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DECATUR

Meter: 8.7.8.7 D Appears in 4 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Mark H. Forscutt, 1834-1903 Tune Sources: Scottish meldoy Tune Key: E Flat Major Incipit: 8787 Used With Text: Let Us Pray for One Another
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Take My Gifts and Let Me Love You

Author: Shirley Erena Murray, 1931- Appears in 5 hymnals Lyrics: 1 Take my gifts and let me love you, God who first of all loved me, gave me light and food and shelter, gave me life and set me free, now because your love has touched me, I have love to give away, now the bread of love is rising, loaves of love to multiply! 2 Take the fruit that I have gathered from the tree your Spirit sowed, harvest of your own compassion, juice that makes the wine of God, spiced with humor, laced with laughter– flavor of the Jesus life, tang of risk and new adventure, taste and zest beyond belief. 3 Take whatever I can offer— gifts that I have yet to find, skills that I am slow to sharpen, talents of the hand and mind, things made beautiful for others in the place where I must be: take my gifts and let me love you, God who first of all loved me. Topics: Abundance; Communion; Compassion; Generosity; Giftedness; Giving; God's Love; Gratitude Scripture: Psalm 96:3-6 Used With Tune: DECATUR
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Let Us Pray for One Another

Author: Maurice L. Draper, 1918-2001; David H. Smith, 1844-1904 Meter: 8.7.8.7 D Appears in 2 hymnals Topics: Care; Christian unity; Compassion; Fellowship; Restoration Heritage; Rédemption; Relationships; Renewal; Zion-Reign of God Scripture: Colossians 1:9-10 Used With Tune: DECATUR
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Let us pray for one another

Author: David H. Smith, 1844-1904 Meter: 8.7.8.7 D Appears in 4 hymnals Lyrics: 1 Let us pray for one another, For the day is fading fast And the night is growing darker, While the scourge goes flaming past; We can see it in the darkness closing round our narrow way, And the snares are growing thicker: For each other let us pray. 2 We are walking down time's vista; We are very near the end; Let us pray that God, the Father, Will his guiding Spirit send. Now the foe becomes more daring, Knowing well the latter day; 'Tis the strength of his despairing; For each other let us pray. 3 Pray in faith, and pray unceasing, To the god we love and trust, For our prayers are much availing If we walk upright and just; Be not weary of exhorting; Heed the lesson of each day; And that we may be unwavering, For each other let us pray. 4 It is waning on toward midnight; Soon we'll hear the watchman say, "See, the Son of God is coming; Go and meet him on the way!" That our lamps may then be burning Bright enough to guide our way, And that we may share his glory, For each other let us pray. Topics: Christ Second Coming; Prayer; Temptation; Adoration and Praise Prayer Service Scripture: Colossians 1:9-10 Used With Tune: DECATUR
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Let Us Pray for One Another

Author: Maurice L. Draper, 1918-2001; David H. Smith, 1844-1904 Hymnal: Community of Christ Sings #186 (2013) Meter: 8.7.8.7 D Topics: Care; Christian unity; Compassion; Fellowship; Restoration Heritage; Rédemption; Relationships; Renewal; Zion-Reign of God Scripture: Colossians 1:9-10 Languages: English Tune Title: DECATUR
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Take My Gifts and Let Me Love You

Author: Shirley Erena Murray, 1931- Hymnal: Community of Christ Sings #609 (2013) Lyrics: 1 Take my gifts and let me love you, God who first of all loved me, gave me light and food and shelter, gave me life and set me free, now because your love has touched me, I have love to give away, now the bread of love is rising, loaves of love to multiply! 2 Take the fruit that I have gathered from the tree your Spirit sowed, harvest of your own compassion, juice that makes the wine of God, spiced with humor, laced with laughter– flavor of the Jesus life, tang of risk and new adventure, taste and zest beyond belief. 3 Take whatever I can offer— gifts that I have yet to find, skills that I am slow to sharpen, talents of the hand and mind, things made beautiful for others in the place where I must be: take my gifts and let me love you, God who first of all loved me. Topics: Abundance; Communion; Compassion; Generosity; Giftedness; Giving; God's Love; Gratitude Scripture: Psalm 96:3-6 Languages: English Tune Title: DECATUR
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Let us pray for one another

Author: David H. Smith, 1844-1904 Hymnal: The Hymnal #98 (1956) Meter: 8.7.8.7 D Lyrics: 1 Let us pray for one another, For the day is fading fast And the night is growing darker, While the scourge goes flaming past; We can see it in the darkness closing round our narrow way, And the snares are growing thicker: For each other let us pray. 2 We are walking down time's vista; We are very near the end; Let us pray that God, the Father, Will his guiding Spirit send. Now the foe becomes more daring, Knowing well the latter day; 'Tis the strength of his despairing; For each other let us pray. 3 Pray in faith, and pray unceasing, To the god we love and trust, For our prayers are much availing If we walk upright and just; Be not weary of exhorting; Heed the lesson of each day; And that we may be unwavering, For each other let us pray. 4 It is waning on toward midnight; Soon we'll hear the watchman say, "See, the Son of God is coming; Go and meet him on the way!" That our lamps may then be burning Bright enough to guide our way, And that we may share his glory, For each other let us pray. Topics: Christ Second Coming; Prayer; Temptation; Adoration and Praise Prayer Service Scripture: Colossians 1:9-10 Tune Title: DECATUR
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Shirley Erena Murray

1931 - 2020 Person Name: Shirley Erena Murray, 1931- Author of "Take My Gifts and Let Me Love You" in Community of Christ Sings Shirley Erena Murray (b. Invercargill, New Zealand, 1931) studied music as an undergraduate but received a master’s degree (with honors) in classics and French from Otago University. Her upbringing was Methodist, but she became a Presbyterian when she married the Reverend John Stewart Murray, who was a moderator of the Presbyterian Church of New Zealand. Shirley began her career as a teacher of languages, but she became more active in Amnesty International, and for eight years she served the Labor Party Research Unit of Parliament. Her involvement in these organizations has enriched her writing of hymns, which address human rights, women’s concerns, justice, peace, the integrity of creation, and the unity of the church. Many of her hymns have been performed in CCA and WCC assemblies. In recognition for her service as a writer of hymns, the New Zealand government honored her as a Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit on the Queen’s birthday on 3 June 2001. Through Hope Publishing House, Murray has published three collections of her hymns: In Every Corner Sing (eighty-four hymns, 1992), Everyday in Your Spirit (forty-one hymns, 1996), and Faith Makes the Song (fifty hymns, 2002). The New Zealand Hymnbook Trust, for which she worked for a long time, has also published many of her texts (cf. back cover, Faith Makes the Song). In 2009, Otaga University conferred on her an honorary doctorate in literature for her contribution to the art of hymn writing. I-to Loh, Hymnal Companion to “Sound the Bamboo”: Asian Hymns in Their Cultural and Liturgical Context, p. 468, ©2011 GIA Publications, Inc., Chicago
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David Hyrum Smith

1844 - 1904 Person Name: David H. Smith, 1844-1904 Adapter of "Let Us Pray for One Another" in Community of Christ Sings Youngest son of Joseph Smith, Jr., and his first wife, Emma. Active in leadership positions in the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (now the Community of Christ). Poet.
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Mark H. Forscutt

1834 - 1903 Person Name: Mark H. Forscutt, 1834-1903 Arranger of "DECATUR" in Community of Christ Sings Mark Hill Forscutt (19 June 1834 – 18 October 1903) was an English hymn writer and a leader in several denominations of the Latter Day Saint movement. A convert to The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church), Forscutt broke with that denomination for a number of reasons, not the least of which was the practice of plural marriage. Forscutt went on to serve in leadership positions in the Morrisite sect and later in the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (RLDS Church). Forscutt was born in Godmanchester, England. When Forscutt joined the LDS Church as a 19-year-old in 1853, his father disowned him and insisted that he move out of his childhood home. From 1855 to 1860, Forscutt was a missionary for the LDS Church in England. Forscutt was married in March 1860 to fellow Latter-day Saint Elizabeth Unsworth. On their marriage day, Forscutt and his wife began their emigration to Utah Territory with the intention of joining the gathering of Latter-day Saints in Salt Lake City. Upon arriving in Utah, he became a secretary to Brigham Young, the president of the LDS Church. Shortly after his arrival, Forscutt began to learn about the LDS practice of plural marriage, which he had not been aware of previously. This discovery, combined with other disagreements with Brigham Young, led Forscutt to disassociate himself from the LDS Church. Forscutt became affiliated with a group led by Joseph Morris; he was an apostle in the Morrisite organization and was involved in the 1861 Morrisite War. After these incidents, Forscutt joined the United States Army unit at Fort Douglas in Salt Lake City and was stationed in Ruby Valley (now Nevada) before returning to Salt Lake City. In 1865, Forscutt joined the RLDS Church in Salt Lake City. He soon left the territory fearing for his life as an apostate from the LDS Church. Forscutt became a close personal friend of Joseph Smith III. Forscutt later served as a full-time missionary for the RLDS Church in England and the Society Islands. He was a copyist in the process that led to the 1866 publication of the Joseph Smith Translation of the Bible in 1866. Forscutt composed a number of hymns and was the editor of Saints' Harmony, an RLDS Church hymnal published in 1889. Forscutt was a preacher in the RLDS Church until his death. On 2 May 1879, Forscutt preached the sermon at the funeral of Emma Smith Bidamon, the widow of Joseph Smith, Jr. and mother of Joseph Smith III. Mark and Elizabeth Forscutt were the parents of three children Amy Forscutt Parr, Ruby Forscutt Faunce, and Mark Zenas Forscutt. They divorced in 1867. --http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Hill_Forscutt
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