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Meter: Irregular Appears in 225 hymnals Scripture: Mark 15:21-47 First Line: Were you there when they crucified my Lord? Lyrics: 1 Were you there when they crucified my Lord? Were you there when they crucified my Lord? Oh! Sometimes it causes me to tremble, tremble, tremble. Were you there when they crucified my Lord? 2 Were you there when they nailed him to the tree? Were you there when they nailed him to the tree? Oh! Sometimes it causes me to tremble, tremble, tremble. Were you there when they nailed him to the tree? 3 Were you there when they laid him in the tomb? Were you there when they laid him in the tomb? Oh! Sometimes it causes me to tremble, tremble, tremble. Were you there when they laid him in the tomb? Used With Tune: WERE YOU THERE Text Sources: African-American spiritual

My Song Is Love Unknown

Author: Samuel Crossman, c. 1624-1683 Meter: 6.6.6.6.4.4.4.4 Appears in 128 hymnals Scripture: Mark 15 Lyrics: 1 My song is love unknown, My Savior’s love to me; Love to the loveless shown, That they might lovely be. O who am I, that for my sake My Lord should take frail flesh and die? 2 He came from his blest throne Salvation to bestow; But men made strange, and none The longed-for Christ would know. But, oh, my Friend, my Friend indeed, Who at my need His life did spend! 3 Sometimes they strew His way, And His sweet praises sing; Resounding all the way Hosannas to their King: Then “Crucify!” is all their breath, And for His death they thirst and cry. 4 Why, what hath my Lord done? What makes this rage and spite? He mad the lame to run, He gave the blind their sight. Sweet injuries! is all their breath, Themselves displease and 'gainst him rise. 5 They rise, and needs will have My dear Lord made away; A murderer they saved, The Prince of life they slay, Yet cheerful He to suff'ring goes, That He His foes from thence might free. Topics: Sunday of the Passion; Lent Used With Tune: LOVE UNKNOWN

Now the Green Blade Rises

Author: J. M. C. Crum, 1872-1958 Meter: 11.10.10.11 Appears in 61 hymnals Scripture: Mark 15:46 First Line: Now the green blade rises from the buried grain Used With Tune: NOËL NOUVELET

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WERE YOU THERE

Meter: Irregular Appears in 180 hymnals Scripture: Mark 15:21-47 Tune Sources: African-American spiritual Tune Key: E Flat Major Incipit: 51333 21321 13555 Used With Text: Were You There

NOËL NOUVELET

Meter: 11.10.10.11 Appears in 107 hymnals Scripture: Mark 15:46 Tune Sources: French carol, 15th c. Tune Key: e minor Incipit: 15645 34453 21156 Used With Text: Now the Green Blade Rises

LOVE UNKNOWN

Meter: 6.6.6.6.4.4.4.4 Appears in 84 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: John Ireland, 1879-1962 Scripture: Mark 15 Tune Key: D Major Incipit: 35632 12345 36676 Used With Text: My Song Is Love Unknown

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Alas! And Did My Savior Bleed

Author: Isaac Watts, 1674-1748 Hymnal: Christian Worship #410 (2021) Meter: 8.6.8.6 Scripture: Mark 15:33-41 Lyrics: 1 Alas! And did my Savior bleed, and did my Sov'reign die? Would he devote that sacred head for such a worm as I? 2 Was it for crimes that I had done he groaned upon the tree? Amazing pity, grace unknown, and love beyond degree! 3 Well might the sun in darkness hide, and shut its glories in when God, the mighty maker, died for his own creatures' sin. 4 Thus might I hide my blushing face while his dear cross appears, dissolve my heart in thankfulness, and melt mine eyes to tears. 5 But drops of grief can ne'er repay the debt of love I owe; here, Lord, I give myself away — 'tis all that I can do. Topics: Lent Languages: English Tune Title: MARTYRDOM

When I Survey the Wondrous Cross

Author: Isaac Watts (1674-1748) Hymnal: Common Praise (1998) #386 (1998) Meter: 8.8.8.8 Scripture: Mark 15 Lyrics: 1 When I survey the wondrous cross on which the Prince of glory died, my richest gain I count but loss, and pour contempt on all my pride. 2 Forbid it, Lord, that I should boast, save in the cross of Christ, my God; all the vain things that charm me most, I sacrifice them to his blood. 3 See, from his head, his hands, his feet, sorrow and love flow mingled down; did e’er such love and sorrow meet, or thorns compose so rich a crown? 4 Were the whole realm of nature mine, that were an offering far too small; love so amazing, so divine, demands my soul, my life, my all. Topics: Discipleship; Holy Week (Good Friday); Praise of God; Sunday of the Passion Languages: English Tune Title: ROCKINGHAM

Jesus, Keep Me near the Cross

Author: Fanny J. Crosby, 1820-1915 Hymnal: Lead Me, Guide Me (2nd ed.) #300 (2012) Meter: 7.6.7.6 with refrain Scripture: Mark 15:39-41 Refrain First Line: In the cross, in the cross Lyrics: 1 Jesus, keep me near the cross; There's a precious fountain, Free to all, a healing stream, Flows from Calv'ry's mountain. Refrain: In the cross, in the cross, Be my glory ever, Till my raptured soul shall find Rest beyond the river. 2 Near the cross, a trembling soul, Love and mercy found me; There the bright and morning star Sheds its beams around me. [Refrain] 3 Near the cross! O Lamb of God, Brings its scenes before me; Help me walk from day to day With its shadows o'er me. [Refrain] 4 Near the cross I'll watch and wait, Hoping, trusting ever, Till I reach the golden strand Just beyond the river. [Refrain] Topics: Good Friday; Funeral Sacraments; Cross; Discipleship; Eternal Life; Hope; Lamb of God; Mercy, Forgiveness; Patience; Redemption; Rest; Trust in Jesus Christ Languages: English Tune Title: NEAR THE CROSS

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Brian A. Wren

b. 1936 Person Name: Brian Wren, b. 1936 Scripture: Mark 15:46-47 Author of "Joyful Is the Dark" in Gather Comprehensive Brian Wren (b. Romford, Essex, England, 1936) is a major British figure in the revival of contemporary hymn writing. He studied French literature at New College and theology at Mansfield College in Oxford, England. Ordained in 1965, he was pastor of the Congregational Church (now United Reformed) in Hockley and Hawkwell, Essex, from 1965 to 1970. He worked for the British Council of Churches and several other organizations involved in fighting poverty and promoting peace and justice. This work resulted in his writing of Education for Justice (1977) and Patriotism and Peace (1983). With a ministry throughout the English-speaking world, Wren now resides in the United States where he is active as a freelance lecturer, preacher, and full-time hymn writer. His hymn texts are published in Faith Looking Forward (1983), Praising a Mystery (1986), Bring Many Names (1989), New Beginnings (1993), and Faith Renewed: 33 Hymns Reissued and Revised (1995), as well as in many modern hymnals. He has also produced What Language Shall I Borrow? (1989), a discussion guide to inclusive language in Christian worship. Bert Polman

John L. Bell

b. 1949 Scripture: Mark 15:40-47; 16 Author of "From the Falter of Breath" in Common Praise (1998) John Bell (b. 1949) was born in the Scottish town of Kilmarnock in Ayrshire, intending to be a music teacher when he felt the call to the ministry. But in frustration with his classes, he did volunteer work in a deprived neighborhood in London for a time and also served for two years as an associate pastor at the English Reformed Church in Amsterdam. After graduating he worked for five years as a youth pastor for the Church of Scotland, serving a large region that included about 500 churches. He then took a similar position with the Iona Community, and with his colleague Graham Maule, began to broaden the youth ministry to focus on renewal of the church’s worship. His approach soon turned to composing songs within the identifiable traditions of hymnody that began to address concerns missing from the current Scottish hymnal: "I discovered that seldom did our hymns represent the plight of poor people to God. There was nothing that dealt with unemployment, nothing that dealt with living in a multicultural society and feeling disenfranchised. There was nothing about child abuse…,that reflected concern for the developing world, nothing that helped see ourselves as brothers and sisters to those who are suffering from poverty or persecution." [from an interview in Reformed Worship (March 1993)] That concern not only led to writing many songs, but increasingly to introducing them internationally in many conferences, while also gathering songs from around the world. He was convener for the fourth edition of the Church of Scotland’s Church Hymnary (2005), a very different collection from the previous 1973 edition. His books, The Singing Thing and The Singing Thing Too, as well as the many collections of songs and worship resources produced by John Bell—some together with other members of the Iona Community’s “Wild Goose Resource Group,” —are available in North America from GIA Publications. Emily Brink

Winfred Douglas

1867 - 1944 Person Name: Charles Winfred Douglas (1867-1944) Scripture: Mark 15:46 Arranger of "WERE YOU THERE" in Church Hymnary (4th ed.) Charles Winfred Douglas (b. Oswego, NY, 1867; d. Santa Rosa, CA, 1944), an influential leader in Episcopalian liturgical and musical life. Educated at Syracuse University and St. Andrews Divinity School, Syracuse, New York, he moved to Colorado for his health. There he studied at St. Matthew's Hall, Denver, and founded the Mission of the Transfiguration in Evergreen (1897). Ordained a priest in the Episcopal Church in 1899, he also studied in France, Germany and England, where he spent time with the Benedictines of Solesmes on the Island of Wight from 1903 to 1906. For much of his life, Douglas served as director of music at the Community of St. Mary in Peekskill, New York, and had associations with cathedrals in Denver, Colorado, and Fond du Lac, Wisconsin. He promoted chanting and plainsong in the Episcopal Church through workshops and publications such as The American Psalter (1929), the Plainsong Psalter (1932), and the Monastic Diurnal (1932). His writings include program notes for the Denver Symphony Orchestra, various hymn preludes; organ, as well as the book, Church Music in History and Practice (1937). He was editor of both the Hymnal 1916 and its significant successor, Hymnal 1940, of the Episcopal Church. Douglas's other achievements include a thorough knowledge of the life and culture of Hopi and Navajo natives, among whom he lived for a number of years. Bert Polman

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