Will you come and follow Me, The Summons. a Christian song of following a calling from God

Song and lyrics of 'The Summons', or 'Will you come and follow Me'. Words, John L. Bell & Graham Maule, copyright (c) 1987 WGRG, Iona Community, Glasgow G2 3DH, Scotland. Reproduced by permission. Website: wgrg.co.uk .I love this song very much and am so inspired by it that I came up with this Photostory video.

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[saintsipes]

@sbcntm How can I find the original version of this song?

[sbcntm]

@saintsipes, go to Google, type

The Summons spirit and Song

click on the first listing.

God Bless.

[hostroute]

The tune is a traditional Scottish song called "Kelvingrove" which people of my generation all learned in school from the Oxford Scottish Song Book. If you look up my video "Kelvingrove played on Penny Whistle" I have the original words in the information section. Its amazing how popular this hymn is. I met John Bell first when he was a student and later took his course in church music at university. To me, this is his best work.

[sbcntm]

Thanks Hostroute. It is amazingly refreshing to hear the Kelvingrove on the Penny Whistle. John Bell is truly talented.

[grahammaule]

@sbcntm, hi sbcntm, as one if the authors of this song (and for my sins, copyright administrator of WGRG material), can I say we're flattered at your uploading of our song. But could I ask that you add the following details to your main comment? many thanks, graham

[sbcntm]

@grahammaule . Graham, OK, done. Thanks for your generosity in allowing me to upload this song.

[TheGeneralHowe]

Bless you for putting this up but it is not a Catholic song. It was written by John Bell who is a Protestant Church of Scotland Minister. I don't think it is eitheer Catholic, Protestant or Orthodox. It is a Christian song.

[PoirotAddict]

This is so beautiful. I love it. Thank you

[TheEdwardAndrews]

@jamesdonlan It is a Catholic Hymn as it was written by a Reformed Minister who would consider himself a Catholic. It produces the doctrine of the one Holy and Apostolic Church. I suspect that you don't know much about what the Reformed Faith is about (or even the Protestant one). It is rarely wise to say what another branch of the Christian faith does not permit.

[MrTedvothjr]

It's the most incredible little poem. Just look at the prosodic structure of it. And the most ingratiating little 'Scottish Tune.' Or should I say 'chune?' Of course it's Scottish! We use the first verse in our ELCA congregation, Bethel, in Madison Wisconsin, to introduce the Gospel of the day, and frequently sing the whole hymn. As a wise old Pentecostal I'm chary to prattle about 'inspiration,' but this song, like 'Holy, Holy, Holy,' must've been inspired by the Holy Ghost.

[LNER4771]

@mkl62

Well, what do you know about that? It was played at my church on Sunday and I'm also ELCA.

[mkl62]

I am an ELCA Lutheran from South Carolina. I play the piano and organ. Today (January 15, Epiphany 2), we sang this as an anthem at my church. I also played this as Hymn of the Day at a local Lutheran Church that I filled in at. It is #798 in Evangelical Lutheran Worship.

[TheRobotka]

Much obliged. This hymn/video makes me miss school teaching. Blessings.

[jamesdonlan]

@TheGeneralHowe This is a Catholic Hymn because Protestants would say it as a "heretical hymn" i.e. sung in the person of Jesus, which they disapprove of . It doesn't matter what the religion of the composer is, that would be like saying Sweet Caroline is a Jewish song because Neil Diamond is a Jew. Everybody knows Sweet Caroline is a Catholic song. Basically if it sounds good then It comes from God and God's Church is the Catholic Church.

[PhotobieWildflower]

I love this hymn, and you did a beautiful job with your photostory.

[pojoantique]

will be generous enough to lend me the notes for this song?