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They Did Not Build in Vain
Author: Alan Luff, 1928- Meter: 6.6.6.6.8.8 Appears in 4 hymnals Lyrics: 1 They did not build in vain
who founded here a church
as witness to God's love
amid a world of pain,
for still, to those who wish to see,
this place proclaims God's mystery.
2 They built upon the rock
that is the risen Lord,
the one foundation laid
which stands each earthly shock;
that, Spirit filled, we here might raise,
as living temples, prayer and praise.
3 Those who have loved this place,
a cloud of witnesses,
surround and urge us on
as we now run our race,
and so we lay aside each sin
in our desire to strive and win.
4 Though the horizon's bend
conceals the way ahead,
the footprints on the road
show Christ waits at the end;
in him alone our faith shall stand
who waits for us at God's right hand.
5 Here is our meeting place,
where doubt finds grounds of faith,
where hurt finds healing love,
our penitence your grace;
where bridging time to eternity
is God the holy Trinity. Scripture: Hebrews 12:1-3 Used With Tune: DARWALL'S 148th
They Did Not Build in Vain
DARWALL'S 148th
Meter: 6.6.6.6.8.8 Appears in 511 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: John Darwall, 1731-1789 Tune Key: C Major Incipit: 13153 17654 32231 Used With Text: They Did Not Build in Vain
DARWALL'S 148th
LITTLE CORNARD
Meter: 6.6.6.6.8.8 Appears in 58 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Martin Shaw (1875-1958) Tune Key: E Flat Major Incipit: 61233 65312 36176 Used With Text: They Did Not Build in Vain
LITTLE CORNARD
They Did Not Build in Vain
Author: Alan Luff (1928-) Hymnal: Common Praise (1998) #302 (1998) Meter: 6.6.6.6.8.8 Lyrics: 1 They did not build in vain
who founded here a church
as witness to God's love
amid a world of pain,
for still, to those who wish to see,
this place proclaims God's mystery.
2 They built upon the rock
that is the risen Lord,
the one foundation laid
which stands each earthly shock;
that, Spirit filled, we here might raise,
as living temples, prayer and praise.
3 Those who have loved this place,
a cloud of witnesses,
surround and urge us on
as we now run our race,
and so we lay aside each sin
in our desire to strive and win.
4 Though the horizon's bend
conceals the way ahead,
the footprints on the road
show Christ waits at the end;
in him alone our faith shall stand
who waits for us at God's right hand.
5 In every place our world
is storm and tempest tossed;
the flames of fear and hate
are evil's flags unfurled;
yet still the Spirit's wind and fire
pour gifts for service in this hour.
6 Here is our meeting place,
where doubt finds grounds of faith;
where hurt finds healing love,
our penitence your grace;
where bridging time to eternity
is God the holy Trinity. Topics: Aniversary of Parish/Church; Church Scripture: Genesis 28:10-22 Languages: English Tune Title: LITTLE CORNARD
They Did Not Build in Vain
They Did Not Build in Vain
Author: Alan Luff Hymnal: The New Century Hymnal #373 (1995) Meter: 6.6.8.4 D Lyrics: 1 They did not build in vain who founded here a church
as witness to God's love amid a world of pain;
They built upon the rock that is the risen Christ,
the one foundation laid, that stands each earthly shock.
2 Those who have loved this place, a cloud of witnesses,
surround and urge us on as we now run our race;
Though the horizon's bend conceals the way ahead,
the footprints on the road show Christ waits at the end;
3 In every place our world is storm and tempest tossed,
the flames of fear and hate are evil's flags unfurled;
Yet still the Spirit's power in wind and fire of love
pours gifts upon the church for service in this hour.
4 Here is our meeting place where doubt finds grounds of faith,
where hurt finds healing love, our penitence your grace;
Where God in Trinity is bridge from death to life,
from sin to holiness, time to eternity. Topics: Church Anniversaries and Dedications; Church Nature and Unity; Consecration; Year A Easter 4; Year A Pentecost; Year B Pentecost; Year C Pentecost Scripture: Hebrews 12:1-2 Languages: English Tune Title: LEONI
They Did Not Build in Vain
They Did Not Build in Vain
Author: Alan Luff, 1928- Hymnal: Worship and Rejoice #542 (2003) Meter: 6.6.6.6.8.8 Lyrics: 1 They did not build in vain
who founded here a church
as witness to God's love
amid a world of pain,
for still, to those who wish to see,
this place proclaims God's mystery.
2 They built upon the rock
that is the risen Lord,
the one foundation laid
which stands each earthly shock;
that, Spirit filled, we here might raise,
as living temples, prayer and praise.
3 Those who have loved this place,
a cloud of witnesses,
surround and urge us on
as we now run our race,
and so we lay aside each sin
in our desire to strive and win.
4 Though the horizon's bend
conceals the way ahead,
the footprints on the road
show Christ waits at the end;
in him alone our faith shall stand
who waits for us at God's right hand.
5 Here is our meeting place,
where doubt finds grounds of faith,
where hurt finds healing love,
our penitence your grace;
where bridging time to eternity
is God the holy Trinity. Scripture: Hebrews 12:1-3 Languages: English Tune Title: DARWALL'S 148th
They Did Not Build in Vain
John Darwall
1732 - 1789 Person Name: John Darwall, 1731-1789 Composer of "DARWALL'S 148th" in Worship and Rejoice 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
John Darwall
Martin Shaw
1875 - 1958 Person Name: Martin Shaw (1875-1958) Composer of "LITTLE CORNARD" in Common Praise (1998) Martin F. Shaw was educated at the Royal College of Music in London and was organist and choirmaster at St. Mary's, Primrose Hill (1908-1920), St. Martin's in the Fields (1920-1924), and the Eccleston Guild House (1924-1935). From 1935 to 1945 he served as music director for the diocese of Chelmsford. He established the Purcell Operatic Society and was a founder of the Plainsong and Medieval Society and what later became the Royal Society of Church Music.
Author of The Principles of English Church Music Composition (1921), Shaw was a notable reformer of English church music. He worked with Percy Dearmer (his rector at St. Mary's in Primrose Hill); Ralph Vaughan Williams, and his brother Geoffrey Shaw in publishing hymnals such as Songs of Praise (1925, 1931) and the Oxford Book of Carols (1928). A leader in the revival of English opera and folk music scholarship, Shaw composed some one hundred songs as well as anthems and service music; some of his best hymn tunes were published in his Additional Tunes in Use at St. Mary's (1915).
Bert Polman
Martin Shaw
Meyer Lyon
1751 - 1797 Adapter of "LEONI" in The New Century Hymnal Died: 1797, Kingston, Jamaica.
Pseudonym: Leoni.
Lyon was a chorister at the Great Synagogue, Duke’s Place, London, and a public singer either at Drury Lane or Covent Garden. Subsequently he became the first qualified chazan of the English and German Synagogue in Jamaica.
Sources:
Julian, p. 1151
McCutchan, pp. 27-28
Music: LEONI
http://www.hymntime.com/tch/bio/l/y/o/lyon_m.htm
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Meyer Lyon
