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Let Hope and Sorrow Now Unite

Author: Brian A. Wren Meter: 8.7.8.7.8.8.7 Appears in 5 hymnals

Meter: 8.7.87.8.8.7 Appears in 156 hymnals Tune Sources: Bohemian Brethren's Kirchengesänge, 1566 Tune Key: D Major Incipit: 13451 76565 43234 Used With Text: Let Hope and Sorrow Now Unite

ALLEIN GOTT IN DER HÖH

Meter: 8.7.8.7.8.8.7 Appears in 212 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Nikolaus Decius, c. 1490-1541; Hieronymus Praetorius, c. 1560-1629 Tune Key: F Major or modal Incipit: 13454 32333 23421 Used With Text: Let Hope and Sorrow Now Unite

HOPE

Appears in 1 hymnal Composer and/or Arranger: Carlton R. Young Used With Text: Let Hope and Sorrow Now Unite

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Let Hope and Sorrow Now Unite

Author: Brian Wren, 1936- Hymnal: Singing the Living Tradition #412 (1993) Meter: 8.7.8.7.8.8.7 Lyrics: 1 Let hope and sorrow now unite to consecrate life's ending. And praise good friends now gone from sight, though grief and loss are rending. The story in a well-loved face, the years and days our thoughts retrace, are treasures worth repeating. 2 With faith, or doubt, or open mind we whisper life's great question. The ebb and flow of space and time surpass our small perception; yet knowledge grows with joyful gains and finds out wonders far more strange than hopes of resurrection. Topics: Service Music Memorials and Funerals; Grief and Loss; Memorials and Funerals Languages: English Tune Title: ALLEIN GOTT IN DER HÖH

Let Hope and Sorrow Now Unite

Author: Brian Wren Hymnal: Chalice Hymnal #639 (1995) Meter: 8.7.87.8.8.7 Lyrics: 1 Let hope and sorrow now unite to consecrate life's ending, and praise good friends now gone from sight, though grief and loss are rending. The story in a well-loved face the years and days our thoughts retrace, are treasures worth defending. 2 With faith, or doubt, or open mind we whisper life's great question. The ebb and flow of space and time surpass our small perception. Yet knowledge grows with joyful gains and finds out wonders far more strange than hopes of resurrection. 3 Be glad for life, in age or youth; its worth is past conceiving. And stand by justice, love, and truth as patterns for believing. Give thanks for all each person gives - as faith comes true, and Jesus lives, there'll be an end to grieving. Topics: Life of Discipleship Death and Eternal Life; God's Church Life of Discipleship: Death and Eternal Life; Death; Eternal Life; Funerals and Memorial Services; Grief; Hope Languages: English Tune Title: MIT FREUDEN ZART

Let Hope and Sorrow Now Unite

Author: Brian Wren Hymnal: The Door Is Open #9 (2002) Languages: English Tune Title: HOPE

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Brian A. Wren

b. 1936 Person Name: Brian Wren, 1936- Author of "Let Hope and Sorrow Now Unite" in Singing the Living Tradition 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

Nicolaus Decius

1485 - 1541 Person Name: Nikolaus Decius, c. 1490-1541 Composer of "ALLEIN GOTT IN DER HÖH" in Singing the Living Tradition Decius, Nicolaus (Nicolaus a Curia or von Hofe, otherwise Hovesch, seems to have been a native of Hof, in Upper Franconia, Bavaria, and to have been originally called Tech. He became a monk, and was in 1519 Probst of the cloister at Steterburg, near Wolfenbüttel. Becoming favourable to the opinions of Luther, he left Steterburg in July, 1522, and went to Brunswick, where he was appointed a master in the St. Katherine and Egidien School. In 1523 he was invited by the burgesses of Stettin to labour there as an Evangelical preacher along with Paulus von Rhode. He became preacher at the Church of St. Nicholas; was probably instituted by the Town Council in 1526, when von Rhode was instituted to St. Jacob's; and at the visitation in 1535 was recognized as pastor of St. Nicholas'. He died suddenly at Stettin, March 21, 1541, with some suspicion of being poisoned by his enemies of the Roman Catholic faction (Koch, i. 419-421, 471, 472; ii. 483; Allg. Deutsche Biography, iii. 791-793).He seems to have been a popular preacher and a good musician. Three hymns are ascribed to him. These are versions of the “Sanctus," the "Gloria in excelsis," and the "Agnus Dei." The second and third are noted under these Latin first lines. He is also said to have composed or adapted the melodies set to them. [Rev. James Mearns, M.A.] -- John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)