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This Is a Story Full of Love

Author: Brian Wren, b. 1936 Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 4 hymnals Lyrics: 1 This is a story full of love, A song to set us free, Of God, the Wisdom and the Word, The Keystone and the Key. 2 For Wisdom guides the flow of life And governs, hour by hour, The forces of the universe, The fragrance of a flow'r. 3 And faith, awakened, hears the word That Abraham must move, And slaves of Pharaoh take the road To freedom, law, and love. 4 The Wisdom and the Word are one When flesh and bone and breath Reveal the human face of God, The child of Nazareth. 5 Disfigured on a Roman cross, Extinguished and absurd, By faith we praise the pow'r of God, The Wisdom and the Word. 6 Arising over earthly pow'rs, Our Savior has begun To catch them in a web of love And weave them into one. 7 Praise God, the Wisdom and the Word, Till all the world can see That Jesus is the First and Last, The Keystone and the Key. Topics: Word Used With Tune: LAND OF REST
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LAND OF REST

Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 192 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Annabel M. Buchanan, 1888-1983 Tune Sources: American melody Tune Key: F Major Incipit: 51123 51165 51123 Used With Text: This Is a Story Full of Love
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Appears in 149 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Lucius Chapin; Amzi Chapin Tune Sources: Lucius or Amzi Chapin, 1811 or 1812, A Repository of Church Music, Part Second, 1813 Tune Key: A Major Incipit: 51232 16551 23455 Used With Text: This is a story full of love
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SHANTI

Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 32 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Marty Haugen, 1950- Tune Key: A Major Incipit: 53455 61551 71322 Used With Text: This Is a Story Full of Love
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This is a story full of love

Author: Brian A. Wren, 1936- Hymnal: The Book of Praise #504 (1997) Lyrics: 1 This is a story full of love, a song to set us free, of God, the Wisdom and the Word, the keystone and the key, the keystone and the key. 2 For Wisdom guides the flow of life and governs, hour by hour, the forces of the universe, the fragrance of a flower, the fragrance of a flower. 3 And faith, awakened, hears the word that Abraham must move, and slaves of Pharaoh take the road to freedom, law and love, to freedom, law and love. 4 The Wisdom and the Word are one when flesh and bone and breath reveal the human face of God, the child of Nazareth, the child of Nazareth. 5 Arising over earthly powers, our Saviour has begun to catch them in a web of love and weave them into one, and weave them into one. 6 Praise God, the Wisdom and the Word, till all the world can see that Jesus is the first and last, the keystone and the key, the keystone and the key. . Topics: Exodus; Faith; Freedom / Liberation; God Creator and Ruler; Jesus Christ Incarnation; Jesus Christ First and Last / Alpha and Omega; Love; The Bible; Wisdom Scripture: Genesis 12:1-5 Languages: English Tune Title: TIMOTHY
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This Is a Story Full of Love

Author: Brian Wren, b. 1936 Hymnal: Worship (4th ed.) #593 (2011) Meter: 8.6.8.6 Lyrics: 1 This is a story full of love, A song to set us free, Of God, the Wisdom and the Word, The Keystone and the Key. 2 For Wisdom guides the flow of life And governs, hour by hour, The forces of the universe, The fragrance of a flow'r. 3 And faith, awakened, hears the word That Abraham must move, And slaves of Pharaoh take the road To freedom, law, and love. 4 The Wisdom and the Word are one When flesh and bone and breath Reveal the human face of God, The child of Nazareth. 5 Disfigured on a Roman cross, Extinguished and absurd, By faith we praise the pow'r of God, The Wisdom and the Word. 6 Arising over earthly pow'rs, Our Savior has begun To catch them in a web of love And weave them into one. 7 Praise God, the Wisdom and the Word, Till all the world can see That Jesus is the First and Last, The Keystone and the Key. Topics: Word Languages: English Tune Title: LAND OF REST
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This Is a Story Full of Love

Author: Brian Wren, 1936- Hymnal: The Covenant Hymnal #532 (1996) Meter: 8.6.8.6 Topics: 9th Sunday after Pentecost; Education; God Love; Jesus Christ Love; Jesus Christ Names; Word and Teaching Scripture: 1 Corinthians 1:22-24 Tune Title: SHANTI
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Brian A. Wren

b. 1936 Person Name: Brian Wren, b. 1936 Author of "This Is a Story Full of Love" in Worship (4th ed.) Brian Wren (b. Romford, Essex, England, 1936) is a major British figure in the revival of contemporary hymn writing. He studied French literature at New College and theology at Mansfield College in Oxford, England. Ordained in 1965, he was pastor of the Congregational Church (now United Reformed) in Hockley and Hawkwell, Essex, from 1965 to 1970. He worked for the British Council of Churches and several other organizations involved in fighting poverty and promoting peace and justice. This work resulted in his writing of Education for Justice (1977) and Patriotism and Peace (1983). With a ministry throughout the English-speaking world, Wren now resides in the United States where he is active as a freelance lecturer, preacher, and full-time hymn writer. His hymn texts are published in Faith Looking Forward (1983), Praising a Mystery (1986), Bring Many Names (1989), New Beginnings (1993), and Faith Renewed: 33 Hymns Reissued and Revised (1995), as well as in many modern hymnals. He has also produced What Language Shall I Borrow? (1989), a discussion guide to inclusive language in Christian worship. Bert Polman
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Marty Haugen

b. 1950 Person Name: Marty Haugen, 1950- Composer of "SHANTI" in The Covenant Hymnal Marty Haugen (b. 1950), is a prolific liturgical composer with many songs included in hymnals across the liturgical spectrum of North American hymnals and beyond, with many songs translated into different languages. He was raised in the American Lutheran Church, received a BA in psychology from Luther College, yet found his first position as a church musician in a Roman Catholic parish at a time when the Roman Catholic Church was undergoing profound liturgical and musical changes after Vatican II. Finding a vocation in that parish to provide accessible songs for worship, he continued to compose and to study, receiving an MA in pastoral studies at the University of St. Thomas in St. Paul Minnesota. A number of liturgical settings were prepared for the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America and more than 400 of his compositions are available from several publishers, especially GIA Publications, who also produced some 30 recordings of his songs. He is composer-in-residence at Mayflower Community Congregational Church in Minneapolis and continues to compose and travel to speak and teach at worship events around the world. Emily Brink
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Annabel Morris Buchanan

1888 - 1983 Person Name: Annabel M. Buchanan, 1888-1983 Harmonizer of "LAND OF REST" in Worship (4th ed.) Born: October 22, 1888, Groesbeck, Texas. Died: January 6, 1983, Paducah, Kentucky. Buried: Round Hill Cemetery, Marion, Virginia. Daughter of William Caruthers Morris and Anna Virginia Foster, and wife of John Preston Buchanan, Anna received her musical training at the Landon Conservatory of Music, Dallas, Texas (to which she received a scholarship at age 15); the Guilmant Organ School, New York; and studying with Emil Liebling, William Carl, and Cornelius Rybner, among others. She taught music in Texas; at Halsell College, Oklahoma (1907-08); and at Stonewall Jackson College, Abingdon, Virginia (1909-12). In 1912, she married John Preston Buchanan, a lawyer, writer, and senator, from Marion, Virginia; they moved to their home, Roseacre, in Marion, where they had four children. Buchanan served as president of the Virginia Federation of Music Clubs in 1927, and helped organize the first Virginia State Choral Festival in 1928, and White Top Folk Festivals (1931-41). After her husband’s death in 1937, she sold Roseacre and moved to Richmond, Virginia, with her two youngest children. She taught music theory and composition and folk music at the University of Richmond (1939-40); during the summers, at the New England Music Camp, Lake Messalonskee, Oakland, Maine (1938-40); and at the Huckleberry Mountain Artists Colony near Hendersonville, North Carolina, in 1941. She later moved to Harrisonburg, Virginia, and taught at Madison College (1944-48). In 1951, she moved to Paducah, Kentucky. She later became the archivist of the folk music collecting project of the National Federation of Music Clubs, serving until 1963. Buchanan’s works include: Folk-Hymns of America (New York: J. Fischer, 1938) American Folk Music, 1939 Sources: Findagrave, accessed 15 Nov 2016 Hughes, pp. 329-30 Hustad, p. 213 © The Cyber Hymnal™. Used by permission. (www.hymntime.com
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