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Give Thanks to God on High
Author: Timothy Dudley-Smith, b. 1926 Meter: 6.6.8.6.6.6 Appears in 5 hymnals Lyrics: 1 Give thanks to God on high
For saints of other days,
Whose hope it was to live and die
In love's consuming blaze
For Christ and his kingdom,
His glory and his praise.
2 Their vision long-fulfilled,
Our prayer is still the same:
Upon their work of faith to build,
Their word of truth proclaim
For Christ and his kingdom
And for his holy name.
3 New tasks today are ours
Who serve a world in pain,
New calls to challenge all our pow'rs
Of heart and hand and brain,
For Christ and his kingdom
While life and breath remain.
4 Give thanks to God on high
For all the future sends,
In praise of Christ to live and die
Who calls his servants friends,
For Christ and his kingdom,
Whose glory never ends. Topics: Saints and Martyrs; Saints and Martyrs Used With Tune: FRANKLIN
Give Thanks to God on High
When God the Spirit Came
Author: Timothy Dudley-Smith, b. 1926 Meter: 6.6.8.6.6.6 Appears in 7 hymnals Lyrics: 1 When God the Spirit came
Upon his church outpoured
In sound of wind and sign of flame,
They spread his truth abroad
And, filled with the Spirit,
Proclaimed that Christ is Lord.
2 What courage, pow'r, and grace
That youthful church displayed!
To those of ev'ry tribe and race
They witnessed unafraid.
And, filled with the Spirit,
They broke their bread and prayed.
3 They saw God's Word prevail,
His kingdom still increase,
No part of all his purpose fail,
No promised blessing cease
And, filled with the Spirit,
Knew love and joy and peace.
4 Their theme was Christ alone,
The Lord who lived and died,
Who rose to his eternal throne
At God the Father's side,
And, filled with the Spirit,
The church was multiplied.
5 So to this present hour
Our task is still the same:
In Pentecostal love and pow'r
His gospel to proclaim
And, filled with the Spirit,
Rejoice in Jesus' name. Topics: Pentecost; Pentecost Used With Tune: FRANKLIN
When God the Spirit Came
When God the Spirit Came
Author: Timothy Dudley-Smith, b. 1926 Hymnal: Christian Worship (1993) #187 (1993) Meter: 6.6.8.6.6.6 Lyrics: 1 When God the Spirit came
Upon his church outpoured
In sound of wind and sign of flame,
They spread his truth abroad
And, filled with the Spirit,
Proclaimed that Christ is Lord.
2 What courage, pow'r, and grace
That youthful church displayed!
To those of ev'ry tribe and race
They witnessed unafraid.
And, filled with the Spirit,
They broke their bread and prayed.
3 They saw God's Word prevail,
His kingdom still increase,
No part of all his purpose fail,
No promised blessing cease
And, filled with the Spirit,
Knew love and joy and peace.
4 Their theme was Christ alone,
The Lord who lived and died,
Who rose to his eternal throne
At God the Father's side,
And, filled with the Spirit,
The church was multiplied.
5 So to this present hour
Our task is still the same:
In Pentecostal love and pow'r
His gospel to proclaim
And, filled with the Spirit,
Rejoice in Jesus' name. Topics: Pentecost; Pentecost Languages: English Tune Title: FRANKLIN
When God the Spirit Came
Give Thanks to God on High
Author: Timothy Dudley-Smith, b. 1926 Hymnal: Christian Worship (1993) #553 (1993) Meter: 6.6.8.6.6.6 Lyrics: 1 Give thanks to God on high
For saints of other days,
Whose hope it was to live and die
In love's consuming blaze
For Christ and his kingdom,
His glory and his praise.
2 Their vision long-fulfilled,
Our prayer is still the same:
Upon their work of faith to build,
Their word of truth proclaim
For Christ and his kingdom
And for his holy name.
3 New tasks today are ours
Who serve a world in pain,
New calls to challenge all our pow'rs
Of heart and hand and brain,
For Christ and his kingdom
While life and breath remain.
4 Give thanks to God on high
For all the future sends,
In praise of Christ to live and die
Who calls his servants friends,
For Christ and his kingdom,
Whose glory never ends. Topics: Saints and Martyrs; Saints and Martyrs Languages: English Tune Title: FRANKLIN
Give Thanks to God on High
Timothy Dudley-Smith
1926 - 2024 Person Name: Timothy Dudley-Smith, b. 1926 Author of "Give Thanks to God on High" in Christian Worship (1993) Timothy Dudley-Smith (b. 1926) Educated at Pembroke College and Ridley Hall, Cambridge, Dudley-Smith has served the Church of England since his ordination in 1950. He has occupied a number of church positions, including parish priest in the diocese of Southwark (1953-1962), archdeacon of Norwich (1973-1981), and bishop of Thetford, Norfolk, from 1981 until his retirement in 1992. He also edited a Christian magazine, Crusade, which was founded after Billy Graham's 1955 London crusade. Dudley-Smith began writing comic verse while a student at Cambridge; he did not begin to write hymns until the 1960s. Many of his several hundred hymn texts have been collected in Lift Every Heart: Collected Hymns 1961-1983 (1984), Songs of Deliverance: Thirty-six New Hymns (1988), and A Voice of Singing (1993). The writer of Christian Literature and the Church (1963), Someone Who Beckons (1978), and Praying with the English Hymn Writers (1989), Dudley-Smith has also served on various editorial committees, including the committee that published Psalm Praise (1973).
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Timothy Dudley-Smith
Bruce R. Backer
b. 1929 Person Name: Bruce R. Backer Composer of "FRANKLIN (Backer)" Bruce R. Backer was a professor at Dr. Martin Luther College, New Ulm, MN and is a well-known composer and organist. He is also a Lutheran liturgiologist and hymnologist.
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Bruce R. Backer
