The editors of Praise to God actually used two collections from Sister Miriam Therese Winter. “Spirit of God in the Clear Running Water” and “God Gives His People Strength” were from Joy is Like the Rain, and I have blogged them both already. You can still purchase sheet music for that collection at the Medical Mission Sisters.
I have a copy of her book, Why Sing? that I got second hand, probably at a LifeLine Bookfest – I miss them but its for the best that I am far away from those sales as I have no more room for books. There are copies of her book at Abebooks at the moment.
“The Visit” is from a different collection called, Knock, Knock, which is also available at that site. It is about Mary’s visit to her cousin, Elizabeth. There is further background at Godsongs. It is too gentle a song for congregational use, but would make a nice solo in the right context.
1 She walked in the summer through the heat on the hill.
She hurried as one who went with a will.
She danced in the sunlight when the day was done.
Her heart knew no evening who carried the sun.
2 Fresh as a flower at the first ray of dawn.
She came to her cousin whose morning was gone.
There leaped a little child in the ancient womb,
And there leaped a little hope in ev’ry ancient tomb.
3 Hail, little sister, who heralds the spring.
Hail, brave mother, who carries the King.
Hail to the moment beneath your breast,
May all generations called you blessed.
4 When you walk in the summer, through the heat on the hill.
When you’re wound with the wind and one with the will.
Be brave with the burden you are blessed to bear,
For it’s Christ that you carry ev’rywhere, ev’rywhere, ev’rywhere.
© 1968 Medical Mission Sisters