Meter: IrregularAppears in 13 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: John C. Ylvisaker, 1937-Scripture: Ecclesiastes 3:1-8Tune Key: G MajorIncipit: 32155 43453 21554 Used With Text: Borning Cry
Meter: 8.8.8.8Appears in 205 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: James E. ClemensScripture: Ecclesiastes 3:1-8Tune Sources: English traditional, ca. 19th c., transcr. as “O Waly, Waly” in Folk Songs from Somerset (England), 1906Tune Key: G MajorIncipit: 51232 16551 71234 Used With Text: O Blessed Spring
Meter: 13.11.12.8Appears in 8 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Ian Galloway (b. 1952); John L. Bell (b. 1949)Scripture: Ecclesiastes 3:12-13Tune Key: g minorIncipit: 32117 53211 21753 Used With Text: Oh, the life of the world is a joy and a treasure
Meter: 10.10.10.10Appears in 9 hymnalsScripture: Ecclesiastes 3:1-8Tune Sources: Scottish folk melody; arranged Church Hymnary, 3rd edition, 1973Tune Key: F MajorIncipit: 16556 12123 16556 Used With Text: Praise to the Lord for the joys of the earth
Meter: 10.10.10.10Appears in 48 hymnalsScripture: Ecclesiastes 3:4-5Tune Sources: Spanish traditional melody; arranged Church Hymnary, Fourth Edition, 2005Tune Key: D MajorIncipit: 12322 21321 11232 Used With Text: When we are living, we are in the Lord
Appears in 3 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: M. D. RidgeScripture: Ecclesiastes 3:1-9Tune Key: G Major or modalIncipit: 51715 61565 32132 Used With Text: Parable
Meter: IrregularAppears in 2 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Iain D. Cunningham (b. 1954)Scripture: Ecclesiastes 3:1-8Tune Key: E MajorIncipit: 12333 21275 23444 Used With Text: This is God's world after all
Meter: 8.6.8.6Appears in 821 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: UnknownScripture: Ecclesiastes 3:11Tune Key: E Flat MajorIncipit: 13451 23432 11715 Used With Text: O God, in a Mysterious Way
Meter: 8.6.8.6Appears in 143 hymnalsScripture: Ecclesiastes 3:9-15Tune Sources: 'A Collection of Hymns and Sacred Poems', Dublin, 1749Tune Key: E Flat MajorIncipit: 11512 34323 53451 Used With Text: God moves in a mysterious way
Meter: 7.7.7.7 with refrainAppears in 9 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Frederick James, 1858-1922Scripture: Ecclesiastes 3:11Tune Key: A Flat MajorIncipit: 11176 54357 12 Used With Text: Gracious God, to you we raise