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Composed for Julie Peterson on the occasion of her Ordination into the Ministry of the Word and Sacrament

The Word

Mark A. Boyle

Peter de Mets (ASCAP)

(based on John 1:1-11)

Not too fast q=92

Soprano

# 3 Pœ ˙ & 4

# V 43 Œ

The

Tenor

Bass

9

& &

# #

˙˙

not

writ,

# 3P & 4 œ ˙˙ œœ ˙˙ The

Alto

œ

Word,

Word,

? # 43 Œ

∑

? # œ . œj œ œ. œ œ know - ledge

œœ . œœ œœ . J He

œœ .. œœ œœ J

˙

œ

˙˙

∑

now comes

∑ ∑ ˙˙ ..

shine

˙˙ ..

œœ Œ Œ

∑

flesh and

˙˙ ..

∑

in

œœ ˙ ˙

œœ

œœ ˙˙

˙˙ ..

œœ Œ Œ P Ó œ

∑

∑

œ

now comes

∑

∑

did

writ,

∑ ∑

∑

# œ . œj œ V œ. œ œ

∑

not

œ

∑

in

flesh and

Ó

œ

As

∑ ˙ blue

œ n˙

As

bone.

∑

∑ Ó

bone.

∑

œ œ ˙

Ó

˙

œ

P œ ˙˙ œœ From

time

F ˙ œ 42 ˙

œœ ˙

be - fore our

˙

œœ ˙

P 43 ˙ .

œ œ ˙

sky

in

œœ œ ˙

sky

and

earth

in

P 34 ˙. stone. P 43 ˙ .

in

sky

and

earth

in

stone.

was

set

in

œ œ ˙

œœ Œ œ

blue

As

blue

œœ Œ œœ n ˙˙

was

set

As

blue

was

set

˙

∑

was

set

in

F 2 ˙ œ 4 ˙

sky

and

earth

in

˙

F ˙ œ 42 ˙

in

˙

and

earth

F ˙ œ 42 ˙

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stone.

P 3 œ œ 4 ˙.

stone.


2

The Word 19

& & V

# # #

˙ ˙

F F

& &

œ

now comes

Œ Œ

∑

now comes

∑

∑

#

∑

∑

Ó

∑

finds

the

way,

Ó

finds

the

way,

& &

∑

#

f

must

hang

œœ Œ Œ

∑

∑

∑

sus - tain - ing

˙˙ ..

œœ

œœ ˙˙

˙˙ ..

œœ Œ Œ F Ó œ

∑

∑

∑

-

pon

u

-

pon

Vine.

∑ ∑

∑ ∑

œ ˙˙

œ ˙ life

and

Fœ ˙ œ ˙ ˙ œ ˙

Ó

for

life

and

œ ˙

light

for

œ ˙

j œ œœ . œœ œœ .

With - in

this

Vine

the

pil - grim

With - in

this

Vine

the

pil - grim

œ ˙˙ œ

light

j œ œ . œ œ . œ œœ

œ ˙˙

˙

ev'

œœ ˙˙ .. -

ry

˙˙

Œ

∑

˙˙

Œ

∑

child.

œ œ œœ œœ œœ œœ œœ œœ œœ œœ œœ œœ œœ ˙˙ ..

F œ œ œ œ ˙ œ b˙

ev'

-

ry

child.

œ ˙

œœ ˙˙ Fœœ b ˙˙

œ

A - bun - dant

life

and

light

for

ev'

-

ry

ev'

-

ry

child.

Yet

first

this

A - bun - dant

life

and

light

for

ev'

-

ry

ev'

-

ry

child.

Yet

first

this

œœ ˙˙

œœ ˙˙ ∑ ∑

n ˙˙ b œœ

u

Vine.

sus - tain - ing

A - bun - dant

∑

œ n˙ œœ ˙

Vine

œ ˙

∑

œœ

˙˙

∑

œœ ˙˙

∑

f œœ Œ œœ ˙ ˙

œœ

hang

life

œœ Œ f œ ˙

œœ b ˙˙

must

? # b ˙˙

f

∑

Vine

œ ˙˙

the

∑

∑

# ˙ V ˙

∑

life

œ

A - bun - dant

? # œœ .. œœ œœ ˙˙ .. J #

the

∑

# œ. œ œ ˙. V œ . œJ œ ˙ .

39

œ ˙

˙˙ œœ ˙˙

From God

˙

#

œ ˙˙

˙

From God

?# ˙ 29

œ

˙˙ ..

a

brae,

a

brae,

œ b n ˙˙ .. œ

œ ˙ œ ˙

F Œ ˙ F Œ n b ˙˙

b ˙˙ ˙˙

Slower q=80

Be

-

Be

-

bœ œ 42

Œ 42

œœ

, œ . Jœ b œ- œ ‰ œ . b œ -̇ J J

, j n œœ .. b œœ b œœ- œj ‰ œœ .. # œœj ˙ -̇

tween two

thieves, re - ject - ed

and

re - viled.

tween two

thieves,

and

re - viled.

42 b œœ n œœ

Œ 42

œ ˙ œ ˙

∑ ∑

∑ ∑

re - ject - ed

∑ ∑

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∑ ∑

∑ ∑


3

The Word 49

& &

# #

˙

∑

˙˙

∑

∑ ∑

? # Œ ‰ œj œ œ œ œ œ & &

#

this bears

wit - ness

one who

To

all

of

this bears

wit - ness

one who

∑

œ œ œ œ ∑

∑

œœ œœ

rit.

∑

∑

œœ œœ

œœ œœ

∑

∑

-̇ œ ‰ Jœ œœ œœ œ œ ˙

∑

œœ ‰ œœ œœ- œœ œœ œœ ˙-̇ J

lips

Pour

out

a

œœ # œœ

truth

for shep - herds and for

kings.

lips

Pour

out

a

truth

for shep - herds and for

kings.

# & # ˙˙ ..

66

#

œœ œœ

of

# œœ- ‰ œœ V J

&

∑

all

∑

? # œœ- ‰ œœ J

34 Œ . f œj œ œ ˙ . œ

To

∑

#

œœ œœ

34 Œ . f œœ œœ œœ ˙˙ .. J

∑

∑

œœ œœ

# V Œ ‰ Jœœ œœ œœ

58

∑

œ

clipse,

and

˙.

œ

# ˙. V

and

? # ˙.

œ #œ

clipse,

clipse,

clipse,

œ

and

and

œ

œ

cleanse the

œ

rit.

œ

œ

œ

œ

œ

cleanse the

œ

œ

œ œ œ

œ

œ

œ

souls

of

œ #œ

souls

of

œ

all

œ

who

œ #œ

all

who

∑

∑

œœ ..

fire

œœ J

The

stran - ger's

hon - eyed

The

stran - ger's

hon - eyed

j œœ œœ ..

œ. œ.

œ œ J

j œœ œœ œœ

the Vine

will soon,

the Bard,

e -

the Vine

will soon,

the Bard,

e -

j œ œ.

œœ œœ

j œ œ. œ.

j œ œ œ

œ œœ J œ

34 ˙˙ f œœ 44 œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ # œ

œ

who

fire

34 ˙˙ f œœ 44 œœ œœ

His

all

42

j œ œ.

34 Ó f 44 œ. #œ

drink

of

œœ

34 Ó f 44 œ . œ

With

∑

Fj ‰ œœ 42 œœ œœ

˙˙

With

∑

Fj ‰ œœ 42 œœ œœ

˙˙

a tempo

who

souls

way!"

sings,

all

œ

"Pre - pare a

sings,

of

œ

cleanse the

œ

way!"

f 43 ˙˙ ..

souls

œ

cleanse the

œ

f 43 ˙˙ ..

"Pre - pare a

42

drink

œ

drink

œ

drink

His

œ

His

œ

His

With

fire the

Vine will

soon,

With

fire

Vine

soon, the

p p p p

the

will

π 34 œ Œ œ a tempo

w

wine:

w

wine:

π 34 Œ œ œ

The

w

43 ˙ .

w

43 ˙ .

wine:

wine:

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The

the

Bard, e -

Bard,

e -

˙

œ

Word,

not

˙˙

Word,

œœ

∑ ∑

not


4

The Word

# . & ˙˙ .

˙˙

˙˙ ..

˙˙

on

˙

œ

72

&

#

writ,

# V Ó

writ,

?# Ó

œœ on

π œ π œ

œœ

now

comes,

˙˙

on

now

comes,

on

œœ

F F F F

˙˙ ..

œœ

earth,

˙˙ ..

earth,

˙˙ ..

earth,

˙˙ ..

earth,

Œ

œœ

Œ

œœ

Œ

œœ

Œ

œœ

˙˙ ..

f ˙˙ ..

œœ

to

˙˙ ..

˙˙ ..

œœ

˙˙ ..

œœ

˙˙ ..

to

to

to

f f f

shine.

shine.

˙˙ ..

shine.

˙˙ ..

shine.

U̇ ˙.

.

U

˙˙ ..

U

˙˙ ..

U

˙˙ ..

PdM Aug 23, 2018 Newtown, PA

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