Carolyn
Winfrey Gillette has written this new hymn as a response to the recent American
election.
She
invites you to email her at bcgillette@comcast.net if you would like copies of the new hymn in MS
Word for a worship bulletin insert and as a PDF with the hymn formatted with the
music.
By the Streams of Babylon
Suggested tune: DIX
(“For the Beauty of the Earth”)
By
the streams of Babylon we sit weeping bitter tears.
Here
so many hopes are gone; now we’re filled with countless fears.
Yet,
O God, you tell us: “Rise! See the world through faith-filled eyes!”
We
will rise and seek your way, knowing love will one day win.
We
won’t let fear rule the day; we will welcome strangers in.
Every
day, we’ll seek and find countless ways to be more kind.
By
your grace, we’ll rise above even in this troubled hour.
Where
there’s hate, we’ll choose to love; we will speak your truth to power.
With
the poor and refugee we will build community.
We
will pray for those who lead even as we take a stand.
We
will rise with those in need, seeking justice in the land.
We
will learn and listen well from the truth that others tell.
We
will rise and work for peace; we will treasure your good earth.
We
will march, that wars may cease; we’ll see every person’s worth.
God,
now give us faith-filled lives as we heed your call and rise.
~
Copyright © 2016 by Carolyn Winfrey Gillette.
All rights reserved. New Hymns:
Biblical
References: Psalm 137:1; Joshua 24:15;
Ephesians 1:17-18; Deuteronomy 10:19; Hebrews 13:1; Matthew 25:31-46; 1 Timothy
2:1-2; Psalm 34:14; Micah 6:8
