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God is Unique and One (God in the Midst)

Author: Fred Kaan Appears in 7 hymnals First Line: God is unique and one Used With Tune: LITTLE CORNARD

Meter: 6.6.6.6.8.8 Appears in 61 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Martin Edward Fallas Shaw, 1875 - 1958 Tune Key: D Major Incipit: 61233 65312 36176 Used With Text: God Is Unique And One

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God Is Unique And One

Author: Fred Kaan Hymnal: Voices United #277 (1996) Meter: 6.6.6.6.8.8 Lyrics: 1 God is unique and one: Maker, Sustainer, Lord! Patterns of life were spun by that creative word. Of God's intention, love and care we are with growing trust aware. 2 Love came to earth in Christ, our common life to share, choosing to be the least, willing a cross to bear. He died, he rose, that we might live and all our love, responding, give. 3 The Holy Spirit moves people to trace God's plan; such inspiration proves more than the mind can span. Each listening heart is led to find the will of God for humankind. 4 God shall forever reign, ruler of time and space; there, in the midst of life, seen in the human face. We give expression to our creed by love in thought, in word and deed. Topics: God Nature of God; Brotherhood/Sisterhood; God Care; God Creator; God Kingdom, Majesty, Realm; God Love; God Nature; God Presence; Inspiration; Jesus Christ Cross; Jesus Christ Incarnation; Jesus Christ Kingship, Conqueror; New Creation; Proclamation; Providence; Science; Space; Time; Trinity; Trust Tune Title: LITTLE CORNARD

God Is Unique and One

Author: Fred Kaan, b. 1929 Hymnal: Worship (3rd ed.) #592 (1986) Meter: 6.6.6.6.8.8 Topics: Trinity Sunday; Christ the King; Brotherhood and Sisterhood; God the Father (Creator); Jesus Christ; Love for Others; Majesty and Power; New Creation; Paschal Mystery; Providence; Science and Space; Time; Trust; Witness Languages: English Tune Title: LITTLE CORNARD

God is Unique and One (God in the Midst)

Author: Fred Kaan Hymnal: Praise Ways #24 (1975) First Line: God is unique and one Tune Title: LITTLE CORNARD

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Martin Shaw

1875 - 1958 Composer of "LITTLE CORNARD" in Voices United Martin F. Shaw was educated at the Royal College of Music in London and was organist and choirmaster at St. Mary's, Primrose Hill (1908-1920), St. Martin's in the Fields (1920-1924), and the Eccleston Guild House (1924-1935). From 1935 to 1945 he served as music director for the diocese of Chelmsford. He established the Purcell Operatic Society and was a founder of the Plainsong and Medieval Society and what later became the Royal Society of Church Music. Author of The Principles of English Church Music Composition (1921), Shaw was a notable reformer of English church music. He worked with Percy Dearmer (his rector at St. Mary's in Primrose Hill); Ralph Vaughan Williams, and his brother Geoffrey Shaw in publishing hymnals such as Songs of Praise (1925, 1931) and the Oxford Book of Carols (1928). A leader in the revival of English opera and folk music scholarship, Shaw composed some one hundred songs as well as anthems and service music; some of his best hymn tunes were published in his Additional Tunes in Use at St. Mary's (1915). Bert Polman

Fred Kaan

1929 - 2009 Author of "God Is Unique And One" in Voices United 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 Congregational Church in Barry, Glamorgan. In 1963 he was called to be minister of the Pilgrim Church in Plymouth. It was in this congregation that he began to write hymns. The first edition of Pilgrim Praise was published in 1968, going into second and third editions in 1972 and 1975. He continued writing many more hymns throughout his life. Dianne Shapiro, from obituary written by Keith Forecast in Independent (http://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/fred-kaan-minister-and-celebrated-hymn-writer-1809481.html)