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Goodness and Peace
02:43
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Goodness and Peace all ye that breathe
Let the words be few and the tears be many
Let the words be few and the laughter merry
Goodness and Peace all ye that breathe
Let the words be few and the ears be listening
Let the words be few and the eye a glistening
Goodness and Peace all ye that breathe
Let the words be few and the hearts wide open
Let the words be few as the word is spoken
Goodness and Peace all ye that breathe
Let the words be few and the jaws slack with wonder
Let the words be few and the hands hung asunder
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Sing All
04:52
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Sing all ye the goodness of our maker
Whose kindness is for everything that lives
Sing all ye the love of our creator
Which reaches out to everything that is
Sing all ye the goodness of our maker
Who for all creation does contend
Sing all ye the love of our creator
Whose love for the creation never ends
Sing all ye the goodness of our maker
Who watches over all that has been made
Sing all ye the love of our creator
Whose open arms have welcomed us as friends
Sing all ye the goodness of our maker
By whose hands we’re formed out of the clay
Sing all ye the love of our creator
By whose breath we’re woken to the day
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Our Keeper
06:04
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O our tireless keeper
So shall we keep each other
O our tireless keeper
So shall we keep each other
O our endless giver
So shall we share with each other
O our endless giver
So shall we share with each other
O our merciful pardoner
So shall we pardon each other
O our merciful pardoner
So shall we pardon each other
O our gentle healer
So shall we care for each other
O our gentle healer
So shall we care for each other
God of wounded and open palms
So shall we open our folded arms
God of wounded and open palms
So shall we open our folded arms
God the wandering stranger
So shall we welcome the Other
God the wandering stranger
So shall we welcome the Other
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The Light
02:36
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You are the light of the age
O you are the light of the age
Bringing to life all the colour and the praise
O you are the light of the age
You are the salt in the soil
O you are the salt in the soil
Keeping the earth with your mirth and your toil
You are the salt in the soil
You are the yeast in the dough
O you are the yeast in the dough
Raising the bread wherever you may go
You are the yeast in the dough
See here the seed that’ll grow
O see here the seed that’ll grow
Into a home for the creatures and the birds
See here the seed that’ll grow
Bearing the leaves for the healing of our hurts
See here the seed that’ll grow
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The Welcome
03:37
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See, in here, you don’t owe anything my friends
Except the debt to love and the love of everything
Just as Love has welcomed you my friends
Welcome one another and all things
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Pillar of Cloud
04:24
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Pillar of Cloud in the in the darkness
Lighting up the night
God between all armies
Amidst the blood and strife
Blessed are the peacemakers
Sons and daughters all
Shining light in the darkness
Between the anguished calls
Of those who meet at the judgment seat
And those against the walls
Blessed are the peacemakers
Sons and daughters all
Flickering light in the darkness
Amidst the crucified
Stood between the imperial dream
and those it occupies
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A Lamb
06:53
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Guide-less be no more
Nor wander unconsoled
For a Lamb shall be thy shepherd
And makes with you a home
Restless be no more
Nor fear the wilderness
For a lamb shall be thy shepherd
And meets you there to rest
And there was silence in Heaven for half an hour
Hunger and thirst no more
Nor cower in scorching heat
for a lamb shall be thy shepherd
and lead ye all to drink
Stagger and sway no more
with tears about thine eye
For a lamb shall be thy shepherd
And lead ye all to life
And there was silence in Heaven for half an hour
Wander in grief no more
no flee with stricken fear
For a lamb shall be thy shepherd
Asks “what are you doing here?”
Hearts despair no more
nor hang thy heads in shame
For a lamb shall be thy shepherd
And calls thy secret name
And there was silence in Heaven for half an hour
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O Sleeper
03:34
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O Sleeper, awake
Rise toward the day
And the Light which does delight
To shine upon you
O pilgrim upon the road
amidst goodbyes and new hellos
And as you walk you may not know
Who stands before you
Awake o starry loves
To the Kindness that beams upon you
Awake o earthen stuff
to the feet that dance among you
When you return to whence you cane
And find you are no more the same
You shall be broken jars of clay
You shall know distance
With the treasure that you hold
You shall be youthful you shall be old
You shall be peaceful you shall be bold
You will be different
Awake o starry loves
To the Kindness that beams upon you
Awake o earthen stuff
to the feet that dance among you
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No One Speak
03:36
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Throw all of the dust and the ashes in the air
Tear all your fine jackets and bow down your heads
Sit down on the ground amidst enemies and friends
Raise up your voices and shed your tears
And now let no one speak
But weep with those who weep
And after the dust shall settle upon its ends
And after the things held together break and bend
And after the torrents of words all run out
Lay down your burdens and sit upon the ground
And now let no one speak
But weep with those who weep
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My life flows on in endless song
Amidst earth's lamentation.
I hear the real though far-off hymn
That hails a new creation.
Through all the tumult and the strife
I hear the music ringing
It sounds an echo in my soul,
How can I keep from singing?
What though the tempest round me roars,
I know the truth, it liveth,
What though the darkness round me close,
Songs in the night it giveth
No storm can shake my inmost calm
While to that rock I'm clinging
Since love is lord of heaven and earth
How can I keep from singing?
To prison cell and dungeon vile
Our thoughts of love are winging
With who sing songs of lament
How can I keep from singing?
When tyrants tremble, sick with fear
And hear their death knell ringing
When friends rejoice both far and near
How can I keep from singing?
I lift my eyes, the cloud grows thin;
I see the blue above it;
And day by day this pathway smooths,
Since first I learned to love it.
The messianic peace makes fresh,
A fountain ever springing;
All things are mine since I am theirs,
How can I keep from singing?
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David Benjamin Blower Birmingham, UK
David Benjamin Blower: 6-string writer, poet, theologian and podcaster from Birmingham in the UK.
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