“In the Beginning Was the Word" Original Hymn (Incarnation, Pain, Grief)
“In the Beginning Was the Word" Original Hymn (Incarnation, Pain, Grief)
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This hymn, originally written for the Full to the Brim bundle for Lent 2022, is created for use in congregational worship and other ministry contexts. We’ve set fresh words of faith to a well-loved public domain hymn tune for maximum singability.
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“In the Beginning Was the Word”
HAMBURG 8.8.8.8 (“When I Survey the Wondrous Cross”)
Text: Anna Strickland, 2021
Music: Lowell Mason, 1824
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Lyrics:
“In the Beginning Was the Word”
HAMBURG 8.8.8.8 (“When I Survey the Wondrous Cross”)
Text: Anna Strickland, 2021
Music: Lowell Mason, 1824
In the beginning was the Word
One with Creator before the earth
In divine fullness God’s love stirred
Then overflowed in Jesus’ birth
When the Word made flesh was slain
All for the fear of Rome’s revenge
He felt the fullness of our pain
Obedient unto the end
This cup of sorrow overflows
With sour wine and blood and tears
Though poured out, God’s fullness grows
As when the Word had first drawn near
In our life and in our joy
As in our pain and grief and death
God is the fullness of the void
Close to us as our own breath
credit info:
Hymn text by Rev. Anna Strickland | A Sanctified Art, LLC | sanctifiedart.org
