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The grace of life is theirs

Author: Fred Pratt Green (1903-2000) Meter: 6.6.6.6.8.8 Appears in 11 hymnals Lyrics: 1 The grace of life is theirs who, on this wedding-day, delight to make their vows and for each other pray. May they, O Lord, together prove the lasting joy of Christian love. 2 Where love is, God abides; and God shall surely bless a home where trust and care give birth to happiness. May they, O Lord, together prove the lasting joy of such a love. 3 How slow to take offence love is! How quick to heal! How ready in distress to know how others feel! May they, O Lord, together prove the lasting joys of such a love. 4 And when time lays its hand on all we hold most dear, and life, by life consumed, fulfills its purpose here: may we, O Lord, together prove the lasting joy of Christian love. Topics: Blessing; Compassion; God Love of; Joy; Marriage; Stages of Life Scripture: 1 Corinthians 13:4-7 Used With Tune: DARWALL'S 148TH

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DARWALL'S 148TH

Meter: 6.6.6.6.8.8 Appears in 511 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: William Henry Monk (1823-1889); John Darwall (1731-1789) Tune Key: C Major Incipit: 13153 17654 32231 Used With Text: The grace of life is theirs
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RHOSYMEDRE

Meter: 6.6.6.6.8.8.8 Appears in 95 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: John David Edwards Tune Key: G Major Incipit: 51122 31443 21511 Used With Text: The Grace of Life Is Theirs
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LOVE UNKNOWN

Meter: 6.6.6.6.8.8 Appears in 87 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: John Nicholson Ireland (1879-1962) Tune Key: E Flat Major Incipit: 35632 12345 36676 Used With Text: The grace of life is theirs

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The Grace of Life Is Theirs

Author: Fred Pratt Green Hymnal: Celebrating Grace Hymnal #526 (2010) Meter: 6.6.6.6.8.8 First Line: The grace of life is theirs Lyrics: 1 The grace of life is theirs who on this wedding day delight to make their vows and for each other pray. May they, O Lord, together prove the lasting joy of Christian love. 2 Where love is, God abides: and God shall surely bless a home where trust and care give birth to happiness. May they, O Lord, together prove the lasting joy of such a love. 3 And when time lays its hand on all we hold most dear, and life, by life consumed, fulfills its purpose here, may we, O Lord, together prove the lasting joy of Christian love. Topics: The Church at Worship Covenants; Marriage Languages: English Tune Title: DARWALL
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The Grace of Life Is Theirs

Author: Fred Pratt Green Hymnal: The Presbyterian Hymnal #534 (1990) Meter: 6.6.6.6.8.8.8 Lyrics: 1 The grace of life is theirs Who on this wedding day Delight to make their vows And for each other pray. May they, O Lord, together prove The lasting joy of Christian love, The lasting joy of Christian love. 2 Where love is, God abides: And God shall surely bless A home where trust and care Give birth to happiness. May they, O lord, together prove The lasting joy of such a love, The lasting joy of such a love. 3 And when time lays its hand On all we hold most dear, And life, by life consumed, Fulfills its purpose here, May we, O Lord, together prove The lasting joy of Christian love, The lasting joy of Christian love. Topics: Christian Marriage Scripture: 1 Peter 3:7 Languages: English Tune Title: RHOSYMEDRE
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The grace of life is theirs

Author: Fred Pratt Green, 1903- Hymnal: The Book of Praise #599 (1997) Meter: 6.6.6.6.8.8.8 Lyrics: 1 The grace of life is theirs who on this wedding day delight to make their vows and for each other pray. May they, O Lord, together prove the lasting joy of Christian love, the lasting joy of Christian love. 2 Where love is, God abides, and God shall surely bless a home where trust and care give birth to happiness. May they, O Lord, together prove the lasting joy of such a love, the lasting joy of such a love. 3 How slow to take offence love is! How quick to heal! How ready in distress to know how others feel! May they, O Lord, together prove the lasting joys of such a love, the lasting joys of such a love. 4 And when time lays its hand on all we hold most dear, and life, by life consumed, fulfils its purpose here, may we, O Lord, together prove the lasting joy of Christian love, the lasting joy of Christian love. Topics: Love; Sacraments and Ordinances Marriage Scripture: Psalm 128 Languages: English Tune Title: RHOSYMEDRE

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Fred Pratt Green

1903 - 2000 Author of "The Grace of Life Is Theirs" in Celebrating Grace Hymnal 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 of Hope , 1971. Used by permission.

William Henry Monk

1823 - 1889 Person Name: William Henry Monk (1823-1889) Composer (descant) of "DARWALL'S 148TH" 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

John Darwall

1732 - 1789 Composer of "DARWALL" in Celebrating Grace Hymnal John Darwall (b. Haughton, Staffordshire, England, 1731; d. Walsall, Staffordshire, England, 1789) The son of a pastor, he attended Manchester Grammar School and Brasenose College, Oxford, England (1752-1756). He became the curate and later the vicar of St. Matthew's Parish Church in Walsall, where he remained until his death. Darwall was a poet and amateur musician. He composed a soprano tune and bass line for each of the 150 psalm versifications in the Tate and Brady New Version of the Psalms of David (l696). In an organ dedication speech in 1773 Darwall advocated singing the "Psalm tunes in quicker time than common [in order that] six verses might be sung in the same space of time that four generally are." Bert Polman
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