The Sower Comes Again

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1 The Soer Comes Agin Ne Hymns of Richrd Lech

2 The Soer Comes Agin Ne Hymns of Richrd Lech

3 Printed on recycled cidfree pper The Soer Comes Agin: Ne Hymns of Richrd Lech Copyright 2016 Selh Publishing Co, Inc, Pittsburgh, P selhpubcom All rights reserved All pieces in this collection re under copyright protection of copyright holder listed ith ech hymn Permission must be obtined from copyright holder to reproduce in ny form or by ny mens, electronic, mechnicl, photocopying, or orise ht is included in this book All of hymns included my be used by congregtions enrolled in CCLI, LicenSing, or OneLicensenet progrms Typeset printed in United Sttes of Americ Cover collge, Richrd Lech, 2016, First edition Ctlog no

4 The Soer Comes Agin Ne Hymns of Richrd Lech

5 Introduction Singing Ne Song O sing to Lord ne song Tht is first verse of Pslms Or pslms lso sy it, so does Isih chpter 40, verse 10 All of us ho rite ne ords music for people to sing in orship tke tht verse s permission, s our license to rite offer our ork to church Our God is surely orthy of tlents of living poets composers, ir songs re ne by definition But recently ritten is not very deep definition of neness One could improvise ne ords music to God on spot, but y might not be orth repeting! I suggest tht Pslmist nts ne song not for ske of novelty, but for ske of ne things God does Ne things like leding slves into freedom keeping very old promise to give m l Ne things like forgiveness rr thn mking debtors py py py Ne things like touching those orld hs declred untouchble heling those orld thinks re not helble Ne things like resurrection of Jeish rbbi ho hd been reected by leders of his on people, leglly executed by Romn empire s thret to its order The orld hs mny old songs sung by old singers Phroh s Hebre slves in Egypt kne ht y sounded like We remember Phroh When you go to him sking for brek from ork in order to orship God, he tells you tht you re ust being lzy The old song old singers sy tht God cnnot be our first priority They sy tht hen it s time to mke bricks, you mke bricks When str for bricks is tken y brick quot gets rised, you do ithout str you meet ne quot And someho, no mtter ho mny quots you meet, no mtter ho long hrd you ork, ork is never done Whistle hile you ork, sys Phroh You kno tune, you kno ords Sing my song Do s I sy But God of Isrel does not nser to Phroh God does something Phroh does not expect, something ne God frees slves from Egypt, Phroh s pursuing rmy drons behind m, its hevy cvlry stuck in mud, s Isrel goes on in sls brefoot to freedom Mirim begins ne song on freedom shore Sing to Lord, for he hs triumphed gloriously The horse his rider he hs thron into se

6 The song of escpe from imperil troops chsing us don is lys ne Mirim s song never gets old Sing tht, sys Pslmist You don t hve to sing Phroh s old song ny more This is chllenge s ell s promise becuse besides being hevy yoke of ork song, old song my be stirring nm sung before bll gme or s flg is sluted so big colorful emotionl, ho nts to be left out, ho dres not to slute And old song is song of fer, lterntely shrieking ngrily purring seductively, telling us tht if e ill lern tune of not stepping out of line, of giving up civil liberties, of csting suspicious eye on designted or, empire ill mke us secure hile striking don our enemies The chriots troops got bogged don in mud tht one time no empire clims to kno ll bout mud But in end old song is nrro song mtched to nrro life It is ne song sung by Mirim, ne song clled for by pslmist tht gives us room room to bre to move, room to live to love Songs of ses into hich imperil horses riders go don re ne song The lments cries in bondge tht cught er of God hen Isrelites ere slves re ne song, for sometimes ne song is complint old song is Don t complin or I ll give you something to complin bout Songs of our Godgiven freedom re ne song, her y ere ritten yesterdy or three millenni go Jesus tells prble bout frmer ho for some reson sctters seed everyhere on pth, on rocky ground, mong thorns The old song is, Those seeds ren t going to mount to thing But ne song is, Oh, but y did y do y ill Richrd Lech Stmford, Connecticut Plm/Pssion Sundy, 2016

7 1 Glori & b b The The The The The Lord F Lmb Spir F J our God, king r, t his side ho tkes our sin it, bring ing glo r, Spir it e ry J prise Son y ner Son & b b & b b & b b glo ry, glo ry to High Je Lord Life A J bove our hu mn sus Christ, Ho ly ho hers us hen e of hev en mov ing men, men, God is pece to his peo ple on b God! ΠJ ys One pry here one erth ΠJ Text: Glori in excelsis, pr Richrd Lech, Music: Am Husberg, 2007 Glori Text 2007, music 2016 Selh Publishing Co, Inc

8 # & Unison The Wter Nme of God 2 # # & The The The The And Œ nme e ter ter ter of sy God yes, is nme nme nme F e of of of r, sy God God God Son, yes, ẇ n hve hve bring to el comed moved us hev en Ho ly ev ery # # & us, from ner; Spir gift, hve el comed us; hun gry plce so ner it comes, it, Trin i ty to ev ery clim, Do to e The to you be bnquetrust life of ll tht lieve, t prom God God bles, ise en hs ques tion bred God rps giv hs our en n # comes, ine, mde, on, us be tht our by e yond erth nmes sy ll s ter yes, price, hev threds be en e yond cn Spir ho sy ll be it ly yes price one eves nme Text: Richrd Lech, 2007 Music: English folk melody; hrm Jeffrey Rickrd Text 2007, hrm 1994 Selh Publishing Co, Inc LM O Wly Wly

9 3 Fithful Bred & b b b & b b b Œ b b b & b b b b b b Unison Fith P Spir & b b b like no, gin, oil, seet & b b b & b b b b b b for you; J love; blood; you; Spir J ful bred, feed us tient ine, come it, come, like seet oil; mke be ev J Text: Richrd Lech, Music: Am Husberg, 2004 Fithful Bred Text 2004, music 2016 Selh Publishing Co, Inc it, J J our ry J herts song fce ev Œ ev song ev ry ry of ry Œ come, Œ strong in longs J to our for fcẹ bet oy fce

10 & b b b & b b b b b b & b b b & b b b clls for its Spir Je Je Spir b b b to to its you; hert; shine; to shine J J like feed come like us seet it, come Spir sus, sus, it, J bred ine come it, J seet no, gin, oil, J oil, come

11 4 Tht All My Be One # Refrin & # # # # & # # # Pryer of Sv ior, tht gift of Spir it, tht ll my be ll my be one; one # & # # # # & # # # ẇ Here Wel See Sing is t ble of Je come Lord ho hs trmp ing glo ry of Je to Lmb ho is st long el tst n ing for those hom he loves come Spir it he gives ing hint of bn gels rch n gels bless sus led sus ing, to ith quet ing Son, on deth; Son, though slin, be his to his n one breth come, nme Text: Richrd Lech 2006 Music: Am Husberg, 2006 Text 2007, music 2016 Selh Publishing Co, Inc ith refrin Unity

12 # & # # # Bred Wel e Sing tht come find ith is bro bred fest sints, ken here sing ill Ho bind ine friend sn us ith meets n, to A A ẇ him; men! ; friend; men : # & # # # pryer gift pryer song tht tht tht tht is is is is ns giv ns lift ered en ered ed gin gin gin gin # gin: gin: gin: gin: to Refrin

13 5 Christ, We Wit Christ, e it; you ill come, like pilgrim tord city gte Strs ill fll like brnches cut from trees beside rod you tke Clouds of glory ill be spred, cst like cloks upon y hed We prise no for dy hen flling strs prepre your y! Christ, e it Text: Richrd Lech, Selh Publishing Co, Inc Irregulr

14 & b Unison Witing for Kingdom Wit Wit ing ing for for king king dom, dom, hr bn vest quet long for Wel come, el come king dom of Ho b ẇ ẇ de ly & b lyed, poor, One, b & b mde, door, done; b ẇ & b frid, sure sun, for tht s not con tent ith n y orld hu mn hs those ith out prop er dress left out side kno ing, udg ing, mend ing, ll tht sin though e e ill re ill b king king king my not be be be er bit hel hve hs y, e re not ter for ord is ing ris ing like dom comes; yes, king dom comes; yes, king dom comes; yes, king dom dom dom comes comes comes Text: Richrd Lech, Music: Am Husberg, 2016 Witing Text 2009, music 2016 Selh Publishing Co, Inc

15 7 Jeruslem City & b b b Unison Je ru s lem cit y, tem ple s Then tenty one yers l ter, my Je sus stood But Mr y s it ness, grve s not & b b telve this found yer old s Je sus, tech ers ere mn tke tem ple to piec es stone by tomb s empty, n she found her & b b moth er his f r did not kno here he cru ci fied my Je sus, he took his fi nl re liv ing tem ple, stones re ll our & b plce lone end mzed stone friend The Would She His They We s breth; dys ould I be, sid Je sus, but in my F r s ru lers sent my Sv ior in to house of bless hope tht hes m, shpe ech one ith ẇ Where O house deth prise Text: Richrd Lech, 2014, 2016 Music: Ne Engl folk melody; hrm Hl H Hopson, 2001 Text 2016, hrm 2002 Selh Publishing Co, Inc 76 76D Ne Engl

16 When Jesus Wept 8 & b Œ b Œ Œ 1 2 When O Je sin sus be ept, liev ing fll ing love is & b ter vin b Ó & b Œ in O mer mer cy floed be cy tht re yond nes ll ll bound; things Œ b hen O Je Je sus groned, trem bling sus, pst ll fer you fer reign seized O ll hu mn & b 1 2 ẇ b guilt y orld hert tht grieves round sings # Text: St 1, The Ne Engl Pslm Singer, 1770; st 2 Richrd Lech, 2014 Music: Dvid Ashley White, 2014 Text music 2014 Selh Publishing Co, Inc LM Helen

17 Topicl Index Advent Christ, We Wit5 Witing for Kingdom6 Bptism The Wter Nme of God2 Biblicl Nmes Plces Aron Dy Night I Cry to Heven29 Tremble, O Tremble!30 Jeruslem Jeruslem City7 Siftly Runs Word of God35 We Will Not Be Ferful26 Mry Mgdlene Jeruslem City7 Moses Dy Night I Cry to Heven29 Tremble, O Tremble!30 Smuel Tremble, O Tremble!30 Christin Unity Go Ask Rinbo17 Tht All My Be One4 Comfort Ho Long, Lord20 If All Tht Jesus Did12 Commments Silent Voices, Unherd Voices 21, 22 Your Sttutes Are My Songs32 Communion Fithful Bred3 Tht All My Be One4 The One Who Sys Ho Mny Strs34 Cretion Cretion Prises You, O God36 Silent Voices, Unherd Voices 21, 22 Devotion More of You 15, 16 Discipleship If All Tht Jesus Did12 More of You 15, 16 On Ships Tht Sil upon Se13 Evening You Shpe Color Time14 Fithfulness I Fix My Eyes on Your Love23 Exodus Dy Night I Cry to Heven29 Freedom Your Sttutes Are My Songs32 Glori in Excelsis The Lord Our God, King We Prise1 Glory of God Prise Lord, All You Angels 24 Silent Voices, Unherd Voices 21, 22 God Cretor Cretion Prises You, O God36 On Ships Tht Sil upon Se13 Silent Voices, Unherd Voices 21, 22 The One Who Sys Ho Mny Strs34 Hppiness We Long to Kno18 Heling The Centurion s Song9 Holiness The Centurion s Song9 Tremble, O Tremble!30 Holy Spirit Tht All My Be One4 Holy Trinity On Ships Tht Sil upon Se13 The Wter Nme of God2 Homecoming from exile The One Who Sys Ho Mny Strs34 Hope Ho Long, Lord20 More of You 15, 16 Sighs Tht Led to Words19 Song for Soer 10, 11 You Shpe Color Time14 Inclusion Go Ask Rinbo17 Jesus If All Tht Jesus Did12 More of You 15, 16 Siftly Runs Word of God35 60

18 Topicl Index Jesus Crucified Risen Jeruslem City7 Tht All My Be One4 The Stone Builders Cst Ay31 When Jesus Wept8 Jesus Heling The Centurion s Song9 Jesus in Temple Jeruslem City7 Jesus Teching Song for Soer 10, 11 Justice Tremble, O Tremble!30 Kingdom of God Witing for Kingdom6 Love Song for Soer 10, 11 Love of God I Cry to You, O Lord33 I Fix My Eyes on Your Love23 Sighs Tht Led to Words19 Mercy of God I Cry to You, O Lord33 When Jesus Wept8 Ne Yer On Ships Tht Sil upon Se13 Prbles Song for Soer 10, 11 Pece Song for Soer 10, 11 Pleding ith God Dy Night I Cry to Heven29 Ho Long, Lord20 Rinbos Go Ask Rinbo17 Sin When Jesus Wept8 Society/Socil Concerns Song for Soer 10, 11 The Stone Builders Cst Ay31 We Long to Kno18 We Will Not Be Ferful26 Yes, I Almost Lost My Footing28 Song More of You 15, 16 Out of Pit25 When Jesus Wept8 Your Sttutes Are My Songs32 Strships On Ships Tht Sil upon Se13 Time You Shpe Color Time14 Trouble Dy Night I Cry to Heven29 Yes, I Almost Lost My Footing28 Trust in God I Cry to You, O Lord33 Out of Pit25 Witing for Kingdom6 Witing Witing for Kingdom6 Word of God Silent Voices, Unherd Voices 21, 22 Siftly Runs Word of God35 We Long to Kno18 Your Sttutes Are My Songs32 Prise Cretion Prises You, O God36 I Fix My Eyes on Your Love23 O Smile upon Us, Holy One27 Out of Pit25 Prise Lord, All You Angels 24 Yes, I Almost Lost My Footing28 61

19 Scripture Index Pslms 1 We Long to Kno18 5 Sighs Tht Led to Words19 6 Ho Long, Lord20 19 Silent Voices, Unherd Voices 21, I Fix My Eyes on Your Love23 29 Prise Lord, All You Angels 24 40:15 Out of Pit25 46 We Will Not Be Ferful26 67 O Smile upon Us, Holy One27 73 Yes, I Almost Lost My Footing28 77:19,1120 Dy Night I Cry to Heven29 99 Tremble, O Tremble!30 104:15 Fithful Bred3 118:2223 The Stone Builders Cst Ay31 119:54, 119:45 Your Sttutes Are My Songs I Cry to You, O Lord33 147:1 5 The One Who Sys Ho Mny Strs34 147:1220 Siftly Runs Word of God Cretion Prises You, O God36 Mlchi 4:13 Witing for Kingdom6 Mt 13:19 Song for Soer 10, 11 22:114 Witing for Kingdom6 22:3440 On Ships Tht Sil upon Se13 24:2930 Christ, We Wit5 28:19 The Wter Nme of God2 Mrk 4:19 Song for Soer 10, 11 13:2526 Christ, We Wit5 Luke 2:4152 Jeruslem City7 7:110 The Centurion s Song9 8:48 Song for Soer 10, 11 10:2528 On Ships Tht Sil upon Se13 19:4142 When Jesus Wept8 21:2527 Christ, We Wit5 John 2:1315 Jeruslem City7 15:15 Tht All My Be One4 17:2021 Tht All My Be One4 17:20,24 Tht All My Be One4 20:118 Jeruslem City7 20:22 Tht All My Be One4 21:25 If All Tht Jesus Did12 Pssion Nrrtives Jeruslem City7 2 Corinthins 3:1718 Fithful Bred3 Reveltion 5:614 Tht All My Be One4 21:15 On Ships Tht Sil upon Se13 21:25 You Shpe Color Time14 62

20 Lectionry Index Yer A Advent 1 Christ, We Wit5 Christms 1 Cretion Prises You, O God36 Christms 2 Siftly Runs Word of God35 Epiphny 1 (Bptism of Lord) Prise Lord, All You Angels 24 Epiphny 2 Out of Pit25 Trnsfigurtion Tremble, O Tremble!30 Lent 5 I Cry to You, O Lord33 Plm/Pssion Sundy The Stone Builders Cst Ay31 Ester Vigil Silent Voices, Unherd Voices 21, 22 We Will Not Be Ferful26 Ester Jeruslem City7 The Stone Builders Cst Ay31 Ester 2 Tht All My Be One4 Pentecost Tht All My Be One4 Trinity Sundy The Wter Nme of God2 Proper 4 We Will Not Be Ferful26 Proper 10 Song for Soer 10, 11 Proper 15 O Smile upon Us, Holy One27 Proper 17 I Fix My Eyes on You23 Proper 22 Silent Voices, Unherd Voices 21, 22 Proper 23 Witing for Kingdom6 Proper 24 Tremble, O Tremble!30 Proper 25 We Long to Kno18 On Ships Tht Sil upon Se13 Yer B Christms 1 Cretion Prises You, O God36 Christms 2 Siftly Runs Word of God35 Epiphny 1 (Bptism of Lord) Prise Lord, All You Angels 24 Epiphny 5 The One Who Sys Ho Mny Strs34 Lent 3 Jeruslem City7 Silent Voices, Unherd Voices 21, 22 Plm/Pssion Sundy The Stone Builders Cst Ay31 Ester Vigil Silent Voices, Unherd Voices 21, 22 We Will Not Be Ferful26 Ester Jeruslem City7 The Stone Builders Cst Ay31 Ester 2 Tht All My Be One4 Ester 6 Tht All My Be One4 Ester 7 We Long to Kno18 Trinity Sundy Prise Lord, All You Angels 24 Proper 5 I Cry to You, O Lord33 Proper 8 I Cry to You, O Lord33 Proper 14 I Cry to You, O Lord33 Proper 19 Silent Voices, Unherd Voices 21, 22 Proper 20 We Long to Kno Proper 21 Silent Voices, Unherd Voices 21, 22 Proper 22 I Fix My Eyes on You23 All Sints On Ships Tht Sil upon Se13 63

21 Lectionry Index (continued) Yer C Advent 1 Christ, We Wit5 Christms 1 Cretion Prises You, O God36 Jeruslem City7 Christms 2 Siftly Runs Word of God35 Epiphny 1 (Bptism of Lord) Prise Lord, All You Angels 24 Epiphny 3 Silent Voices, Unherd Voices 21, 22 Epiphny 6 We Long to Kno18 Epiphny 9 The Centurion s Song9 Trnsfigurtion Fithful Bred3 Tremble, O Tremble!30 Plm/Pssion Sundy The Stone Builders Cst Ay31 Ester Vigil Silent Voices, Unherd Voices 21, 22 We Will Not Be Ferful26 Ester Jeruslem City7 The Stone Builders Cst Ay31 Ester 2 Tht All My Be One4 Ester 3 Tht All My Be One4 Ester 5 Cretion Prises You, O God36 On Ships Tht Sil upon Se13 Ester 6 O Smile upon Us, Holy One27 You Shpe Color Time14 Ester 7 Tht All My Be One4 Proper 1 We Long to Kno18 Proper 4 The Centurion s Song9 Proper 6 Sighs Tht Led to Words19 Proper 8 Dy Night I Cry to Heven29 Proper 10 On Ships Tht Sil upon Se13 Proper 18 We Long to Kno18 Proper 28 Witing for Kingdom6 Proper 29 We Will Not Be Ferful26 64

22 Composers Sources Clemens, Jmes More of You 16 Donldson, Andre Plinplis11 English folk melody O Wly Wly2 Fedk, Alfred V Trombley30 Hopson, Hl H Ne Engl7 Husberg, Am Fithful Bred3 Glori 1 Glory, Glory, Glory24 Ho Long 20 More of You 15 Open Eyes28 Run On, Jesus 35 Simon 33 The Soer10 Unity 4 Voices 21 Witing 6 Witto 25 Womble36 Prins, Iteke Huisbringen34 SevenSeven29 Silent Voices22 Song for Soer 9 Sttutes 32 Rickrd, Jeffrey O Wly Wly2 Ron, Willim P Seed of Life 18 Tucker, Mrgret R Fithful Wlk 23 Gift of Night 14 Pslm 5 19 White, Dvid Ashley Appleton Chpel 13 Helen8 Lucile 31 Nichols27 White Ok Byou26 Ne Engl folk melody Ne Engl7 Pretorious, Michel Puer Nobis 17 65

23 Metricl Index SM I Cry to You, O Lord (Simon)33 CM You Shpe Color Time (Gift of Night)14 The Stone Builders Cst Ay31 (Lucile) Your Sttutes Are My Songs (Sttutes)32 CMD On Ships Tht Sil upon Se (Appleton Chpel) 13 Cretion Prises You, O God (Womble)36 LM Go Ask Rinbo (Puer Nobis)17 The Wter Nme of God (O Wly Wly)2 We Long to Kno (Seed of Life)18 When Jesus Wept (Helen)8 LM ith refrin O Smile upon Us, Holy One (Nichols) Fithful Bred (Fithful Bred) Out of Pit (Witto) Tremble, O Tremble! (Trombley) Witing for Kingdom (Witing) D ith refrin We Will Not Be Ferful (White Ok Byou) More of You (More of You) 15, D Jeruslem City (Ne Engl) I Fix My Eyes on Your Love (Fithful Wlk) cod The Centurion s Song (Cptin) The Lord Our God, King We Prise (Glori) D Dy Night I Cry to Heven (SevenSeven) Silent Voices, Unherd Voices 21, 22 (Voices)21 (Silent Voices) refrin If All Tht Jesus Did D Yes, I Almost Lost My Footing (Open Eyes) Ho Long, Lord (Ho Long) Song for Soer 10, 11 (The Soer)10 (Plinplis) Sighs Tht Led to Words (Pslm 5) The One Who Sys Ho Mny Strs (Huisbringen) Prise Lord, All You Angels (Glory, Glory, Glory) refrin Tht All My Be One (Unity)4 Irr Christ, We Wit ith refrin Siftly Runs Word of God (Run On, Jesus)35 66

24 Richrd Lech Hymn Collections Text Collections Bnquet ithout Wlls: Hymns on Pslms (Selh 2009, ) Tuned for Your Ske: Hymns (Selh 2007, ) Go Worship t Emmnuel s Feet (Selh 2001, ) Memory, Tke H of Hope: Fiftyto Biblicl Spiritul Songs (Selh 2000, ) Crpenter, Why Leve Bench: FiftyTo Hymns from Gospels of Mt, Mrk, Luke & John (Selh 1995, ) Feel Spirit in Kicking: Forty Hymns for Advent, Christms Epiphny, Lent, Ester Pentecost (Selh 1995, ) Text music collections Ne Hrmony: A Hrp of Thous Strings (Selh 2006, , ith Dvid Ashley White) Honey from Rock (Selh 2005, ) We Sing Shoreline (Selh 2005, ) Pry Then Like This: Hymns on Lord s Pryer (Selh 2002, , ith Crson Coomn) Over Wves of Words (Selh ) 67

25 First Lines Titles And Soer Comes ith Seeds 10, 11 Centurion s Song, The9 Christ, We Wit5 Cretion Prises You, O God36 Dy Night I Cry to Heven29 Fithful Bred3 Glori1 Go Come, Do This, 9 Go Ask Rinbo17 Here Is Tble of Jesus Son4 Ho Long, Lord20 I Cry to You, O Lord33 I Fix My Eyes on Your Love23 If All Tht Jesus Did12 Jeruslem City7 Lord Our God, King We Prise, The1 More of You 15, 16 O Smile upon Us, Holy One27 On Ships Tht Sil upon Se13 One Who Sys Ho Mny Strs, The34 Out of Pit25 Prise Lord, All You Angels 24 Sighs Tht Led to Words19 Silent Voices, Unherd Voices 21, 22 Song for Soer 10, 11 Stone Builders Cst Ay, The31 Siftly Runs Word of God35 Tht All My Be One4 The Centurion s Song9 The Lord Our God, King We Prise1 The One Who Sys Ho Mny Strs34 The Stone Builders Cst Ay31 The Wter Nme of God2 Tremble, O Tremble!30 Witing for Kingdom6 Wter Nme of God, The2 We Long to Kno18 We Will Not Be Ferful26 When Jesus Wept8 Yes, I Almost Lost My Footing28 You Shpe Color Time14 Your Sttutes Are My Songs32 68