Transfiguration Hymn

Maybe too late to add it to your programs for this Sunday.
But maybe not...

Eternal is Your promise, Lord
And all-consuming is Your grace.
You give to us Your Holy Light
And show to us Your holy Face.

Held in the darkness of Your love,
We find the greatness of Your light.
Have mercy on us, Glorious God,
Put all our fears and foes to flight.

When we become destruction, Lord,
When glory turns to shame and sin,
When idols take the place of truth,
Transfigure, Lord, our hearts within.

Take us unto the mountain, Lord,
And show to us the promised land.
Help us to scale the heights of love
And firmly in Your presence stand.

© 2012 Adam Michael Wood
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.


TUNES:

1. A friend of mine who programs this every year likes to to ROCKINGHAM.
That version is attached.
(Please note that the score image I'm attaching doesn't have attribution on it and please add it if you use it.)



2. I originally had O WALY WALY in mind when I wrote it. I don't have a score for that prepared but you might want to think about it. (If you prep a score, I'd appreciate you sharing it.)

3. My current parish does mostly contemporary-styled "Praise and Worship" music, so I composed a new hymn tune, GRANT ROAD, in that style for this piece. That version is attached below, and I made a recording of it and you can listen to here.



4. If you ever decide to set it to another tune, I'd appreciate you making the score available here.


Cheers!