From the sun's rising
- Psalms 113:3-4
- Psalms 14:7
- Psalms 50:1-2
- Malachi 1:11
- Matthew 13:13-16
- Matthew 28:18-20
- Matthew 9:37-38
- Mark 16:15
- Mark 16:15-16
- Luke 10:1-2
- Luke 24:47-48
- John 4:35-38
- Acts 1:8
- Acts 16:6-12
- Romans 10:18
- 2 Corinthians 6:1
- 619
From the sun’s rising
unto the sun’s setting
Jesus our Lord shall
be great in the earth;
and all earth’s kingdoms
shall be his dominion;
all of creation
shall sing of his worth.
Let every heart,
every voice,
every tongue join
with spirits ablaze;
one in his love
we will circle the world
with the song of his praise.
O, let all his people rejoice
and let all the earth
hear his voice.
2. To every tongue, tribe
and nation he sends us,
to make disciples,
to teach and baptize.
For all authority
to him is given;
now as his witnesses
we shall arise.
3. Come, let us join with
the church from all nations,
cross every border,
throw wide every door;
workers with him
as he gathers his harvest,
till earth’s far corners
our Saviour adore.
© 1988 Make Way Music
Graham Kendrick
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Tune
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From The Sun's Rising Metre: - 11 10 11 10 dactylic with refrain
Composer: - Kendrick, Graham Andrew
The story behind the hymn
Graham Kendrick’s rhythmic ‘mission’ song has a clear starting-point in Malachi 1:11, and goes on to link this prophecy with Matthew 28:18–20—the end of the OT in harmony with the end of the beginning of the NT. Together with its Spring Harvest launching, it featured in Let’s Praise in 1988, where Psalm 50:1 and Isaiah 45:6 are also listed. Christopher Norton’s arrangement came with the 1990 MP; in that book it follows Paul Deming’s Psalm 113 extract From the rising of the sun.
The tune is FROM THE SUN’S RISING.
A look at the author
Kendrick, Graham Andrew
b Blisworth, Northants 1950. Son of a Baptist minister who moved with the family to Laindon (Essex) and Putney. He took a step of faith at the age of 5, and began composing songs as a 15- year old, teaching himself to play the piano before he learned to read music. Studied at Avery Hill College, SE London (Cert Ed 1972) before joining Clive Calver and others in an evangelistic team in 1972. He toured schools and colleges with his music group and worked with YWAM, as Musical Director of British Youth for Christ (1976–80), and at St Michael-le-Belfry Ch, York, eventually joining the church leadership team of the S London Ichthus Fellowship (1984–2004) to specialise in music. His first published songs were written in the 1970s, and rapidly established him as the prominent songwriter/musician of a movement variously described as ‘house/new church’, ‘renewal’ or ‘restorationist’. His 1978 tour was the catalyst for the annual Spring Harvest gatherings where his work was often first aired; he pioneered praise marches with the initial ‘Make Way’, nation-wide events and a global ‘March for Jesus’ involving an estimated 12 million people from 177 nations in 1994. Other forms of open-air celebration and witness also had a strong musical element. He has lectured and written on this approach, produced ideas and texts for children and for seasons and special occasions, and published material on music, evangelism and worship. In the 1990s his songs, already well-represented in MP, began to appear in mainstream British hymnals; and The Source (for which he was consultant editor) included most of his significant material to date as well as other work. Between 1971 and 2000 he produced 28 albums. CH 2004 edn included 11 of his songs. Some of his 300-plus compositions are intentionally ephemeral or otherwise limited in scope; others go some way towards narrowing the gap between hymns and songs, while often requiring musical expertise for adequate performance. His more recent work has a strong element of social and moral concern. Almost invariably, text and tune go together. He has appeared at major events in most denominations, and lives with his family at Croydon, Surrey. Among other honours he has received a Dove award for international work, 1995. See also Selling Worship by Pete Ward (2005) where he is often quoted and his development sympathetically discussed. Recent indications of his broad acceptance are his 2 items in Common Praise (2000) and 11 in both Christian Hymns (2004 edn) and Sing Praise (2010). Nos.200, 207, 294, 315, 336, 354, 358, 365, 369, 384, 396, 397, 415, 434, 464, 468, 489, 494, 533, 589, 619, 667, 674, 700, 723, 744, 803, 816, 826, 835, 944, 953, 955, 957, 1242.