This is getting a bit obscure. This song from the Praise to God hymnal doesn’t appear to have been in any sheet music collection and I can only find it as the title track on an album of Australian Christian folk songs by Maureen Carroll. It was written by Damian West, although as the guitarist on Carroll’s album he is listed as Damien. The text as actually attributed to Damian West (alt), which means the editors have amended the words, but since I can find no trace of the song anywhere, I don’t know what has been changed. The sheet music is in this hymnal’s hand-written style they use for their own arrangements.
Having no idea what it is meant to sound like, I set the tempo to 135 and made a backing that is probably not folky enough, but it does sound like very early praise and worship from 1979.
1 Rejoice, you children of God; rejoice you children of faith.
God has sent his son to save us from all suffering and death.
Refrain
So let us rejoice, shout out our praise,
Thank the Lord with all our hearts.
He is the Joygiver, peace sharer for all humankind.
2 Believers of the risen Lord; sing the glory of our king.
He has come to renew us with bread that gives us life.
Refrain
3 O hear those soul saving words of the prophet crucified to death.
Hearts are made pure and joyful by the saving blood of Christ.
I’d love to know more about these songs – let me know if they are still in use anywhere or if there is more to know about the circumstances involved.
I will post the sheet music as it it unavailable anywhere I can find, but I will take it down if there is any way of getting the sheet music that is found.