Come and Journey with a Saviour

This is a hymn of invitation to follow Christ as a disciple.

The words were written by Irish born and educated, Canadian immigrant and Anglican priest and author, Thomas (Herb/Herbie) Herbert O'Driscoll (b 1928). The first publication located so far is in 1994.

With meter 8.7.8.7 with refrain, tunes it is set to include:

BEACH SPRING - from Sacred Harp, attributed to editor Benjamin Franklin White (1800 - 1879) - the original tune for the text, and still widely used
COME AND JOURNEY by American Lutheran composer and pastoral musician, Marty Haugen (b 1950).

Hymn-books where it has been published in include:

Catholic Book of Worship III, Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops, Ottawa, Canada, 1994
Common Praise, Anglican Book Centre, Toronto, Canada, 1998
Gather Comprehensive, Second Edition - 2004, and Gather (3rd ed.), 2011 - both published by GIA Publications, Inc., Chicago, USA

Image - www.Godsongs.net - used by permission

Downloads

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SATB choir arrangement of COME AN JOURNEY - Haugen

Simple piano arrangement of BEACH SPRING

Examples

Organ and duet, words on-screen, tune BEACH SPRING

Duet - minimal guitar, tune BEACH SPRING

Small group with piano:

Small group and leader with guitar, tune BEACH SPRING

Choir with guitars - tune COME AND JOURNEY

Instrumental - mandolin, tune BEACH SPRING

Instrumental - organ, tune BEACH SPRING

Instrumental - piano, with words on-screen, tune BEACH SPRING

Lyrics

The lyrics are copyright so cannot be reproduced here. But they are currently available on this website. A rough outline is:

1. Come and journey with a Saviour who has called us from our birth,
who has washed us in the waters, and who loved us on the earth.

Chorus:
Come and journey, come and journey
with a Saviour who has come.
We are all God's sons and daughters;
in the Spirit we are one.

2. Come and journey, journey inward, come and seek him deep within,
where he meets us in our living, in our striving and our sin.

3. Come and journey, journey outward, telling others of his name,
telling others of his glory, of his cross and of the shame.

4. Come and journey, journey outward, where that cross calls us to care,
where injustice and where hunger and the poor call us to share.

5. Come and journey, journey upward. Sing his praises, offer prayer.
In the storm and in the stillness find his presence everywhere.

6. Come and journey, journey onward; all our gifts we now shall bring
to the building of a city that is holy, Christ its King.