Program Notes & Lyrics for Come, Let Us Sing

Praise, My soul, The God We Sing Now (Lauda Anima)

Praise, my soul, the God we sing now,
Praise the God our faith proclaims,
Praise the God our spirits share now,
One true God no name contains.
Alleluia! Alleluia!
Praise the Love that, endless, reigns.

Praise the Fire of Grace that called us
From a darkened wilderness;
Praise the Grace that still upholds us,
Slow to anger, swift to bless.
Alleluia! Alleluia!
Glorious is God’s faithfulness!

As a parent guards and guides us,
So this God is shield and sun;
Our Creator’s arms enfold us,
When life dawns and when it’s done.
Alleluia! Alleluia!
Praise the high, eternal One!

God, You gave the stars their places,
Bid Your angels come and go,
Yet You know our names and faces,
We were born this Love to know.
Alleluia! Alleluia!
We shall live thus Love to show.

written by Richard F. Jones, 1989, in memory of David Pilger

Behold now, Praise the Lord, Everett Titcomb

Behold now, praise the Lord,
All ye servants of the Lord.
Ye that by night stand in the house of the Lord,
Even in the courts of the house of our God.
Lift up your hands in the sanctuary and praise the Lord

Kyrie Eleison from Solemn Mass, Louis Vierne

Kyrie Eleison
Christe Eleison
Kyrie Eleison

Create in Me A Clean Heart, Carl F. Mueller from Psalm 51: 10-13

Create in me a clean heart, O God.
And renew a right spirit within me.
Cast me not away from thy presence;
And take not thy holy spirit from me.

Restore unto me the joy of thy salvation;
And uphold me with thy free spirit.
Then will I teach the people thy ways;
And they will be restored unto thee.

Father of All, Charles Callahan

Father of all, to Thee we breathe unuttered fears
Deep hidden in our souls,
That have no voice but tears.
Take Thou our hand and through the wild
Lead gently on each trustful child.

Cause Us from Three Ancient Prayers, by Ron Nelson.

Cause Us O Lord to lie down each night in peace and to awaken to renewed life and strength.
Hear our prayer O Lord.
Lord help us to honor our lives by Thy counsel, lead us in the paths of righteousness
Lord be thou our shield, and protect us
Save our world from sorrow, from hate, and from war
Curb Thou within us the will to do evil
Shelter us beneath the shadow of Thy wing.
Cause Us O Lord our God to lie down each night in peace and to awaken to renewed life and strength.
Amen.

O Lord our hearts awaken, J S Bach

O Lord our hearts awaken to know and love Thee more,
In faith to stand unshaken, in spirit to adore,
That we still heav’nward hasting, yet here Thy joy foretasting,
May reap its fullness there.

Sing Alleluia Forth, Eric H. Thiman.

Sing Alleluia forth in duteous praise,Ye citizens of heaven; O sweetly raise An endless Alleluia.
Ye Powers, who stand before th’ Eternal Light, In hymning choirs re-echo to the height An endless Alleluia.
The Holy city shall take up your strain, And with glad songs resounding wake again An endless Alleluia.
In blissful antiphons ye thus rejoice To render to the Lord with thankful voice An endless Alleluia.
Ye who have gain’d at length your palms in bliss, Victorious ones, your chant shall still be this, An endless Alleluia.
There, in one grand acclaim, forever ring The strains which tell the honor of your King, An endless Alleluia.
While thee, by whom were all things made, we praise Forever, and tell out in sweetest lays An endless Alleluia.
Almighty Christ, to thee our voices sing Glory for evermore; to thee we bring An endless Alleluia. Amen.

The Lord Is My Shepherd, John Rutter

Psalm 23

The Lord is my shepherd: therefore can I lack nothing. He shall feed me in a green pasture and lead me forth beside the waters of comfort. He shall convert my soul and bring me forth in the paths of righteousness, for his Name's sake. Yea, though I wak through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for Thou art with me; Thy rod and Thy staff comfort me. Thou shalt prepare a table before me against them that trouble me: Thou has anointed my head with oil, and my cup shall be full. But thy loving kindness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life, and I will dwell in the house of the Lord for ever.

A Gaelic Blessing, John Rutter

Deep peace of the running wave to you. Deep peace of the flowing air to you. Deep peace of the quiet earth to you. Deep peace of the shining stars to you. Deep peace of the gentle night to you; moon and stars pour their beaming light on you. Deep peace of Christ, the light of the world, to you.

Jesu Joy of Our Desiring, J S Bach

Jesu, joy of our desiring,
Holy wisdom, Love most bright;
Drawn by Thee, our souls aspiring,
Sore to uncreated light.
Word of God our flesh that fashion’d,
With the fire of life impassion’d.
Striving still to Truth unknown,
Soaring, dying, round Thy throne.

Through the way where Hope is guiding,
Hark what peaceful music rings!
Where the flock in Thee confiding,
Drink of joy from deathless springs.
Theirs is beauty’s fairest pleasure
Theirs is wisdom’s holiest treasure.
Thou dost ever lead Thine own,
In the love of joys unknown.

Come, Let Us Sing,

Come, let us sing!
Make a joyful noise to God the rock of our salvation!
Make a joyful noise to God with songs and shouts of praise! Come, come with thanksgiving, enter his courts with praise, for the Lord is a great God above all gods.

Come, Come and bow done,
come kneel before the Lord.
For the Lord is our God and we are God's people,
the people of God's pasture,
and the sheep of God's hand.

O come let us worship,
O come let us sing!

Psalm 99: Sing to God With Gladness, Flor Peeters

Sing to God with gladness all ye nations, bow down before the Lord serve him joyfully.

Come ye unto Him in exultation. And know ye that the Lord He is God the Almighty.

It is He who has made us and not we ourselves.

We are the sheep of His pasture. Enter ye into His courts rejoicing with thanksgiving.

Sing Me a Lullaby, by Daniel E. Gawthrop

Subdue us through Thy Lovingkindness, Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)

Translated from the German by Arthur W. Locke
Edited by H. Clough-Leighton

Subdue us through Thy kindness
Enrich us with thy blessing,
Thy grace awak’ning give.
The evil in us chasten
That we new life may live.

While here on earth our striving,
With heart and soul contriving,
May bring us close to Thee.

Go not far from me, O God, Zingarelli from Christus e Miserere

Go not far from me, O God;
Cast me not away in the time of age,
Forsake me not when my strength faileth me.

O let my moth be filled with Thy praise
That I may sing Thy glory and honour all the day long