Gather Us In

WOV 718 Marty Haugen

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D A C G

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1. Here in this place ... new light is stream - ing,
2. We are the young, our lives are a mys - t'ry,
3. Here we will take the wine and the wa - ter,
4. Not in the dark of build - ings con - fin - ing,

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now is the dark - ness van - ished a - way;
we are the old who yearn for your face;
here we will take the bread of new birth,
not in some heav - en, light years a - way;

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see in this space our fears and our dream - ings
we have been sung through - out all of his - t'ry,
here you shall call your sons and your daugh - ters,
here in this place the new light is shin - ing,

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brought here to you in the light of this day.
called to be light to the whole hu - man race.
call us a - new to be salt for the earth.
now is the king - dom, and now is the day.

Copyright ©1982, GIA Publications Revised 9/9/2011

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Gath - er us in, the lost and for - sak - en,
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Gath - er us in, the rich and the haugh - ty,
Give us to drink the wine of com - pas - sion,
Gath - er us in and hold us for - ev - er,

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gath - er us in, the blind and the lame;
gath - er us in, the proud and the strong;
give us to eat the bread that is you;
gath - er us in and make us your own;

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call to us now, and we shall a - wak - en,
give us a heart, so meek and so low - ly,
nour - ish us well, and teach us to fash - ion
gath - er us in, all peop - les to - geth - er,

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we shall a - rise at the sound of our name.
give us the cour - age to en - ter the song.
lives that are ho - ly and hearts that are true.
fire ... of love in our flesh and our bone.

Revised 9/9/2011