New Hymns and Songs: 2010

Tuesday, December 14, 2010

See, Your King Comes to You (Zechariah 9:9-17)

a Hymn for the Fourth Week of Advent

tune: “French Carol” (Sing We Now of Christmas)

See, your king comes to you, righteous are His ways

Riding on a donkey, bring Him grateful praise.

How can this be? Such humble pedigree

Yet He reigns victorious, king from sea to sea.

He will stop the warhorse, break the battle bow

Hear His proclamation: peace and justice grow

Prisoners go free, the enemy must flee

Hear the sounding trumpet, voice of Jubilee.

God will save His people on that fearsome day

Like a shepherd lead us in His perfect way

Jewels in His hand, we sparkle in His land

Beautiful before Him, spotless we will stand!

Wednesday, December 8, 2010

Lament (Psalm 44)

Sitting round the night fire

Grand-dad told the stories

Tales of olden days

battles won

enemies undone

Deliverance!

We weren’t the strongest

richest

most cunning

But we had You!

Mighty One...

Ruler of all...

We had Your power

You loved us!

Light from Your face

blinded them

And we won!

not by swords

not by bows

but by Your favour.

So we recall those olden days

We praise and worship You.

But what about today?

What about today???

What a mess!

dishonoured

retreating

plundered

butchered

scattered

mocked

humiliated

shamed

Where are You now?

I didn’t think

we’d violated Your Covenant.

Have we turned away?

Have our hearts strayed?

Wake up, Lord!

Rise up! Help us!

Show us

Your unfailing love

Please!

Please!!!

Tuesday, December 7, 2010

One Fresh and Holy Shoot (Jeremiah 33:15)

“A fresh and true shoot sprouting from the David-tree” (The Message)

tune: “Italian Hymn” by Felice de Giardini, 1769

(Come Thou Almighty King)

One fresh and holy shoot

Sprouting from David’s tree

One righteous Branch

Ruling His people well

Judah

and

Israel

His gracious tidings tell

To all the world!

Yahweh our Righteousness

Comes to redeem and bless

God in our flesh

Born in obscurity

Such insecurity!

How can He ever be

Israel

’s king?

Lord God who sets things right

Maker of day and night

Dying our death

Rising in victory

Setting the captives free

Praise through eternity

Jesus the Lord.

Friday, December 3, 2010

.PDF of Entire Hymnbook - Available on Request

You can now receive

the entire "In This Fair Morning" hymnbook

as a .pdf file and print it out at your convenience.

-- 38 hymns and songs, plus poems and other material

Just email me at caedmullen@gmail.com

or send me a Facebook message

with your e-mail address,

and I'll send you the hymnal by attachment.

No charge. Happy Advent!

Tuesday, November 30, 2010

Why, My Soul, Are You So Downcast? (Psalm 43)

tune: Swedish folk melody "Tryggare Kan Ingen Vara"

("Children of the Heavenly Father")

Why, my soul, are you so downcast,

So disturbed and sad within me?

Put your hope in God our Saviour

He is worthy of our praises.

You are God, my rugged stronghold

My defense and my deliverer

Rescue me, O faithful Saviour

Vindicate me, O my Father!

Send Your light and hope to lead me,

Bring me to Your holy mountain

How I long to know Your presence,

Feel Your glory all around me.

Now I come to You, my Saviour,

My delight and joy forever

With my whole heart I sing praises

All my crowns I cast before You.

Monday, November 29, 2010

Bethlehem, Bethlehem, Though You Are Small (Micah 5:2)

words & music by Gary Hicks (11.29.10)

(written music available on request)

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“But you, Bethlehem Ephrathah,
   though you are small among the clansof Judah,
out of you will come for me
   one who will be ruler over Israel,
whose origins are from of old,
   from ancient times.”

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Bethlehem, Bethlehem, though you are small

From your cold crèche comes the Saviour of all

Though you are humble and hidden away

Mary’s son Jesus lies nestled in hay.

There lie the shepherds on your lonely hill

Waiting for daybreak, all silent and still

Suddenly, suddenly, thunder and light

Angels unnumbered sing forth in the night.

There in your stable, the one from of old

Sleeping contentedly, safe from the cold

None but the shepherds to welcome this guest

No great parade for the purest and best.

There in your hidden place, God became man

Helpless and needy, as heaven had planned

Grace and compassion, and love without end

He is our Saviour, the world’s greatest friend.

Friday, November 26, 2010

Now is the Dawning (Isaiah 9:1-7)

tune: “Bunessan” (Morning Has Broken)

Now is the dawning, now is the daybreak

Light is advancing, gloom slips away

Once we were humbled, now comes the glory

All we had longed for: welcome the Day!

Born is a baby destined to save us

Mighty His kingdom, wondrous His power

Joy for our sadness, peace for the nations

Now is the moment, this is His hour!

We will rejoice and welcome the morning,

Freed from our shackles, lifting our hands

Now is deliverance from the oppressor

Sing to the Savior, join in the dance.

Great are His names and great is His kingdom

Righteous His rule and peaceful His ways

He is exalted, reigning forever

Bring Him allegiance, worship and praise!

Thursday, October 14, 2010

New Hymnbook Coming Soon

For several months now,

my early morning hours have been taken up

with the writing of hymns and songs.

I have more than 100 of these.

Now it’s time to get them written out in good notation

and distributed.

So I’m making a brief change in my morning routine

to gather the music into a hymnbook.

This will be a simple three-ring binder

of 50 to 100 hymns and songs.

It may take several weeks,

and I’ll try to keep you updated

on the process here.

When completed,

the hymnbook will be available to you at no cost.

Thanks for your interest!

Wednesday, October 13, 2010

Ever-Present Help (Psalm 46) Final Version

words: Gary Hicks (10.12.10)

music: blues-based riff

God is our refuge, God is our strength

He is our light, and He knows the way