Faith

Diversity increases?

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There was a school class which comprised only fifteen boys – it was a privileged area and the boys, unable to cope with competition from hard working girls, had been segregated – one of whom had black skin and two had brown, the rest all had white, perhaps you could say albino, but that may be misunderstood. The class was therefore racially diverse.

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Who is on the Lord’s side?

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Who is on the Lord’s side? Who will serve the King?
Who will be his helpers, other lives to bring?
Who will leave the world’s side? Who will face the foe?
Who is on the Lord’s side? Who for him will go?
By thy call of mercy, by thy grace divine,
We are on the Lord’s side: Saviour, we are thine!

Not for weight of glory, nor for crown and palm,
Enter we the army, raise the warrior psalm;
But for love that claimeth lives for whom he died:
He whom Jesus saveth marches on his side.
By thy love constraining, by thy grace divine,
We are on the Lord’s side: Saviour, we are thine!

Jesus, thou hast bought us, not with gold or gem,
But with thine own lifeblood, for thy diadem;
With thy blessing filling each who comes to thee,
Thou hast made us willing, thou hast made us free.
By thy great redemption, by thy grace divine,
We are on the Lord’s side: Saviour, we are thine!

Fierce may be the conflict, strong may be the foe,
But the King’s own army none can overthrow;
‘Round his standard ranging, vict’ry is secure,
For his truth unchanging makes the triumph sure.
Joyfully enlisting, by thy grace divine,
We are on the Lord’s side: Saviour, we are thine!

Chosen to be soldiers, in an alien land,
Chosen, called, and faithful, for our Captain’s band;
In the service royal, let us not grow cold,
Let us be right loyal, noble, true and bold.
Master, thou wilt keep us, by thy grace divine,
Always on the Lord’s side: Saviour, always thine!

Words: Frances Ridley Havergal (1836-79)
Music: Someone will say that it bears some similarity with, a passing resemblance maybe to, a song by Mavis Ford, in which case Coco is flattered and she perhaps annoyed. Coco finally got around to putting pen to paper for a new tune for Who is on the Lord’s side. Any similarity between this and an other tune may be coincidental, deliberate or unintentional in the manner of Brahms first Symphony and many other hymns whose first lines appear to have some resemblance to each other.
The copyright of this arrangement of the music is held by Stuart Moffatt (© 1999-2021).
The midi file was produced using Noteworthy Composer.
The mp3 was produced using Myriad software.
Also on CPDL and NWC Scriptorium

Who is on the Lord’s side is usually sung to at least two different tunes, but obviously not at the same time in the same place that would be anti-fermionic not to say cacophonous:

Rachie

Music: Rachie – Caradog Roberts (1878-1935) and adapted here by Coco
The copyright of this arrangement of the music is held by Stuart Moffatt (© 1999-2021).
On NWC Scriptorium

Armageddon

Music: Armageddon – C. Luise Reichardt, arr. by John Goss, 1871 and adapted here by Coco
The copyright of this arrangement of the music is held by Stuart Moffatt (© 1999-2021).
On NWC Scriptorium

These words of Mavis Ford fit quite nicely onto Armageddon and Rachie, do you not agree?

You are the King of glory
You are the Prince of Peace
You are the Lord of heaven and earth
You’re the Son of righteousness
Angels bow down before you
Worship and adore, for
You have the words of eternal life
You are Jesus Christ the Lord

Hosanna to the son of David
Hosanna to the King of kings
Glory in the highest heaven for
Jesus the Messiah reigns

The One who made

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The One who made the heavens above
Is Lord of you and Lord of me
To him we owe unfeigning love
For he’s the One who set us free

He set us free from Satan’s power
He set us free from sin and guilt
He set us free in that dark hour
When was his blood for sinners spilt.

For sinners gave he up his life
For sinners he to die had come
For sinners fought he in the strife
To call poor sinners to his home

The call is not to one but all
Who will surrender to the same
Not righteous to repentance call
But sinners to his lovely name

The name he has is Lord of Lords
Not just of heaven and all above
The earth and all that it affords
Are his, redeemèd by his love.

The One who made the heavens and earth
Is Lord of you and Lord of me
We praise him now to show his worth
And shall for all eternity.

Words: Stuart Moffatt © 2021 Music: Stuart Moffatt © 2021
The copyright of this arrangement of the music is held by Stuart Moffatt (© 2021).
The midi file was produced using Noteworthy Composer.
The mp3 was produced using Myriad software.
On CPDL and NWC Scriptorium

Too much colour

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It was the reference to a woman of colour that prompted Coco to speak yet again on this matter, Coco was going to remain silent, having spoken before but the reference shows nothing has changed . Coco noticed the article is still fairly close to the top even today; it had not gone away.

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