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New Hymns for America

Publication Date: 1976 Publisher: The Hymn Society of America Publication Place: New York Editors: The Hymn Society of America

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O, We Who Love Our Land

Author: Frances E. Weir Meter: 6.6.8.6 Appears in 2 hymnals Used With Tune: ST. THOMAS

Lord of Nations, God Eternal

Author: H. Glen Lanier Meter: 8.7.8.7 D Appears in 3 hymnals Used With Tune: HYMN TO JOY

God of Eagles, God of Sparrows

Author: Dosia Carlson Meter: 8.7.8.7 D Appears in 2 hymnals First Line: God of eagles, God of sparrows, soaring spirit, earthly guide Used With Tune: AUSTRIA

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ST. THOMAS

Meter: 6.6.8.6 Appears in 987 hymnals Incipit: 51132 12345 43432 Used With Text: O, We Who Love Our Land
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AUSTRIA

Meter: 8.7.8.7 D Appears in 712 hymnals Incipit: 12324 32716 54323 Used With Text: God of Eagles, God of Sparrows
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HYMN TO JOY

Meter: 8.7.8.7 D Appears in 477 hymnals Incipit: 33455 43211 23322 Used With Text: Lord of Nations, God Eternal

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O God, Our Father, Ruler of All Nations

Author: Mrs. Moncrief Jordan Hymnal: NHFA1976 #1 (1976) Meter: 11.10.11.10 D First Line: O God, our Father, Ruler of the Nations Languages: English

America, How Great the Dream

Author: William Watkins Reid, Jr. Hymnal: NHFA1976 #2 (1976) Meter: 8.8.8.8 Languages: English

America, My Homeland Fair

Author: H. Glen Lanier Hymnal: NHFA1976 #3 (1976) Meter: 8.6.8.6.7.6.8.6 Languages: English Tune Title: ST. LOUIS

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William Watkins Reid

1923 - 2007 Person Name: William Watkins Reid, Jr. Hymnal Number: 2 Author of "America, How Great the Dream" in New Hymns for America William W. Reid, Jr. (1923-2007), after graduating from Oberlin College and Seminary and Yale Divinity School served for more than fifty years as pastor in the Wyoming Conference in rural and inner-city Methodist churches. He served on the Executive Committee of The Hymn Society of America. He was involved in social issues, serving as a councilman and county commissioner. His hymns are widely published in hymnals of many denominations. Mary Louise VanDyke =============================== William W. Reid, Jr. is pastor of the Methodist Church Circuit at Carverton, Pennsylvania. He previously served in a similar capacity at Camptown in the same State. He is a graduate of the Yale Divinity School and Oberlin College. He served during World War II in the Medical Corps and was held prisoner by the Germans for eight months. He is the author of several hymns including those in "Fourteen New Rural Hymns" and "Twelve New World Order Hymns" published by the Hymn Society. ----Fifteen New Christian Education Hymns, 1959. Used by permission. ================================ William Watkins Reid, Jr., is currently pastor of Central United Methodist Church, Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania. He is a member of the Wyoming Annual Conference and has been active on its Social Concerns, Town and Country, and Evangelism boards, and on the Pennsylvania Council of Churches. ----Twelve New Lord’s Day Hymns, 1968. Used by permission. ================================ [Reid] is an executive committee member of the Hymn Society of America, and is the author of a number of hymns that have been published in hymnals in the United States, Canada, England, and in South Africa. As a council man he is concern with the ecology of Wyoming Valley (Penn. and N.Y.) and with the rebuilding of Wilkes-Barre after the disastrous flood of 1972. --16 New Hymns on the Stewardship of the Environment [Ecology] , 1973. Used by permission.

Dosia Carlson

b. 1930 Hymnal Number: 8 Author of "God of Eagles, God of Sparrows" in New Hymns for America Dosia Carlson (b.1930) is an inspiration to differently abled people. A bout with polio shattered her dream of being a missionary in China. After studying at Oberlin College she went on to seminary, was ordained, earned a doctorate at the University of Pittsburgh and served on the faculty of The Defiance College. She is founder of DUET, formerly Center DOAR (Developing Older Adult Resources) She lived at the Beatitudes Campus Lifestyle Community in Phoenix, AZ. Among her many awards are Arizona Woman of the Year and the Antoinette Brown Award for outstanding women clergy. She has published two collections of hymns. Her hymn "Egypt Under Pharaoh" is included in The New Century Hymnal (A.Clyde, Cleveland, OH: Pilgrim Press, 1995). Mary Louise VanDyke

H. Glen Lanier

1925 - 1978 Hymnal Number: 14 Author of "Lord of Nations, God Eternal" in New Hymns for America Lanier, H. Glen. (Welcome, Davison County, North Carolina, December 12, 1925--September 9, 1978, Statesville, N.C.). Pastor of the First United Methodist Church of Thomasville, N.C. Received his A.B. degree from High Point College in 1945 and his B.D. degree from Duke University Divinity School in 1949. --The Hymn Society, DNAH Archives =========================== The author of some three hundred poems . . . Several of these poems have been published including one in the National Anthology of Poems of Colleges and Universities. --Five New Hymns for Youth by Youth , 1955. Used by permission.