Hymns by Carolyn Winfrey Gillette

Our Lord, You Stood in Pilate's Hall
AZMON (8.6.8.6) ("O For a Thousand Tongues to Sing")

Our Lord, you stood in Pilate's hall, His judgment to endure.
Yet all he ruled would one day fall; You reign forevermore!

You are our King and yet you said It's not by sword or might;
Where truth is lived and love is spread, Your reign comes into sight.

Where people live in deep despair, Forgotten, hurt, alone,
We hear their urgent, whispered prayer: "When will your reign be known?"

And where your Christian church today Is mighty, rich and strong,
Lord, may we not forget your Way, Nor lose your kingdom's song.

"Thy kingdom come, thy will be done" Not just in heaven above;
May we on earth obey your Son, Who reigns o'er all in love.

Tune: Carl Gotthilf Glaeser, 1829; in Lowell Mason's Modern Psalmody, 1839 ("O For a Thousand Tongues to Sing")
Text: Copyright © 2007 by Carolyn Winfrey Gillette. All rights reserved.
Copied from Songs of Grace: New Hymns for God and Neighbor by Carolyn Winfrey Gillette (Upper Room Books, 2009).
Email: bcgillette@comcast.net     New Hymns: www.carolynshymns.com/

Hymn Use Permission: Songs of Grace: New Hymns for God and Neighbor by Carolyn Winfrey Gillette (Upper Room Books, 2009) includes a permission note for those who own this book to use this hymn (along with the 76 other new hymns in the book) in their local church's worship services. People who do not own Songs of Grace are asked to contact Carolyn (bcgillette@comcast.net) for permission to use the hymn and to get a copy of the hymn formatted for worship bulletin use.