Hymn: The Church’s One Foundation
The text of this hymn was penned in response to the Colenso
affair (1866), in which a South African bishop made critical statements about
the Bible and questioned aspects of the Christian faith. Samuel John Stone
responded by writing this hymn; the third stanza is a direct reference to this
affair.
Hymn: Lord, We Have Come at Your Own Invitation
From LindaJo McKim: “This text was written by Fred Pratt
Green at the request of Martin Ellis in 1977. Ellis wanted a hymn to be sung at
the Taunton School Confirmation Service. The original form of the hymn was two
stanzas of eight lines and set to Samuel Wesley’s tune EPIPHANY. A four-stanza
version was prepared for Partners in
Praise. The present version of the text has dropped the last four lines of
the poem:
So, in the world,
where each duty assigned us
Gives us the chance
to create or destroy,
Help us to make those
decisions that bind us
Lord, to yourself, in
obedience and joy.”
Hymn: Go With Us, Lord
Mary Jackson Cathey
wrote this text in 1986 for the children’s choir of National Presbyterian
Church, Washington, D.C., where she was director of children’s ministry. Cathey
is a graduate of Winthrop and served churches and schools in South Carolina for
a time. The tune TALLIS’ CANON was written by English composer Thomas Tallis to
be used as one of nine tunes and several anthems in a Psalter, published in
1561.
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