MUSIC BOX
Melinda Coffey Armstead, piano & keyboard
Prelude to Worship
Prelude in B-flat Major WTC I . . . J. S. Bach (1685-1750)
Chorale
Ach, bleib mit Deiner Gnade . . . Melchior Vulpius 1609, har. J. S. Bach English translation:
Abide, O faithful Saviour,
Among us with Thy love;
Grant steadfastness and help us
to reach our home above.
Musical Interlude
Fairest Lord Jesus . . . German Hymn 1677, arr. Larry Shackley
Fairest Lord Jesus, Ruler of all nature,
O Thou of God and man the Son,
Thee will I cherish, Thee will I honor,
Thou, my soul’s glory, joy and crown.
Fair are the meadows, fairer still the woodlands,
Robed in the blooming garb of spring;
Jesus shines fairer, Jesus is purer,
Who makes the woeful heart to sing.
Postlude
Fugue in B-flat Major WTC I . . . J. S. Bach
Children can easily open the drawer
That lets the spirit rise up and wear
Its favorite costume of mirth and laughter.
When the mind is consumed with
Remembrance of Him
Something divine happens to the heart
That shapes the hand and tongue and eye
into the word Love.
– Hafiz
