Contents rologue 6 The Song of the Cross 13 A Celtic Hosanna 25 Come to the Uer Room 35 The Garden of Tears 6 The Carenter 56 A Tree Once Stood 67 Consolation of the Cross 75 Eilogue rogram notes are on age 76 erformance Time: aroximately 30 minutes 1 This symbol indicates a track number on the StudioTrax CD (Accomaniment Only) Coyright 2012 HAL LEONARD MILWIN MUSIC COR International Coyright Secured All Rights Reserved Visit Shanee ress Online at shaneeresscom
oreord he cross aited in utter silence, her unmoving limbs emty and barren Her form as bent and broken, fashioned by uncaring hands into a scaffold of shame Soon, lost and violent men ould raise her rugged timbers into the unforgiving skies of erusalem In their anger and fury they ould lunge heavy nails into her bark and fasten a condemned man onto her frame She aits in the shados hile the chilling inds of Mt Calvary begin to hol in agony for the one ho ould die in her arms OSEH M MARTIN
Meditation The cross of Christ is a illar of truth to guide me The cross of Christ is a shield to overshado me The cross of Christ is a toer of strength to rotect me The cross of Christ goes before and behind me The cross of Christ is above and beneath me The cross of Christ is on my left and on my right The cross of Christ is ithin and about me Ho onderful the cross of Christ! It brings life, not death; light, not darkness It is the ood on hich the Lord, like a great Warrior, as ounded and died for the sin of the orld A tree had destroyed us; a tree no brings us life
ROLOGUE Based on tune: DYMA GARIAD by ROBERT LOWRY (1826-1899) Arranged by OSEH M MARTIN (BMI) ACCOM 5 9 13 1 Not hurried, ith tender exression ( = ca 68) π revie Only Coyright 2012 by HAL LEONARD - MILWIN MUSIC COR International Coyright Secured All Rights Reserved Dulication of this ublication is illegal, and dulication is not granted by the CCLI, LicenSing or OneLicensenet licenses
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6 commissioned by Ash Creek Batist Church, Azle, Texas, in honor of Connie Deeese s 25 years of dedicated service as ianist THE SONG O THE CROSS Words and music by OSEH M MARTIN (BMI) ACCOM 3 6 2 SORANO ALTO Gently floing ( = ca 69) song of grace, a rom a unis voice filled ith hoe for the 5 cross far a - ay comes the revie Only ea - ry Car-ried Coyright 2012 by HAL LEONARD - MILWIN MUSIC COR International Coyright Secured All Rights Reserved Dulication of this ublication is illegal, and dulication is not granted by the CCLI, LicenSing or OneLicensenet licenses
9 12 12 15 high on the ind like a song from the heart of TENOR BASS 2 2 arms there is unis God 2 2 2 gen - tle Seek-ers eace I ill hymn, tis a 1 1 come to Me, in My revie Only sing you the song ev - er - 2 2 2 2 7 15 2 2
8 18 last - ing Come to Me and rest Be for - ev - er blest dim dim n 18 21 21 2 3 b I b ill b b b sing you the song of the n freely cross g Un - der -neath Love s dim n revie Only 26 ings, here the 2 26
commissioned by the Sanctuary Choir of Belmont Batist Church, Charlottesville, Virginia, to the glory of God and in honor of Gloria ohnson for 0 faithful years of service as organist A CELTIC HOSANNA 13 Words by OSEH M MARTIN ACCOM 5 5 9 9 5 SORANO ALTO TENOR BASS Quickly floing ( = ca 13) san - na, ho - san - na, re - n n oice no and Based on tune: ST DENIO Traditional Welsh Tune Arranged by OSEH M MARTIN (BMI) sing! unis Ho - unis revie Only Coyright 2012 by HAL LEONARD - MILWIN MUSIC COR International Coyright Secured All Rights Reserved Dulication of this ublication is illegal, and dulication is not granted by the CCLI, LicenSing or OneLicensenet licenses
1 13 Ho - san - na, ho - san - na, let voic - es no 13 17 17 21 ring! alms raised in f nb b tri - umh and n n salms raised in f With f n revie Only raise, 21
15 25 unis to unis Christ high ex - alt - ed, our 25 29 29 3 songs no e 31 31 raise revie Only 6 3 n n dim n
16 39 1 Ho - san - na, ho - san - na, God s glo - ry ro - 39 9 n claim n Ho n 9 1 - san - na, ho - san - na, the With 51 King comes to great u - bi - la - tion, re - 51 n n reign revie Only are ye the
17 5 n ay; b and shout to the na - tions: the King has come to - n 5 n b n 59 59 6 6 b day n n dim n 7 n revie Only The n n b b b b b b b b b b b b
18 68 b b b b b b chil - dren are sing - ing, bring - ing mu - sic, 68 b b b b b b 72 b b b b b b 72 b b b b b b 76 b b b b b b 76 b b b b b b sing - ing seet mu - sic and lift - ing their Lord The unis 79 79 songs to the n n n n n n n n n n n n The unis revie Only alms all are
2 NARRATION: esus and his folloers lingered in the temle here He continued to teach them a ne ay The eole treasured every ord, but the Chief riests, scribes and elders tried to disrut His reaching Look ho the hole orld seems to be folloing Him, they said esus kne that the hour as near for Him to leave the orld and return to the ather He understood that His sacred soourn to erusalem had been a steady, unrelenting rocession to the cross Later, as He gathered ith His chosen ones for assover, esus broke bread and blessed it Take and eat This is My body He oured ine into a chalice and gave it to them and said, This is the blood of the covenant hich is oured out for many Ho could they have knon that even in their final hymn of benediction, He as once again teaching them of grace or saturating every holy ord He chanted, and lavished uon each solemn note He sang, as the bitterseet song of the cross revie Only
COME TO THE UER ROOM 25 Words by OSEH M MARTIN Traditional English Melody Arranged by OSEH M MARTIN (BMI) ACCOM 3 6 6 Moderately slo, ith tender emotion ( = ca 82) 10 SORANO ALTO ea TENOR BASS unis There s a - ry Come to the u - er 5 ta - ble re-ared for the room revie Only Coyright 2012 by HAL LEONARD - MILWIN MUSIC COR International Coyright Secured All Rights Reserved Dulication of this ublication is illegal, and dulication is not granted by the CCLI, LicenSing or OneLicensenet licenses unis There s a
26 9 Come to the u - er 9 12 12 15 lace of for-give - ness and mer - cy room Come, Christ ill give you 13 13 all ho are ound - ed, those ho mourn, and revie Only eace There s a 15
18 home in the heart of the Sav - ior Come to the u - er 27 18 21 21 2 b b 2 b b room 11 b b b b There s a ban - quet of hoe for the hun - gry Come to the u - er n b revie Only n b
28 27 b b oco rit unis a temo cresc room There s a foun - tain of oy for the b b 27 30 30 33 b b b b b b b b b b b b oco rit b thirst - y Come to the u - er n n b b Come, 3 n a temo room cresc b revie Only all ho are seek - ing, all ho are griev - ing; 33 b b 3
3 NARRATION: The Garden had alays been a secial lace for esus As He alked among the olive trees of Gethsemane, did He think of Eden and the tree that had brought death to His beloved creation Where are you He had called to His children in the cool of the day No He as calling them again By His message of grace, He as draing His creation back to the garden This time, the tree in the center of it all ould not bring death but life everlasting The emotion of it overhelmed Him and He fell to the ground in anguish Over and over He cried, ather, let this cu ass from Me Then at once a dee eace flooded His sirit and He soke, ather, let Thy ill be done His ords resounded through the lonely garden, and for a moment it seemed the evening breeze stood breathless and still revie Only
THE GARDEN O TEARS 35 Words and music by OSEH M MARTIN (BMI) Incororating tunes: DIM OND IESU LITTLE RED BIRD ACCOM 5 5 9 9 S A T 1 Moderately slo, ith freedom ( = ca 72) n n Who is ray - ing in the gar - den, un - der -neath the ol - ive trees B * n (Accomanist may double voices if desired) n Who kneels don His heart in n n n n b b an -guish Who cries out in ag - o - ny n n b Coyright 2012 by HAL LEONARD - MILWIN MUSIC COR International Coyright Secured All Rights Reserved Dulication of this ublication is illegal, and dulication is not granted by the CCLI, LicenSing or OneLicensenet licenses n revie Only * Tune: DIM OND IESU, Welsh Hymn Tune, David Emlyn Evans (183-1913) n n n
36 13 13 16 16 19 19 e - sus, e - sus, re - n crushed for me n n n f e f re - cious Rose, no - sus, e - f cious Rose, no sus, n revie Only rit crushed rit for n
21 loing forard ( = ca 110) 37 me 21 25 25 29 loing forard ( = ca 110) * unis (ot solo) High on the ind, there 15 revie Only comes a cry: 29 * Tune: LITTLE RED BIRD, Traditional Manx Melody
38 33 as from a distance (tutti) Come a - ay Come a - ay 33 37 37 1 as from a distance unis (ot solo) Look to the come to the Rose of gar - den of ar - a - dise (tutti) O revie Only tears 1
39 5 16 5 9 9 53 Mm unis our - ney to dark Geth - sem - a - Come a - ay Come a - ne revie Only ay 53
5 NARRATION: He had been a Carenter Wood and nails had been His trade No, He gazed uon the ooden cross before Him, and for a moment He remembered a gentler time Then soldiers laid the heavy beams of the cross uon His shoulders, and at the crack of the hi, the condemned Carenter began to alk the inding road u to the lace of the skull With each ste He took, the cruel timbers beat out a rhythm of death and desair uon that stony ath The song of the cross began to moan like a dirge as the cries of a violent mob filled the air ith the music of grief and sorro The Carenter fell beneath the cross revie Only
6 THE CARENTER Words by OSEH M MARTIN Based on tune: THE STAR O THE COUNTY DOWN Traditional Irish Melody Arranged by OSEH M MARTIN (BMI) ACCOM 7 19 loing simly as a folksong ( = ca 80) oco rit a temo TENOR / BASS (ot choir unison through m 16) A unis 9 revie Only Car - en - ter from Coyright 2012 by HAL LEONARD - MILWIN MUSIC COR International Coyright Secured All Rights Reserved Dulication of this ublication is illegal, and dulication is not granted by the CCLI, LicenSing or OneLicensenet licenses
7 10 SORANO / ALTO unis The 10 13 13 16 Gal - i - lee learned ell His fa - ther s trade eo - le gath - ered round to see the on - ders that He made With 17 thought - ful care He laid His hands u - revie Only 16 17
8 19 unis on the rug - ged ood; and unis soke hen all His 19 22 22 25 ork as done, It is 20 fin - ished It is unis good revie Only (Tenor only) The 25
28 Car - en - ter from Gal - i - lee soon moved to oth - er 9 28 31 31 3 3 art unis With lov - ing touch He healed the sick and simile fixed the sin - ner s heart With thought - ful care He (add Bass) revie Only 36 36
55 NARRATION: See from His hands, His head, His feet, sorro and love flo mingled don Did e re such love and sorro meet, or thorns comose so rich a cron Isaac Watts (167-178) revie Only
56 A TREE ONCE STOOD Words and music by OSEH M MARTIN (BMI) SORANO ALTO ACCOM 7 23 loing steadily ( = ca 8) 8 6 8 6 8 6 A lone - ly hill, far from the for - est unis (ot solo) tree once stood on a moss; and tist - ed by the sin of man, be - came a rug - ged revie Only Coyright 2012 by HAL LEONARD - MILWIN MUSIC COR International Coyright Secured All Rights Reserved Dulication of this ublication is illegal, and dulication is not granted by the CCLI, LicenSing or OneLicensenet licenses
10 13 16 cross 11 The held in her em - brace ev - ry nail that re - cious Sav - ior She ierced His hands of of the orld, she felt the ain of grace revie Only (end solo) 57
58 19 19 22 22 25 2 SORANO ALTO TENOR BASS n A n 21 unis lone - ly hill, all beau - ty stried a - n n tree once stood on a unis 21 ay; ith ea - ry limbs, she felt the chill as shad - os stole the revie Only 25 b n
28 29 59 28 31 31 3 day n n A 29 sil - hou -ette of sol - i - tude a - gainst the dark - ning sky, ith care she cra - dled n Christ the King and 25 unis held Him as He unis revie Only cried 3
66 NARRATION: The cross of Christ is a illar of truth to guide me The cross of Christ is a shield to overshado me The cross of Christ is a toer of strength to rotect me The cross of Christ goes before and behind me The cross of Christ is above and beneath me The cross of Christ is on my left and on my right The cross of Christ is ithin and about me Ho onderful the cross of Christ! It brings life, not death; light, not darkness It is the ood on hich the Lord, like a great Warrior, as ounded and died for the sin of the orld A tree had destroyed us; a tree no brings us life revie Only The Christ of the Cross is all in all to me
in recognition of Norm and Carol Geisbrecht s retirement after more than 26 years of musical leadershi, Highland Batist Church, Kitchener, Ontario CONSOLATION O THE CROSS 67 Words by GIROLAMO SAVONAROLA (152-198) Translation by ANE WILDE (1826-1896), alt Tune: DYMA GARIAD by ROBERT LOWRY (1826-1899) Arranged by OSEH M MARTIN (BMI) SORANO ALTO ACCOM 5 8 29 Sloly, ith calm assurance ( = ca 68) unis (ot solo) e - sus, ref - uge of the ea - ry, Blest Re - deem - er ho e n love, foun - tain in life s des - ert drea - ry, Sav - ior revie Only Coyright 2012 by HAL LEONARD - MILWIN MUSIC COR International Coyright Secured All Rights Reserved Dulication of this ublication is illegal, and dulication is not granted by the CCLI, LicenSing or OneLicensenet licenses
68 11 1 17 20 from the orld a - bove; of - ten bro - ken, think-ing on the sin-ner s grace, the cross has all 13 has God s heart been fall No in so - ken, It is fin - ished once for revie Only (end solo)
2 2 28 28 31 SORANO ALTO TENOR BASS ass n that cross un 31 vo; though e 30 Do n n - heed -ing, breath-ing no re - en - tent see e You ound-ed, bleed-ing; see Your revie Only 69
70 3 3 37 37 0 0 thorn en - cir - cled bro Yet Your sin - brought us life e hat Your grace has n n 36 36 less death has - ter - nal, eace and rest On - ly taught us n calms the n sin revie Only - ner s dee dis-
3 71 tress 3 7 7 50 may our hearts be n n n n n n n n cresc oco a oco n n n n 31 n n n nn n n rit unis n n n n rit n n n e - sus, unis burn - ing ith more fer - vent love for revie Only 50 n