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Hymns by Christopher Idle
These two hymns were written for Crosslinks:
GOD'S WORD TO GOD'S WORLD
God's word to God's world! In one name alone
the truth must be told, the Saviour made known;
since Jesus has suffered and died for our sin,
God's kingdom is offered for all to come in.
Since God first loved us, we grow by his love;
the word of the cross shows mountaíns can move:
it links every nation, it leads to one song;
in Christ our salvation the weak are made strong.
Encircling the earth by prayer and in praise
we witness new birth, new hope and new ways:
where churches are sowing the seed of God's word
his kingdom is growing, his harvest assured.
Each language and land, each culture and race
for all God has planned a pathway of grace:
to wait or to travel, not ours but his choice,
to silence the devil and tune to God's voice.
One Father of light, one Saviour for all,
one Spirit, ignite your church by your call:
in faith and repentance our hearts are your throne:
your word makes the entrance, your love is the crown:
Lord Jesus,come!
10. 10. 11. 11 Tune: LAUDATE DOMINUM
GLORY TO GOD, THE SOURCE OF ALL OUR MISSION
Glory to God, the Source of all our mission;
Jesus be praised, the Saviour, Lord and Son!
Praise to the Spirit who confirms the vision:
in all the world the will of God be done!
Proud in our wealth. or destitute and broken,
we cannot live by earthly bread alone;
but by the word that God himself has spoken
we are set free to make our Master known.
Eastward or westward, northward, southward moving,
finding new fields, new patterns and new role,
Christ's fellow-workers, all his goodness proving,
see how our God is making people whole!
Linked by the cross at which we are forgiven,
joined by the love that came to find and save,
one in the hope of God's new earth and heaven,
we love and give since he first loved and gave.
Send us, Lord Christ, to serve at your direction,
dying and living, yours in loss and gain,
true to the Gospel of your resurrection,
working and praying till you come to reign.
11. 10. 11. 10 Tune: HIGHWOOD