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Hymns on Sunday Summer Requests starts today β throughout January you can hear listener choices. Favourite hymns in this weekβs programme include Be thou my vision, Stuart Townendβs setting of Psalm 23 The Lordβs my shepherd, and Guide me, O thou great redeemer.
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SONG: JESU, JOY OF MANβS DESIRING
Artist: Choir of Guildford Cathedral
Words/Music: Schop, Bach/Bridges
Recording: Word WSTCD 9705
Jesu, joy of manβs desiring
Holy wisdom, love most bright;
Drawn by Thee, our souls aspiring
Soar to uncreated light.
Word of God, our flesh that fashioned,
With the fire of life impassioned,
Striving still to truth unknown,
Soaring, dying round Thy throne.
SONG: THROUGH ALL THE CHANGING SCENES OF LIFE
Artist: Choir of St Maryβs Episcopal Cathedral, Edinburgh
Words/Music: Nahum Tate/Smart
Recording: Priory PRCD 376
Through all the changing scenes
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