Mother's Day
Worship
SPEAKING THE WORD
A Scripture Chorus For Fathers And Children
All: An excellent wife, who can find? For her worth is far above jewels.
All Dark: The heart of her husband trusts in her,
Dark Duet: and he will have no lack of gain.
Dark Trio: She does him good
All Light: and not evil
Dark Trio: all the days of her life.
Dark Solo: She looks for wool and flax and works with her hands in delight.
Light Trio: And his mother would make him a little robe and bring it to him from year to year.
Dark Duet: She is like merchant ships; she brings her food from afar.
Light Trio: Then Abigail hurried and took
Light Solo: two hundred loaves of bread and two jugs of wine
Light Solo Two: and five sheep already prepared and five measures of roasted grain
Light Solo Three: and a hundred clusters of raisins and two hunded cakes of figs
Light Trio: and loaded them on donkeys.
Dark Trio: She rises also while it is still night and gives food to her household and portions to her maidens.
Light Trio: So Abraham hurried into the tent to Sarah and said,
All Light: Quickly, prepare three measures of fine flour, knead it, and make bread cakes.
Dark Quartet: She considers a field and buys it; from her earnings she plants a vineyard.
Light Trio: Then Boaz said, On the day you buy the field from the hand of Naomi, you must also acquire Ruth the Moabitess.
Dark Quintet: She girds herself with strength, and makes her arms strong.
Light Trio: Then Barak said to her,
Dark Solo: If you will go with me, then I will go.
Light Solo: I will surely go with you; nevertheless, the honor shall not be yours on the journey that you are about to take.
All Light: For the Lord will sell Sisera into the hands of a woman.
Dark Sextet: She stretches out her hands to the distaff, and her hands grasp the spindle.
All Light: And all the skilled women spun with their hands and brought what they had spun in blue and purple and scarlet material and in fine linen.
Dark Septet: She extends her hands to the poor; and she stretches out her hands to the needy.
Light Trio: And when he had come, they brought him into an upper room; and all the widows stood beside him weeping and showing all the tunics and garments that Dorcas used to make while she was with them.
Dark Octet: She is not afraid of the snow for her household.
Dark Duet: for all her household are clothed with scarlet.
Light Duet: She makes coverings for herself; her clothing is fine linen and purple.
All Dark: Her husband is known in the gates
Dark Solo: when he sitteth among the elders of the land.
All Light: She makes linen garments and sells them and supplies belts to the tradesmen.
Dark Trio: And a certain woman named. Lydia, from the city of Thyatira, a seller of purple fabrics, a worshiper of God, was listening.
All Light: Strength and dignity are her clothing
Light Solo: and she smiles at the future.
Light Solo Two: She opens her mouth in wisdom,
Light Solo Three: and the teachings of kindness is on her tongue.
Dark Solo: She looks well to the ways of her household
Dark Solo Two: and does not eat the bread of idleness.
All Children: Her children rise up and bless her;
All Fathers: her husband also, and he praises her, saying:
Dark Trio: Many daughters have done nobly,
All Dark: but you excel them all.
All: Charm is deceitful, and beauty is vain, but a woman who fears the Lord, she shall be praised.
All Fathers: She shall be praised.
All Children: She shall be praised.
All: She shall be praised.
All: An excellent wife, who can find? For her worth is far above jewels.
All Dark: The heart of her husband trusts in her,
Dark Duet: and he will have no lack of gain.
Dark Trio: She does him good
All Light: and not evil
Dark Trio: all the days of her life.
Dark Solo: She looks for wool and flax and works with her hands in delight.
Light Trio: And his mother would make him a little robe and bring it to him from year to year.
Dark Duet: She is like merchant ships; she brings her food from afar.
Light Trio: Then Abigail hurried and took
Light Solo: two hundred loaves of bread and two jugs of wine
Light Solo Two: and five sheep already prepared and five measures of roasted grain
Light Solo Three: and a hundred clusters of raisins and two hunded cakes of figs
Light Trio: and loaded them on donkeys.
Dark Trio: She rises also while it is still night and gives food to her household and portions to her maidens.
Light Trio: So Abraham hurried into the tent to Sarah and said,
All Light: Quickly, prepare three measures of fine flour, knead it, and make bread cakes.
Dark Quartet: She considers a field and buys it; from her earnings she plants a vineyard.
Light Trio: Then Boaz said, On the day you buy the field from the hand of Naomi, you must also acquire Ruth the Moabitess.
Dark Quintet: She girds herself with strength, and makes her arms strong.
Light Trio: Then Barak said to her,
Dark Solo: If you will go with me, then I will go.
Light Solo: I will surely go with you; nevertheless, the honor shall not be yours on the journey that you are about to take.
All Light: For the Lord will sell Sisera into the hands of a woman.
Dark Sextet: She stretches out her hands to the distaff, and her hands grasp the spindle.
All Light: And all the skilled women spun with their hands and brought what they had spun in blue and purple and scarlet material and in fine linen.
Dark Septet: She extends her hands to the poor; and she stretches out her hands to the needy.
Light Trio: And when he had come, they brought him into an upper room; and all the widows stood beside him weeping and showing all the tunics and garments that Dorcas used to make while she was with them.
Dark Octet: She is not afraid of the snow for her household.
Dark Duet: for all her household are clothed with scarlet.
Light Duet: She makes coverings for herself; her clothing is fine linen and purple.
All Dark: Her husband is known in the gates
Dark Solo: when he sitteth among the elders of the land.
All Light: She makes linen garments and sells them and supplies belts to the tradesmen.
Dark Trio: And a certain woman named. Lydia, from the city of Thyatira, a seller of purple fabrics, a worshiper of God, was listening.
All Light: Strength and dignity are her clothing
Light Solo: and she smiles at the future.
Light Solo Two: She opens her mouth in wisdom,
Light Solo Three: and the teachings of kindness is on her tongue.
Dark Solo: She looks well to the ways of her household
Dark Solo Two: and does not eat the bread of idleness.
All Children: Her children rise up and bless her;
All Fathers: her husband also, and he praises her, saying:
Dark Trio: Many daughters have done nobly,
All Dark: but you excel them all.
All: Charm is deceitful, and beauty is vain, but a woman who fears the Lord, she shall be praised.
All Fathers: She shall be praised.
All Children: She shall be praised.
All: She shall be praised.
