#530: Here, O Lord, Your Servants Gather

This is a Japanese melody which uses its own version of the pentatonic scale, it doesn't really fit into either Western major or minor classifications. (Where major melodies end on the "one" note of the octave, and minors end on the "six," this ends on a "two.") The lyrics call back to Jesus as the Way, the Truth, and the Life across the different verses, and then tie them together at the end. (Rhyming strife/life in two different verses is a slightly disappointing consequence of this approach.)