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![]() | Forest trees, what are these?Author (st. 1-2): Mary Lu Walker; Author (st. 3-4): Bertus Frederick Polman (1992)Tune: [Forest trees, what are these?] Published in 1 hymnal |
Bert Polman is chair of the Music Department at Calvin College and senior research fellow for the Calvin Institute of Christian Worship. Dr. Bert studied at Dordt College (BA 1968), the University of Minnesota (MA 1969, PhD in musicology 1981), and the Institute for Christian Studies. Dr. Bert was a longtime is professor of music at Redeemer College in Ancaster, Ontario, and organist at Bethel Christian Reformed Church, Waterdown, Ontario. His teaching covers a wide range of courses in music theory, music history, music literature, and worship, and Canadian Native studies. His research specialty is Christian hymnody. He is also an organist, a frequent workshop leader at music and worship conferences, and contributor to journals such as The… Go to person page >| First Line: | Forest trees, what are these? |
| Title: | Forest Trees |
| Author (st. 3-4): | Bertus Frederick Polman (1992) |
| Author (st. 1-2): | Mary Lu Walker |
| Refrain First Line: | Thank you, Father |
| Copyright: | Stanzas 1-2 and melody © 1973, The Missionary Society of St. Paul the Apostle in the State of new York. Used by permission of Paulist Press.; Stanzas 3-4 and arrangement © 1994, CRC Publications. |
| Scripture | First Line | Instances (1) | Text Title | Refrain First Line | Authors | Composers | Meter | Tune Title | Tune Key | Incipit | Languages | Publication Date | |||||
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| Psalm 8; Genesis 1:27-31 | Forest trees, what are these? | Songs for Life #92 | Forest Trees | Thank you, Father | Bert Polman; Mary Lu Walker | Sean Ivory; Mary Lu Walker | [Forest trees, what are these?] | F Major or modal | English | 1995 |
