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Christ, upon the Mountain Peak
Author: Brian Wren Meter: 7.8.7.8 R with alleluias Appears in 42 hymnals Scripture: Matthew 17:1-8 Lyrics: 1 Christ, upon the mountain peak,
stands alone in glory blazing.
Let us, if we dare to speak,
with the saints and angels praise him.
Alleluia, alleluia!
2 Trembling at his feet we saw
Moses and Elijah speaking.
All the prophets and the law
shout through them their joyful greeting.
Alleluia, alleluia!
3 Swift the cloud of glory came,
God proclaiming in its thunder
Jesus as his Son by name!
Nations, cry aloud in wonder!
Alleluia, alleluia!
4 This is God's beloved Son!
Law and prophets fade before him;
first and last and only One,
let creation now adore him!
Alleluia, alleluia!
Topics: Biblical Names & Places Elijah; Biblical Names & Places Moses; Epiphany & Ministry of Christ; Alleluias; Biblical Names & Places Elijah; Biblical Names & Places Moses; Epiphany & Ministry of Christ; Light; Nation Used With Tune: TRANSFIGURATION
Christ, upon the Mountain Peak
'Tis Good, Lord, to Be Here
Author: Joseph A. Robinson, 1858-1933 Meter: 6.6.8.6 Appears in 49 hymnals Scripture: Matthew 17:1-9 Used With Tune: SWABIA
'Tis Good, Lord, to Be Here
You, Lord, Are Both Lamb and Shepherd
Author: Sylvia Dunstan, 1955-1993 Meter: 8.7.8.7.8.7 Appears in 25 hymnals Scripture: Matthew 17 Refrain First Line: Topics: Faith Used With Tune: PICARDY
You, Lord, Are Both Lamb and Shepherd
DEO GRACIAS
Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 99 hymnals Scripture: Matthew 17:1-3 Tune Sources: "The Agincourt Song," England, c. 1415 Tune Key: c minor Incipit: 11717 76511 75454 Used With Text: O Wondrous Sight, O Vision Fair
DEO GRACIAS
Jesus, the very thought of thee
Hymnal: Songs for the Sanctuary; or, Psalms and Hymns for Christian Worship (Words only) #709 (1868) Meter: 8.6.8.6 Scripture: Matthew 17:8 Topics: The Christian Love for the Saviour
Jesus, the very thought of thee
Jesus, the very thought of thee
Hymnal: Songs for the Sanctuary #709 (1868) Scripture: Matthew 17:8 Topics: The Christian Love for the Saviour
Jesus, the very thought of thee
Jesus only
Author: Bernard Hymnal: Psalms and Hymns and Spiritual Songs #816 (1875) Scripture: Matthew 17:8 First Line: Jesus, the very thought of rhee Topics: Christians Love for the Savior; Love For the Savior
Jesus only
Brian A. Wren
b. 1936 Person Name: Brian Wren Scripture: Matthew 17:1-8 Author of "Christ, upon the Mountain Peak" in Psalter Hymnal (Gray) Brian Wren (b. Romford, Essex, England, 1936) is a major British figure in the revival of contemporary hymn writing. He studied French literature at New College and theology at Mansfield College in Oxford, England. Ordained in 1965, he was pastor of the Congregational Church (now United Reformed) in Hockley and Hawkwell, Essex, from 1965 to 1970. He worked for the British Council of Churches and several other organizations involved in fighting poverty and promoting peace and justice. This work resulted in his writing of Education for Justice (1977) and Patriotism and Peace (1983). With a ministry throughout the English-speaking world, Wren now resides in the United States where he is active as a freelance lecturer, preacher, and full-time hymn writer. His hymn texts are published in Faith Looking Forward (1983), Praising a Mystery (1986), Bring Many Names (1989), New Beginnings (1993), and Faith Renewed: 33 Hymns Reissued and Revised (1995), as well as in many modern hymnals. He has also produced What Language Shall I Borrow? (1989), a discussion guide to inclusive language in Christian worship.
Bert Polman
Brian A. Wren
Sylvia G. Dunstan
1955 - 1993 Person Name: Sylvia Dunstan, 1955-1993 Scripture: Matthew 17 Author of "You, Lord, Are Both Lamb and Shepherd" in Sing! A New Creation After a brief, arduous battle with liver cancer, Canadian Sylvia Dunstan died in 1993 at the age of 38. For thirteen years, Dunstan had served the United Church of Canada as a parish minister and prison chaplain. She is remembered by those who knew her for her passion for those in need, her gift of writing, and her love of liturgy.
Sing! A New Creation
Sylvia G. Dunstan
Carl P. Daw Jr.
b. 1944 Person Name: Carl P. Daw, Jr. Scripture: Matthew 17:1-8 Author of "We Have Come at Christ's Own Bidding" in The Faith We Sing Carl P. Daw, Jr. (b. Louisville, KY, 1944) is the son of a Baptist minister. He holds a PhD degree in English (University of Virginia) and taught English from 1970-1979 at the College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, Virginia. As an Episcopal priest (MDiv, 1981, University of the South, Sewanee, Tennesee) he served several congregations in Virginia, Connecticut and Pennsylvania. From 1996-2009 he served as the Executive Director of The Hymn Society in the United States and Canada. Carl Daw began to write hymns as a consultant member of the Text committee for The Hymnal 1982, and his many texts often appeared first in several small collections, including A Year of Grace: Hymns for the Church Year (1990); To Sing God’s Praise (1992), New Psalms and Hymns and Spiritual Songs (1996), Gathered for Worship (2006). Other publications include A Hymntune Psalter (2 volumes, 1988-1989) and Breaking the Word: Essays on the Liturgical Dimensions of Preaching (1994, for which he served as editor and contributed two essays. In 2002 a collection of 25 of his hymns in Japanese was published by the United Church of Christ in Japan. He wrote Glory to God: A Companion (2016) for the 2013 hymnal of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.).
Emily Brink
Carl P. Daw Jr.
