Background Notes:

Revelation 7: 9-17 and John 1: 29 describe the power of the Lamb – a power that is able to reconcile, heal, and guide people through harrowing ordeals.  And yet this is accomplished not through brute force, manipulation, and other typical human forms of power; rather, it is through meekness, humility, servitude, and ultimately surrender. This is another hymn where the congregation may have most success singing the refrain, while cantors tackle the verses as solos.