sire,and I long to wor-ship You.
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I want You more than gold or sil-ver, on-ly You can sat-is-fy.
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You a-lone are the real joy giv-er,and the ap-ple of my eye.
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You a-lone are my strength, my shield; to You a-lone may my spir-it yield.
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You a-lone are my heart’s de-sire,and I long to wor-ship You.
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I Sing the MightyPower of God
Text: Isaac WattsMusic: Gesangbuch der Herzogl, Württemberg, 1784
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I sing the might-y pow'r of God,that made the moun-tains rise,
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That spread the flow-ing seas a-broad,
and built the loft-y skies.
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I sing the wis-dom that or-dainedthe sun to rule the day;
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The moon shines full at His com-mand,and all the stars o-bey.
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I sing the good-ness of the Lord,that filled the earth with food;
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He formed the crea-tures with His word, and then pro-claimed them good.
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Lord, how Thy won-ders are dis-played, where-e‘er I turn my eye:
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If I sur-vey the ground I tread or gaze up-on the sky!
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There's not a plant or flow'r be-low,but makes Thy glo-ries known,
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And clouds a-rise and tem-pests blow, by or-der from Thy throne;
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While all that bor-rows life from Theeis ev-er in Thy care,
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And ev-'ry-where that man can be, Thou, God, art pres-ent there.
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On the Sabbath Day
Text: Mark Graham Music: Mark Warshavsky
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On the Sab-bath day, ho-ly Sab-bath day, hap-py day of rest,
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Sing a song of thanks to Fa-ther God on high, from whose hand we’re blessed.
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Sing a song of thanks to Fa-ther God on high, from whose hand we’re blessed.
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From the set-ting sun to the set-ting sun, let your hearts re-joice,
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Taste the good-ness of a king-dom yet to come, lift to God your voice.
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Taste the good-ness of a king-dom yet to come, lift to God your voice.
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Learn the word of God, learn the ways of God, and when day is done,
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Strength-ened, we will go to do the Fa-ther’s work till the week is run.
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Strength-ened, we will go to do the Fa-ther’s work till the week is run.
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On the sev-enth day, holy sev-enth day, we will meet a-gain.
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Sing a song of thanks to Fa-ther God on high, our e-ter-nal Friend.
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Sing a song of thanks to Fa-ther God on high, our e-ter-nal Friend.
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As For Me and My House
Text: Sharon Treybig Babcock Music: Sharon Treybig Babcock; arr. Ann Tannert
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As for me and my house,we will serve You, Lord for-ev-er!
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Just as our fa-ther Abraham, we al-so shall o-bey;
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For in truth and spir-it we'll serve on-ly You a-bove;
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We know You want to bless us all with ev-er-last-ing love.
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In our hearts and minds, Lord, You al-read-y have a home.
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At Your re-turn our fam-i-ly will be-come Your ver-y own.
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In your mer-cy Fa-ther, You re-vealed to us Your plan:
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You gave the Way to peace and life for sin-ful, mor-tal man.
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Down through all the a-ges,Your true faith-ful have held fast.
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Your ho-ly way of life was made With clear in-tent to last.
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So much pain, and suf-f’ringso few will do the right;
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Come quick-ly Lord, de-liv-er us, O please send back the Light.
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As for me and my house, we will serve You, Lord, for-ev-er!
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As faith-ful fa-thers hon-ored You, we al-so shall o-bey.
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Dai-ly we look for Your com-ing,watch-ful-ly we wait;
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True bless-ings come in Your time, nev-er ear-ly, nev-er late.
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In our hearts and minds, Lord,You al-read-y have a home;
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Please bless this fam-i-ly and help us grow in-to Your own.
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