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Author: Bernard, of Cluny
Bernard of Morlaix, or of Cluny, for he is equally well known by both titles, was an Englishman by extraction, both his parents being natives of this country. He was b., however, in France very early in the 12th cent, at Morlaix, Bretagne. Little or nothing is known of his life, beyond the fact that he entered the Abbey of Cluny, of which at that time Peter the Venerable, who filled the post from 1122 to 1156, was the head. There, so far as we know, he spent his whole after-life, and there he probably died, though the exact date of his death, as well as of his birth is unrecorded. The Abbey of Cluny was at that period at the zenith of its wealth and fame. Its buildings, especially its church (which was unequalled by any in France); the serv… Go to person page >
DURROW was originally a traditional Irish folk melody associated with "Captain Thomson," a sea song from Ireland's Limerick region (Durrow is the name of a town in Ireland between Port Laoise and Kilkenny). The tune first appeared as a hymn tune in the Church Hymnary of 1927.
The harmonization by Wi…
Display Title: The Clouds of Judgment GatherFirst Line: The clouds of judgment gatherTune Title: DURROWAuthor: Bernard of Cluny, 12th cent.Meter: 76 76 DDate: 1982Subject: Advent | ; Hope | ; Judgement |Source: Tr. The Lutheran Hymnal, 1978, alt.
Display Title: The Clouds of Judgment GatherFirst Line: The clouds of judgment gatherTune Title: LLANGLOFFANAuthor: Bernard of Cluny, 12th cent.Meter: 76 76 DScripture: Luke 21:36; John 12:46; 1 Peter 1:3-9; Revelation 7:13-17Date: 2006Subject: End Times |Source: Lutheran Book of Worship, 1978 (tr.)
Display Title: The Clouds of Judgment GatherFirst Line: The clouds of judgment gatherTune Title: LLANGLOFFANAuthor: Bernard of Cluny, 12th cent.Meter: 76 76 DScripture: Luke 21:36; John 12:46; Philippians 3:12-14; Revelation 7:13-17Date: 2021Subject: Second Coming |Source: Tr.: Lutheran Book of Worship, 1978