Hymns by Dr. Bradley Lehman (b. 1964),
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A CHRISTMAS PRAYER C.M.D. O God of justice, truth, and love - Wesley L. Forbis
ABUNDANCE II C.M.D. Thy causeless unexhausted love - Charles Wesley ACTON BELL'S DESPONDENCY C.M.D. I have gone backward in my heart - Anne Bronte See text BRIDGE 4.8.4.8. Love makes a bridge - Brian Wren CMC25 9.9.9.9. God, whose faithful guidance brought us here - Peter C Blum
COF irregular Confession of Faith in a Mennonite Perspective - committee, 1995 (a setting of the
"Unison Reading A" in
that publication)
DAILY PEACE S.M.D. Our earth needs rest and peace - Bradley Lehman and Wilmer D Swope DEVOTED 8 8. 8 8. 8 8. O God, what offering shall I give - Joachim Lange, tr. John Wesley
DOL 7.7.7.7.7.7. Throned upon the awful tree - John Ellerton;
EARTH 7 6. 7 6. with refrain All things bright and beautiful - Cecil F Alexander ELGAR C.M.D. O God! if this indeed be all - Anne Bronte See text ELOQUENCE 8. 8. 8. 8. 8. 8. Prayer is the language of the heart - Charles Wesley EUNICE MAY C.M. O for a heart to praise my God - Charles Wesley EVEN L.M. At even, when the sun was set - Henry Twells FIRSTFRUITS 8 4. 8 4. 8 8 8. 4. For the fruit of all creation - Fred Pratt Green FIRSTHAND 7 6. 7 6. D. Where restless crowds are thronging - Thomas C Clark FLORENCE 6.6.8.6. 6.6. How good to thank our God - Brian Wren FREI ABER EINSAM 8. 7. 6. 8. 8. 6. Lord, if thou know'st it good for me - Charles Wesley GLORIA DEO irregular Glory be to God (inclusive-language Gloria Patri) - Bradley Lehman GLOWING PRIMROSE C.M.D. Your hand, O Lord, in days of old - Edward H Plumptre GOD OF BETHEL C.M. O God of Jacob, by whose hand - Philip Doddridge GRACEFUL 8.9.7.5.5.7. Come, let us celebrate today - Bradley Lehman (wedding/anniversary hymn based on 1 Corinthians 13) words/music GUIDEBOOK C.M. O hear and speak the scripture truth - Wilmer D Swope and Bradley Lehman HAIL 7 6. 7 6. D. Hail to the Lord's anointed - James Montgomery HEALING HEM L.M. with refrain By Peter's house - Anne Metzler Albright JOYOUS DAISY 7 6. 7 6. D. How lovely is your dwelling - from Psalter (Psalm 84) KALANCHOE 7 6. 7 6. D. Sometimes a light surprises - William Cowper KINDLE L.M.D. O thou who camest from above - Charles Wesley LAMB 6 6 4. 6 6 6 4. Shepherd of tender youth - Clement of Alexandria, tr. Henry Martyn Dexter LAZARUS C.M. At Bethany, where Christ had friends - Wilmer D Swope and Bradley Lehman LILY L.M. Eternal beam of light divine - Charles Wesley MEEKNESS 8.8. 8.6. What meekness and what majesty - Terry W. York MKO's 50TH 8 6. 8 6. 7 5 9. Sing to the Lord with vibrant voice - Janeen Bertsche Johnson (written for celebration of Mary Oyer's 50th year of teaching, 1998) It includes a descant, and is a good choral anthem.
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MOUNTAIN PEAK 7 8. 7 8. with alleluias Christ upon the mountain peak - Brian Wren
OFFERING L.M. Pour down thy spirit from above - William Romanis
ORCHIDS 5 4. 5 5. 7. We are your people - Brian Wren OYER 7 7. 7 7. Prince of peace, control my will - Mary Ann Serrett Barber PASSAMEZZO COURTSHIP C.M.D. All good, all wise, almighty Lord - Charles Wesley PASSAMEZZO GHOST 8.7. 8.7. D. Son of God, eternal savior - Somerset Corry Lowry (composed for Community Mennonite Church, Lenten series 2016) PLANET 8.7. 8.7. As we live upon this planet - Bradley Lehman (the third phrase of each stanza quotes the title of another well-known hymn) PRAYER C.M. Prayer is the soul's sincere desire - James Montgomery PROMISE 7 6. 7 6. D. O Jesus, I have promised - John E Bode QUIETUDE 7.7.7.6. Daily we come, dear master - Fred Pratt Green RAW PASSION 4.4.6.7.6. O that I could cast all my load - Charles Wesley SINCERITY 8.8.8.8.8.8. Try me, O Lord, and search my heart - Charles Wesley STANDING AGAPE 8.8.6. 8.8.6. O love divine, how sweet thou art - Charles Wesley STORM 7 7. 7 7. 7 7. Holy Spirit, storm of love - Brian Wren SYMPATHY 6 6. 6 6. 8 8. Thou God of truth and love - Charles Wesley THE ONE 8.7. 8.7. Praise the one whose love conceived us - Kenneth Gibble TOUCH C.M. Heal us, Immanuel, hear our prayer - William Cowper TRANSCENDENCE 11 10. 12 10. Born of beginnings - Larry Warkentin TRINITY 7 7. 7 7. 6. Glorious mystery of God - Anne Metzler Albright TRUEST SINGING 10.9.10.7. I sing to you from summers of my heart - Jean Janzen (the poem goes through all four seasons of the year) TRUST 6 6. 6 6. 10. Another year has gone - Rae E Whitney
TURN 8 7. 8 7. Cross of Jesus, cross of sorrow - William
John Sparrow Simpson; UNLESS 7.7.7.7. Gentle Jesus, meek and mild - Charles Wesley VENI C.M. Come, Holy Ghost, our hearts inspire - Charles Wesley VIRTUE'S REWARD 8.3.3.6.D. Christ, my life, my only treasure - Charles Wesley WATERFORD 50 7.6. 7.6. 9.6.6. We gather here to honor a people and a place - Gloria Rhodes (commissioned by Waterford Mennonite Church for the 50th anniversary of the congregation) WATERFORD C.M. O God of truth, whose living word - Thomas Hughes WATTS' 23RD C.M.D. My shepherd will supply my need - Isaac Watts WHISPER 7 6. 7 6. 7 7. 7 6. Open, Lord, my inward ear - Charles Wesley WILLST DU DEIN HERZ MIR SCHENCKEN 7 6. 7 6. D. O day of rest and gladness - Christopher Wordsworth (This tune is arranged from a melody in the Notebook for Anna Magdalena Bach) WINGS L.M. O God, thou art my God alone - James Montgomery
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"Our earth needs rest and peace" (text only) is published in The Hymn, April 1993.
MOUNTAIN PEAK has been transposed to C and republished as #209 in The Covenant Hymnal: A Worshipbook (Evangelical Covenant Church), 1996.
HEALING HEM has been published in a choral arrangement by Philip Orr of Orrganized Sound. This arrangement has also been recorded for publication by the Presbyterian Church USA.
MKO's 50TH is published in Canadian Mennonite, April 11 1998.
WHISPER is recorded in a two-piano arrangement by Marilyn Houser Hamm, on the CD/cassette Hymnal Masterworks: Solo Piano (Faith & Life Press, Newton KS, 1994).
WHISPER and OYER are recorded by a choir from Eastern Mennonite University, on the companion cassette to the book Praying with the Anabaptists by Marlene Kropf & Eddy Hall (Faith & Life Press, Newton KS, 1994).
FIRSTFRUITS was featured in a summer 1995 workshop presentation by the Hymn Society in the US and Canada. It was republished 1996 in a collection from Brethren Press.
Most of these hymns have been featured as anthems and introits by the choir of University Reformed Church, Ann Arbor MI, and elsewhere. Many of the unpublished hymns have also been sung congregationally in hymnsings and worship services led by the composer, in Washington DC, Philadelphia PA, Elkhart IN, Ann Arbor MI, Waterloo ON, Champaign IL, and Harrisonburg VA.
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