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![]() | We cannot measure how you healAuthor: John L. BellTune: YE BANKS AND BRAES Published in 13 hymnals Audio files: MIDI | |
John Lamberton Bell (born 1949, Kilmarnock, Ayrshire) is a hymn-writer. A Church of Scotland minister, he is a member of the Iona Community, a broadcaster, and former student activist. He works throughout the world, often lecturing in theological colleges in the UK, Canada and the United States, but is primarily concerned with the renewal of congregational worship at the grass roots level.
Bell studied at the University of Glasgow where in 1974 he was elected President of the Students' Representative Council. His election represented a significant development as it was the start of a few years' control by the left wing of the SRC. Bell was quite open about his Christian religious beliefs, wearing a wooden cross-shaped pendant.
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| Title: | We Cannot Measure How You Heal |
| Author: | John L. Bell |
| Meter: | 8.8.8.8 D |
| Copyright: | Text © 1989, WGRG the Iona Community (Scotland), admin. GIA Publications, Inc. |
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| Instances (13) | First Line | Text Title | Refrain First Line | Authors | Composers | Meter | Scripture | Tune Title | Tune Key | Incipit | Languages | Publication Date | |||||
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| Celebrating Grace Hymnal #540 | We cannot measure how You heal | We Cannot Measure How You Heal | Graham A. Maule; John L. Bell | Michael Evers | 8.8.8.8 | YE BANKS AND BRAES | F Major or modal | 2010 | |||||||||
| Church Hymnal, Fifth Edition #514 | We cannot measure how you heal | 2000 | |||||||||||||||
| Church Hymnary, Fourth Edition #718 | We cannot measure how you heal | John L. Bell (b. 1949); Graham Maule (b. 1958) | John L. Bell (b. 1949) | THE BANKS O' DOON (YE BANKS AND BRAES) | F Major or modal | English | 2005 | ||||||||||
| Common Praise #292 | We cannot measure how you heal | We Cannot Measure How You Heal | John L. Bell (1949-) | The Iona Community (Scotland) | 8.8.8.8 | Psalm 6; Psalm 41; Hosea 6:1-6; Matthew 8:14-17; Matthew 9:2-8; Matthew 9:18-26; Matthew 15:21-28; Matthew 15:29-39; Mark 1:29-39; Mark 2:1-12; Mark 5:21-43; Mark 7:24-37; Luke 5:17-26; Luke 7:1-10; Luke 8:40-56; Luke 9:1-6; Luke 17:11-19; Luke 18:35-43; John 5:1-9; James 5:13-20; Psalm 6; Psalm 41; Hosea 6:1-6; Matthew 8:14-17; Matthew 9:2-8; Matthew 9:18-26; Matthew 15:21-28; Matthew 15:29-39; Mark 1:29-39; Mark 2:1-12; Mark 5:21-43; Mark 7:24-37; Luke 5:17-26; Luke 7:1-10; Luke 8:40-56; Luke 9:1-6; Luke 17:11-19; Luke 18:35-43; John 5:1-9; James 5:13-20 | YE BANKS AND BRAES (CANDLER) | F Major or modal | 1998 | ||||||||
| Complete Anglican Hymns Old & New #727 | We cannot measure how you heal | We cannot measure how you heal | 2000 | ||||||||||||||
| Gather Comprehensive #575 | We cannot measure how you heal | We Cannot Measure How You Heal | John L. Bell, b. 1949 | John L. Bell, b. 1949 | 8.8.8.8 D | YE BANKS AND BRAES | F Major or modal | English | 1994 | ||||||||
| Gather Comprehensive, Second Edition #558 | We cannot measure how you heal | We Cannot Measure How You Heal | John L. Bell, b. 1949 | John L. Bell, b. 1949 | 8.8.8.8 D | YE BANKS AND BRAES | F Major or modal | English | 2004 | ||||||||
| Lift Up Your Hearts: psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs #446 | We cannot measure how you heal | We Cannot Measure How You Heal | John L. Bell, b. 1949 | Iona Community | 8.8.8.8 D | James 4:13 | YE BANKS AND BRAES | F Major or modal | 2013 | ||||||||
| Scripture Song Database #3821 | [We Cannot Measure How You Heal] | We Cannot Measure How You Heal | Matthew 8:17; Mark 1:34; Luke 4:41 | 2008 | |||||||||||||
| Sing! A New Creation #69 | We cannot measure how you heal | We Cannot Measure How You Heal | John L. Bell, b. 1949 | Iona Community | 8.8.8.8 | YE BANKS AND BRAES | F Major | English | 2002 | ||||||||
| Sing Glory: Hymns, Psalms and Songs for a New Century #490 | We cannot measure how you heal | 8.8.8.8 | 1999 | ||||||||||||||
| Voices United: The Hymn and Worship Book of The United Church of Canada #613 | We cannot measure how you heal | We Cannot Measure How You Heal | John Bell; Graham Maule | Georg Joseph | 8.8.8.8 | ANGELUS | D Major | English | 1996 | ||||||||
| Worship and Rejoice #628 | We cannot measure how you heal | We Cannot Measure How You Heal | John L. Bell, 1949- | John L. Bell, 1949- | 8.8.8.8 D | Mark 9:24; Mark 5:23; James 4:13; Hebrews 11:1; 1 Corinthians 12:7-10 | YE BANKS AND BRAES | F Major or modal | English | 2001 |
