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Thread #7544   Message #45821
Posted By: norma roberts
17-Nov-98 - 03:35 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: Psalms sung to 'The Water is Wide'
Subject: RE: The Water is Wide - alternate lyrics
melanie I'm familiar with several others - My Life Flows On (on Pete Seeger's album "Pete") words by Robert Lowry; The Gift of Love-words by Hal Hopson; and this lyric by Wren--WHEN LOVE IS FOUND

WHEN LOVE IS FOUND AND HOPE COMES HOME SING AND BE GLAD THAT TWO ARE ONE WHEN LOVE EXPLODES AND FILLS THE SKY, PRAISE GOD AND SHARE OUR MAKER'S JOY WHEN LOVE HAS FLOWERED IN TRUST AND CARE BUILD BOTH EACH DAY, THAT LOVE MAY DARE TO REACH BEYOND HOME'S WARMTH AND LIGHT TO SERVE AND STRIVE FOR TRUTH AND RIGHT.

WHEN LOVE IS TRIED AS LOVED ONES CHANGE HOLD STILL TO HOPE THOUGH ALL SEEMS STRANGE TILL EASE RETURNS AND HOPE GROWS WISE THROUGH LIST'NING EARS AND OPENED EYES.

WHEN LOVE IS TORN AND TRUST BETRAYED PRAY STRENGTH TO LOVE TILL TORMENTS FADE TILL LOVERS KEEP NO SCORE OF WRONG BUT HEAR THROUGH PAIN LOVE'S EASTER SONG.

PRAISE GOD FOR LOVE, PRAISE GOD FOR LIFE IN AGE OR YOUTH, IN CALM OR STRIFE. LIFT UP YOUR HEARTS! LET LOVE BE FED THROUGH DEATH AND LIFE IN BROKEN BREAD.

A beautiful song for a wedding----norma