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O Christ, the Great Foundation
Author: Timothy T'ingfang Lew; Frank W. Price Meter: 7.6.7.6 D Appears in 17 hymnals Topics: Church Universal Used With Tune: AURELIA
O Christ, the Great Foundation
O Christ, the Great Foundation
Author: Timothy T'ing Fang Lew, 1892-1947; Mildred A Wiant, b. 1898 Hymnal: Sing! A New Creation #177 (2002) Meter: 7.6.7.6.7.6.7.6 Topics: Faith Languages: English Tune Title: AURELIA
O Christ, the Great Foundation
O Christ, the Great Foundation
Author: Timothy T'ingfang Lew; Mildred A. Wiant Hymnal: Glory to God #361 (2013) Meter: 7.6.7.6 D Topics: Christ's Return and Judgment; The Church; Community in Christ; Faith; Gift of the Holy Spirit; Grâce; Jesus Christ Advent; Mission; Salvation; Unity Scripture: Psalm 118:22 Languages: English Tune Title: AURELIA
O Christ, the Great Foundation
O Christ, the Great Foundation
Author: Frank W. Price; Timothy Tingfang Lew Hymnal: The New Century Hymnal #387 (1995) Meter: 7.6.7.6 D Topics: Christian unity; Church Mission in the World; Jesus Christ Return of; Year B Pentecost; Year B Proper 5; Year C Pentecost; Year C Proper 11 Scripture: Colossians 1:18-20 Languages: English Tune Title: AURELIA
O Christ, the Great Foundation
Timothy T'ingfang Lew
1891 - 1947 Person Name: Timothy T'ing Fang Lew, 1892-1947 Author of "O Christ, the Great Foundation" in Sing! A New Creation T'ingfang Lew was a leading Chinese educator, author, and editor. He was educated in China and at Columbia University in New York City (M.A.; Ph.D.). His Bachelor of Divinity degree was from Yale and he studied at Union Theological Seminary, New York City, where he also taught Christian education. Lew lectured throughout America at schools and colleges from 1926 to 1938 and received an S.T.D. degree from Oberlin College.
In 1932, Lew began to chair the commission to prepare a Chinese Union hymnal. The resulting Hymns of Universal Praise was published in 1936. Its music editor was Bliss Wiant, a colleague of Lews's at Yenching University in Peking. Lew also edited the Union Book of Common Prayer which was used by four Protestant Chinese groups having approximately one-half million members. He represented China at the World Council of Churches meetings (1927-1939). He served as a member of the Chinese government's legislative body (1936-1941).
Lew is remembered for his work with Chinese Christian organizations in China and America where he resided from 1941 to 1947. He died while teaching at the University of New Mexico.
--The Presbyterian Hymnal Companion, 1993
Timothy T'ingfang Lew
Samuel Sebastian Wesley
1810 - 1876 Person Name: Samuel Sebastian Wesley, 1810-1876 Composer of "AURELIA" in Sing! A New Creation Samuel Sebastian Wesley (b. London, England, 1810; d. Gloucester, England, 1876) was an English organist and composer. The grandson of Charles Wesley, he was born in London, and sang in the choir of the Chapel Royal as a boy. He learned composition and organ from his father, Samuel, completed a doctorate in music at Oxford, and composed for piano, organ, and choir. He was organist at Hereford Cathedral (1832-1835), Exeter Cathedral (1835-1842), Leeds Parish Church (1842-1849), Winchester Cathedral (1849-1865), and Gloucester Cathedral (1865-1876). Wesley strove to improve the standards of church music and the status of church musicians; his observations and plans for reform were published as A Few Words on Cathedral Music and the Music System of the Church (1849). He was the musical editor of Charles Kemble's A Selection of Psalms and Hymns (1864) and of the Wellburn Appendix of Original Hymns and Tunes (1875) but is best known as the compiler of The European Psalmist (1872), in which some 130 of the 733 hymn tunes were written by him.
Bert Polman
Samuel Sebastian Wesley
D. T. Niles
1908 - 1970 Person Name: Daniel T Niles 1908-70 Author of "O Christ, the great foundation" in Praise! psalms hymns and songs for Christian worship
D. T. Niles
