I was deeply touched by Religious path that Unitarian Universalist Church at Glen Allen is providing. However, with the new born child, I stopped attedning around mid 2007. I'm waiting for the time when I can attend this church again. I wanted to get SLT digitized in here. It's my attempt to learn One of the Western Religion - 2009/1/4 MinsooKim
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1, May Nothing Evil Cross This Door
May nothing evil cross this door, and may ill fortune never pry about these windows, may the roar and rain go by.
By faith made strong, the rafters will withstand the battering of the storm. This heart, though all the world grow chill, will keep you warm.
Peace shall walk softly through these rooms, touching our lips with holly wine, till every casual corner blooms into a shrine.
With laughter drown the raucous shout, and, though these sheltering walls are thin, may they be strong to keep hate out and hold love in.
Words: Louis Untermeyer, 1885-1977, (c) 1923, renewed 1951 by Louis Untermeyer, used by perm. of Harcour Brace Jovanovich.
Music: Robert N. Quaile, b. 1867
123, Spirit of Life
Spirit of life, come unto me.
- Sing in my heart all the stirrings of compassion.
Blow in the wind, rise in the sea;
- move in the hand, giving life the shape of justice.
Roots hold me close; wings set me free.
- Spirit of Life, come to me, come to me.
Words & music: Carolyn McDade, 1935-, (c) Carolyn McDade,
harmony by Grace Lewis-McLaren, 1939-, (c) 1992 Unitatrian Universalist Association
170, We Are a Gentle, Angry People
We are a gentle angry people, and we are singing, singing for our lives
We are a justice seeking people, and we are singing, singing for our lives
We are young and old together, and we are singing, singing for our lives
We are a land of many colors, and we are singing, singing for our lives
We are gay and straight together, and we are singing, singing for our lives
We are a gentle, loving people, and we are singing, singing for our lives
Words & music: Holly Neat, 1944-, (c) 1979 Hereford Music
arr. by Parick L. ickey, 1964-
arr. (c) 1992 Unitatrian Universalist Association
361, Enter, Rejoice, and Come In
Enter, rejoice, and come in. Enter, rejoice, and come in.
- Today will be a joyful day; enter, rejoice, and come in.
Open your ears to the song. Open your ears to the song.
- Today will be a joyful day; enter, rejoice, and come in.
Open your hearts everyone. Open your hearts everyone.
- Today will be a joyful day; enter, rejoice, and come in.
Don't be afraid of some change. Don't be afraid of some change.
- Today will be a joyful day; enter, rejoice, and come in.
Words music: Louise Ruspini.
arr. by Betty A. Wylder, 1923-1994 (c) Unitatrian Universalist Association
464, And Then
And then all that has divided us will merge
And then compassion will be wedded to power
And then softness will come to a world that is harsh and unkind
And then both men and women will be gentle
And then both women and men will be strong
And then no person will be subject to another's will
And then all will be rich and free and varied
And then the greed of some will give way to the needs of many
And then all will share equally in the Earth's abundance
And then all will care for the sick and the weak and the old
And then all will nourish the young
And then all will cherish life's creatures
And then all will live in harmony with each other and the Earth
And then everywhere will be called Eden once again
480
If it is language that makes us human,
one half of language is to listen.
Silence can exist without speech,
but speech cannot live without silence.
To learn the true power of words
is to learn also the power of silence.
Listen to the speech of others.
Listen even more to their silence.
To listen to another person
is to take seriously their otherness.
To pray is to listen to the revelations of nature,
to the meaning of events.
To listen to music is to listen also to silence,
and to find the stillness deepened and enriched.
Jacob Trapp
556, These Roses
These roses under my window make no reference to former roses or to better ones; they are for what they are; they exist with God today.
There is no time to them. There is simply the rose; it is perfect in every moment of its existence.
Before a leaf-bud has burst, its whole life acts; in the full-blown flower there is no more, in the leafless root there is no less.
Its nature is satisfied and it satisfies nature in all moments alike.
But we postpone or remember. We do not live in the present, but with reverted eye lament the past, or heedless of the riches that surround us, stand on tiptoe to foresee the future.
We cannot be happy or strong until we too live with nature in the present, above time.
Ralph Waldo Emerson [Adapted]
566, God Is One
In this world there have always been many opinions about faith and salvation.
You need not think alike to love alike.
There must be knowledge in faith also.
Sanctified reason is the lantern of faith.
Religious reform can never be all at once, but gradually, step by step.
If they offer something better, I will gladly learn.
The most important spiritual function is conscience, the source of all spiritual joy and happiness.
Conscience will not be quieted by anything less than truth and justice.
We must accept God's truth in this lifetime. Salvation must be accomplished here on earth.
God is indivisible.
Egy Az Isten1
God is one.
Francis David adapted by Richard Fewkes
575, A New Manifestation
A new manifestation is at hand, a new hour is come.
When Man and Woman may regard one another as brother and sister, able both to appreciate and to prophesy to one another.
A new manifestation is at hand, a new hour is come.
What Woman needs is not as a woman to act or rule, but as a nature to grow, as an intelligence to discern, as a soul to live freely and unimpeded, to unfold such powers as were given her.
A new manifestation is at hand, a new hour is come.
Man does not have his fair share either; his energies are repressed and distorted by the interposition of artificial obstacles.
A new manifestation is at hand, a new hour is come.
We would have every arbitrary barrier thrown down. WE would have every path laid open to woman as freely as to Man.
When this done, we believe a divine energy would pervade nature to a degree unknown in the history of former ages.
A new manifestation is at hand, a new hour is come.
635, A New Heart
Who can say: I have purified my heart, and I am free from sin?
There are none on earth so righteous that they never sin.
Cast away all the evil you have done, and get yourselves a new heart and a new spirit.
A new heart will I give you, a new spirit put within you. I will remove the heart of stone from your flesh, and give you a heart that feels.
For thus says the Eternal God: I, Myself, will search for My sheep, and seek them out.
As a shepherd seeks them out when any of the flock go astray, so will I seek out My sheep.
I will put My spirit within you, and teach you to live by My laws.
For I desire love and not sacrifices, the knowledge of God rather than burnt offerings.
686
Go in peace. Live simply, gently,
at home in yourselves.
Act justly.
Speak justly.
Remember the depth of your own compassion.
Forget not your power in the days of your powerlessness.
Do not desire to be wealthier than
your peers and stint not your hand of charity.
Practice forbearance.
Speak the truth, or speak not.
Take care of yourselves as bodies,
for your are a good gift.
Crave peace for all people in the
world, beginning with yourselves,
and go as you go with the dream
of that peace alive in your heart.
Mark L. Belletini
Hungarian, pronounced: Edge Oz Eeshten (1)
