There is a Place (There's a time for remembering)

This is a hymn about God's presence and community, which is suitable for funerals and memorial services, and All Souls day.

The song was written by Irish Roman Catholic priest, song-writer and performer Liam Lawton (b 1959), and included in his album / collection In the Quiet, released in 2002.

Hymn-books which it has been published in include Seinn Alleluia 2000, Music for the Jubilee Year.

It is set to an unnamed tune, also by Lawton. This has a 3/4 time signature. In the key of D, the first few notes are DE F_ EF D D_ FA d B G A_ with accompanying chords D / A / Bm7 / G / D.

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Arranged for SATB choir, unison and assembly with keyboard and string accompaniment -by Gary Daigle

Instrumental edition

Examples

Singer with piano-led band, professional recording

Singer with guitar

Singer with piano-led band

Singer with piano

Professional recording by Liam Lawton

Duet with band

Lyrics

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

1  There's a time for remembering, a time to recall ...

2  There is gold that is gleaming in a past we once knew ...

Chorus:
There is treasure in our fields. There is treasure in our skies.
There is treasure in our dreaming from the soul to the eye;
For wherever we gather in the light of God's grace,
And for all whom we remember, there will ever be a place.

3   There's a promise of God that is written in the stars ...

4   In the quiet of the evening, at the close of the day ...
As we seek for tomorrow, our God will be there. (*)

(*) Some versions give this line as "As we seek for tomorrow, close by us you'll stay". However the line quoted above is used in the original recording.

See more ...

• Hymns for funerals
• Hymns about community

Photo adapt from PxFuel

KEEP IN CASE ORIGINAL IS REMOVED, BUT DO NOT DISPLAY There's a time for remembering, a time to recall
The trials and the triumphs, the fears and the falls.
There's a time to be grateful for the moments so blest:
The jewels of our memory where love is our guest.

There is gold that is gleaming in a past we once knew:
In our tears and our laughter, 'twas love brought us through.
There's a road we have travelled where sunlight has kissed,
That carries us onwards when loved ones are missed.
Chorus:
There is treasure in our fields. There is treasure in our skies.
There is treasure in our dreaming from the soul to the eye;
For wherever we gather in the light of God's grace,
And for all whom we remember, there will ever be a place.

There's a promise of God that is written in the stars
For all who may travel, no matter how far.
God will be your companion, each journey you make
In the shadow of loved ones, to lighten your way.

In the quiet of the evening, at the close of the day,
We will rest on the journey. To the Lord we shall pray.
May we thank God for blessings, for the moments we've shared.
As we seek for tomorrow, our God will be there. (*)



(*) Some versions give this line as "As we seek for tomorrow, close by us you'll stay". However the line quoted above is used in the original recording.