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WALTER H. FARQUHARSON (b. 1936) was elected Moderator of The United Church of Canada in 1990, at the 33rd General Council.

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Born in Rosetown, SK, he was settled at the Saltcoats-Bredenbury Pastoral Charge in Saskatchewan Conference in 1961 and remained in pastoral ministry there until his retirement. Walter is the author of hundreds of hymn texts. He contributed 13 selections to Voices United (hymnbook of the United Church of Canada), including the Farquharson/Klusmeier collaboration "Walls That Divide" which is sung at worship in churches throughout the world. Walter's gifts to the ministry of the church are deep and his vision is a loving one: "We need to recover a sense of being a spiritually based people who care for one another." Walter and Joan Farquharson live in Saltcoats, Saskatchewan (Canada). They are the proud parents of four adult children, each with children of their own who are showered with love from Grandma & Grandpa Farquharson!

Alive! Alive!

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Alive, Alive! The skies have come alive this night! Alive, Alive! The powers of evil are put to flight. The stars and planets sing their song, a hymn of praise, of joy and light. All creatures of the earth may join for newness flashes forth tonight. ...

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As Children of Your Love

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As children of your love, O God, we gather in this place. Called by the death of one we loved and needing health and grace. For life's good gifts we give you thanks, our loves we celebrate. Accept us in this time of pain, new purpose we await. To ten...

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As Long as There Is Time

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As long as there is time, As long as there is time, let us visit Christ, let us serve Christ, as long as there is time. As long as there is time, As long as there is time, let us feed Christ, let us clothe Christ, as long as there is time. As long as...

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As Pilgrims We Are Walking

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As pilgrims we are walking, walking to a promised day; we struggle with our baggage, with temptation's call to stay. We find the journey tiring and confusing in demand; we long for safer travel, charts and maps of promised land. As pilgrims we are t...

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Caterpillar

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Caterpillar, pillar-cat, cat gets fat and eats a rat. Caterpiggle, squirm and wiggle, cater-pillage -- munch the village. Catter, catter, catter, cat, hump your way across my mat. Catter, catter, catter, cat, hump your way across my mat. Play with wor...

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Child in Manger

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Cup Has Been Lifted

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Cup has been lifted, life blood been spilled. Jesus is true wine, meaning is filled. Bread has been broken, Christ crucified. Love to us given, life sanctified. Peace has been spoken. We are made whole. Our living Christ-like, our only goal. Moving f...

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Didn't Our Hearts Burn within Us?

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Didn't our hearts burn within us? Didn't new hope start to grow? Wasn't there something about him? Strange that we didn't know. Not only on this day's sad journey, not only when grief dulled our eyes; but each time that we saw something different and ...

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Fall in Snow

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Fall in snow and splash in rain. Laugh and dance, thank God again. Fall in snow and splash in rain. Laugh and dance, thank God again. Hug a friend and hold a hand. Smile and sing, you're in God's band. Hug a friend and hold a hand. Smile and sing, you...

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Flowers Will Bloom in the Desert

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Flowers will bloom in the desert, and enemies learn to be friends. God's world will be filled with God's being, will welcome the One that God sends. REFRAIN: Flowers will bloom in the desert, captives walk free. These promises, God, you have given...

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For Beauty of Meadows

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For beauty of meadows, for grandeur of trees, for flowers of woodlands, for creatures of seas, for all you created and gave us to share, we praise you, Creator, extolling your care. As stewards of beauty received at your hand, as creatures who hear yo...

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Forgive Me, God (Forgive Us, God)

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Forgive me, God, in Jesus' name, for bad things that I do, for all the ways I hurt my friends and so cause hurt for you. Sometimes I'm mean, sometimes I lie, I shove my friends around. My ugly words and nasty looks push others to the ground. Sometime...

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Friends, Let Us Love Each Other

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Friends, let us love each other Love is a gift God gives Friends, by the love within us, our world will know God lives. Love is the gift most precious of all God offers each day. We find our life in loving That's our Creator's way. Love is what Christ...

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Give Thanks to God for Gift of Creation

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Give thanks to God for gift of creation: clothing and food and shelter we find, gift of the air, earth, water and fire strength of our bodies and sharpness of mind. Give thanks to God for gift of salvation: wholeness of being freedom to love, gift o...

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Give to Us Laughter

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Give to us laughter, O Source of our life. Laughter can banish so much of our strife. Laughter and love give us wholeness and health. Laughter and love are the coin of true wealth. Give to us laughter as sign of deep joy; let us in laughing find C...

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God Is Birthing Earth Again

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God is birthing earth again and earth's people are made new. Spirit builds a new creation, holy priesthood called out nation. When we don't know how to pray, when humankind has lost the way, Spirit planted in us cries, Love renews and evil dies. God...

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God Made Flowers

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God made flowers, God made trees, caterpillars, and bumble-bees. God made elbows, God made knees, pollens and dusts that make us sneeze. REFRAIN: Help us, God, to love and care, laughs and tickles and hugs to share. Help us, God, to love and care, la...

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God Our Father, God Our Mother (Come as Fire, Come as Dove)

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Words By Walter H. Farquharson

God our Father, God our Mother, source of life and holy love, Christ our sister, Christ our brother, come in fire and come as dove. In a world pushed to its limits, crazed by threat of nuclear night, give your people hope for living, spark of new cre...

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God Pitched a Tent among the Tribes (First and Last)

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God pitched a tent among the tribes and makes a dwelling there the people feel at home with God and earth seems strangely fair. So every tear is wiped away and death is on the run for Christ gives earth new light and warmth, shines brighter than ...

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God, Help Us When We're Frightened

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God, help us when we're frightened and feel ourselves alone, lead us to you who gives us good bread and not cold stone. By faith we see when darkness hides meaning from our eyes. By faith we walk with courage when strength within us dies. With hope ...

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God, though Our Days Fly Quickly By

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God, though our days fly quickly by still let us dare to live. For as life's given much to us we're willing much to give. We celebrate the loves we've known, rejoice in work well done. We sing your praise for daily joys, sweet flowers and warmth...

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Hear Us, Creator, as We Pray

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Hear us, Creator, as we pray for those who till the soil; Grant us a sense of growing worth, give purpose to our toil. The world has hungry people yet our soils produce good grain. God, use our skills and practiced arts to take away our pain. Our wor...

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Hold the Child Gently

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Hold the child gently, close to your heart. Hold the child gently now. Hold the child gently, safe in your love. Here is God's gift to you. You are the child held close in such love. You are the child I see. You are the child I treasure in truth, brin...

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Holy One

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Holy One, O Holy One, your tender love creatively has called to be all that has life. Holy One. Holy One, O Holy One, with gentle love these two would pledge their faithfulness for all their days. Holy One. Holy One, O Holy One, we cannot know the na...

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