Bring Many Names

Bring many names

beau­ti­ful and good

Celebrate

in pa­ra­ble and sto­ry

Holiness in glo­ry

liv­ing

lov­ing God.

Hail and Ho­san­na! Bring ma­ny names!

Strong mo­ther God

work­ing night and day

Planning all the won­ders of cre­ation

Setting each equa­tion

ge­ni­us at play:

Hail and Ho­san­na

strong mo­ther God!

Warm fa­ther God

hug­ging ev­ery child

Feeling all the strains of hu­man liv­ing

Caring and for­giv­ing

till we’re re­con­ciled:

Hail and Ho­san­na

warm fa­ther God!

Old

ach­ing God

grey with end­less care

Calmly pierc­ing ev­il’s new dis­guis­es

Glad of good sur­pris­es

wis­er than des­pair:

Hail and Ho­san­na

old

ach­ing God!

Young

grow­ing God

ea­ger

on the move

Saying no to false­hood and un­kind­ness

Crying out for jus­ti­ce

giv­ing all you have:

Hail and Ho­san­na

young

grow­ing God!

Great

liv­ing God

nev­er ful­ly known

Joyful dark­ness far be­yond our see­ing

Closer yet than breath­ing

ev­er­last­ing home:

Hail and Ho­san­na

great

liv­ing God!