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All My Memories of Love
Author: Anna Akhmatova, c. 1888-1966; Mark L. Belletini, 1949- Hymnal: Singing the Living Tradition #336 (1993) Meter: 7.5.7.5 D Topics: Humanist Teachings Insight and Wisdom Lyrics: 1 All my memories of love
hang upon high stars.
All the souls I’ve lost to tears
now the autumn jars;
and the air around me here
thickens with their song;
sing again their nameless tunes,
sing again, and strong.
2 Willows in September
touch the water clear,
set among the rushes tall
of the flowing year.
Rising up from sunlit past
comes the shadowed sigh
running toward me silently,
love to fortify.
3 Many are the graceful hearts
hung upon this tree.
And it seems there’s room for mine
on these branches free;
and the sky above the tree,
whether wet or bright,
is my ease and comforting,
my good news and light. Languages: English Tune Title: ADORO TE DEVOTE
All My Memories of Love
Have I Not Known
Author: Don Marquis, 1878-1937 Hymnal: Singing the Living Tradition #337 (1993) Meter: 8.8.8.8 D Topics: Humanist Teachings Insight and Wisdom First Line: Have I not known the sky and sea Languages: English Tune Title: JERUSALEM
Have I Not Known
I Seek the Spirit of a Child
Author: Carl G. Seaburg, 1932- Hymnal: Singing the Living Tradition #338 (1993) Meter: 8.8.8.8.8.9 Topics: Humanist Teachings Insight and Wisdom Languages: English Tune Title: SUSSEX CAROL
I Seek the Spirit of a Child
Knowledge, They Say
Author: Arthur Noyes, 1880-1958 Hymnal: Singing the Living Tradition #339 (1993) Meter: 10.10.10.10 Topics: Humanist Teachings Insight and Wisdom First Line: Knowledge, they say, drives wonder from the world Lyrics: 1 Knowledge, they say, drives wonder from the world;
they say it still, though all the dust's ablaze
with marvels at their feet, while Newton's laws
foretell that knowledge one day shall be song.
2 We seem like children wandering by the shore,
gathering pebbles colored by the wave;
while the great sea of truth, from sky to sky
stretches before us, boundless unexplored. Languages: English Tune Title: SHELDONIAN
Knowledge, They Say
O World, Thou Choosest Not the Better Part
Author: George Santayana, 1863-1952 Hymnal: Singing the Living Tradition #341 (1993) Meter: 10.10.10.10.10.10 Topics: Humanist Teachings Insight and Wisdom First Line: O world, thou choosest not the better part! Lyrics: 1 O world, thou choosest not the better part!
It is not wisdom to be only wise,
and on the inward vision close the eyes,
but it is wisdom to believe the heart.
To trust the soul’s invincible surmise
is all of science and our only art.
2 Our knowledge is a torch of smoky pine
that lights the pathway but one step ahead
across a void of mystery and dread.
Bid, then, the tender light of faith to shine
by which alone the mortal heart is led
unto the thinking of the thought divine. Languages: English Tune Title: SONG 1
O World, Thou Choosest Not the Better Part
O Slowly, Slowly, They Return
Author: Wendell Berry, 1934- Hymnal: Singing the Living Tradition #342 (1993) Meter: 8.8.8.8 Topics: Humanist Teachings Insight and Wisdom Languages: English Tune Title: SOLOTHURN
O Slowly, Slowly, They Return
A Firemist and a Planet
Author: William Herbert Carruth, 1859-1924 Hymnal: Singing the Living Tradition #343 (1993) Meter: 7.6.7.6 D Topics: Humanist Teachings Insight and Wisdom Lyrics: 1 A firemist and a planet,
a crystal and a cell,
a starfish and a saurian,
and caves where ancients dwelt;
the sense of law and beauty,
a face turned from the sod —
some call it evolution,
and others call it God.
2 Haze on the far horizon,
the infinite tender sky,
the ripe, rich tints of cornfields,
and wild geese sailing high;
and over high and lowland,
the charm of goldenrod —
some people call it autumn,
and others call it God.
3 Like tides on crescent sea-beach,
when moon’s so new and thin,
into our hearts high yearnings
come welling, surging in,
come from the mystic ocean
whose rim no foot has trod —
some people call it longing,
and others call it God.
4 A sentry lone and frozen,
a mother starved for her brood,
and Socrates’ dread hemlock,
and Jesus on the rood;
and millions, who, though nameless,
the straight, hard pathway trod —
some call it consecration,
and others call it God. Languages: English Tune Title: NEW ENGLAND
A Firemist and a Planet
A Promise through the Ages Rings
Author: Alicia S. Carpenter, 1930- Hymnal: Singing the Living Tradition #344 (1993) Meter: 8.8.8.8 Topics: Humanist Teachings Hope Languages: English Tune Title: WAS GOTT THUT
A Promise through the Ages Rings
With Joy We Claim the Growing Light
Author: Samuel Longfellow, 1819-1892 Hymnal: Singing the Living Tradition #345 (1993) Meter: 8.8.8.8 Topics: Humanist Teachings Hope Lyrics: 1 With joy we claim the growing light,
advancing thought, and widening view,
the larger freedom, clearer sight,
which from the old unfold the new.
2 With wider view, come loftier goal;
with fuller light, more good to see;
with freedom, truer self-control;
with knowledge, deeper reverence be. Languages: English Tune Title: WINCHESTER NEW
With Joy We Claim the Growing Light
Come, Sing a Song with Me
Author: Carolyn McDade, 1935- Hymnal: Singing the Living Tradition #346 (1993) Meter: Irregular Topics: Humanist Teachings Hope Languages: English Tune Title: A ROSE IN WINTER
Come, Sing a Song with Me
Gather the Spirit
Author: Jim Scott, 1945- Hymnal: Singing the Living Tradition #347 (1993) Meter: 9.9.9.10 with refrain Topics: Humanist Teachings Hope First Line: Gather the spirit, harvest the power Refrain First Line: Gather in peace, gather in thanks Languages: English Tune Title: GATHER THE SPIRIT
Gather the Spirit
Guide My Feet
Hymnal: Singing the Living Tradition #348 (1993) Meter: Irregular Topics: Humanist Teachings Hope First Line: Guide my feet while I run this race Lyrics: 1 Guide my feet while I run this race.
Guide my feet while I run this race.
Guide my feet while I run this race,
for I don’t want to run this race in vain!
2 Hold my hand while I run this race.
Hold my hand while I run this race.
Hold my hand while I run this race,
for I don’t want to run this race in vain!
3 Stand by me while I run this race.
Stand by me while I run this race.
Stand by me while I run this race,
for I don’t want to run this race in vain!
4 Search my heart while I run this race. Search my heart while I run this race.
Search my heart while I run this race,
for I don’t want to run this race in vain!
Languages: English Tune Title: GUIDE MY FEET
Guide My Feet
We Gather Together
Author: Dorothy Caiger Senghas, 1930-; Robert E. Senghas, 1928- Hymnal: Singing the Living Tradition #349 (1993) Meter: 12.11.13.12 Topics: Humanist Teachings Hope First Line: We gather together in joyful thanksgving Languages: English; Latin Tune Title: KREMSER
We Gather Together
The Ceaseless Flow of Endless Time
Author: John Andrew Storey, 1935- Hymnal: Singing the Living Tradition #350 (1993) Meter: 8.6.8.6 Topics: Humanist Teachings Here and Now Languages: English Tune Title: MCKEE
The Ceaseless Flow of Endless Time
A Long, Long Way the Sea-Winds Blow
Author: William Stanley Braithwaite, 1878-1962 Hymnal: Singing the Living Tradition #351 (1993) Meter: 8.6.8.6 Topics: Humanist Teachings Here and Now Lyrics: 1 A long, long way the sea-winds blow
across the sea-plains blue,
but longer far my heart must go
before its dreams come true.
2 And work we must, and love we must,
and do the best we may,
and take the hope of dreams in trust
to keep us day by day.
3 A long, long way the sea-winds blow —
but somewhere lies a shore —
thus down the tide of time shall flow
my dreams forever more. Languages: English Tune Title: LIVERPOOL
A Long, Long Way the Sea-Winds Blow
Find a Stillness
Author: Carl G. Seaburg, 1932- Hymnal: Singing the Living Tradition #352 (1993) Meter: 8.7.8.7.8.7.7 Topics: Humanist Teachings Here and Now First Line: Find a stillness, hold a stillness Languages: English Tune Title: SIGISMUND
Find a Stillness
We Laugh, We Cry
Author: Shelley Jackson Denham, 1950- Hymnal: Singing the Living Tradition #354 (1993) Meter: Irregular Topics: Humanist Teachings Here and Now First Line: We laugh, we cry, we live, we die Languages: English Tune Title: CREDO
We Laugh, We Cry
We Lift Our Hearts in Thanks
Author: Percival Chubb, 1860-1960 Hymnal: Singing the Living Tradition #355 (1993) Meter: 8.6.8.6 Topics: Humanist Teachings Here and Now First Line: We lift our hearts in thanks today Languages: English Tune Title: PRAETORIUS
We Lift Our Hearts in Thanks
Will you Seek in Far-Off Places?
Author: Alicia S. Carpenter, 1930- Hymnal: Singing the Living Tradition #356 (1993) Meter: 8.7.8.7 Topics: Humanist Teachings Here and Now Languages: English Tune Title: GUTER HIRTE
Will you Seek in Far-Off Places?
The Oneness of Everything
Author: Jim Scott, 1946- Hymnal: Singing the Journey #1052 (2005) Topics: Humanist Teachings First Line: Far beyond the grasp of hands Languages: English Tune Title: [Far beyond the grasp of hands]
The Oneness of Everything
How Could Anyone
Author: Libby Roderick, 1958- Hymnal: Singing the Journey #1053 (2005) Topics: Humanist Teachings First Line: How could anyone ever tell you Languages: English Tune Title: [How could anyone ever tell you]
How Could Anyone
Let This Be a House of Peace
Author: Jim Scott, 1946-; Kenneth Patton, 1911-1994 Hymnal: Singing the Journey #1054 (2005) Topics: Humanist Teachings Languages: English Tune Title: [Let this be a house of peace]
Let This Be a House of Peace
How Sweet the Darkness
Author: Rachel Bates Hymnal: Singing the Journey #1055 (2005) Meter: 8.8.8.8 Topics: Humanist Teachings First Line: When windows that are black and cold Lyrics: 1 When windows that are black and cold
are lit anew with fires of gold;
When dusk in quiet shall descend
and darkness come once more a friend.
2 When wings pursue their proper flight
and bring not terror but delight;
When clouds are innocent again
and hide no storms of deadly rain;
3 And when the sky is swept of wars
and keeps but gentle moon and stars,
That peaceful sky, harmless air,
how sweet, how sweet, the darkness there. Languages: English Tune Title: MAURO
How Sweet the Darkness
Thula Klizeo
Author: Joseph Shabalala, 1941- Hymnal: Singing the Journey #1056 (2005) Topics: Humanist Teachings First Line: Thula klizeo, nala paseka Lyrics: ZULU -
Thula klizeo, nala pase kaya.
Thula klizeo, nala pase kaya.
Hey kaya, nala pase kaya.
Hey kaya, nala pase kaya.
[Translation to English:
Be still my heart, even here I am at home.] Languages: Zulu Tune Title: [Thula klizeo, nala paseka]
Thula Klizeo
Go Lifted Up
Author: Mortimer B. Barron, 1939- Hymnal: Singing the Journey #1057 (2005) Topics: Humanist Teachings Languages: English Tune Title: [Go lifted up]
Go Lifted Up
Be Ours a Religion
Author: Theodore Parker, 1810-1860 Hymnal: Singing the Journey #1058 (2005) Topics: Humanist Teachings First Line: Be ours a religion which like the sunshine goes everywhere Lyrics: Be ours a religion
which like sunshine goes everywhere,
its temple all space,
its shrine the good heart,
its creed all truth,
its ritual works of love. Languages: English Tune Title: [Be ours a religion which like the sunshine goes everywhere]
Be Ours a Religion
May Your Life Be As a Song
Author: Jim Scott, 1946- Hymnal: Singing the Journey #1059 (2005) Topics: Humanist Teachings Lyrics: May your life be as a song,
Resounding with the dawn to sing awake the light.
And softly serenade the stars,
Ever dancing circles in the night. Languages: English Tune Title: [May your life be as a song]
May Your Life Be As a Song
As We Sing of Hope and Joy
Author: Elizabeth Alexander, 1962- Hymnal: Singing the Journey #1060 (2005) Topics: Humanist Teachings First Line: As we sing of hope and joy today Languages: English Tune Title: [As we sing of hope and joy today]
As We Sing of Hope and Joy
For So the Children Come
Author: Sophia Lyon Fahs, 1876-1978 Hymnal: Singing the Journey #1061 (2005) Topics: Humanist Teachings First Line: Each night a child is born is a holy night Lyrics: Each night a child is born is a holy night:
A time for singing,
A time for wondering,
A time for worshipping,
Each night a child is born is a holy night.
Narrator:
1 For so the children come
And so they have been coming
Always in the same way they come
born of the seed of man and woman.
Congregation sings:
Each night a child is born is a holy night:
A time for singing,
A time for wondering,
A time for worshipping,
Each night a child is born is a holy night.
Narrator:
2 No angels herald their beginnings.
No prophets predict their future courses
No wise men see a star to show where to find
The babe that will save humankind
Congregation:
Each night a child is born is a holy night:
A time for singing,
A time for wondering,
A time for worshipping,
Each night a child is born is a holy night.
Narrator:
3 Yet each night a child is born is a holy night
Fathers and mothers–sitting beside their children’s cribs
Feel glory in the sight of a new life beginning
They ask, “Where and how will this new life end?
Or will it ever end?”
Congregation:
Each night a child is born is a holy night:
A time for singing,
A time for wondering,
A time for worshipping,
Each night a child is born is a holy night.
Narrator:
4 Each night a child is born is a holy night:
A time for singing,
A time for wondering,
A time for worshipping
Congregation:
Each night a child is born is a holy night:
A time for singing,
A time for wondering,
A time for worshipping,
Each night a child is born is a holy night.
Languages: English Tune Title: [Each night a child is born is a holy night]
For So the Children Come
All Around the Child
Author: Jim Scott, 1946- Hymnal: Singing the Journey #1062 (2005) Topics: Humanist Teachings First Line: Ancient story lived again Languages: English Tune Title: [Ancient story lived again]
All Around the Child
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