Author: Christopher Drinkut
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Morning glory, starlit sky
Hymn: Morning glory, starlit sky,Soaring music, scholar’s truth,Flight of swallows, autumn leaves,Memory’s treasure, grace of youth: Open are the gifts of God,Gifts of love to mind and sense;Hidden is love’s agony,Love’s endeavour, love’s expense. Love that gives, gives evermore,Gives with zeal, with eager hands,Spares not, keeps not, all outpours,Ventures all, its all expends. Drained is…
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Go to sleep, my son
Hymn: (Joseph’s Lullaby) Go to sleep, my son,This manger for your bed.You have a long road before you,Rest your little head. Can you feel the weight of your glory?Do you understand the price?Does the Father guard your heart for now,So you can sleep tonight? Go to sleep, my son.Go and chase your dreams.This world can…
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Lord God, we thank you, now the night is over
Hymn: Lord God, we thank you, now the night is over,active and watchful, stand we here before you;singing we offer prayer and meditation:thus we adore you. Monarch of all things, fit us for your mansions;banish our weakness, health and wholeness sending;bring us to heaven, where your saints unitedjoy without ending. Words: attributed to Gregory the…