Voices Found: Faith of our mothers, 17th Sunday after Pentecost, October 5, VF 136
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2 Timothy 1:1-7
1Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, for the sake of the promise of life that is in Christ Jesus,
2 To Timothy, my beloved child:
Grace, mercy, and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord.
3 I am grateful to God—whom I worship with a clear conscience, as my ancestors did—when I remember you constantly in my prayers night and day. 4Recalling your tears, I long to see you so that I may be filled with joy. 5I am reminded of your sincere faith, a faith that lived first in your grandmother Lois and your mother Eunice and now, I am sure, lives in you. 6For this reason I remind you to rekindle the gift of God that is within you through the laying on of my hands; 7for God did not give us a spirit of cowardice, but rather a spirit of power and of love and of self-discipline.
1Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, for the sake of the promise of life that is in Christ Jesus,
2 To Timothy, my beloved child:
Grace, mercy, and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord.
3 I am grateful to God—whom I worship with a clear conscience, as my ancestors did—when I remember you constantly in my prayers night and day. 4Recalling your tears, I long to see you so that I may be filled with joy. 5I am reminded of your sincere faith, a faith that lived first in your grandmother Lois and your mother Eunice and now, I am sure, lives in you. 6For this reason I remind you to rekindle the gift of God that is within you through the laying on of my hands; 7for God did not give us a spirit of cowardice, but rather a spirit of power and of love and of self-discipline.
Voices Found #136
Mothers call upon the Maker,who will nurture and provide.Cling to God, just as our children seek protection at our side.For the Lord is like a mother; God gave all the world its birthMothers, praise the great Creator everywhere, throughout the earth.
Words: Jane HawesMusic: Rustington, Charles Herbert Hastings Parry (1848-1918)
In 1996 Jane Hawes wrote "Mothers call upon the Maker," for a hymn festival at Bonhomme Presbyterian church in Missouri. During the festival the men were to sing "Rise up, O men of God,"so Hawes thought it appropriate to provide a hymn for the women to sing as well. At that time no feminine texts could be found so she wrote this one. Her words reflect St. Paul's Epistle for the day, emphasizing the importance of our mothers in teaching love and self-discipline to our children, nurturing a sincere and living faith.
Voices Found #98, verse 3
O teach me Lord, that I may teachthe precious things thou dost impart;and wing my words,that they may reach the hidden depths of many a heart.
Words: Frances R. Havergal (1836-1879)
Frances R. Havergal
Havergal was an English poet who composed hymns especially for children. The harp, as shown here, was her emblem.
She described one of her books as a "work to teach Tonic Sol-fa music to teenaged girls as a means to reach them with the gospel of Christ, bringing them within hearing distance of loving and sympathizing words, and of the One name which is sweeter than any music."
The Havergal Trust https://www.havergaltrust.com/about-f-r-h/
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