SERMONS IN SONG – SOLOS CONTENTS
(Vocal solos for church use, with piano or organ accompaniment, written or arranged by John F Wilson)

First Series
“TEACH ME TO LOVE”
Words and music by John F Wilson

“PRAISE” (My voice shalt Thou hear in the morning, O Lord) Words by E. Mary Elizabeth Smart (based on Psalm 5)
Music by JFW

“THE LORD’S MY SHEPHERD”
Words from Psalm 23 arr. by JFW
Music by JFW

“O GENTLE PRESENCE” (Mother’s Evening Prayer)
Words by Mary Baker Eddy
Music by JFW

“THE BEATITUDES”
Words from Matthew 5 arr. by JFW
Music by JFW

Second Series
“WHAT SHALL I RENDER ?”
Psalm 116 arr. by George Irish/JFW
Music by JFW, based on a Caribbean tune

“ON WAKING” (for children)
Words by Mary Reed (from C.S.Sentinel)
Music by JFW

“SO SURE AM I”
Words by Lillian Rich Bieber (from C.S.Sentinel)
Music by JFW, based on a Chinese hymn-tune

“CHRISTMAS GIFTS”
Words by Neil Stanford (from C.S.Sentinel)
Music by JFW, based on a Chinese hymn-tune

“BROOD O’ER US” (Love)
Words by Mary Baker Eddy
Music by JFW

Third Series
“BE STILL, MY HEART”
Words by Harold Rogers (from C.S.Sentinel)
Music by JFW

“WHAT EYE BEHOLDS THE SPRING ?”
Words by Joyce Grenfell (from C.S.Sentinel)
Music by Malcolm Williamson

“THINK OF THE WONDER” (Christmas song)
Words by Helen and Thomas Gould (from C.S.Sentinel)
Music by JFW

“IT MATTERS NOT” (Satisfied)
Words by Mary Baker Eddy
Music by JFW

“O PRAISE THE LORD”
Words from Psalm 117 (Laudate Dominum) trans. by JFW
Music by W. A. Mozart arr. by JFW

Series 4
“PRAISE YE THE LORD”
Words from Psalms 117, 118 & 95 arr. by JFW
Music by JFW

“SOUL’S ART HEALING YOU”
Words by Godfrey John (from C.S.Sentinel)
Music by JFW

“THREE SAYINGS OF JESUS”
Words from the Gospels, arr. by JFW
Music by JFW

“CREATE IN ME A CLEAN HEART”
Words from Psalm 51 arr. by JFW
Music by JFW

“THE WISEMEN’S GIFTS” (Christmas song)
Words from Matthew 2 arr. by JFW
Music by JFW

Series 5
“SHEPHERD, SHOW ME” (Feed my Sheep)
Words by Mary Baker Eddy
Music by JFW

“SAW YE MY SAVIOUR ?” (Communion Hymn)
Words by Mary Baker Eddy
Music by JFW

“O’ER WAITING HARP-STRINGS” (Christ my Refuge)
Words by Mary Baker Eddy
Music by JFW

“BLEST CHRISTMAS MORN” (Christmas Morn)
Words by Mary Baker Eddy
Music by JFW

“HOW LOVELY ARE THY DWELLINGS FAIR”
Words from Psalm 84
Music by J. Brahms, from the German Requiem, arr. by JFW

Series 6
“FAITH, HOPE AND CHARITY”
Words from 1 Cor. and Christoph Kuffner, trans. by JFW
Music by F. Schubert

“GOD’S MAN”
Words from the C. S. Sentinel, arr. JFW
Music by JFW, based on a tune by the Iona Community

“THY KINGDOM COME” (Daily Prayer)
Words by Mary Baker Eddy
Music by JFW, based on a tune by Y.H. Wong

“AS THE ROBIN GREETS THE SPRING”
Words from the C. S. Sentinel
Music by JFW

“GOD LOVES ME” (For children)
Words and music by John F Wilson

Series 7
“DON’T TEACH THE CHILDREN TO HATE” (A response to 11 Sept. 2001)
Words and music by John F Wilson

“HELP US TO HELP EACH OTHER, LORD”
Words by Charles Wesley and William F. McKenzie
(From the C. S. Hymnal)
Music ‘Amazing Grace’ arr. JFW

“THE LORD’S PRAYER”
Words from Matthew 6 and by Mary Baker Eddy
Music by JFW

“CHRISTIANS, REJOICE !”
Words and music by JFW
(Verse 1 for Easter; verse 2 for Christmas)

“WHAT OF THE DAY WHEN JESUS WAS BORN ?”
Words by Mary Macdonald and Robert Ellis Key
Music ‘Bunessan’ arr. by JFW

Series 8
“ANGELS AT THE SAVIOUR’S BIRTH”
Words by Marion Susan Campbell (from the C.S. Hymnal)
Music by Jakob Hintze, arr. by JFW

“MOTHER’S NEW YEAR GIFT – A VERSE”
Words by Mary Baker Eddy (Two prayers for children)
Music by JFW (with acknowledgements to Martin Broones)

“REST” (O lean on God)
Words by Rosa Maud Turner
Music by JFW, based on ‘Londonderry Air’

“GOD IS A SPIRIT”
Words from John 4: 23, 24.
Music by Wm. Sterndale Bennett, arr. JFW

“I KNOW NO LIFE DIVIDED”
Words by Carl J P Spitta tr. R Massie (from the C.S. Hymnal)
Music by JFW

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