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Turn back, O man, forswear thy foolish ways

Author: Clifford Bax Meter: 10.10.10.10.10 Appears in 60 hymnals

TOULON

Appears in 173 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Louis Bourgeois Incipit: 12343 21171 34565 Used With Text: Turn back, O man, forswear thy foolish ways

Meter: 10.10.10.10.10 Appears in 146 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Louis Bourgeois Tune Key: F Major Incipit: 12343 21171 34565 Used With Text: Turn back, O man, forswear thy foolish ways

FAUX-BOURDON

Appears in 1 hymnal Composer and/or Arranger: W. Parsons Incipit: 57111 76655 12343 Used With Text: Turn back, O Man, forswear thy foolish ways

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Turn Back, O Man, Forswear Thy Foolish Ways

Author: Clifford Bax Hymnal: The Hymnbook #490 (1955) Meter: 10.10.10.10.10 Lyrics: 1 Turn back, O man, forswear thy foolish ways. Old now is earth, and none may count her days, Yet thou, her child, whose head is crowned with flame, Still wilt not hear thine inner God proclaim— "Turn back, O man, forswear thy foolish ways." 2 Earth might be fair and all men glad and wise. Age after age their tragic empires rise, Built while they dream, and in that dreaming weep: Would man but wake from out his haunted sleep, Earth might be fair and all men glad and wise. 3 Earth shall be fair, and all her people one: Nor till that hour shall God's whole will be done. Now, even now, once more from earth to sky, Peals forth in joy man's old, undaunted cry— "Earth shall be fair, and all her folk be one!" Amen. Topics: God Kingdom; Peace on Earth; World Friendship and Peace; Kingdom of God on Earth, The World Friendship and Peace Scripture: Ezekiel 18:31 Tune Title: OLD 124TH

Turn back, O man, forswear thy foolish ways

Author: Clifford Bax, b. 1886 Hymnal: Service Book and Hymnal of the Lutheran Church in America #348 (1958) Lyrics: 1 Turn back, O man, forswear thy foolish ways. Old now is earth, and none may count her days, Yet thou, her child, whose head is crowned with flame, Still wilt not hear thine inner God proclaim, 'Turn back, O man, forswear thy foolish ways.' 2 Earth might be fair, and all men glad and wise. Age after age their tragic empires rise, Built while they dream, and in that dreaming weep: Would man but wake from out his haunted sleep, Earth might be fair, and all men glad and wise. 3 Earth shall be fair, and all her people one; Nor till that hour shall God's whole will be done. Now, even now, once more from earth to sky, Peals forth in joy man's old, undaunted cry, 'Earth shall be fair, and all her folk be one!' Topics: The Church Year Advent; The Church Year Septuagesima to Lent; The Church Year Lent; The Life in Christ Repentance and Faith; Church Life and Work City, Nation, World Languages: English Tune Title: OLD 124th

Turn back, O man, forswear thy foolish ways

Author: Clifford Bax Hymnal: The Hymnal #424 (1950) Meter: 10.10.10.10.10 Lyrics: 1 Turn back, O man, forswear thy foolish ways. Old now is earth, and none may count her days, Yet thou, her child, whose head is crowned with flame, Still wilt not hear thine inner God proclaim— "Turn back, O man, forswear thy foolish ways." 2 Earth might be fair and all men glad and wise. Age after age their tragic empires rise, Built while they dream, and in that dreaming weep: Would man but wake from out his haunted sleep, Earth might be fair and all men glad and wise. 3 Earth shall be fair, and all her people one: Nor till that hour shall God's whole will be done. Now, even now, once more from earth to sky, Peals forth in joy man's old, undaunted cry— "Earth shall be fair, and all her folk be one!" Amen. Topics: The Kingdom of God on Earth World Friendship and Peace; Friendship, World; International Peace; Peace, International; Social Progress Tune Title: OLD 124TH

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Clifford Bax

1886 - 1962 Author of "Turn back, O man, forswear thy foolish ways" in The Harvard University Hymn Book Clifford Bax was a prolific English author and playwright. He was born in south London. He studied at The Slade and the Heatherly Art School but he gave up painting and worked on writing. He was a friend of Gustav Holst and he wrote the hymn "Turn back, O man, forswear thy foolish ways" during World War I, at the request of Holst who wanted a text for the motet he composed on the tune OLD 124th. Dianne Shapiro, from Wikipedia, Find A Grave (www.findagrave.com) and "The Cambridge Dictionary of Hymnology" (https://hymnology.hymnsam.co.uk) accessed 1-30-2019

Louis Bourgeois

1510 - 1561 Composer of "TOULON" in New Worship and Song Louis Bourgeois (b. Paris, France, c. 1510; d. Paris, 1561). In both his early and later years Bourgeois wrote French songs to entertain the rich, but in the history of church music he is known especially for his contribution to the Genevan Psalter. Apparently moving to Geneva in 1541, the same year John Calvin returned to Geneva from Strasbourg, Bourgeois served as cantor and master of the choristers at both St. Pierre and St. Gervais, which is to say he was music director there under the pastoral leadership of Calvin. Bourgeois used the choristers to teach the new psalm tunes to the congregation. The extent of Bourgeois's involvement in the Genevan Psalter is a matter of scholarly debate. Calvin had published several partial psalters, including one in Strasbourg in 1539 and another in Geneva in 1542, with melodies by unknown composers. In 1551 another French psalter appeared in Geneva, Eighty-three Psalms of David, with texts by Marot and de Beze, and with most of the melodies by Bourgeois, who supplied thirty four original tunes and thirty-six revisions of older tunes. This edition was republished repeatedly, and later Bourgeois's tunes were incorporated into the complete Genevan Psalter (1562). However, his revision of some older tunes was not uniformly appreciated by those who were familiar with the original versions; he was actually imprisoned overnight for some of his musical arrangements but freed after Calvin's intervention. In addition to his contribution to the 1551 Psalter, Bourgeois produced a four-part harmonization of fifty psalms, published in Lyons (1547, enlarged 1554), and wrote a textbook on singing and sight-reading, La Droit Chemin de Musique (1550). He left Geneva in 1552 and lived in Lyons and Paris for the remainder of his life. Bert Polman