GATHER THE PEOPLE

Refrain: Lively (q = ca. 168)

# Descant
3 œ. œ œ œ
& 4 Œ Œ œ J ˙ ˙ Œ Œ œ œ
Oh, gath - er the great and least. Al - le -

# Soprano
3
& 4 œ œ œ œœ œœ ˙ œœ œœ œ ˙ Œ œœ œœ œœ
Alto œ œ œ ˙ œœ œ ˙
Gath - er the peo - ple! En - ter the feast! All are in -

? # 43 œ œ œ œ œ ˙ œ œ œ œ ˙ Œ œ œ œ
Baritone

# j
& œ. œ œ Œ œ œ œ. j
œ œ
Œ Œ œ
lu - ia! Al - le - lu - ia! The

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œ œ œœ œœ œœ ˙˙ œœ œœ œœ œœ œœ
vi - ted, the great - est and least. The ban - quet is
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œ œ œ œ nœ œ œ ‰ a Jœ

# . ˙ œ œ.
& œ œ œ
J
œ ˙ Œ Œ œ œ œ
J
ban - quet is now pre - pared. Al - le - lu - ia!

# œ œ œ œ œœ
& œœ ˙˙ œœ œœ œœ ˙˙ Œ
œ œ œ œ
œœ œ
œ
read - y, now to be shared. Join in the heav - en - ly

?# œ ˙ œ œ œ ˙ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ
Œ

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to Verses Final
# 5 10 Fine
& Œ œ œ ˙ œ ˙. ˙.
Al - le - lu - ia!
to Verses Final
# 5 10 Fine
& ˙˙ œœ œ œ œ ˙. ˙.
œ œ œ ˙. ˙.
feast that God has pre - pared.
5 10
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˙. ˙.

Verses
# SŒ Œ Œ
& ˙ œœ œ œ œ ˙
A
œ ˙ œ œ œ ˙ œœ œœ œ
1. A - round this ta - ble we dine as kin, be -
2. A - round this ta - ble we tell great tales, the
3. A - round this ta - ble God’s boun - ty falls on
4. A - round this ta - ble God’s mer - cy flows to
5. A - round this ta - ble new hope is born, the
6. A - round this ta - ble God’s heal - ing flows to
7. A - round this ta - ble God’s peace will reign in
8. A - round this ta - ble our hearts re - joice in
9. A - round this ta - ble God’s jus - tice reigns in
10. A - round this ta - ble God’s low - ly ones are
?# Œ Œ œ ˙ œ œ œ œ ˙ œ œ Œ œ
B

# Œ
& ˙ œœ œœ œœ ˙˙ .. œœ œ ˙ œœ
˙ œœ ˙
1. lov - ed fam - ’ly of God. We share the
2. won - drous sto - ries of grace. We hold the
3. all who hun - ger and thirst. We drink the
4. hearts im - pris - oned by shame. We know com -
5. flame of faith in our hearts. We find our
6. all the wound - ed and worn. We join the
7. hearts im - pris - oned by fear. We live in
8. love that’s strong - er than death. We’ll rise in
9. hearts that la - bor for peace. We breathe the
10. clothed in splen - dor and grace. We share the
?# ˙ œ œ œ ˙. œ Œ œ œ
œ ˙

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# œ œœ ˙˙ Œ œ œ œ œœ
& # œœ œ ˙ œ œ œ
œ œ ˙
1. Bod - y of Christ, the Lord. Here we be -
2. mem - ’ry of Christ, the Lord. So we be -
3. full - ness of Christ, the Lord. So we be -
4. pas - sion in Christ, the Lord. Let us be -
5. cour - age in Christ, the Lord, till we be -
6. suf - f’rings of Christ, the Lord, as we be -
7. free - dom through Christ, the Lord, as we be -
8. glo - ry with Christ, the Lord. Then we be -
9. spir - it of Christ, the Lord, till we be -
10. ban - quet of Christ, the Lord. Here we be -
?# œ œ œ ˙ œ ˙ Œ
œ œ œ œ

# œ 2 D.C.
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& œ n ˙˙ .. ˙˙ ..
1-10. come what we eat.
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Text and music: Dan Schutte, b. 1947, © 2004, Daniel L. Schutte. Published by OCP. All rights reserved.

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