Glory to God ‎#476

476. Crashing Waters at Creation

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Text Information

• First Line: Crashing waters at creation
• Title: Crashing Waters at Creation
• Author: Sylvia G. Dunstan (1987)
• Meter: 8.7.8.7
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 2013
• Scripture:
  Genesis 1:1-5
  ;
  Genesis 1:9-10
  ;
  Exodus 14:21-22
  ;
  Matthew 3:13-17
  ;
  Mark 1:9-11
  ;
  John 4:10-14
• Topic: Baptism; Christian Year: Baptism of Jesus; Creation; Renewal; Salvation
• Copyright: © 1991 GIA Publications, Inc.

Tune Information

• Name: CRASHING WATERS
• Composer: William A. Cross (1992)
• Meter: 8.7.8.7
• Key: f minor
• Copyright: © 1994 William A. Cross

Text Information:

Like the Thanksgiving Over the Water in the rite of Baptism, this text by a United Church of Canada minister recalls significant events in salvation history involving water. The final stanza is a prayer to Christ, the Living Water (John 4:10, 14), to quench our spiritual thirst.