O Lord of Every Shining Constellation

O Lord of every shining constellation

Author: Albert F. Bayly (1950)
ONE LICENSE: 50051
Published in 24 hymnals

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Author: Albert F. Bayly

Albert F. Bayly was born on Sep­tem­ber 6, 1901, Bex­hill on Sea, Sus­sex, Eng­land. He received his ed­u­cat­ion at Lon­don Un­i­ver­si­ty (BA) and Mans­field Coll­ege, Ox­ford. Bayly was a Congregationalist (later United Reformed Church) minister from the late 1920s until his death in 1984. His life and ministry spanned the Depression of the 1930s, the Second World War, and the years of reconstruction which followed. Af­ter re­tir­ing in 1971, he moved to Spring­field, Chelms­ford, and was ac­tive in the local Unit­ed Re­formed Church. He wrote sev­er­al pageants on mis­sion themes, and li­bret­tos for can­ta­tas by W. L. Lloyd Web­ber. He died on Ju­ly 26, 1984 in Chiches­ter, Sus­sex, Eng­land. NN,… Go to person page >

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HIGHWOOD (Terry)


VICAR

GENEVAN 12 (or DONNE SECOURS, see 12) was the tune originally selected for the text for singing at the Evanston Assembly. That tune is set to the Harkness text in many hymnals. V. Earle Copes (PHH 302) composed VICAR in 1963 as a setting for Harkness's text for inclusion in the American Methodist Hy…

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HESLINGTON (Shephard)


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Instances

Instances (1 - 19 of 19)

Church Hymnal, Fifth Edition #33

Hymns Ancient and Modern, New Standard Edition #411

The Song Book of the Salvation Army #38

Sing and Rejoice! #83

Common Praise (1998) #411

Anglican Hymns Old and New (Rev. and Enl.) #565

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Common Praise #263

Ancient and Modern #547

Church Hymnary (4th ed.) #246

Hymns for Today's Church (2nd ed.) #314b

Hymns of Glory, Songs of Praise #246

The Book of Praise #302

The Irish Presbyterian Hymbook #31

Together in Song #157

Hymns for Today's Church (2nd ed.) #314a

Complete Anglican Hymns Old and New #512

Chalice Hymnal #55

Rejoice in the Lord #31

The Presbyterian Hymnal #297

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