LIFT EVERY VOICE AND SING HYMNAL LYRICS FULL

LIFT EVERY VOICE AND SING HYMNAL LYRICS FULL

Lift every voice and sing Score Full Text Media More media are available on the text authority and tune authority pages. 1871 1938 Lift every voice and sing, Till earth and heaven ring, Ring with the harmonies of Liberty Let our rejoicing rise High as the list'ning skies, Let it resound loud as the rolling sea. Ston-y the road we trod, bit ter- the chast ening- rod, Felt in the days when hope un-1. God of our wear-y years, God of our si lent- tears, Thou Who hast brought us thus far 2. This song deserves to be sung with attention. Discover 598 The Hymnal 1982 599 600 599. Lift Every Voice and Sing James Weldon Johnson, 1899 John Rosamond Johnson Public Domain Courtesy of the Cyber Hymnal 3.

We have come treading our path through the blood of the slaughtered We have come over a way that with tears has been watered Sing a song full of the faith that the dark past has taught usīitter the chastening rod felt in the days when hope unborn had died When you sing 'Lift Every Voice and Sing,' do you play close attention to the words? It’s easy, on a Sunday morning, to open the hymnal and sing along without necessarily processing what we’re saying what the words we’re saying really mean: It's a very, very powerful song - but it's often sung without context, and at times it's sung without a lot of intentionality. Day is a time when particular songs get sung one of them is 'Lift Every Voice and Sing.' It gets sung in school, in church, and at various MLK day celebrations or over the course of Black History Month.

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