136:Before the world began one Word was there
Tunes: | Incarnation, 170 |
Meter: | 6.4.6.4.6.6.6.4. |
BEFORE the world began one Word was there;
Grounded in God he was, rooted in care;
By him all things were made, in him was love displayed,
Through him God spoke and said ?I am for you?.
2 Life found in him its source, death found its end;
Light found in him its course, darkness its friend;
For neither death nor doubt nor darkness can put out
The glow of God, the shout ?I am for you?.
3 The Word was in the world which from him came;
Unrecognised he was, unknown by name;
One with all humankind, with the unloved aligned,
Convincing sight and mind ?I am for you?.
4 All who received the Word, by God were blessed,
Sisters and brothers they of earth?s fond guest.
So did the Word of grace proclaim in time and space,
And with a human face, ?I am for you?.
Grounded in God he was, rooted in care;
By him all things were made, in him was love displayed,
Through him God spoke and said ?I am for you?.
2 Life found in him its source, death found its end;
Light found in him its course, darkness its friend;
For neither death nor doubt nor darkness can put out
The glow of God, the shout ?I am for you?.
3 The Word was in the world which from him came;
Unrecognised he was, unknown by name;
One with all humankind, with the unloved aligned,
Convincing sight and mind ?I am for you?.
4 All who received the Word, by God were blessed,
Sisters and brothers they of earth?s fond guest.
So did the Word of grace proclaim in time and space,
And with a human face, ?I am for you?.
John
Bible reference
Ephesians 2:1-22
Luke 24:32
1 John 4:7-21
Colossians 1:11-20
Luke 24:15-17
Hebrews 2:10-18
John 1:1-14 (Key verse)
Ephesians 1:3-14
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170:Incarnation
170:Incarnation
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Meter: | 6.4.6.4.6.6.6.4. |
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171: Marshall
Composer: | George |
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Meter: | 6.4.6.4.6.6.6.4. |
172: Nearer, my God, to thee
172: Nearer, my God, to thee
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Meter: | 6.4.6.4.6.6.6.4. |
173: Nuttall
173: Nuttall
Composer: | Richard |
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Meter: | 6.4.6.4.6.6.6.4. |
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174: Penitence
Composer: | John |
Metronome: | 0 |
Meter: | 6.4.6.4.6.6.6.4. |