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Author: Andrew Donaldson Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 2 hymnals First Line: You thirsty ones, come to the spring! Topics: God's Covenant with Israel; Redemption; The Word; Work Scripture: Exodus 16:4 Used With Tune: HEAVEN'S RAIN

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HEAVEN'S RAIN

Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 2 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: James E. Clemens Tune Key: D Major Used With Text: You Thirsty Ones, Come

BELMONT

Appears in 596 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Willliam Gardiner, 1770-1853 Tune Key: G Major or modal Incipit: 53217 76155 54332 Used With Text: You thirsty ones

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You Thirsty Ones, Come

Author: Andrew Donaldson Hymnal: Glory to God #78 (2013) Meter: 8.6.8.6 First Line: You thirsty ones, come to the spring! Topics: God's Covenant with Israel; Redemption; The Word; Work Scripture: Exodus 16:4 Languages: English Tune Title: HEAVEN'S RAIN

You thirsty ones

Author: Andrew Donaldson, 1951- Hymnal: The Book of Praise #190 (1997) First Line: You thirsty ones! come to the spring! Topics: Canticles and Scripture Paraphrases; Church Year Lent; Communion; Feast / Food; God Word of; Invitation; Repentance; Thirst Scripture: Isaiah 55:1-11 Languages: English Tune Title: BELMONT

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Andrew Donaldson

b. 1951 Person Name: Andrew Donaldson, 1951- Paraphraser of "You thirsty ones" in The Book of Praise Andrew Donaldson, a composer and church musician, grew up in northern Ontario, Canada. He attended Glendon College, York University in Toronto, receiving a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1974. He went on to study classical guitar performance at the Royal Conservatory of Music in Toronto, receiving its ARCT (Associate of Royal Conservatory Teachers) degree in 1979. Since then he has worked as a composer and performer in many contexts, in both French and English. Andrew co-edited the Book of Praise (1997), Presbyterian Church in Canada, with Donald Anderson. Their company, Binary Editions, continues to administer copyright for the PCC. In 2007 he was made a Doctor of Divinity, honoris causa, by Knox College of the University of Toronto, for his body of work in congregational song in the Presbyterian Church in Canada. In 2011 Andrew and his wife, Wendy, moved to Geneva, Switzerland where Andrew works as a worship consultant to the World Council of Churches. --Submitted by Andrew and Wendy Donaldson, 13 August 2013

William Gardiner

1770 - 1853 Person Name: Willliam Gardiner, 1770-1853 Composer of "BELMONT" in The Book of Praise William Gardiner (b. Leicester, England, 1770; d. Leicester, 1853) The son of an English hosiery manufacturer, Gardiner took up his father's trade in addition to writing about music, composing, and editing. Having met Joseph Haydn and Ludwig van Beethoven on his business travels, Gardiner then proceeded to help popularize their compositions, especially Beethoven's, in England. He recorded his memories of various musicians in Music and Friends (3 volumes, 1838-1853). In the first two volumes of Sacred Melodies (1812, 1815), Gardiner turned melodies from composers such as Haydn, Mozart, and Beethoven into hymn tunes in an attempt to rejuvenate the singing of psalms. His work became an important model for American editors like Lowell Mason (see Mason's Boston Handel and Haydn Collection, 1822), and later hymnbook editors often turned to Gardiner as a source of tunes derived from classical music. Bert Polman