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GUILSBOROUGH

Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 2 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Thurlow Weed Tune Key: A Flat Major Incipit: 55611 27153 21222 Used With Text: O Blest Are They Who in Their Love (Psalm 41)

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O Blest Are They Who in Their Love (Psalm 41)

Author: Michael Morgan Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 2 hymnals First Line: O blest are they who in their love Topics: Christian Year Palm Sunday; Christian Year Maundy Thursday; Christian Year Good Friday; Compassion; Grace; Jesus Christ Passion and Death; Lament; Mercy Scripture: Psalm 41 Used With Tune: GUILSBOROUGH

Commit Your Way to God the Lord (Psalm 37)

Author: Michael Perry Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 3 hymnals First Line: Commit your way to God the Lord Lyrics: 1 Commit your way to God the Lord: your cause will shine as bright as fire; delight to do God’s holy word and you shall find what you desire. 2 Be still before the Lord and wait, and do not fret when wrong succeeds; refrain from anger, turn from hate, for God will punish evil deeds. 3 Salvation comes from God alone: the faithful know their help is sure; to heaven, all our needs are known, and in God’s strength we are secure. 4 Commit your way to God the Lord; to peace and truth and grace aspire; then mercy shall be your reward; God's promises, your heart's desire. Topics: Commitment; Dedication and Stewardship; Salvation; Trusting in the Promises of God Scripture: Psalm 37 Used With Tune: GUILSBOROUGH

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O Blest Are They Who in Their Love (Psalm 41)

Author: Michael Morgan Hymnal: Glory to God #208 (2013) Meter: 8.8.8.8 First Line: O blest are they who in their love Topics: Christian Year Palm Sunday; Christian Year Maundy Thursday; Christian Year Good Friday; Compassion; Grace; Jesus Christ Passion and Death; Lament; Mercy Scripture: Psalm 41 Languages: English Tune Title: GUILSBOROUGH

Commit Your Way to God the Lord (Psalm 37)

Author: Michael Perry Hymnal: Glory to God #706 (2013) Meter: 8.8.8.8 First Line: Commit your way to God the Lord Lyrics: 1 Commit your way to God the Lord: your cause will shine as bright as fire; delight to do God’s holy word and you shall find what you desire. 2 Be still before the Lord and wait, and do not fret when wrong succeeds; refrain from anger, turn from hate, for God will punish evil deeds. 3 Salvation comes from God alone: the faithful know their help is sure; to heaven, all our needs are known, and in God’s strength we are secure. 4 Commit your way to God the Lord; to peace and truth and grace aspire; then mercy shall be your reward; God's promises, your heart's desire. Topics: Commitment; Dedication and Stewardship; Salvation; Trusting in the Promises of God Scripture: Psalm 37 Languages: English Tune Title: GUILSBOROUGH

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Michael Perry

1942 - 1996 Author of "Commit Your Way to God the Lord (Psalm 37)" in Glory to God Initially studying mathematics and physics at Dulwich College, Michael A. Perry (b. Beckenham, Kent, England, 1942; d. England, 1996) was headed for a career in the sciences. However, after one year of study in physics at the University of London, he transferred to Oak Hill College to study theology. He also studied at Ridley Hall, Cambridge, and received a M.Phil. from the University of Southhampton in 1973. Ordained a priest in the Church of England in 1966, Perry served the parish of St. Helen's in Liverpool as a youth worker and evangelist. From 1972 to 1981 he was the vicar of Bitterne in Southhampton and from 1981 to 1989, rector of Eversley in Hampshire and chaplain at the Police Staff College. He then became vicar of Tonbridge in Kent, where he remained until his death from a brain tumor in 1996. Perry published widely in the areas of Bible study and worship. He edited Jubilate publications such as Hymns far Today's Church (1982), Carols for Today (1986), Come Rejoice! (1989), and Psalms for Today (1990). Composer of the musical drama Coming Home (1987), he also wrote more than two hundred hymns and Bible versifications. Bert Polman

Michael Morgan

b. 1948 Author of "O Blest Are They Who in Their Love (Psalm 41)" in Glory to God Michael Morgan (b. 1948) is a church musician, Psalm scholar, and collector of English Bibles and Psalters from Atlanta, Georgia. After almost 40 years, he now serves as Organist Emeritus for Atlanta’s historic Central Presbyterian Church, and as Seminary Musician at Columbia Theological Seminary. He holds degrees from Florida State University and Atlanta University, and did post-graduate study with composer Richard Purvis in San Francisco. He has played recitals, worship services, and master classes across the U. S., and in England, France, Spain, Switzerland, and Germany. He is author of the Psalter for Christian Worship (1999; rev. 2010), and a regular contributor in the field of psalmody (most recently to the Reformed collections Psalms for All Seasons and Lift Up Your Hearts, and the new Presbyterian hymnal, Glory to God). Michael Morgan

Thurlow Weed

b. 1966 Composer of "GUILSBOROUGH" in Glory to God Thurlow Weed is a composer and organist living in Lancaster, Ohio. He was organist for Whitehall United Methodist Church in Whitehall, Ohio (suburb of Columbus) from 1996 until 2011. He is currently affiliated with St Johns' Episcopal Church in Lancaster, Ohio. He also occasionally plays the Mobile Millennium Carillon for events around Lancaster. This is the largest and heaviest of three travelling carillons in North America, and is based just outside Lancaster. Before moving to Ohio, he had lived his entire life in Key West, Florida, where his father was the minister of a small Bahamian Presbyterian congregation. He was confirmed as an Episcopalian at St. Paul's Church in Key West and served there in numerous capacities, including cantor and sub-organist. At the same time, he served as Minister of Music at St. Peter's Episcopal Church (Key West), a small Bahamian Anglo-Catholic parish. He is Bishop of the Diocese of the West of the Progressive Episcopal Church, and Vicar of St Luke’s Progressive Episcopal Mission in Lancaster, Ohio. Weed is the composer of numerous hymn tunes in traditional English style. In addition, he has composed an English language Missa Brevis for St. Paul's Church in Key West, and he has completed a Latin Missa Solemnis for general use in Roman and Anglo-Catholic parishes. Compositions also include shape note (Sacred Harp) hymns, and hymns in the English "West Gallery" style. A number of hymn descants and Anglican chants are also available. Thurlow Weed (excerpted and edited from cpdl.org with permission of Thurlow Weed)