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Peter Irvine

Peter Irvine, ObJN is an Episcopal priest and musician, currently serving as Precentor at Christ Episcopal Church in Waukegan, Illinois. He has written many psalm paraphrases and original hymn texts, as well as hymn tunes. He attended Pittsburgh Theological Seminary for several years and earned a Master of Divinity from General Theological Seminary in 2002. He also earned a Bachelor of Arts and Doctor of Jurisprudence from the University of Tennessee, where he was born and lived until 1982. He plays piano, organ, guitar, mountain dulcimer and tin whistle, and especially enjoys music with a Celtic flavor. He worked with Harry Plantinga beginning in 1993 to create the online editions of Southern Harmony (a 19th century shape-note hymnal) and the 1916 Episcopal Hymnal on the Christian Classics Ethereal Library (CCEL), recording midi files for the more than 350 tunes in Southern Harmony. He also volunteers to enhance the Hymnary.org database, with particular responsibility for hymnals of the Episcopal Church. He enjoys hiking in the mountains, boating on Lake Michigan, and cross-country skiing. He is an oblate of the Order of Julian of Norwich, based in Waukesha, Wisconsin, through which he met his wife Janet Collins Irvine, AOJN, a clinical psychologist who serves with him as a cantor and guitarist at Christ Church.


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Hymn Texts by Peter Irvine AsTextAudioScoreInfo
A pharisee went forth alone into the nightPeter Irvine TextInfo
Blessed are they who shun unwise advicePeter Irvine (Paraphraser) TextInfo
Give praise, you servants of the LordPeter Irvine (Paraphraser) TextInfo
God's presence fills the whole wide worldPeter Irvine Text
Her hands cradled the hazelnutPeter Irvine TextInfo
I am the Way, the Truth, the LifePeter Irvine Text
I bask in the glow of sunsetPeter Irvine Text
I sing this night a curious birthPeter Irvine Text
May God's mercy rain upon usPeter Irvine (Paraphraser) TextInfo
O God, give answer to my pleaPeter Irvine (Paraphraser) Text
O God of all reality, whose daylight conquers nightPeter Irvine TextScore
O King of mysteries, shall I leavePeter Irvine (Paraphraser) TextInfo
Our Lord was born before all time beganPeter Irvine (Paraphraser) TextInfo
Praise God for the gift of darknessPeter Irvine TextInfo
The stone the builders threw awayPeter Irvine Text
To surrender the will, to humble the pride, to be like a little child;Peter Irvine (Paraphraser) Text
We praise you God that you have broughtPeter Irvine TextInfo