The Summons | Catholic Hymn | John L. Bell | KELVINGROVE | Choir with Lyrics | Sunday 7pm Choir

The Summons by John Bell is a beautiful hymn set to the tune of Kelvingrove, a traditional Scottish melody. Its text contains thirteen questions asked by Jesus in the first person. While the initial four stanzas share questions that are in Jesus' voice, the fifth stanza is the singer's response to them.

Recorded live by Sunday 7pm Choir at St. Francis de Sales Parish in Ajax, ON Canada. Thanks for listening and God bless! 🙏

Song Title: The Summons
Artist(s): Text by John L. Bell and Graham Maule, Arranged by John L. Bell and Gary Daigle
Publisher: © 2000, Wild Goose Resource Group, Iona Community Pearce Institute
Where to Purchase: https://giamusic.com/resource/the-summons-print-g5410

Lyrics

Will you come and follow me
If I but call your name?
Will you go where you don't know
And never be the same?
Will you let my love be shown,
Will you let my name be known,
Will you let my life be grown
In you and you in me?

Will you leave yourself behind
If I but call your name?
Will you care for cruel and kind
And never be the same?
Will you risk the hostile stare
Should your life attract or scare?
Will you let me answer prayer
In you and you in me?

Will you let the blinded see
If I but call your name?
Will you set the prisoners free
And never be the same?
Will you kiss the leper clean,
And do such as this unseen,
And admit to what I mean
In you and you in me?

Will you love the 'you' you hide
If I but call your name?
Will you quell the fear inside
And never be the same?
Will you use the faith you've found
To reshape the world around,
Through my sight and touch and sound
In you and you in me?

Lord, your summons echoes true
When you but call my name.
Let me turn and follow you
And never be the same.
In your company I'll go
Where your love and footsteps show.
Thus I'll move and live and grow
In you and you in me.

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