We Love The Place, O God
SATB choral/organ score
PEL2066-Choir and Organ
A WORK FOR SATB CHOIR AND ORGAN
Commissioned by the Choir and Congregation of the Cathedral Church of All Saints, Halifax, NS on the occasion of the Cathedral's centenary, September 10th 2010; John Hudson, Organist and Choirmaster
Notes
Commissioned by the Choir and Congregation of the Cathedral Church of All Saints, Halifax, NS on the occasion of the Cathedral's centenary, September 10th 2010; John Hudson, Organist and Choirmaster
Texts
We Love The Place, O GOd
Words: William Bullock (1797-1874)
from 'Songs of the Church' (Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada: 1854) revised by Henry W. Baker (1821-1877)
Latin Text from the Liber Usualis
Music: Paul Halley (1952-) - and Locus Iste of Anton Bruckner
We love the place, O God,
Wherein thine honour dwells;
The joy of thine abode
All earthly joy excels.
It is the house of prayer,
Wherein thy servants meet;
And thou, O Lord, art there
Thy chosen flock to greet.
We love to sing below
For mercies freely given;
But, oh, we long to know
The triumph song of Heaven.
Lord Jesus, give us grace
On earth to love thee more,
In heaven to see thy face,
And with thy saints adore.
Locus iste a Deo factus est,
inaestimabile sacramentum,
irreprehensibilis est.
This place was made by God,
a priceless sacrament;
it is without reproach.
