Benediction III: Faith (Ross Anderson Smith)

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  • (Posted 2020-04-29)  CPDL #57514:     
Editor: Ross Anderson Smith (submitted 2020-03-15).   Score information: Letter, 4 pages, 35 kB   Copyright: Personal
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General Information

Title: Benediction III: Faith
Composer: Ross Anderson Smith
Lyricist: Leon Ross Smithcreate page

Number of voices: 4vv   Voicing: SATB
Genre: SacredMotet

Language: English
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 2020
Description: This motet is suitable for a church service anthem or as the benediction at a funeral. It can also be performed as the third part of the suite 'Benedictions', together with 'Epitaph' and 'Trafalgar'.

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Original text and translations

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When we cannot see it right.
When the best that is, is beyond our sight,
We defy our blindness by crawling toward the light.

We feel the warmth of something beyond our vision,
And trust the journey, made with halt and indecision,
Will lead to a door where blindness falls away.

Where darkness melts before the inner ray of what is felt,
And what is sensed is seen.