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Great and Wonderful Your Deeds

Author: Christopher M. Idle Appears in 3 hymnals First Line: [Great and Wonderful Your Deeds] Scripture: Revelation 15:4 Text Sources: Light Upon the River (Hope Publishing Company,, 1998)

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WÜRTTEMBERG

Meter: 7.7.7.7.6 Appears in 99 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: William Henry Monk (1823-1889) Tune Sources: Melody from Hundert Arien, Dresden 1694 Tune Key: D Major Incipit: 33551 23456 32215 Used With Text: Great and wonderful your deeds

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Great and wonderful your deeds

Author: Christopher Idle (b. 1938) Hymnal: Ancient and Modern #400 (2013) Meter: 7.7.7.7.6 Lyrics: 1 Great and wonderful your deeds, God, from whom all power proceeds: true and right are all your ways — who shall not give thanks and praise? To your name be glory! 2 King of nations, take your crown! Every race shall soon bow down: holy Lord and God alone, justice in your deeds is shown; all have seen your glory. 3 To the one almighty God, to the Lamb who shed his blood, to the Spirit now be given, by the hosts of earth and heaven, love and praise and glory! Topics: Canticles and Affirmations of Faith; God in glory; God in judgement and justice; God Power of; Heaven; Jesus Names and images for; Praise Scripture: Revelation 15:3-4 Languages: English Tune Title: WÜRTTEMBERG

Great and Wonderful Your Deeds

Author: Christopher M. Idle Hymnal: Scripture Song Database #1294 (2008) First Line: [Great and Wonderful Your Deeds] Scripture: Revelation 15:4 Languages: English

Great and wonderful are your deeds

Hymnal: Church Hymnal, Fifth Edition #697 (2000)

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Christopher M. Idle

b. 1938 Person Name: Christopher Idle (b. 1938) Author of "Great and wonderful your deeds" in Ancient and Modern Christopher Martin Idle (b. Bromley, Kent, England, 1938) was educated at Elthan College, St. Peter's College, Oxford, and Clifton Theological College in Bristol, and was ordained in the Church of England. He served churches in Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria; London; and Oakley, Suffolk; and recently returned to London, where he is involved in various hymnal projects. A prolific author of articles on the Christian's public responsibilities, Idle has also published The Lion Book of Favorite Hymns (1980) and at least one hundred of his own hymns and biblical paraphrases. Some of his texts first appeared in hymnals published by the Jubilate Group, with which he is associated. He was also editor of Anglican Praise (1987). In 1998 Hope Publishing released Light Upon the River, a collection of 279 of his psalm and hymn texts, along with suggested tunes, scripture references, and commentary. Bert Polman

William Henry Monk

1823 - 1889 Person Name: William Henry Monk (1823-1889) Adapter of "WÜRTTEMBERG" in Ancient and Modern William H. Monk (b. Brompton, London, England, 1823; d. London, 1889) is best known for his music editing of Hymns Ancient and Modern (1861, 1868; 1875, and 1889 editions). He also adapted music from plainsong and added accompaniments for Introits for Use Throughout the Year, a book issued with that famous hymnal. Beginning in his teenage years, Monk held a number of musical positions. He became choirmaster at King's College in London in 1847 and was organist and choirmaster at St. Matthias, Stoke Newington, from 1852 to 1889, where he was influenced by the Oxford Movement. At St. Matthias, Monk also began daily choral services with the choir leading the congregation in music chosen according to the church year, including psalms chanted to plainsong. He composed over fifty hymn tunes and edited The Scottish Hymnal (1872 edition) and Wordsworth's Hymns for the Holy Year (1862) as well as the periodical Parish Choir (1840-1851). Bert Polman