The Christian Hymnary. Bks. 1-4 ‎#422

422. A Sad and Doleful Care

Text Information

• First Line: A sad and doleful care (Een truerich droeuich leyt)
• Title: A Sad and Doleful Care
• Dutch Title: Een Truerich Droeuich Leyt
• Translator: Leonard Verduin (1955)
• Author: Menno Simons, 1496-1561 (c. 1550)
• Meter: Irregular
• Language: Dutch; English
• Publication Date: 1972
• Scripture:
  2 Corinthians 4:11
• Topic: Book One: Hymns, Songs, Chorales; The Church: Hymns of Martyrs
• Source: THE COMPLETE WRITINGS OF MENNO SIMONS, edited by John Christian Wenger, Text of hymn from
• Copyright: Copyright 1956 by Mennonite Publishing House, Scottdale, Pa. Used by permission.
• Notes: We which live are alway delivered unto death for Jesus' sake, that the life also of Jesus might be made manifest in our mortal flesh. II Cor. 4:11.

Tune Information

• Name: BENDA NEW
• Arranger: John J. Overholt (1970)
• Meter: Irregular
• Incipit: 13552 32123 15235
• Key: E Major
• Source: Philharmonia, 1875, From the
• Copyright: Arrangement Copyright © 1972 by The Christian Hymnary Publishers
• Notes: M.M. 69

Text Information:

Menno Simons, 1496-1561, Dutch Anabaptist church leader.