A hymn of grief and hope for earthquake-battered Haiti became a worldwide prayer in January as it was picked up and circulated on the websites of several national churches, international church alliances and countless local church communities.
The new hymn, In Haiti, There is Anguish was penned by Presbyterian Church (USA) minister Rev. Carolyn Winfrey Gillette and set to the tune of Beneath the Cross of Jesus (#238 in the Presbyterian Book of Praise).
The new words were endorsed and redistributed by the U.S.A.’s National Council of the Churches of Christ, the World Alliance of Reformed Churches, the Presbyterian Church in Canada and several other national church websites.
The author and co-pastor at Limestone Presbyterian in Wilmington, Delaware, went on a mission trip to Haiti as a college student, and has penned many hymns about issues being addressed by Church World Service and Presbyterian Disaster Assistance, the PC(USA)’s relief and development branch.
She gave the Record permission to reproduce the words and music; both are available at pccweb.ca/presbyterianrecord and can be used by members of the Presbyterian Church in Canada.
