When from Bondage we are Summoned

This hymn about God's call to repentance was written by American religious sister Delores Dufner, OB (1939-). It was first published in 1984

With meter 8.7.8.7 D, tunes it is set to include:

• HAYWOOD'S HOME by Carl Haywood (1949-)
• GRID, by Thomas Pavlechko (1962-)

Books it was published in include:

• Wonder, Love, and Praise: a supplement to the Hymnal 1982 - available from Church Publishing
• The Collegeville Hymnal, 1990 - available from Amazon
• Liturgical Hymns Old and New, 1999 edition - available from Amazon (UK and Ireland)

and these are the best sources of sheet music for it today.


Image credit: Synagoga and Ecclesia in Our Time By Joshua Koffman [CC BY-SA 4.0], via Wikimedia Commons

Lyrics

The lyrics are copyright so cannot be reproduced here. But the first three verses are currently available on this website.

The hymn has four verses of four lines each, and a chorus which is repeated after each one. A rough outline is:

1 When from bondage we are summoned ... Walk by faith and not by sight.

Chorus:
Let us throw off all that hinders.
Let us run the race to win,
Let us hasten to our homeland,
And rejoicing, enter in.

2 Let us throw off all that hinders ...

3 When our God names us his people ...

4 At all stages of the journey....