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Colors of the Day (Light Up the Fire)

Author: Sue McClellan; John Paculabo; Keith Ryecroft Meter: 9.10.10.11 with refrain Appears in 5 hymnals First Line: Colors of day dawn into the mind Refrain First Line: So light up the fire and let the flame burn

I Think of That Star of Long Ago

Author: A. L. Skoog, 1856-1934 Meter: 9.10.10.11 with refrain Appears in 5 hymnals Refrain First Line: O star that once shone over Bethlehem! Topics: Epiphany; Christmas Birth; Epiphany Life; Heritage Hymns; Peace Scripture: Matthew 2:1-12 Used With Tune: BETLEHEMS STJÄRNA

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[Min fader är god och kärleksfull]

Meter: 9.10.10.11 with refrain Appears in 7 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: A. L. Skoog Tune Key: C Major Incipit: 13215 56153 32354

LIGHT UP THE FIRE

Meter: 9.10.10.11 with refrain Appears in 5 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Paul Leddington Wright, b. 1951; Sue McClellan, b. 1951; John Paculabo, b. 1946; Keith Ryecroft, b. 1949 Incipit: 12344 43233 32122 Used With Text: So light up the fire and let the flame burn

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So light up the fire and let the flame burn

Author: Sue McClellan, b. 1951; John Paculabo, b. 1946; Keith Ryecroft, b. 1949 Hymnal: Singing the Faith #167 (2011) Meter: 9.10.10.11 with refrain First Line: Colours of day dawn into the mind Topics: The Promised Christ: Advent; Death, Judgement and Eternal Life Languages: English Tune Title: LIGHT UP THE FIRE

I Think of That Star of Long Ago

Author: A. L. Skoog, 1856-1934 Hymnal: The Covenant Hymnal #193 (1996) Meter: 9.10.10.11 with refrain Refrain First Line: O star that once shone over Bethlehem! Topics: Epiphany; Christmas Birth; Epiphany Life; Heritage Hymns; Peace Scripture: Matthew 2:1-12 Tune Title: BETLEHEMS STJÄRNA

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Keith Ryecroft

b. 1949 Person Name: Keith Ryecroft, b. 1949 Meter: 9.10.10.11 with refrain Author of "So light up the fire and let the flame burn" in Singing the Faith

A. L. Skoog

1854 - 1934 Person Name: A. L. Skoog, 1856-1934 Meter: 9.10.10.11 with refrain Author of "I Think of That Star of Long Ago" in The Covenant Hymnal Skoog, Andrew L. (Gunnarskog, Sweden, December 17, 1856 [sic]--October 30, 1934, Minneapolis, Minnesota). Evangelical Covenant. Son of pietists. Tailor's apprentice at 10. Family emigrated to St. Paul, Minn., when Andrew was 13. Only formal music training was 12 lessons on a melodeon. Organist, choir director, and Sunday School superintendent in Swedish Tabernacle, Minneapolis, 1886-1916. Co-editor of hymnals: Evangelii Basun I & II, 1881-1883; Lilla Basunen, 1890; and Jubelklangen, 1896. Was in editorial committee of Covenant's first three hymnals: Sions Basun, 1908; De Ungas Sångbok, 1914; and Mission Hymns, 1921. Editor and publisher of Gittit 1892-1908, a monthly choir journal with music; a series of ten bound volumes of choir selections; and many hymns. --J. Irving Erickson, DNAH Archives