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I BIND MY HEART THIS TIDE (tune: Poor One’s Friend)
Music by Christopher M. Lee (2010)
Text by Lauchlan M. Watt (1907), alt. Themes/imagery in text: social concern, life in Christ Includes:
Text: 1. I bind my heart this tide to the Galilean’s side, to the wounds of Calvary, to the Christ who died for me. 2. I bind my soul this day to the neighbor far away, and the stranger near at hand, in this town and in this land. 3. I bind my heart in thrall to the God, the Lord of all, to the God, the poor one’s friend, and the Christ whom God did send. 4. I bind myself to peace, to make strife and envy cease. God, knit thou sure the cord of service to my Lord. - Lauchlan M. Watt, alt. Notes: Commissioned for Dianne Witte, with thanksgiving for her 13 years of service to the Bethesda Music Series, Bethesda Lutheran Church (New Haven, CT). |
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