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New Hymn Available

Noted Presbyterian hymn-writer Carolyn Winfrey Gillette, co-pastor with her husband Bruce of Limestone Presbyterian Church in Wilmington, DE - as she has on other occasions of national and international trauma - has penned a hymn for use by Presbyterian congregations as they respond to the tragedy in Haiti:

In Haiti, There is Anguish
ST. CHRISTOPHER  7.6.8.6.8.6.8.6 ("Beneath the Cross of Jesus")

In Haiti, there is anguish that seems too much to bear;
A land so used to sorrow now knows even more despair.
From city streets, the cries of grief rise up to hills above;
In all the sorrow, pain and death, where are you, God of love?

A woman sifts through rubble, a man has lost his home,
A hungry, orphaned toddler sobs, for she is now alone.
Where are you, Lord, when thousands die - the rich, the poorest poor?
Were you the very first to cry for all that is no more?

O God, you love your children; you hear each lifted prayer!
May all who suffer in that land know you are present there.
In moments of compassion shown, in simple acts of grace,
May those in pain find healing balm, and know your love's embrace.

Where are you in the anguish?   Lord, may we hear anew
That anywhere your world cries out, you're there - and suffering, too.
And may we see, in others' pain, the cross we're called to bear;
Send out your church in Jesus' name to pray, to serve, to share. 

Tune:  Frederick Charles Maker, 1881
Text:  Text: Copyright © 2010 by Carolyn Winfrey Gillette.  All rights reserved.  Permission is given for use by those who support Presbyterian Disaster Assistance.