Before all things began our Maker struck a spark. At once arose immensities of matter bright and dark, as energies of grace caused every star to shine and activated time and space with vibrancy divine. So play the pipe and drum. Play woodwind, brass and strings. With joyful voice in God rejoice as all creation sings! On planets like the earth where atmospheres abound vibrating waves can bring to birth the wondrous worlds of sound: The pulse of ocean tides, the cries of beast and bird, by skillful minds are organized as music, made and heard. So play the pipe and drum. Play woodwind, brass and strings. With joyful voice in God rejoice as all creation sings! In freeing Pharaoh's slaves for Covenant and Law, God's mercy brightened future days, forgiving evil's flaw, and gave us, in the Psalms, a treasury of song-- of praise, thanksgiving, grief, lament, and justice righting wrong: So play the pipe and drum. Play woodwind, brass and strings. With joyful voice in God rejoice as all creation sings! Our Maker's deep design, fulfilling and full-grown, in Jesus, living Way and Word, is once for all made known-- rejected and received, betrayed and crucified, then raised, unendingly renewed, resounding far and wide. So play the pipe and drum. Play woodwind, brass and strings. With joyful voice in God rejoice as all creation sings!