The Servant Song

Will you let me be your servant.
Let me be as Christ to you.
Pray that I might have the grace
To let you be my servant, too.

 

We are pilgrims on a journey.
We are brothers on the road.
We are here to help each other
Walk the mile and bear the load.

 

I will hold the Christ-light for you
In the night time of your fear.
I will hold my hand out to you;
Speak the peace you long to hear.

 

I will weep when you are weeping.
When you laugh, I'll laugh with you.
I will share your joy and sorrow
Till we've seen this journey through.

 

When we sing to God in heaven,
We shall find such harmony
Born of all we've known together
Of Christ's love and agony.

 

Will you let me be your servant.
Let me be as Christ to you.
Pray that I might have the grace
To let you be my servant, too.

 

Songwriters:

Richard Gillard, Betty C. Pulkingham

The Servant Song lyrics © Universal Music - Brentwood Benson Publ.

Companions on the Journey

Refrain
We are companions on the journey,
breaking bread and sharing life;
and in the love we bear
is the hope we share
for we believe in the love of our God,
we believe in the love of our God.

Verse 1
No longer strangers to each other,
no longer strangers in God’s house;
we are fed and we are nourished
by the strength of those who care,
by the strength of those who care.

Verse 2
We have been gifted with each other,
and we are called by the Word of the Lord:
to act with justice, to love tenderly,
and to walk humbly with our God,
to walk humbly with our God.  

Verse 3
We will seek and we shall find;
we will knock and the door shall be opened;
we will ask and it shall be given,
for we believe in the love of our God,
we believe in the love of our God.




Verse 4
We are made for the glory of our God,
for service in the name of Jesus;
to walk side by side
with hope in our hearts,
for we believe in the love of our God,
we believe in the love of our God.

Words and music: Carey Landry © 1985 Carey Landry and North American Liturgy Resources.

Breathe on me, Breath of God

Breathe on me, Breath of God,
fill me with life anew,
that I may love the way you love,
and do what you would do.


Breathe on me, Breath of God,
until my heart is pure,
until my will is one with yours,
to do and to endure.


Breathe on me, Breath of God,
so shall I never die,
but live with you the perfect life
for all eternity.

Psalter Hymnal, 1987

The text is a prayer for renewal by God's Spirit (like Ps. 51:10-12), a renewal that is to be expressed in a life of love (st. 1), in purity of heart and will (st. 2), and in an intimacy with God that heralds the perfection of eternal life (st. 3). In both Hebrew and Greek the Word for "spirit" is the same as "wind/air/breath"; thus in this text the Spirit of God is referred to as "Breath of God."
Intended as a hymn for ordination, this text by Edwin Hatch (b. Derby, England, 1835; d. Oxford, England, 1889) was privately printed in 1878 and then published in Henry Allon's The Congregational Psalmist Hymnal in 1886. Hatch evidently had a simple and childlike faith; that description fits this text as well.