1 Now praise the hidden God of love,
In whom we all must live and move,
Who shepherds us at every stage,
Through youth, maturity, and age.
2 Who challenged us, when we were young,
To storm the citadels of wrong;
In care for others taught us how
God's true community must grow.
3 Who bids us never lose our zest,
Though age is urging us to rest,
But proves to us that we have still
A work to do, a place to fill.
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Author: Fred Pratt Green
The name of the Rev. F. Pratt Green is one of the best-known of the contemporary school of hymnwriters in the British Isles. His name and writings appear in practically every new hymnal and "hymn supplement" wherever English is spoken and sung. And now they are appearing in American hymnals, poetry magazines, and anthologies.
Mr. Green was born in Liverpool, England, in 1903. Ordained in the British Methodist ministry, he has been pastor and district superintendent in Brighton and York, and now served in Norwich. There he continued to write new hymns "that fill the gap between the hymns of the first part of this century and the 'far-out' compositions that have crowded into some churches in the last decade or more."
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O WALY WALY is a traditional English melody associated with the song "O Waly, Waly, gin love be bony," the words of which date back at least to Ramsay's Tea Table Miscellany (1724-1732), and as the setting for a folk ballad about Jamie Douglas. It is also well known in the Appalachian region of the…
TALLIS CANON is one of nine tunes Thomas Tallis (PHH 62) contributed to Matthew Parker's Psalter (around 1561). There it was used as a setting for Psalm 67. In the original tune the melody began in the tenor, followed by the soprano, and featured repeated phrases. Thomas Ravenscroft (PHH 59) publish…
Derived from the fourth piano piece in Robert A. Schumann's Nachtstücke, Opus 23 (1839), CANONBURY first appeared as a hymn tune in J. Ireland Tucker's Hymnal with Tunes, Old and New (1872). The tune, whose title refers to a street and square in Islington, London, England, is often matched to Haver…
Display Title: Now Praise the Hidden God of LoveFirst Line: Now praise the hidden God of loveTune Title: TALLIS CANONAuthor: Fred Pratt GreenMeter: L.M.Scripture: Ecclesiastes 11:7 - 12:8Date: 1995Subject: Encouragement | ; Journey | ; Life in Christ | ; Stages of Life |
Display Title: Now Praise the Hidden God of LoveFirst Line: Now praise the hidden God of loveTune Title: CANONBURYAuthor: Fred Pratt Green (1903-)Meter: L.M.Date: 1985Subject: Christan Life | Guidance
Display Title: Now Praise the Hidden God of LoveFirst Line: Now praise the hidden God of loveTune Title: O WALY WALYAuthor: Fred Pratt GreenMeter: LMDate: 2003
Display Title: Now Praise the Hidden God of LoveFirst Line: Now praise the hidden God of loveTune Title: O WALY WALYAuthor: Fred Pratt GreenMeter: LMScripture: Acts 17:23-28Date: 2001Subject: The Glory of the Triune God | Praise and Thanksgiving
Display Title: Now Praise the Hidden God of LoveFirst Line: Now praise the hidden God of loveTune Title: DICKINSON COLLEGEAuthor: Fred Pratt GreenMeter: LMDate: 1990
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The name of the Rev. F. Pratt Green is one of the best-known of the contemporary school of hymnwriters in the British Isles. His name and writings appear in practically every new hymnal and "hymn supplement" wherever English is spoken and sung. And now they are appearing in American hymnals, poetry magazines, and anthologies.
Mr. Green was born in Liverpool, England, in 1903. Ordained in the British Methodist ministry, he has been pastor and district superintendent in Brighton and York, and now served in Norwich. There he continued to write new hymns "that fill the gap between the hymns of the first part of this century and the 'far-out' compositions that have crowded into some churches in the last decade or more."
--Seven New Hymns o… Go to person page >
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