This is a song for your choir from John Bell and Graham Maule. Bell wrote the tune, VERBUM DEI. It’s a bit like singing the prologue of John’s Gospel.
Of course you really should buy Heaven Shall Not Wait from Wild Goose.
There are 3 vocal lines but I just used the melody in my backing. Often when I do a backing for which no chords are provided I use a reverse chord tool on the notes in the keyboard arrangements to labouriously find them. Just for fun this time I just guessed the chords from the key of Bb to match the notes . Because it says to play it slowly and mysteriously I slipped in a diminished chord.
1 The word was with God in the beginning,
The word was with God in the beginning;
Through him we were created, by him all things were made.
2 The Word was made known through the prophets,
The Word was made known through the prophets;
And though their speech was silenced still their witness went on.
3 The Word became flesh and lived among us,
The Word became flesh and lived among us;
And we beheld his glory, full of grace and truth.
4 Then praise the Word, softer than silence,
And praise the Word, stronger then violence;
Rejoice that in the body, Christ the Word is known.
Words and Music © 1987 WGRG, Iona Community, Glasgow G2 3DH, Scotland