Jesus, Lamb of God

Authors:
Themes:
Scriptures:
  • Psalms 16:10
  • Psalms 51:1
  • Isaiah 43:10-15
  • Jeremiah 50:34
  • John 1:29
  • John 1:36
  • John 14:27
  • John 4:42
  • Acts 22:7
  • Acts 3:14
  • 1 Peter 2:24
  • 1 John 2:2
  • 1 John 4:14
Book Number:
  • 681

Jesus, Lamb of God:
have mercy on us.
Jesus, Lamb of God:
have mercy on us.
For you alone are the Holy One,
you alone are the Most High.
Jesus, Lamb of God:
have mercy, mercy on us.

2. Jesus, bearer of our sins:
have mercy on us.
Jesus, bearer of our sins:
have mercy on us.
For you alone are the Holy One,
you alone are the Most High.
Jesus, bearer of our sins:
have mercy, mercy on us.

3. Jesus, Redeemer of the world:
O, give us your peace.
Jesus, Redeemer of the world:
O, give us your peace.
For you alone are the Holy One,
you alone are the Most High.
Jesus, Redeemer of the world:
O, give us, give us your peace.

© 1994 Author
Brian Mayhew

The Gospel - Crying Out For God

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Tune

The story behind the hymn

Brian Mayhew wrote the words and music of this composition at his home in Surbiton, Surrey, in 1994. As with his other items in Praise!, the tune came first, but these words were suggested by and based on traditional texts from the Church of England’s Alternative Service Book of 1980. They link the acclamation of Jesus by John the Baptist as ‘the Lamb of God …’ (John 1:29,34) with part of the Gloria in Excelsis which has always been included in CofE Communion services; see also 176. This version omits the opening praise and thanksgiving which give the Gloria its special character, concentrating rather on the prayers for mercy and peace. It was first sung at the author’s church of Emmanuel, Tolworth, Surrey, and is published here for the first time. The tune is JESUS, LAMB OF GOD.

A look at the author

Mayhew, Brian John

b Oxford 1936. Wallington Grammar Sch, Surrey; Univ of Surrey (BMus in music and applied physics). A Chartered Engineer and Member of Inst of Electrical Engineers; currently a software engineer designing industrial control products. Living at Surbiton, he is a member of Emmanuel Ch (CofE), Tolworth, Surrey. He wrote A Light for Life, a musical for the Children’s Soc, published in 1997. As well as writing new texts, he has set several parts of the newer CofE liturgies (ASB1980 etc) to music, the first of which are published in Praise! Nos.165, 461, 681.