Tomorrow Christ is Coming

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Source: One Lord, One Faith, One Baptism: an African American ecumenical hymnal #260
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Author: Fred Kaan

Fred Kaan Hymn writer. His hymns include both original work and translations. He sought to address issues of peace and justice. He was born in Haarlem in the Netherlands in July 1929. He was baptised in St Bavo Cathedral but his family did not attend church regularly. He lived through the Nazi occupation, saw three of his grandparents die of starvation, and witnessed his parents deep involvement in the resistance movement. They took in a number of refugees. He became a pacifist and began attending church in his teens. Having become interested in British Congregationalism (later to become the United Reformed Church) through a friendship, he was attended Western College in Bristol. He was ordained in 1955 at the Windsor Road Congregation… Go to person page >

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First Line: Tomorrow Christ is coming
Title: Tomorrow Christ is Coming
Author: Fred Kaan
Meter: 7.6.7.6 D
Language: English
Copyright: © 1968, Hope Publishing Co.
Article: "Tomorrow Christ is coming" by James Hart Brumm (from The Hymn)

Tune

LITTLE BADDOW


PASSION CHORALE (Hassler)

The tune HERZLICH TUT MICH VERLANGEN has been associated with Gerhardt's text ["O Haupt voll Blut und Wunden"] since they were first published together in 1656. The tune's first association with a sacred text was its attachment in 1913 [sic: should read 1613] to Christoph Knoll's funeral text "Herzl…

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CRAIGMILLAR (Routley)


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