6 September 2026 - Fifteenth Sunday after Pentecost

COME AND FIND THE QUIET CENTER

Notes about this hymn:

New Zealander Shirley Erena Murray (b. 1931) is a prolific hymn writer with texts appearing in more than 100 collections worldwide. Her hymns and carols speak to a wide spectrum of themes including the church year, human rights, the care of creation, and peace.

The tune BEACH SPRING is attributed to Benjamin F. White (b. Spartanburg, SC, 1800), was coeditor of The Sacred Harp (1844).

COME TO ME

Come to Me, all you who labor
Come to Me, and I will give you rest;
Come to Me, all you who are weary and burdened
And you will find rest for your souls.

Come, my child,
Learn my heart:
For I am gentle and lowly.
See how great my love for you
that I have called you my child.

TEXT: adapted from Matt. 11:25, 28–29; 2 Cor. 6:18; and 1 John 3:1
MUSIC: Dan Forrest
© 2018 Beckenhorst Press, Inc. All rights reserved.

IT IS WELL WITH MY SOUL

When peace like a river attendeth my way,
When sorrows like sea billows roll;
Whatever my lot, thou hast taught me to say,
It is well, it is well with my soul.

Refrain:
It is well with my soul;
It is well, it is well with my soul.

Though Satan should buffet, though trials should come,
Let this blest assurance control:
That Christ hath regarded my helpless estate,
And hath shed his own blood for my soul.

Refrain

My sin—oh, the bliss of this glorious thought!—
My sin, not in part, but the whole,
Is nailed to the cross, and I bear it no more;
Praise the Lord, praise the Lord, O my soul!

Refrain

And, Lord, haste the day when my faith shall be sight,
The clouds be rolled back as a scroll;
The trump shall resound, and the Lord shall descend;
Even so, it is well with my soul.

Refrain

WORDS: Horatio G. Spafford, 1873
MUSIC (VILLE DU HAVRE): Philip P. Bliss, 1876
SETTING: Tom Fettke
Words and music public domain.