This Is a Time for Banners and Bells

This is a time for banners and bells

Author: Jaroslav J. Vajda
Tune: GLORIA DEI (Manz)
Published in 1 hymnal

Author: Jaroslav J. Vajda

Jaroslav J. Vajda (b. Lorain, Ohio, 1919; d. 2008) Born of Czechoslovakian parents, Vajda was educated at Concordia College in Fort Wayne, Indiana, and Concordia Theological Seminary in St. Louis, Missouri. Ordained as a Lutheran pastor in 1944, he served congregations in Pennsylvania and Indiana until 1963. He was editor of the periodicals The Lutheran Beacon (1959-1963) and This Day (1963-1971) and book editor and developer for Concordia Publishing House in St. Louis from 1971 until his retirement in 1986. Working mainly with hymn texts, Vajda served on several Lutheran commissions of worship. A writer of original poetry since his teens, he was the author of They Followed the King (1965) and Follow the King (1977). His translations from S… Go to person page >

Text Information

First Line: This is a time for banners and bells
Title: This Is a Time for Banners and Bells
Original Language: English
Author: Jaroslav J. Vajda
Meter: 9.7.9.7 with refrain
Refrain First Line: Come, sing to the Lord
Copyright: Copyright 1987 Concordia Publishing House.

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Sing to the Lord #27

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