CHURCH OF THE REDEEMER CHOIR Morristown, NJ - www.redeemermorristown.org "SPIRIT IN SOUND" CONCERT, March 17, 2012 Part II Ed Alstrom, Organist/Music Director O FOR THE WINGS OF A DOVE (music: Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, 1844; text: William Bartholomew) - Jen Russell, Soprano soloist O for the wings, for the wings of a dove! Far away, far away would I rove! In the wilderness build me a nest, and remain there for ever at rest. SING AND REJOICE, O ZION (music: Robert J. Powell, 1980; text: Zechariah 2: 10-11) Sing, rejoice, O Zion! Sing with joy to God the Maker; sing with Thanksgiving, for our God will dwell within thee. "Lo, I come", saith our God; "behold, I will come and dwell within thee." And in that day, many nations shall be joined to our God, and God shall dwell in the midst of them, and they shall be God's people. AND I SAW A NEW HEAVEN (music: Edgar Bainton, 1928; text: Revelations XXI, 1-4) And I saw a new Heaven and a new earth, for the first heaven and the first! earth were passed away, and there was no more sea. And I John saw the holy city, new Jerusalem coming down from God out of heaven, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband. And I heard a great voice out of heaven, saying, "Behold, the tabernacle of God is with you, and God will dwell with you, and you shall be God's people, and God of all shall be with you, and be your God". And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes, and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow nor crying, neither shall ...
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