Unless stated otherwise, my source for hymn texts and tunes is The Lutheran Service Book.

Friday, January 24, 2025

"No Temple Now, No Gift of Price"

A couple months ago, I watched the Concordia University Wisconsin chapel service from 14 November.  The hymn was "No Temple Now, No Gift of Price," and I noticed a small feature in it.  It's sung to the tune "Kirkwood"; here's the third musical phrase:


In the second verse, the text here is "Complete in ev'ry part" (it further describes the previous lines:  "The dying Lord our ransom paid, / One final full self-off'ring made").  The words "ev'ry part" are sung to notes of all different pitches (F E D), giving a sense of this entirety.