ST. COLUMBA

Stanza Arc

The narrative or theological arc traced by this tune's stanzas: Psalm 23 Christological transformation: establishment of Christ's sovereign care (1-2) → confession of human waywardness and divine retrieval (3) → victory over death through Christ's passion (4) → sacramental communion and eschatological promise (5-6)

Associated Hymn Texts (23)

• Lo Many Shall Come from the East and the West — Matthew Bridges (1848)
• Now the Green Blades Rise from the Buried Grain — Ewart Gladstone Monks (1928)
• O Love Who Madest Me to Wear — Henry Twells (1868)
• The King of Love My Shepherd Is — Henry Williams Baker (1868)
• We Know that Christ is Raised — John Brownlow Geyer (1982)
• A Pilgrim and a Stranger — Thomas O. Chisholm (1916)
• And Wilt Thou Pardon, Lord — Cornelius Elven (1860)
• Dominus Regit Me — William Cowper (1782)
• It Is Not Death to Die — Henry Harbaugh (1860)
• Lord Who at Cana's Wedding-Feast — George Ridley Woodward (1894)
• Lord as Thou Wilt Deal Thou with Me — Cornelius Elven (1859)
• Love Came Down at Christmas — Christina Georgina Rossetti (1875)
• O Christ Our King Creator Lord — Latin hymn, attributed to various sources (1200)
• O Love that Casts Out Fear — Horatius Bonar (1857)
• Rejoice, My Heart, Be Glad and Sing — Martin Behm (1610)
• Renew Me, O Eternal Light — Johann Friedrich Starck (1724)
• Savior Who Thy Flock art Feeding — Unknown (1800)
• Song of Jonah — Henry H. Hoeltke (1982)
• The Lord Hath Helped Me Hitherto — Unknown (1800)
• The Lord's My Shepherd — David Livingstone; paraphrased by Jessie Seymour Irvine (1876)
• Thy Way and All Thy Sorrows — Paul Gerhardt (1653)
• To Thee, Omniscient Lord of All — Johann Heermann (1630)
• Yea as I Live Jehovah Saith — Johann Roh (1525)