The Christian Hymnary. Bks. 1-4 ‎#423

423. 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)
• Language: Dutch; English
• Publication Date: 1972
• Scripture:
  James 5:10
• 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, Scottsdale, Pa. Used by permission.
• Notes: Take, my brethren, the prophets, who have spoken in the name of the Lord, for an example of suffering affliction, and of patience. Jas. 5:10.

Tune Information

• Name: MENNO
• Arranger: John J. Overholt (1970)
• Meter: Irregular
• Incipit: 51232 57751 71
• Key: g minor
• Copyright: Arrangement Copyright © 1972 by The Christian Hymnary Publishers
• Notes: M.M. 72