
Be Thou My Vision
Old Irish text, translated by Mary Elizabeth Byrne in 1905; versified by Eleanor H. Hull in 1912. For solo or SSAATB choir.
Old Irish text, translated by Mary Elizabeth Byrne in 1905; versified by Eleanor H. Hull in 1912. For solo or SSAATB choir.
Familiar lyrics (with an extra verse of my own) are set to an old Irish melody called “Slane,” which we traditionally sing using the words to “Be Thou My Vision” or “Take Time to be Holy.” For solo or SSAATB choir.
He is the balm for every wound; For every sorrow great or small; He is my strength, He is my song, He is my all.
Guard him, Joseph, as He slumbers; There behind the stable doors.
What shall I set upon the altar? I who must come with empty hands? With only my broken heart to offer, God will provide a Lamb.
Traditional carol, arranged for vocal solo.
With his blood so freely spent, He bought my soul; He paid my debt.
Music by Pietro Yon; Text by Frederick H. Martens; Arranged by Sally DeFord. For Solo, SATB or SSA, with optional flutes.
Music by Conrad Kocher, Lyrics by Folliott S. Pierpoint, Arranged by Sally DeFord; for SAB or SSA, both with optional flute.
If I alone bore guilt for which my all could never atone, He would have come for me–for me alone.
I cannot give with empty hands, nor love with barren heart.
Then come what may, I’ll live with courage in my heart because I know He is with me everywhere I go.
Created in His image, His light will be my guide; A heavenly inheritance because I am His child.
Text by Robert Robinson; Melody from John Wyeth’s “Repository of Sacred Music,” Part Second; Arranged by Sally DeFord.
Seek this Jesus whose mercies never cease; Come unto Christ, and find in him eternal peace.