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May Nothing Evil Cross This Door
Author: Louis Untermeyer, 1885-1977 Hymnal: SLT1993 #1 (1993) Meter: 8.8.8.4 Lyrics: 1 May nothing evil cross this door,
and may ill fortune never pry
about these windows; may the roar
and rain go by.
2 By faith made strong, the rafters will
withstand the battering of the storm.
This hearth, though all the world grow chill,
will keep you warm.
3 Peace shall walk softly through these rooms,
touching our lips with holy wine,
till ev'ry casual corner blooms
into a shrine.
4 With laughter drown the raucous shout,
and, though these sheltering walls are thin,
may they be strong to keep hate out
and hold love in. Topics: Transcending Mystery and Wonder The Celebration of Life; Beloved Community; Prayer and Meditation; Serenity Languages: English Tune Title: OLDBRIDGE
May Nothing Evil Cross This Door
Down the Ages We Have Trod
Author: John Andrew Storey, 1935- Hymnal: SLT1993 #2 (1993) Meter: 7.7.7.7 Topics: Free and Responsible Search for Truth and Meaning; God, Goddess, and Spirit Languages: English Tune Title: WOODLAND
Down the Ages We Have Trod
The World Stands Out on Either Side
Author: Edna St. Vincent Millay, 1892-1950 Hymnal: SLT1993 #3 (1993) Meter: 8.8.8.8 Lyrics: 1 The world stands out on either side
no wider than the heart is wide;
above the world is stretched the sky
no higher than the soul is high.
2 The heart can push the sea and land
so far away on either hand;
the soul can split the sky in two
and let the face of God shine through. Topics: Transcending Mystery and Wonder The Celebration of Life; Earth; Prayer and Meditation Languages: English Tune Title: RICKER
The World Stands Out on Either Side
I Brought My Spirit to the Sea
Author: Max Kapp, 1904-1979 Hymnal: SLT1993 #4 (1993) Meter: 8.6.8.6 Lyrics: 1 I brought my spirit to the sea;
I stood upon the shore.
I gazed upon infinity,
I heard the waters roar.
2 And then there came a sense of peace,
some whisper calmed my soul.
Some ancient ministry of stars
had made my spirit whole.
3 I brought my spirit to the trees
that loomed against the sky.
I touched each wand’ring careless breeze
to know if God was nigh.
4 And then I felt an inner flame that
fiercely burned my tears.
Upright, I rose from bended knee
to meet the asking years. Topics: Transcending Mystery and Wonder The Celebration of Life; Serenity; Spirituality and Spiritual Growth Languages: English Tune Title: JACQUI
I Brought My Spirit to the Sea
It Is Something to Have Wept
Author: Gilbert Keith Chesterton, 1874-1936 Hymnal: SLT1993 #5 (1993) Meter: 11.10.11.10 First Line: It is something to have wept as we have wept Lyrics: 1 It is something to have wept as we have wept,
and something to have done as we have done;
it is something to have watched when all have slept,
and seen the stars which never see the sun.
2 It is something to have smelt the mystic rose,
although it break and leave the thorny rods;
it is something to have hungered once as those
must hunger who have ate the bread of gods:
3 To have known the things that from the weak are furled,
the fearful ancient passions, strange and high;
it is something to be wiser than the world,
and something to be older than the sky.
4 Lo, and blessed are our ears for they have heard:
yea, blessed are our eyes for they have seen:
let the thunder break on human, beast, and bird,
and lightning. It is something to have been. Topics: Transcending Mystery and Wonder The Celebration of Life; Integrity; Spirituality and Spiritual Growth; Wisdom and Understanding Languages: English Tune Title: KEITH
It Is Something to Have Wept
Just as Long as I Have Breath
Author: Alicia S. Carpenter, 1930- Hymnal: SLT1993 #6 (1993) Meter: 7.7.7.7.7.7 Topics: Transcending Mystery and Wonder The Celebration of Life; Acceptance of One Another; Commitment; Love; Spirituality and Spiritual Growth Languages: English Tune Title: NICHT SO TRAURIG
Just as Long as I Have Breath
The Leaf Unfurling
Author: Don Cohen, 1946- Hymnal: SLT1993 #7 (1993) Meter: 10.10.10.4 First Line: The leaf unfurling in the April air Topics: Transcending Mystery and Wonder The Celebration of Life; Celebration and Praise; Families; Interdependent Web; Spring Languages: English Tune Title: ALL LIFE IS ONE
The Leaf Unfurling
Mother Spirit, Father Spirit
Author: Norbert F. Cǎpek, 1870-1942; Paul Munk; Anita Munk; Richard Frederick Boeke, 1931- Hymnal: SLT1993 #8 (1993) Meter: 8.3.8.3.8.3 Topics: Transcending Mystery and Wonder The Celebration of Life; Flower Communion; God, Goddess, and Spirit; Holocaust Memorial; The Living Tradition; Spirituality and Spiritual Growth; Yom Ha-Sho'ah Languages: English Tune Title: MĀTI SVETA
Mother Spirit, Father Spirit
No Longer Forward nor Behind
Author: John Greenleaf Whittier, 1807-1892 Hymnal: SLT1993 #9 (1993) Meter: 8.6.8.6.6.8.8.6 Lyrics: 1 No longer forward nor behind
I look in hope or fear;
but, grateful, take the good I find,
the best of now and here.
I break my pilgrim staff,
I lay aside the toiling oar;
the angel sought so far away
I welcome at my door.
2 For all the jarring notes of life
seem blending in a psalm,
and all the angles of its strife
slow rounding into calm.
And so the shadows fall apart,
and so the west winds play;
and all the windows of my heart
I open to the day. Topics: Transcending Mystery and Wonder The Celebration of Life; The Eternal Now; Morning; Serenity Languages: English Tune Title: VAN DIEMAN'S LAND
No Longer Forward nor Behind
Immortal Love
Author: John Greenleaf Whittier, 1807-1892 Hymnal: SLT1993 #10 (1993) Meter: 8.6.8.6 First Line: Immortal love, forever full Lyrics: 1 Immortal love, forever full,
forever flowing free,
forever shared, forever whole,
a never-ending sea!
2 Our outward lips confess the name
all other names above;
but love alone knows whence it came
and comprehendeth love.
3 Blow, winds of love, awake and blow
the mists of hate away:
sing out, O Truth divine, and tell
how wide and far we stray.
4 The letter fails, the systems fall,
and every symbol wanes;
the Spirit over-seeing all,
Eternal Love, remains. Topics: Transcending Mystery and Wonder The Celebration of Life; Love Languages: English Tune Title: ST. COLUMBA
Immortal Love
O God of Stars and Sunlight
Author: John Holmes, 1904-1962 Hymnal: SLT1993 #11 (1993) Meter: 7.6.7.6 D Topics: Transcending Mystery and Wonder The Celebration of Life; Autumn and Harvest; God, Goddess, and Spirit; Nature and the Countryside; Prayer and Meditation; Seasons and Cycles; Summer Languages: English Tune Title: BREMEN
O God of Stars and Sunlight
O Life That Maketh All Things New
Author: Samuel Longfellow, 1819-1892 Hymnal: SLT1993 #12 (1993) Meter: 8.8.8.8 Lyrics: 1 O Life that maketh all things new,
the blooming earth, our thoughts within,
our pilgrim feet, wet with thy dew,
in gladness hither turn again.
2 From hand to hand the greeting flows,
from eye to eye the signals run,
from heart to heart the bright hope glows,
the seekers of the light are one:
3 One in the freedom of the truth,
one in the joy of paths untrod,
one in the soul’s perennial youth,
one in the larger thought of God;
4 The freer step, the fuller breath,
the wide horizon’s grander view,
the sense of life that knows no death,
the Life that maketh all things new. Topics: Transcending Mystery and Wonder The Celebration of Life; Beloved Community; The Eternal Now; Free and Responsible Search for Truth and Meaning; Nature and the Countryside Languages: English Tune Title: TRURO
O Life That Maketh All Things New
Songs of Spirit
Author: Marion Franklin Ham, 1868-1956 Hymnal: SLT1993 #13 (1993) Meter: 7.7.7.7 D First Line: Songs of spirit, like a prayer Lyrics: 1 Songs of spirit, like a prayer
breathing in the ambient air;
singing in the morning light,
in the radiance of the day,
in the twilight shadows gray,
in the brooding hush of night;
dark or light, or storm, or fair —
singing, singing everywhere.
2 In the burgeoning of spring,
in the summer’s scented bloom,
in the autumn’s mellow glow,
in the winter’s ice and snow;
shade, or shine, or joy, or gloom,
as the seasons come and go,
break and bare, or blossoming —
still the songs that sing and sing!
3 Singing, singing everywhere,
at the heart of everything,
in my soul I hear them sing;
mystic music of the spheres;
songs that, with my utmost art,
I can only catch in part;
broken echoes, cold and bare,
of the songs my spirit hears. Topics: Transcending Mystery and Wonder The Celebration of Life; The Arts; Dedication of a Building; Seasons and Cycles Languages: English Tune Title: SERVETUS
Songs of Spirit
The Sun at High Noon
Author: Sydney Henry Knight, 1923- Hymnal: SLT1993 #14 (1993) Meter: 5.5.5.5.6.5.6.5 Topics: Transcending Mystery and Wonder The Celebration of Life; Healing and Comfort; Nature and the Countryside Languages: English Tune Title: MACDOWELL
The Sun at High Noon
The Lone, Wild Bird
Author: H. R. MacFayden, 1877-1964 Hymnal: SLT1993 #15 (1993) Meter: 8.8.8.8 First Line: The lone, wild bird in lofty flight Lyrics: 1 The lone, wild bird in lofty flight
is still with thee, nor leaves thy sight.
And I am thine! I rest in thee.
Great spirit come and rest in me.
2 The ends of earth are in thy hand,
the sea’s dark deep and far-off land.
And I am thine! I rest in thee.
Great spirit come and rest in me. Topics: Transcending Mystery and Wonder The Celebration of Life; Animals; Nature and the Countryside; Prayer and Meditation; Serenity Languages: English Tune Title: PROSPECT
The Lone, Wild Bird
'Tis a gift to Be Simple
Author: Joseph Bracket, 18th cent. Hymnal: SLT1993 #16 (1993) Meter: Irregular with refrain Lyrics: ‘Tis the gift to be simple, ’tis the gift to be free
‘tis a gift to come down where we ought to be,
and when we find ourselves in the place just right,
‘twill be in the valley of love and delight.
When true simplicity is gained,
to bow and to bend we shan’t be ashamed.
To turn, turn will be our delight,
'till by turning, turning we come ’round right. Topics: Transcending Mystery and Wonder The Celebration of Life; Goodness; Serenity Languages: English Tune Title: SIMPLE GIFTS
'Tis a gift to Be Simple
Every Night and Every Morn
Author: William Blake, 1757-1827 Hymnal: SLT1993 #17 (1993) Meter: 7.7.7.7 Lyrics: 1 Every night and every morn
some to misery are born;
every morn and every night
some are born to sweet delight.
2 Joy and woe are woven fine,
clothing for the soul divine:
under every grief and pine
runs a joy with silken twine.
3 It is right it should be so:
we were made for joy and woe;
and when this we rightly know,
safely through the world we go. Topics: Transcending Mystery and Wonder The Celebration of Life; Paradox and Ambiguity; Rich and poor; Wisdom and Understanding Languages: English Tune Title: THE CALL
Every Night and Every Morn
What Wondrous Love
Author: Connie Campbell Hart, 1929 Hymnal: SLT1993 #18 (1993) Meter: 12.9.12.12.9 First Line: What wondrous love is this, O my soul, O my soul! Topics: Transcending Mystery and Wonder The Celebration of Life; Gratitude; Healing and Comfort; Love; Sorrow Languages: English Tune Title: WONDROUS LOVE
What Wondrous Love
The Sun That Shines
Author: Dimitri S. Bortniansky, 1751-1825; John Andrew Storey, 1935- Hymnal: SLT1993 #19 (1993) Meter: 8.8.8.8.8.8 First Line: The sun that shines across the sea Topics: Transcending Mystery and Wonder The Celebration of Life; Celebration and Praise; Families; Friendship; Nature and the Countryside; Seasons and Cycles Languages: English Tune Title: BARNFIELD
The Sun That Shines
Be Thou My Vision
Author: Mary E. Byrne, 1880-1391; Eleanor H. Hull, 1860-1935 Hymnal: SLT1993 #20 (1993) Meter: 10.10.9.10 First Line: Be thou my vision, O God of my heart Lyrics: 1 Be thou my vision, O God of my heart;
naught be all else to me, save that thou art.
Thou my best thought, by day or by night,
waking or sleeping, thy presence my light.
2 Be thou my wisdom, and thou my true word;
I ever with thee and thou with me God;
thou my soul’s shelter, thou my high tower.
raise thou me heavenward, O Power of my power.
3 Riches I heed not, nor world's empty praise,
thou my inheritance, now and always;
thou and thou only, first in my heart,
Sov'reign of heaven, my treasure thou art.
Topics: Transcending Mystery and Wonder Praise and Transcendence; Faith; God, Goddess, and Spirit Languages: English Tune Title: SLANE
Be Thou My Vision
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