10am
Judge Eternal - Gerre Hancock (1934-2012)
Judge eternal, throned in splendor,
Lord of lords and King of kings,
with thy living fire of judgement purge this land of bitter things;
solace all its wide dominion with the healing of thy wings.
Still, still the weary folk are pining
for the hour that brings release,
and the city’s crowded clangor cries aloud for sin to cease;
and the homesteads and the woodlands plead in silence for their peace.
Crown, O God, thine own endeavor;
cleave our darkness with thy sword;
feed all those who do not know Thee with the richness of thy word;
cleanse the body of this nation through the glory of the Lord.
Text: Henry Scott Holland (1847-1918)
Love bade me welcome - Judith Weir (b.1954)
Love bade me welcome. Yet my soul drew back
Guilty of dust and sin.
But quick-eyed Love, observing me grow slack
From my first entrance in,
Drew nearer to me, sweetly questioning,
If I lacked any thing.
A guest, I answered, worthy to be here:
Love said, You shall be he.
I the unkind, ungrateful? Ah my dear,
I cannot look on thee.
Love took my hand, and smiling did reply,
Who made the eyes but I?
Truth Lord, but I have marred them: let my shame
Go where it doth deserve.
And know you not, says Love, who bore the blame?
My dear, then I will serve.
You must sit down, says Love, and taste my meat:
So I did sit and eat.
Text: George Herbert (1593–1633)
6pm
Abendlied - Josef Rheinberger
Blieb’ bei uns, denn es will Abend warden;
Und der Tag hat sich geneiget, sich geneiget,
O bleib’ bei uns, denn es will Abend earden.
Bide with us, for evening shadows darken,
And the day will soon be over, soon be over,
O bide with us, for evening shadows darken.
Text: Luke 24 v. 29
Love bade me welcome - Judith Weir (b.1954)
