Through the Heart of Every City

Through the heart of every city

Author: Sylvia Dunstan (1987)
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Published in 2 hymnals

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Author: Sylvia Dunstan

After a brief, arduous battle with liver cancer, Canadian Sylvia Dunstan died in 1993 at the age of 38. For thirteen years, Dunstan had served the United Church of Canada as a parish minister and prison chaplain. She is remembered by those who knew her for her passion for those in need, her gift of writing, and her love of liturgy. Sing! A New Creation Go to person page >

Text Information

First Line: Through the heart of every city
Title: Through the Heart of Every City
Author: Sylvia Dunstan (1987)
Meter: 8.7.8.7 D
Publication Date: 1996
Copyright: © 1991 G.I.A. Publications, Inc.

Tune

HERMON (Pilcher)

The 1912 Psalter and earlier editions of the Psalter Hymnal set this text to the tune AUSTRIAN HYMN by Franz J. Haydn. However, because of the tune's association with the Nazi regime of World War II, several North American immigrants and Jewish Christians suggested that it be removed from the hymnal…

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TRUESDELL


Instances

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The Covenant Hymnal #738

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