In Every Corner Sing: songs of God's world

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Singing songs from other Christian communities can enlarge our hearts and give us a new sensitivity and understanding of the lives of others.

In Every Corner Sing: Songs of God's World is a new collection of world songs, organised liturgically with gathering songs, short chants, worship and praise songs, psalm songs, songs of justice and peace, and songs to send the people of God out.

In the preface, former CMS mission partner Geoff Weaver quotes a telling aphorism: "Tell me what you sing and I'll tell you who you are."

Geoff believes that the songs we sing tell a lot about our priorities, our view of the world, and our openness (or lack of it) to what is new and different.

If we move out of our comfort zone musically, Geoff points out, "our horizons will expand and we shall be changed in the process".

"Remember," Geoff writes, "that these songs come from the heart. Apparently simple songs will often have a powerful association. 'Come now, O prince of peace', for example, is the urgent prayer of Korean Christians longing for reunification. The much-loved 'Thuma mina' from South Africa emerged as an expression of that country's people's great suffering.

"In the singing of these songs, I believe that we too can be set free in many ways -- not least from our limited vision of what it means to sing God's praises."

So, check out the riches that In Every Corner Sing: Songs of God's world has to offer and be released into a new freedom to "sing a new song to the Lord".

Contents

GATHERING SONGS
1. Allundé – East Africa
2. Jesu tawa pano (Jesus, we are here) – Zimbabwe
3. Bless the Lord – Kenya
4. Sanna, sannina – South Africa
5. Wa wa wa emimimo (Come, O Holy Spirit) – Nigeria

PRAISE
6. Amen, siakudumisa! (Amen, we praise your name!) – South Africa
7. Cantai ao senhor (O sing to the Lord) – Brazil
8. El cielo canta alegría (Heaven is singing for joy) – Argentina
9. For the beauty of the earth – China
10. God sent his Son – Zimbabwe
11. Heavenly Lord, you are wonderful – African-American
12. Puji dan agungkan kama Hya! (Praise and exalt his holy name!) – Indonesia
13. Moto umawaka leo (God’s fire is burning in my soul) – East Africa
14. Siyahamba (We are marching in the light of God) – South Africa

WORSHIP
15. Do you love him? – Nigeria
16. Hanúre binnanún (Star of the morning) – Korea
17. He came down – Cameroon
18. Mwamba ni Jesu (Who is the Rock?) – East Africa
19. O Lord Jesus Marrkapmirr – Aboriginal Australian
20. Ohibouka Rabi Yasoua (I love you, Lord Jesus) – Lebanon
21. Santo, santo (Holy, holy) – Argentina
22. Saranam (Jesus, Saviour, Lord) – Pakistan
23. Tout est fait pour la gloire de Dieu (All is made for the glory of God) – Cameroon
24. Prabhoo Laylay (O Lord Jesus, enfold me in your arms) – Pakistan
25. Tú has venido a la orilla (Lord, you have come to the seashore) – Mexico
26. What a mighty God we serve – South Africa
27. What wondrous love is this – USA

SHORT CHANTS AND LITURGICAL RESPONSES
28. Alleluia – Honduras
29. Alleluia – South Africa
30. Alleluia – Zimbabwe
31. Amen – China
32. Glory to God – Peru
33. Gloria, gloria – Argentina
34. Halle, halle – Caribbean
35. Halle, Hallelujah – Syria
36. Halleluja – Ukraine
37. Hallelujah – Korea
38. Ishworo (Kyrie eleison) – India
39. Karthave, Kirubaiyayirum (Gracious Lord, have mercy) – India
40. Khudaya, rahem kar (Have mercy on us, Lord) – Pakistan
41. Kyrie eleison (Lord, have mercy) – Russia
42. Kyrie eleison – Russia
43. Kyrie eleison – Ghana
44. Kyrie eleison – Paraguay
45. Mayenziwe (Your will be done on earth) – South Africa
46. Our Father – Caribbean
47. Ouve, senhor (Hear me, O Lord) – Brazil
48. Loving Father, hear our prayer – China
49. My prayers rise like incense – USA
50. Rakanaka vhangeri (Come and hear the gospel) – Zimbabwe
51. Sanctus and Benedictus – USA
52. Senor, ten piedad (O Lord, have mercy upon us) – Cuba
53. Thuma mina 1 (Send me, Lord) – South Africa
54. Thuma mina 2 (Send me, Jesus) – South Africa
55. Your kingdom come, O Lord – Russia
56. We believe – Philippines

SCRIPTURAL SONGS
57. All who are thirsty – Philippines
58. Koi au na sala na dina na bula (I am the way and the truth and the life) – Fiji
59. Yo soy la luz del mundo (I am the world’s true light) – Mexico
60. Jesus the Lord said – India

PSALMS AND CANTICLES
61. Ayyuhal masslubu zulman (So much wrong) – Middle East
62. Chu yo sa su mi shi naen mul (My soul longs for you) – Korea
63. By the Babylonian rivers – Latvia
64. Come and sing a new song – Punjabi
65. Darkness now enfolds us – Trinidad and Tobago
66. Give thanks unto the Lord – Kenya
67. I lift up my eyes to the hills – Indonesia
68. I lift up my eyes to the hills – Russia
69. In silent stillness – Pakistan
70. Mary’s Salidumay – Philippines
71. The Lord is my light – Czech Republic

OFFERTORY SONGS
72. Humbly in your sight – Malawi
73. Bedice, Señor (Now bless, Lord) – Argentina
74. Te ofrecemos nuestros donos (Lord, accept the gifts we bring) – Argentina
75. Let us talents and tongues employ – Jamaica

SENDING OUT
76. Bwana awabariki (May God give you his blessing) – Tanzania
77. Na jijoho (Peace be with you) – Benin
78. May the peace of God – Israel
79. Night has fallen – Malawi
80. Now go in peace – Caribbean
81. Sent by the Lord am I – Nicaragua
82. Sizohamba naye (We are on the Lord’s road) – South Africa
83. The peace of the earth – Guatemala
84. Vai com Deus (Go with God) – Brazil

JUSTICE, PEACE AND FREEDOM
85. Down the valley, up the mountain – African-American
86. Come now, O Prince of peace – Korea
87. Freedom is coming – South Africa
88. If you believe and I believe – Zimbabwe
89. O healing river – African-American
90. Tatanaca, mamanaca, Sarantañana (Men and women, let us walk) – Bolivia
91. The right hand of God – Caribbean
92. Yarabba ssalami (O God of peace) – Palestine
93. Vos sos el destazado (You were tortured) – El Salvador

GENERAL
94. He came singing love – New Zealand
95. Give us light – India
96. Isa masih latavi (Jesus the Lord is seeking me) – Pakistan
97. Jesu, Jesu, fill us with your love – Ghana
98. The great southland (This is our nation) – Australia
99. Kay Yahweh ako (I’ll follow my Lord) – Philippines

Commendation of In Every Corner Sing by the Archbishop of York
"Whenever communities gather, they sing together as an expression of their identity, their joys and sadnesses and their hopes for the future.

"For centuries, Christians have expressed their faith in song, but it is only in the past 50 years or so that Christians in the West have come to appreciate what a wealth of song Christians from other parts of the world have to share.

"Whether it be songs of joy and hope from South Africa, often sung in conditions of fear and uncertainty, or sung prayers for unity from Korea -- or cries for justice from Africa to Latin America, we have come to recognise the power of global song to move us to prayer, protest and praise.

"I commend this collection of songs, some new, some well-established, in the hope that the congregations and choirs who sing them will come to a deeper understanding of, and an empathy with, those Christians from whom the songs originally came."

In Every Corner Sing: Songs of God's World ISBN 978-0-85402-163-5
Price: £35, which covers photocopying and includes a CD of backing tracks for all 99 songs.

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