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Opening Voluntary Allein zu dir, Herr Jesu Christ
(I Trust, O Christ, in You Alone)
(I Trust, O Christ, in You Alone)
Lutheran
Book of Worship 395
Geystliche
Lieder, published
in 1545, is known as the finest hymnal of the Reformation period. The
volume includes many hymns by Martin Luther – who also wrote the preface.
Also
included is this hymn whose tune first appears around the same time. Like many hymns
of that era, the composer’s name is lost to history and the authorship of the
text is questionable.
Still,
we can consider it as one of the first Lutheran hymns.
Its
selection was inspired by today’s reading from the Hebrew Scriptures, a story
of Abraham and Sarah receiving the promise of a son. Famously, Sarah laughs.
God still fulfills the promise and we know that we can also rely on God’s
promises. As the first stanza of Allein zu dir concludes, “I trust, O
Lord, your promise true.”
The prelude presents this hymn in three ways: first the organ plays the chorale with the melody heard clearly in a solo voice; second, the hymn is sung with its English translation, third as a chorale prelude by Johann Pachelbel (1653-1706).
The prelude presents this hymn in three ways: first the organ plays the chorale with the melody heard clearly in a solo voice; second, the hymn is sung with its English translation, third as a chorale prelude by Johann Pachelbel (1653-1706).
Gathering Hymn We All Are One in Mission (Kuortane)
ELW
576
Rusty
Edwards is a retired Lutheran pastor and a prolific hymnwriter. This hymn pairs
one of his texts with a tune from Kuortane, a province of Finland. Five hymns
by Rusty Edwards appear in Evangelical Lutheran Worship.
Hymn of the Day In
Christ Called to Baptize (St. Denio)
ELW 575
Sending Hymn God Is Love, Adored by Heaven (Blaenwern)
Timothy
Rees (1874-1939) was Bishop of Llandaff, located in Wales. We recently sang his
text Holy Spirit, Ever Dwelling. (ELW 582) God Is Love is paired
with the Welsh tune Blaenwern.
The
text has been altered to use expansive language for God and inclusive language
for humankind.
Closing
Voluntary Fanfare and Trumpet Voluntary David Lasky
Our
organ’s festival trumpet is featured in this postlude.
Hymnal Companion to the Lutheran Book of Worship
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