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Today I Live
Author: Fred Kaan Meter: 10.11.10.11 Appears in 6 hymnals First Line: Today I live, but once shall come my death Lyrics: 1 Today I live, but once shall come my death;
one day shall still my laughter and my crying,
bring to a halt my heart-beat and my breath:
God, give me faith for living and for dying.
2 How I shall die, or when, I do not know,
nor where - for endless is the world's horizon;
but save me, God, from thoughts that lay me low,
from morbid fears that freeze my powers of reason.
3 When earthly life shall close, as close it must,
let Jesus be my brother and my merit.
Let me without regret recall the past
then, God, into your hands commit my spirit.
4 Meanwhile I live and move and I am glad,
enjoy this life and all its interweaving;
each given day, as I take up the thread,
let love suggest my mode, my mood of living.
Today I Live
BELLEGARDE
Meter: 10.11.10.11 Appears in 1 hymnal Composer and/or Arranger: Doreen Potter Tune Key: A Flat Major Incipit: 55517 67753 55532 Used With Text: Today I Live
BELLEGARDE
Today I Live
Author: Fred Kaan Hymnal: Voices United #493 (1996) Meter: 10.11.10.11 First Line: Today I live, but once shall come my death Lyrics: 1 Today I live, but once shall come my death;
one day shall still my laughter and my crying,
bring to a halt my heartbeat and my breath:
O, give me faith for living and for dying.
2 How I shall die, or when, I do not know,
nor where, for endless is the world's horizon:
but save me, God, from thoughts that lay me low,
from morbid fears that freeze my powers of reason.
3 When earthly life shall close, as close it must,
let Jesus be my brother and my merit.
Let me without regret recall the past
then, then, into your hands commit my spirit.
4 Meanwhile I live and move and I am glad,
enjoy this life and all its interweaving;
each given day, as I take up the thread,
let love suggest my mode, my mood of living.
Topics: The Church at Worship Funeral; Eternal Life; Funerals and Memorial Services; Brevity of Life Tune Title: BELLEGARDE
Today I Live
Today I Live
Author: Fred Kaan Hymnal: Chalice Hymnal #616 (1995) Meter: 10.11.10.11 First Line: Today I live, but once shall come my death Lyrics: 1 Today I live, but once shall come my death;
one day shall still my laughter and my crying,
bring to a halt my heart-beat and my breath:
God, give me faith for living and for dying.
2 How I shall die, or when, I do not know,
nor where - for endless is the world's horizon;
but save me, God, from thoughts that lay me low,
from morbid fears that freeze my powers of reason.
3 When earthly life shall close, as close it must,
let Jesus be my brother and my merit.
Let me without regret recall the past
then, God, into your hands commit my spirit.
4 Meanwhile I live and move and I am glad,
enjoy this life and all its interweaving;
each given day, as I take up the thread,
let love suggest my mode, my mood of living.
Topics: Life of Discipleship Loyalty and Courage; God's Church Life of Discipleship: Loyalty and Courage; Courage; Death; Eternal Life Languages: English Tune Title: IDA
Today I Live
Today I live
Author: Fred Kaan Hymnal: Hymnal #607 (1992) First Line: Today I live, but once shall come my death Languages: English Tune Title: HEARTBEAT
Today I live
Fred Kaan
1929 - 2009 Person Name: Fred Kaan (b. 1929) Author of "Today I live, one day shall come my death" in Church Hymnary (4th ed.) Fred Kaan Hymn writer. His hymns include both original work and translations. He sought to address issues of peace and justice. He was born in Haarlem in the Netherlands in July 1929. He was baptised in St Bavo Cathedral but his family did not attend church regularly. He lived through the Nazi occupation, saw three of his grandparents die of starvation, and witnessed his parents deep involvement in the resistance movement. They took in a number of refugees. He became a pacifist and began attending church in his teens.
Having become interested in British Congregationalism (later to become the United Reformed Church) through a friendship, he was attended Western College in Bristol. He was ordained in 1955 at the Windsor Road Congregational Church in Barry, Glamorgan.
In 1963 he was called to be minister of the Pilgrim Church in Plymouth. It was in this congregation that he began to write hymns. The first edition of Pilgrim Praise was published in 1968, going into second and third editions in 1972 and 1975. He continued writing many more hymns throughout his life.
Dianne Shapiro, from obituary written by Keith Forecast in Independent (http://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/fred-kaan-minister-and-celebrated-hymn-writer-1809481.html)
Fred Kaan
Jane Marshall
1924 - 2019 Composer of "HEARTBEAT" in Hymnal Jane Marshall, was born Jane Anne Manton in Dallas in 1924. She became a pianist and organist and composed music as a teenager. She earned a music degree in 1945 from SMU. She married Elbert Marshall. She went on to write more than 200 hymns and other sacred music works. She later earned a Masters degree in 1968 from SMU in choral conducting and composition. She taught at SMU's Perkins School of Theology and tis Church Music Summer School from 1975-2010. She attended Northaven United Methodist Church in Dallas for many years, collaborated often with other hymn writers, and encouraged many students.
Dianne Shapiro, from UM News article , May 30, 2019 by Sam Hodges (accessed 6-7-2019)
Jane Marshall
Doreen Potter
1925 - 1980 Composer of "BELLEGARDE" in Voices United Doreen Potter was born in 1925 in Panama, but lived in Jamaica during her childhood. She studied music at St. Katharine's College in Liverpool, UK and at Trinity College, London. She was a violinist, pianist, and teacher. She married Philip Potter, general secretary of the World Council of Churches in Geneva. Through her husband she met Fred Kaan and composed tunes for Kaan's texts, as well as other hymn tunes.
Dianne Shapiro, from biography published by Hope Publishing Company (accessed online 8/5/2020)
Doreen Potter
