The next two sources used by Praise to God, were Go Tell Everyone from the Medical Mission sisters, which had the the title track, which I’ve already looked at, and Leo Watt’s Go Where He Leads that had, “With a Gentle Love“.
Having done those I can look at this song from the collection, Go Up to the Mountain from the Weston Priory. They published the Gregory Norbet songs of the time and a few I haven’t met in other collections turn up in PTG, like “Something Which Is Known”. He based the text on 1 John 1 and it was apparently a song well known in its time.
The Priory posts both the lyrics and the sheet music if you after them.
I somehow made a peaceful version of this one, without my usual overdoing things.
- Something which is known
to have been from the beginning:
this we have heard and seen with our own eyes;
something we have touched
and have carefully watched:
the Word who is life, this we share with you.Alleluia. Alleluia. Alleluia. Alleluia.
- This is the life of our God, so gracious,
Word become flesh:
there is no greater wonder.
All that we have witnessed became new vision:
this our hope for you,
alive in God’s own spirit.Alleluia. Alleluia. Alleluia. Alleluia.
- He it is in whom we have found the light of truth,
source of our hope, abiding gift of God’s love.
Through that love we pass and are born in life unending:
Jesus, our Lord, the fullness of our joy.Alleluia. Alleluia. Alleluia. Alleluia.
Our Priest has told me about a collection from his home in India called With Joyful Lips. I found a pdf of it online and it is a huge and somewhat terrifying melange of styles and layout that must mean the musicians in India are amazingly adaptable. I’m not sure have enough years yet to live to do a deep dive on that collection.
Anyway this tune even got to India with this wonderful version: