The Open Door
SATB choral/piano score
PEL2070-Choir and Piano
A WORK FOR SATB CHOIR AND PIANO WITH ORGAN, BASS AND PERCUSSION
Commissioned in celebration of the 20th anniversary of the Plymouth Fine Arts Series, Plymouth Congregational UCC, Des Moines, and in loving memory of Jonathan M. Fletcher, Sharon Parker-Lenihan, Director of Music
Notes
Commissioned in celebration of the 20th anniversary of the Plymouth Fine Arts Series, Plymouth Congregational UCC, Des Moines, and in loving memory of Jonathan M. Fletcher, Sharon Parker-Lenihan, Director of Music
Texts
The Open Door
Words: Rumi (1207-1273), John Greenleaf Whittier (1807-1892)
Music: Paul Halley (1952-)
Where Jesus Lives - Rumi (1207-1273)
Where Jesus lives the great-hearted gather.
We are a door that’s never locked.
If you are suffering any pain,
stay near this door. Open it.
Unity - John Greenleaf Whittier (1807-1892)
Forgive, O Lord, our severing ways,
The separate altars that we raise,
The varying tongues that speak Thy praise!
Suffice it now. In time to be
Shall one great temple rise to Thee,
Thy church our broad humanity.
White flowers of love its walls shall climb,
Sweet bells of peace shall ring its chime,
Its days shall all be holy time.
The hymn, long sought, shall then be heard,
The music of the world’s accord,
Confessing Christ, the inward word!
That song shall swell from shore to shore,
One faith, one love, one hope restore
The seamless garb that Jesus wore!
