Our Father's World » Bach http://www.ourfathersworld.org A Conversation about God, His Creation and Our Role in Creation Mon, 30 Jan 2012 17:44:54 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 A Hymn for Earth Day (and Easter) http://www.ourfathersworld.org/2009/04/22/a-hymn-for-earth-day-and-easter/ http://www.ourfathersworld.org/2009/04/22/a-hymn-for-earth-day-and-easter/#comments Wed, 22 Apr 2009 16:32:06 +0000 Ed http://www.ourfathersworld.org/?p=156

On this 39th celebration of Earth Day, it doesn’t hurt to go back a few hundred years for some perspective.  (Thank you, Melanie!)

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Awake, Thou Wintry Earth
J. S. Bach  (from Cantata 129)
(1685-1750)

Awake, thou wintry earth,
Fling off, fling off thy sadness.
Ye vernal flowers, laugh forth,
laugh forth your ancient gladness.
A new and lovely tale
Throughout the land is sped,
It floats o’er hill and dale
To tell that death is dead.
Descended to the grave,
Where our beloved lie sleeping,
Hath Christ returned to save
Man’s heart from woe and weeping.

O earth, break forth and sing,
Renew thy bright array,
With fairest blooms of spring
Bestrew the Savior’s way.

(Thomas Blackburn)

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