A Second Cantica Sacra

By William Flewelling

As a minister in practice, hymns are a part of the whole scheme of things. And, doing the things that matter in ministry, dealing with hymns is a natural. Being by habit and development somewhat of a writer, I tried my hand at hymn texts as well. After some experimentation, I came to taking my idea - most often a passage of scripture I intended to use as a basis for preaching - and reflecting on it under the impress of a chosen hymn tune - I used one hymnal or another to discover the tunes. Of recent years, I have followed my way through Common Praise, the latest revision of Hymns Ancient and Modern, to provide the tunes. These 200 hymn texts all fit into that pattern; four of them were requests by a friend for a program on ‘Sing a New Song’ that he was to lead, the rest being aimed at the usual development. I found they served me as a first round reflection on the text. On occasion, when I was serving a congregation, I would use one for worship; now, of course, I do not, though they are shared through a liturgical materials web site another friend maintains and there is some evidence that some of them have been used by others. This book makes the texts available to anyone interested. Purchase of the book supplies the right to use them as well.

• Language: English
• Publisher: AuthorHouse
• Release date: Feb 17, 2020
• ISBN: 9781728347233

William Flewelling

I am a retired minister from the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) living in central Illinois. Led by a request from Mildred Corwin of Manua OH when I arrived there in 1976, I long developed and led a series of bible studies there and in LaPorte IN and New Martinsville WV. These studies proved to be very feeding to me in my pastoral work and won a certain degree of following in my congregations. My first study was on 1 Peter, chosen because I knew almost nothing about the book. I now live quietly in retirement with my wife of 54 years, a pair of dogs and several cats.

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Contents

Foreword

By The Purchase of This Book

On Matthew 3:13-17

On Isaiah 49:1-7

On 1 Corinthians 1:10-18

On Mathew 5:1-12

On Isaiah 58:1-9a

On 1 Corinthians 3:1-9

On Matthew 5:38-48

On Exodus 24:12-18

On 2 Corinthians 5:20b – 6:10

On Matthew 4:1-11

On Genesis 12:1-4a

On Romans 5:1-11

On John 9:1-41

On Ezekiel 37:1-14

On Philippians 2:5-11

On John 13:1-17, 31b-35

On Matthew 28:1-10

On Acts 2:14a, 22-32

On 1 Peter 1:17-23

On John 10:1-10

On Jeremiah 31:1-6

On 1 Peter 1:3-9

On Luke 24:13-35

On Acts 2:42-47

On 1 Peter 2:2-10

On John 14:15-21

On Acts 1:6-14

On 1 Corinthians 12:3b-13

On Genesis 1:1 – 2:4a

On Romans 5:1-8

On Matthew 10:24-39

On Jeremiah 28:5-9

On Romans 7:15-25a

On Matthew 13:1-9, 18-23

On Isaiah 44:6-8

On Romans 8:26-30

On Matthew 28:16-20

On Exodus19:2-8a

On Romans 6:1b-11

On Matthew 10:40-42

On Zechariah 9:9-12

On Romans 8:1-11

On Matthew 13:24-30, 36-43

On 1 Kings 3:5-12

On Romans 9:1-5

On Matthew 14:22-33

On Isaiah 56:1, 6-8

On Romans 12:1-8

On Matthew 16:21-28

On Ezekiel 33:7-11

On Romans 14:1-12

On Matthew 20:1-16

On Ezekiel 18:1-4, 25-32

On Philippians 3:4b-14

On Matthew 22:1-14

On Isaiah 45:1-7

On 1 Thessalonians 2:1-8

On Matthew 23:1-12

On Amos 5:18-24

On 1 Thessalonians 5:1-11

On Matthew 25:31-46

On Isaiah 64:1-9

On 2 Peter 3:8-15a

On John 1:6-8, 19-28

On 2 Samuel 7:1-11, 16

On Galatians 4:4-7

On Mark 1:4-11

On 1 Samuel 3:1-10

On 1 Corinthians 7:29-31

On Mark 1:21-28

On Isaiah 40:21-31

On 2 Corinthians 4:3-6

On Matthew 6:1-6, 16-21

On Genesis 9:8-17

On Romans 4:13-25

On John 2:13-22

On Numbers 21:4-9

On Hebrews 5:5-10

On Mark 14:1 – 15:47

On Exodus 12:1-4, 11-14

On 1 Corinthians 15:1-11

On John 20:19-31

On Acts 3:1-19

On 1 John 3:16-24

On John 15:1-8

On Acts 10:44-48

On 1 John 5:9-13

On John 15:26-27; 16:4b-15

On Psalm 96

On Psalm 25

On Psalm 73

On Psalm 107

On Isaiah 6:1-8

On 2 Corinthians 4:5-12

On Mark 3:20-35

On Ezekiel 17:22-24

On 2 Corinthians 6:1-13

On Mark 5:21-43

On Ephesians 1:3-14

On Ezekiel 2:1-5

On Mark 6:30-34, 53-56

On 2 Kings 4:42-44

On Ephesians 4:1-16

On John 6:35, 41-51

On Proverbs 9:1-6

On Ephesians 6:10-20

On Mark 7:1-8, 14-15, 21-23

On Isaiah 35: 4-7a

On James 3:1-12

On Mark 9:30-37

On Numbers 11:4-6, 10-16, 24-29

On Hebrews 1:1-4; 2:5-12

On Mark 10:17-31

On Isaiah 53:4-12

On Hebrews 7:23-28

On Mark 12:28-34

On 1 Kings 17:8-16

On Hebrews 10:11-14, 19-25

On John 18:33-37

On Jeremiah 33:14-16

On Philippians 1:3-11

On Luke 3:7-18

On Micah 5:2-5a

On Colossians 3:12-17

On Matthew 2:1-12

On Isaiah 43:1-7

On 1 Corinthians 12:1-11

On Luke 4:21-30

On Isaiah 6:1-8

On 1 Corinthians 15:12-20

On Luke 6:22-38

On Isaiah 55:10-13

On Exodus 34:29-35

On 2 Corinthians 5:20b – 6:10

On Luke 4:1-13

On Genesis 15:1-12, 17-18

On 2 Corinthians 3:12 – 4:2

On Matthew 6:1-6, 16-21

On Deuteronomy 26:1-11

On Philippians 3:17 – 4:1

On Luke 13:1-9

On Joshua 5:9-12

On Philippians 3:4b-14

On Luke 22:14 – 23:56

On Exodus 12:1-4, 11-14

On 1 Corinthians 15:19-26

On John 20:19-31

On Acts 9:1-6

On Revelation 7:9-17

On John 13:31-35

On Acts 16:9-15

On Revelation 22:12-14, 16-17, 20-21

On John 14:8-17

On Proverbs 8:1-4, 22-31

On Galatians 3:23-29

On Luke 9:51-62

On Isaiah 66:10-14

On Colossians 1:1-14

On Luke 10:38-42

On Genesis 18:20-32

On Colossians 3:1-11

On Luke 12:32-40

On Jeremiah 23:23-29

On Hebrews 12:18-29

On Luke 14:1, 7-14

On Deuteronomy 30:15-20

On 1 Timothy 1:12-17

On Luke 16:1-13

On Amos 8:1a, 4-7

On 2 Timothy 1:1-14

On Luke 17:11-19

On Genesis 32:22-31

On Jeremiah 14:7-10, 19-22

On 2 Thessalonians 1:1-4, 11-12

On Luke 20:27-38

On Malachi 4:1-2a

On 2 Timothy 4:6-8, 16-18

On Luke 19:1-10

On Job 19:23-27a

On 2 Thessalonians 3:6-13

On Luke 23:33-43

On Isaiah 2:1-5

On Romans15:4-13

On Matthew 11:2-11

On Isaiah 7:10-16

On Hebrews 2:10-18

On John 1:10-18

On Isaiah 42:1-9

On 1 Corinthians 1:1-9

On Matthew 4:12-23

On Micah 6:1-8

On 1 Corinthians 2:1-12

On Matthew 5:13-20

On Exodus 24:12-18

On 2 Corinthians 5:20b – 6:10

On Matthew 4:1-11

On Genesis 12:1-4a

On Romans 5:1-11

On John 9:1-41

On Ezekiel 37:1-14

About the Author

Foreword

I began to wonder, having taken up writing stories (Inn-by-the-Bye Stories) in 1981 and poetry of a formal sort of nature by 1982 or so and Reflective Prayers in early 1983, whether I could write hymns as well. Being a curious sort, I tried it. I chose to use my anticipated text for preaching and reflect and write something out in a given meter. I recall using Church Hymnal Corporation’s A New Metrical Psalter for some aid; I see I received the book in July 1987, giving my memory a bit of a nudge on timing.

I was not