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Sing to the Lord No Threadbare Song

Author: Carl P. Daw, Jr., b. 1944 Meter: 8.6.8.6 D Appears in 2 hymnals Lyrics: 1 Sing to the Lord no threadbare song, no timeworn, toothless hymn, no sentimental platitude, no empty pious whim; but raise a song just off the loom, fresh woven, strong, and dense, as new as God's eternal now transcending time and sense. 2 Let earth's diverse, melodic tongues declare in telling phrase the glory of the only God who merits thanks and praise. All other hopes will disappoint, their brittle luster fade, but sure and strong remains the Lord by whom all things were made. 3 Heavens rejoice, and earth be glad! Exult, you roaring seas! Let fields and plains resound with joy that echoes from the trees! As nature sings, let people join and human discord cease, for God shall come to rule the world with justice, love, and peace. Topics: Church Year Advent; Disciples / Calling; Earth; Elements of Worship Call to Worship; Elements of Worship Praise and Adoration; Enthronement Psalms; God as Judge; God as King; God's Reigning; God's Sovereignty; God's Wonders; God's Deeds; God's Glory; God's Justice; God's Majesty; God's Name; God's Power; God's Strength; Grâce; Hymns of Praise; Idols and Idolatry; Joy; Judgment; Mission; Music and Musicians; New Creation; Occasional Services Civic / National Occasions; Offering of Sacrifice; People of God / Church Citizens of Heaven; People of God / Church Witnessing; Rejoicing; Temple; Ten Commandments 2nd Commandment (do not make graven emages); The Creation; Truth; Witness; Year A, B, C, Christmas I, December 24 or 25; Year A, Ordinary Time after Pentecost, October 16-22; Year C, Ordinary Time after Epiphany, 9th Sunday; Year C, Ordinary Time after Pentecost, May 29-June 4 (if after Trinity Sunday) Scripture: Psalm 96 Used With Tune: CANTICUM NOVUM

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CANTICUM NOVUM

Meter: 8.6.8.6 D Appears in 2 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Alfred V. Fedak, b. 1953 Tune Key: F Major Incipit: 51235 45325 67112 Used With Text: Sing to the Lord No Threadbare Song

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Sing to the Lord No Threadbare Song

Author: Carl P. Daw, Jr., b. 1944 Hymnal: Psalms for All Seasons #96G (2012) Meter: 8.6.8.6 D Lyrics: 1 Sing to the Lord no threadbare song, no timeworn, toothless hymn, no sentimental platitude, no empty pious whim; but raise a song just off the loom, fresh woven, strong, and dense, as new as God's eternal now transcending time and sense. 2 Let earth's diverse, melodic tongues declare in telling phrase the glory of the only God who merits thanks and praise. All other hopes will disappoint, their brittle luster fade, but sure and strong remains the Lord by whom all things were made. 3 Heavens rejoice, and earth be glad! Exult, you roaring seas! Let fields and plains resound with joy that echoes from the trees! As nature sings, let people join and human discord cease, for God shall come to rule the world with justice, love, and peace. Topics: Church Year Advent; Disciples / Calling; Earth; Elements of Worship Call to Worship; Elements of Worship Praise and Adoration; Enthronement Psalms; God as Judge; God as King; God's Reigning; God's Sovereignty; God's Wonders; God's Deeds; God's Glory; God's Justice; God's Majesty; God's Name; God's Power; God's Strength; Grâce; Hymns of Praise; Idols and Idolatry; Joy; Judgment; Mission; Music and Musicians; New Creation; Occasional Services Civic / National Occasions; Offering of Sacrifice; People of God / Church Citizens of Heaven; People of God / Church Witnessing; Rejoicing; Temple; Ten Commandments 2nd Commandment (do not make graven emages); The Creation; Truth; Witness; Year A, B, C, Christmas I, December 24 or 25; Year A, Ordinary Time after Pentecost, October 16-22; Year C, Ordinary Time after Epiphany, 9th Sunday; Year C, Ordinary Time after Pentecost, May 29-June 4 (if after Trinity Sunday) Scripture: Psalm 96 Tune Title: CANTICUM NOVUM

Sing to the Lord No Threadbare Song

Author: Carl P. Daw, Jr., 1944- Hymnal: Community of Christ Sings #111 (2013) Meter: 8.6.8.6 D Lyrics: 1 Sing to the Lord no threadbare song, no timeworn, toothless hymn, no sentimental platitude, no empty pious whim; but raise a song just off the loom, fresh woven, strong, and dense, as new as God's eternal now transcending time and sense. 2 Let earth's diverse, melodic tongues declare in telling phrase the glory of the only God who merits thanks and praise. All other hopes will disappoint, their brittle luster fade, but sure and strong remains the Lord by whom all things were made. 3 Heavens rejoice, and earth be glad! Exult, you roaring seas! Let fields and plains resound with joy that echoes from the trees! As nature sings, let people join and human discord cease, for God shall come to rule the world with justice, love, and peace. Topics: Abundance; Challenge; Compassion; Creation; Diversity; God Creator; God's Faithfulness; God's Glory, Majesty and Power; Music; Offering; Praise; Rejoicing; Zion-Reign of God Scripture: Psalm 96 Languages: English Tune Title: CANTICUM NOVUM

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Alfred V. Fedak

b. 1953 Person Name: Alfred V. Fedak, b. 1953 Composer of "CANTICUM NOVUM" in Psalms for All Seasons Alfred Fedak (b. 1953), is a well-known organist, composer, and Minister of Music at Westminster Presbyterian Church on Capitol Hill in Albany, New York. He graduated from Hope College in 1975 with degrees in organ performance and music history. He obtained a Master’s degree in organ performance from Montclair State University, and has also studied at Westminster Choir College, Eastman School of Music, the Institute for European Studies in Vienna, and at the first Cambridge Choral Studies Seminar at Clare College, Cambridge. As a composer, he has over 200 choral and organ works in print, and has three published anthologies of his work (Selah Publishing). In 1995, he was named a Visiting Fellow in Church Music at Episcopal Seminary of the Soutwest in Austin, Texas. He is also a Fellow of the American Guild of Organists, and was awarded the AGO’s prestigious S. Lewis Elmer Award. Fedak is a Life Member of the Hymn Society, and writes for The American Organist, The Hymn, Reformed Worship, and Music and Worship. He was a member of the Presbyterian Committee on Congregational Song that prepared Glory to God, the 2013 hymnal of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) Laura de Jong

Carl P. Daw Jr.

b. 1944 Person Name: Carl P. Daw, Jr. Author of "Sing to the Lord No Threadbare Song" Carl P. Daw, Jr. (b. Louisville, KY, 1944) is the son of a Baptist minister. He holds a PhD degree in English (University of Virginia) and taught English from 1970-1979 at the College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, Virginia. As an Episcopal priest (MDiv, 1981, University of the South, Sewanee, Tennesee) he served several congregations in Virginia, Connecticut and Pennsylvania. From 1996-2009 he served as the Executive Director of The Hymn Society in the United States and Canada. Carl Daw began to write hymns as a consultant member of the Text committee for The Hymnal 1982, and his many texts often appeared first in several small collections, including A Year of Grace: Hymns for the Church Year (1990); To Sing God’s Praise (1992), New Psalms and Hymns and Spiritual Songs (1996), Gathered for Worship (2006). Other publications include A Hymntune Psalter (2 volumes, 1988-1989) and Breaking the Word: Essays on the Liturgical Dimensions of Preaching (1994, for which he served as editor and contributed two essays. In 2002 a collection of 25 of his hymns in Japanese was published by the United Church of Christ in Japan. He wrote Glory to God: A Companion (2016) for the 2013 hymnal of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.). Emily Brink