He lives in us, the Christ of God
He lives in us, the Christ of God. Michael Arnold Perry* (1942-1996).
This metrical approach to Romans 8 was written at Bitterne, Southampton, in 1977. The author had worked at a fresh translation of this chapter (published in a revised form, 1983) and ‘as a consequence’ he put some of its key ideas into verse for singing. He writes: ‘Stanza 1 reflects Paul’s experience. Stanza 2 reflects real personal and continuing pastoral experience. Stanza 3 is the great assurance of St Paul about the inalienable love of God’. The text was first published in Songs of Worship (1980, set to WESTMINSTER); Perry preferred ELLACOMBE to the tunes provided in 1982 by HFTC (SOUTHWELL and KINGSFOLD), and...
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