ONE SERVICE - 10:30 AM
Each week, you may find information here about the music in the traditional worship services at First United Methodist Church in Lewisville, Texas. Some of this information is original; most of it is copied from other websites such as Wikipedia, GBOD, and hymnary.org. It is my hope that this information will enhance your understanding and enrich your worship experience.
About the Organ Music:
Ellacombe - Wayne Kerr
(c.1998, Augsburg Fortress)
Like "All Glory, Laud, and Honor" (375/376), this text is based on Christ's triumphal entry on Palm Sunday. However, "Hosanna, Loud Hosanna" focuses more on the children's role in that event. The text was written by Jeannette Threlfall (1821-1880) in an "idle moment" (as she says she wrote all of her hymns, all others of which have been forgotten). Undoubtedly, Threlfall had Mark 11 in mind when she wrote this text, but she also alludes to Jesus' welcoming of the children in Mark 10:13-16. Threlfall's life was extremely difficult: she was orphaned at an early age, and two serious accidents caused her to be an invalid for life. But she bore her misfortune with grace and fortitude and maintained a ministry to many people who came in contact with her. Threlfall wrote devotional verse, which was published anonymously in various periodicals and later collected in Woodsorrel, or Leaves from a Retired Home (1856) and Sunshine and Shadow (1873), which included "Hosanna, Loud Hosanna.”
Published in a chapel hymnal for the Duke of Würtemberg (Gesangbuch der Herzogl, 1784), ELLACOMBE (the name of a village in Devonshire, England) was first set to the words "Ave Maria, klarer und lichter Morgenstern." During the first half of the nineteenth century various German hymnals altered the tune. Since ELLACOMBE's inclusion in the 1868 Appendix to Hymns Ancient and Modern, where it was set to John Daniell's children's hymn "Come, Sing with Holy Gladness," its use throughout the English-speaking world has spread.
Hosanna, loud hosanna the little children sang;
through pillared court and temple the lovely anthem rang.
To Jesus, who had blessed them, close folded to his breast,
the children sang their praises, the simplest and the best.
From Olivet they followed mid an exultant crowd,
the victory palm branch waving, and chanting clear and loud.
The Lord of earth and heaven rode on in lowly state,
nor scorned that little children should on his bidding wait.
"Hosanna in the highest!” That ancient song we sing,
for Christ is our Redeemer, the Lord of heaven, our King.
O may we ever praise him with heart and life and voice,
and in his blissful presence eternally rejoice.
J. Wayne Kerr (b. 1958) holds a Bachelor of Music from the University of Arkansas (Little Rock) and a Masters in Music Theory from the University of Central Arkansas. Wayne has served as music teacher in elementary and middle school levels as well as music director in congregations in Arkansas and Texas. Presently he serves as Kantor for West Portal Lutheran Church and School, San Francisco, CA, where he directs a multifaceted music program that includes seven handbell choirs, school orchestra, three children’s vocal choirs, adult choir, and general classroom music in the parish school. Serving also as parish organist, Wayne is composer-in-residence, providing new compositions for all choirs. He is a widely published composer of handbell, organ , and choral music.
Toccata on In the Cross of Christ I Glory - David Cherwien
(c.1989, Morningstar Music)
Sir John Bowring (1792-1872) was a distinguished scholar, ranked by some as one of the great minds of his day in the English-speaking world. Among his gifts was his ability as a linguist, publishing translations of poetry from such varied languages as Russian, Batavian, Spanish, Polish, Serbian, Bohemian, Magyar, Czech and Hungarian. Bowring was also a social progressive, advocating free trade, parliamentary reform, education for all and prison reforms, according to hymnologist Albert Bailey. Few hymn writers have been as involved in politics. Knighted in 1854, Bowring helped develop commercial relationships on behalf of Great Britain, traveling to France, Switzerland, Italy, Germany, Syria and Siam (now Thailand). Bowring also was twice a member of Parliament, a consul at Canton (in charge of trade in China) and a governor of Hong Kong. He was evidently relieved of his duties in Hong Kong because he “was full of conceit and without any very clear idea of political principles on a large scale.” After retirement in 1860, his public service continued as a commissioner to Italy and other diplomatic posts in Europe and Hawaii.
Despite a demanding political and diplomatic career, Bowring maintained an active avocation as a translator of poetry, composer of original poems and writer of essays on political and religious themes. Mr. Bailey notes that the “hymns that have lived were all written when he was about 30 years old, when his poetic interests were uppermost, and the idealism of youth made him the champion of the downtrodden and the underprivileged.” “In the cross of Christ I glory” (1825) was composed while the author was in his early thirties. Appearing in Hymns by John Bowring (1825), the theme and language suggests a much more mature poet. Galatians 6:14 provides the basis for this hymn: “Far be it for me to glory except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ”
Ithamar Conkey (1815-1867) was born in Shutesbury, Massachusetts, and was of Scottish ancestry. He was organist at Central Baptist Church in Norwich, Connecticut. After his work in Norwich, he went to New York City and served as bass soloist at Calvary Episcopal Church and later bass soloist and choir director of Madison Avenue Baptist Church. One Sunday in 1849 Conkey walked out of the morning service at Central Baptist Church, where he was choir director and organist, frustrated because only one soprano from his choir had come that morning. The next Sunday, the minister preached a Lenten message on the words of Christ on the cross. One of the hymns to be sung was Bowring's "In the Cross of Christ I Glory." Later that day Conkey's discouragement changed to inspiration, and he composed a new tune for that text. He named the tune after that one faithful soprano, Mrs. Beriah S. Rathbun. The tune RATHBUN was published in Henry W. Greatorex's Collection of Psalm and Hymn Tunes (1851).
In the cross of Christ I glory, towering o’er the wrecks of time;
all the light of sacred story gathers round its head sublime.
When the woes of life o'ertake me, hopes deceive, and fears annoy,
never shall the cross forsake me. Lo! it glows with peace and joy.
When the sun of bliss is beaming light and love upon my way,
from the cross the radiance streaming adds more luster to the day.
Bane and blessing, pain and pleasure, by the cross are sanctified;
peace is there that knows no measure, joys that through all time abide.
In the cross of Christ I glory, towering o'er the wrecks of time;
all the light of sacred story gathers round its head sublime.
Dr. David Cherwien (b. 1957) is currently serving as Director of Music at Mt. Olive Lutheran Church, Minneapolis, MN, and in 2002 was appointed Music Director for the National Lutheran Choir, also based in the Twin Cities. He has also held full time parish music positions in the Minneapolis/St. Paul area, Chicago, Seattle, and Berlin. He completed the Doctor of Musical Arts degree in organ performance, and the Master of Arts degree in Theory and Composition, both from the University of Minnesota. His undergraduate work was in organ performance and music education at Augsburg College, Minneapolis, where he was honored as distinguished alumni in the fall of 2000.
About the Modern Band Music:
Follow You - Ben Rector
(c.2013, Ben Rector)
Benjamin Evans Rector (b.1986) is an American singer, songwriter and record producer based in Nashville, Tennessee. He has released seven studio albums, including Brand New (2015), which peaked at No. 9 on the Billboard 200, and Magic (2018), which debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard Americana/Folk Albums chart. He took some piano lessons as a child, and after being inspired by camp counselors at a summer camp who played acoustic guitar, he began learning the instrument at 16, which later led him to begin songwriting at 16. Rector attended high school at Tulsa's Metro Christian Academy. High school was also when he began listening to modern pop music. One class he took was dedicated to praise and worship, which he credits as the beginning of his interest in music. Each week he was taught the technics of music, forming a set, and performing in a band.
Go on, lay your troubles down. Set your feet on solid ground.
Peace deep as I have found, I wanna follow you.
Come on, all you weak and weary; Come round now if you can hear me
Poor, sick, and God-fearing, I wanna follow you.
Leave all your trouble; Leave all your sorrow;
Set down your burden; Come on and follow.
Come on, heavy laden, Don’t wait for tomorrow.
Come on, my brother, Come on and follow.
Go on, leave your worries, too, Not a bit of good they do,
There's a word that's coming through, Go on, leave your worry, too
So I call your name in the middle of the night,
I wanna know can you hear my cries?
June heat and moonlight; I wanna follow you
About the Hymns:
Hosanna, Loud Hosanna
Can you picture the excitement of this scene? Jesus enters Jerusalem on a donkey with crowds of people shouting “Hosanna.” Matthew also tells us that the children were shouting “Hosanna” in the temple (Matt. 21:15, NIV). Jeanette Threlfall (1821-1880) envisioned this celebration, especially the role the children played. Her hymn “Hosanna, Loud Hosanna” begins with the children singing and a reminder that Jesus welcomed and blessed the children throughout his ministry.
Threlfall had a difficult childhood. She was born in Blackburn, England, to Henry Threlfall and Catherine Eccles, but both her parents died at an early age. Following her parents’ deaths, she was raised by her aunt and uncle and then lived with other relatives throughout her life. Two serious accidents left her first lame and then severely disabled, confining her to her bed. Despite these circumstances, accounts of her life indicate that Threlfall was always cheerful and loved to write poems and hymns. She wrote this prayer to the Source of her strength: “O Loving Father, give Thy poor child strength! Thou knowest she has none: O loving Father, give her strength to say, “Thy Will Be Done!” Threlfall must have loved to imagine the children running and shouting “Hosanna” and being welcomed into the arms of Jesus.
Threlfall’s poems were published in two volumes, Woodsorrel: Leaves from a Retired Home (1856) and Sunshine and Shadow (1873). “Hosanna, Loud Hosanna,” appearing first in Sunshine and Shadow, was then paired with the hymn tune ELLACOMBE and included in the Scottish Church Hymnary (1898). This was a successful hymnal that was revised and updated in four editions through 2005. Her original poem had four stanzas.
The original second and third stanzas follow:
From Olivet they followed, ‘Midst an exultant crowd,
The victor palm branch waving, And shouting clear and loud;
Bright angels joined the chorus Beyond the cloudless sky,
“Hosanna in the highest: Glory to God on high!”
Fair leaves of silvery olive They strewed upon the ground,
Whilst Salem’s circling mountains Echoed the joyous sound;
The Lord of men and angels Rode on in lowly state,
Nor scorned that little children Should on His bidding wait.
Current hymnals condense the second and third stanzas into one and modify the text in a few places, a common editorial practice.
The importance of children throughout Jesus’ ministry was lifted up throughout Threlfall’s poem and helps us develop our own understanding about children in regard to our ministry today. In stanza one, the children sing in the temple, following Jesus’ entry into the city (Matt. 21:15). It is possible that these children are the same ones that Jesus blessed earlier in Matthew’s account when he said, “Suffer little children, and forbid them not, to come unto me: for of such is the kingdom of heaven.” (Matt. 19:13-14, KJV). The unpretentious and authentic praise of children illustrates the childlike faith that Jesus demands of those who follow him (Matt. 18:1-4). Jesus welcomed the praise of children (Matt 21:16) quoting Psalm 2:1-2 (NIV), “…through the praise of children and infants…”.
“Hosanna, Loud Hosanna” is most often sung to the hymn tune ELLACOMBE. The tune first appeared in the Gesangbuch der Herzogl, Wirtembergischen katholischen Hofkapelle [Songbook of the Catholic chapel of the Württemburg ducal court, Württemberg, 1784]. The composer of this tune is unknown, but it was first harmonized by Victorian university professor and composer William Henry Monk (1823-1889). There is some speculation that the tune name honors Henry Thomas Ellacombe (1790-1885), “a campanologist [specialist in bell ringing] and Anglican clergyman, who devised an apparatus (now named for him) that allows one person to achieve the effect of several change ringers”. Because the first five notes of this tune resemble several bell patterns, it suggests the association with Ellacombe. Monk was also known to have named several other hymn tunes for his contemporaries. The repeated patterns of the tune echo the repetitive chant of the crowd as Jesus rode into Jerusalem.
As we commemorate Palm Sunday in our worship services today, we remember the drama of the first crowd that gathered to shout “Hosanna” and hail Jesus as king as he entered Jerusalem. Threlfall reminds us that we also look to the day when Jesus enters the new Jerusalem, where white-robed multitudes will again take up their palms, shouting: “Salvation belongs to our God who sits on the throne, and to the Lamb!” (Rev. 7:9-10 NIV).
All Glory, Laud, and Honor
Theodulf of Orleans (760-821) was originally from Spain. Muslim conquests of Iberia drove him to leave, and he was brought to France by Charlemagne. In addition to serving as a kind of poet laureate, he was a scholar, church reformer, secretary of education, theological advisor to the king. His writings included sermons and theological treatises on baptism and the Holy Spirit. He opposed the use of icons and revised the text of the Bible. He became Bishop of Orleans about 785, and soon afterwards also Abbot of Fleury. After Charlemagne died, Louis the Pious accused Theodulf of joining Bernard of Italy (a royal nephew) in a conspiracy against the throne. Theodulf protested his innocence, but in 818, he was deposed from his influential posts and imprisoned at Angers, where he died in 821. While imprisoned, he wrote the words to the Latin hymn "Gloria, laus et honor tibi sit Rex Christe, Redemptor " or "All Glory, Laud and Honor To thee Redeemer King." More than a thousand years later, an English translation of his hymn remains a favorite for Palm Sunday.
Now often named ST. THEODULPH because of its association with this text, the tune is also known, especially in organ literature, as VALET WILL ICH DIR GEBEN. It was composed by Melchior Teschner (1584-1635) for Valerius Herberger's hymn for the dying. Teschner composed the tune in two five-voice settings, published in the leaflet Ein andächtiges Gebet in 1615. Teschner studied philosophy, theology, and music at the University of Frankfurt an-der-Oder and later studied at the universities of Helmstedt and Wittenberg, Germany. From 1609 until 1614, he served as cantor in the Lutheran church in Fraustadt, and from 1614 until his death, he was pastor of the church in Oberpritschen.
All glory, laud, and honor to thee, Redeemer, King!
to whom the lips of children made sweet hosannas ring.
Thou art the King of Israel, thou David’s royal Son,
who in the Lord’s Name comest, the King and Blessed One.
The company of angels are praising thee on high;
and mortal men and all things created make reply.
The people of the Hebrews with palms before thee went;
our praise and prayer and anthems before thee we present.
To thee before thy passion they sang their hymns of praise;
to thee, now high exalted, our melody we raise.
Thou didst accept their praises; accept the prayers we bring,
who in all good delightest thou good and gracious King.
About the Cantata:
Share the Good News! He is Risen - Allen Pote
(c.1989, Choristers Guild)
Allen Pote (b. 1945) was born in Halstead, Kansas, and educated at Texas Christian University, where his diploma was in Church Music. A Fulbright Scholar, he studied in Brussels, Belgium, and took advanced work at Union Theological Seminary in New York City. For twenty-two years he served as a full-time Director of Music in churches in Texas and Florida. He is currently a full-time composer living in Pensacola, Florida, where, with his wife Susan, he is co-director of the Pensacola Children's Choir, an organization of over 200 singers which has achieved national recognition.
“Share the Good News! He is Risen” is a retelling of the Holy Week story through narration and singing, set in a festive contemporary style.
(Spoken parts in red)
O Sing a Song of Bethlehem
O sing a song of Bethlehem, of shepherds watching there,
and of the news that came to them, from angels in the air.
The light that shone on Bethlehem fills all the world today:
Of Jesus’ birth and peace on earth the angels sing alway.
O sing a song of Nazareth, of sunny days of joy:
O sing of fragrant flowers’ breath and of the sinless boy.
For now the flow’ers of Nazareth in ev’ry heart may grow:
Now spreads the fame of his dear name on all the winds that blow.
O sing a song of Galilee, of lake and woods and hill,
of him who walked upon the sea, and bade its waves e still:
For though, like waves on Galilee, dark seas of trouble roll,
When faith has heard the Master’s word, falls peace upon the soul.
O sing a song of Jerusalem, whose gates stand tall and proud.
O hear the loud hosannas ring from midst the shouting crowd.
For riding to Jerusalem, upon a donkey gray,
Is Christ the King of whom we sing this glad triumphant day.
Crowds of people spread their garments on the road, and others cut branches from the trees and spread them on the road. And the crowds that went before him and that followed him shouted, “Hosanna to the Son of David. Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord. Hosanna in the highest!”
Hosanna
Hosanna, Hosanna, Hosanna, sanna, Ho!
Hosanna to the King of kings.
Hosanna, Hosanna, Hosanna, sanna, Ho!
Hosanna to the King of kings.
Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord.
Sing hosanna.
Blessed is the Son, is the Son of David.
Sing hosanna.
Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord.
Sing hosanna.
Hosanna, Hosanna, Hosanna, Hosanna, Hosanna, sanna, Ho!
Hosanna to the King of kings.
Hosanna, Hosanna, Hosanna, Hosanna, Hosanna, sanna, Ho!
Hosanna to the King of kings.
Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord, in the name of the Lord.
Blessed is the Son, is the Son of David.
Sing hosanna in the highest, in the highest.
Hosanna, Hosanna, Hosanna, sanna, Ho!
Hosanna to the King of kings.
Hosanna, Hosanna, Hosanna in the highest!
And Jesus entered the temple and drove out all who bought and sold in the temple, and he overturned the tales ot the moneychangers and the seats of those who sold pigeons. He said to them: “It is written, ‘My house shall be called a house of prayer,’ but you make it a den of robbers.”
And he was teaching daily in the temple. The chief priests and the scribes and leaders sought to destroy him, but they did not find anything they could do, for all the multitude was astonished at his teaching.
Then came the first day of Unleavened Bread…and when it was evening, Jesus sat at table with the twelve disciples. And as they were eating, Jesus said, “Truly, I say to you, one of you will betray me, one who is eating with me.” They began to be sorrowful, and to say to him one after another:
O Lord, is it I? is it I? is it I? O Lord, is it I? is it I? is it I?
O Lord, is it I? is it I? is it I? is it I? is it I? is it I?
He said to them: “It is one of the Twelve, one who is dipping bread in the same cup with me.”
The Last Supper
And as they were eating, he took bread and blessed and broke it, and gave it to them, and said:
Take, eat, this is my body broken for you.
Eat this bread, broken for you.
Do this in remembrance of me.
Take, drink, this is my blood of the new covenant.
Drink this cup, poured out for you.
Do this in remembrance of me.
Truly I say to you, I shall no drink again of the fruit of the vine,
until that day when I drink it anew with you in the kingdom of God.
Take, eat, this is my body.
Take, drink, this is my blood,
which is poured out for you, for remission of sins.
Do this in remembrance of me.
Eat this bread, drink this cup.
Do this in remembrance of me.
Eat this bread, drink this cup.
Do this in remembrance of me.
And they went to a place called Gethsemane, and Jesus said to his disciples: “Sit here while I pray.” And he took with him Peter and James and John, and began to be greatly distressed and troubled. And he said to them: “My soul is very sorrowful, even to death; remain here and watch.” And going a little farther, he fell on the ground andprayed that, if it were possible the hour might pass from him.
Garden of Gethsemane
In the garden of Gethsemane deep sorrow filled the air
when Jesus and his followers appeared and entered there.
The hour was late, the time had come that dark and lonely night,
when Jesus knelt in solitude and prayed with all mis might,
“Father, take away this cup from me, take away this cup from me.
Not my will be done, but thy will be done,
if it be possible, if it be possible, take away this cup from me.”
When Jesus cried in agony, his heart began to pound.
His tears became like drops of blood, which fell upon the ground.
Yet while he prayed, he prayed alone, for sleeping close at hand
were Simon Peter, James, and John, who did not understand.
“Father take away this cup from me, take away this cup from me.
Not my will be done, but thy will be done,
if it be possible, if it be possible, take away this cup from me,
take away this cup from me.
And when Jesus rose from prayer, he came to the disciples and found them sleeping, and he said to them, “Why do you sleep? Rise and pray that you may not enter into temptation.”
And immediately, while he was still speaking, Judas came, one of the Twelve, and with him a crowd with swords and clubs, from the chief priests and the scribes and elders. Now the betrayer had given them a sign, saying, “The one I kiss is the man; seize him and lead him away safely.” And when Judas came, he went up to Jesus at once, and said: “Master!” And he kissed him. And they laid hands on him and seized him.
Take away this man named Jesus, the one who calls himself Messiah,
for he has come to destroy the temple, and he has spoken against the elders.
He must bear his shame and be punished unto death.
He deserves to die!
Ah, holy Jesus, how hast thou offended
That we to judge thee have in hate pretended?
By foes derided, by thine own rejected,
O most afflicted!
And they led Jesus to the high priest; and all the chief priests and elders and the scribes were assembled,
Now Peter was sitting outside in the courtyard. And a man came up to him.
You were also with Jesus, the Galilean.
I do not know what you mean.
This man was with Jesus of Nazareth.
I do not know the man!
You are also one of them, for your accent betrays you.
I do not know the man!
And immediately the cock crowed. And Peter remembered the saying of Jesus, “Before the cock crows, you will deny me three times.” And he went out and wept bitterly.
Who was the guilty? Who brought this upon thee?
Alas, my treason, Jesus, hath undone thee!
’Twas I, Lord Jesus, I it was denied thee;
I crucified thee.
As soon as it was morning the chief priests, with the elders and scribes and the whole council, held a consultation; and they bound Jesus and led him away and delivered him to Pilate.
Are you the King of the Jews?
Now at the feast Pilate customarily released for the crowd any one prisoner whom they wanted. And among the rebels in prison, who had committed murer in the insurrection, there was a man called Barabbas, and the crowd came up and began to ask Pilate to do as he was wont to do for them.
Which of the two do you want me to release for you?
Barabbas!
Then what shall I do with the man whom you call the King of the Jews?
Crucify him!
But what evil has he done?
Crucify him! Kill him!
Take away this man called Jesus, the one who calls himself Messiah,
for he has come to destroy the temple, and has spoken against the elders.
He must bear his shame, and be punished unto death. He deserves to die!
Punish him! Punish him!
Have him put to death! Have him put to death!
Crucify! Crucify!
Crucify!
For me, kind Jesus, was thy incarnation,
Thy mortal sorrow and thy life’s oblation;
Thy death of anguish and thy bitter passion,
For my salvation.
Now, in the place where he was crucified, there was a garden, and in the garden a new tomb, where no one had ever been laid…. and there, they laid Jesus. Now on the first day of the week, Mary Magdalene came to the tomb early, while it was still dark, and saw that the stone had been rolled away from the tomb. So she ran to tell the disciples.
They have taken away our Lord, and we do not know where they have laid him.
The disciples came and saw and believed.
But Mary stood weeping outside the tomb. And Jesus said to her, “Woman, why are you weeping? Whom do you seek?”
If you have carried him away tell me where you have laid him.
“Mary”
Master
“Do not hold me, for I have not yet ascended into heaven, but go to my people and say to them, I am ascending to my Maker and your Maker, to my God and your God.”
Easter Joy
Sing unto God with a voice of triumph,
Sing unto God with a voice of praise.
Sing unto God for the Lord is risen, risen from the grave.
Sing alleluia, Praise and rejoice.
Sing alleluia, Praise with a cheerful, with a cheerful voice.
Sing alleluia, Sing alleluia, Christ is risen from the dead.
Sing alleluia, sing alleluia, He is risen indeed!
Sing alleluia, Sing alleluia, Christ is risen from the dead.
Sing alleluia, sing alleluia, He is risen indeed!
Sing alleluia, Sing alleluia, Christ is risen from the dead.
Sing alleluia, sing alleluia, Christ is risen indeed!
He is risen! risen! risen from the dead!
He is risen, risen! Christ the Lord is risen,
Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia!
Early in the morning at the dawning of the day
came women bearing spices to the tomb where Jesus lay.
Entering the garden at the dawning of the day,
their eyes were filled with wonder, for the stone was rolled away.
He is not here, He is not here, for he is risen, he is not here, Alleluia!
Sing unto God with a voice of triumph,
Sing unto God with a voice of praise.
Sing unto God for the Lord is risen, risen from the grave.
Sing alleluia, Praise and rejoice.
Sing alleluia, Praise with a cheerful, with a cheerful voice.
Sing alleluia, Sing alleluia, Christ is risen from the dead.
Sing alleluia, sing alleluia, He is risen indeed!
Sing alleluia, Sing alleluia, Christ is risen from the dead.
Sing alleluia, sing alleluia, Christ is risen indeed!
He is risen! risen! risen from the dead!
He is risen, risen! Christ the Lord is risen,
Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia!
Spread the Word
And the Word became flesh, and lived among us. We have beheld his glory.
Spread the word,
spread the word, spread the word,
Spread the word, share the news, tell what you’ve heard.
Spread the word, Spread the word,
Spread the word, spread the word,
spread the word, spread the word,
Spread the word, share the news, tell what you’ve heard.
Go spread the word if you believe it. Preach the gospel of peace.
Share the news with those who will receive it, go spread the word.
In every village, in every town,
through every valley, up hill and down,
from every mountain, let it resound.
Spread the word, share the news, tell what you’ve heard.
Over the ocean, over the land,
to every woman, to every man, say it again til they understand.
Spread the word, share the news, tell what you’ve heard.
Go spread the word if you believe it. Preach the gospel of peace.
Share the news with those who will receive it, go spread the word,
preach the gospel, in all the world.
Spread the word, spread the word, spread the word,
spread the word, share the news,
spread the word, share the news,
spread the word, share the news!
Tell what you’ve heard!
Chancel Choir, Modern Band
Narrator: Harry Crenshaw
Soloists (in order of appearance): Michele Anderson, Lynn Richardson, Chellie Adams, Evelyn Williams, Paul Burnett, Bob Houston, Fernando Urrutia, Larry Czajkowski, Steve Adams
First United Methodist Church, Lewisville, Texas
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