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Crashing Waters at Creation

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Author: Sylvia G. Dunstan

After a brief, arduous battle with liver cancer, Canadian Sylvia Dunstan died in 1993 at the age of 38. For thirteen years, Dunstan had served the United Church of Canada as a parish minister and prison chaplain. She is remembered by those who knew her for her passion for those in need, her gift of writing, and her love of liturgy. Sing! A New Creation Go to person page >

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First Line: Crashing waters at creation
Title: Crashing Waters at Creation
Author: Sylvia G. Dunstan
Meter: 8.7.8.7
Language: English
Copyright: Text © 1991, GIA Publications, Inc.
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Tune

CRASHING WATERS


RESTORATION (Southern Harmony)

ARISE is an anonymous American folk melody. Set to "Mercy, O Thou Son of David," the tune was published in William Walker's (PHH 44) Southern Harmony (1835) with the title RESTORATION. Its name was changed to ARISE (after the refrain in the ballad about the prodigal son) when it was set to Hart's te…

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STUTTGART

STUTTGART was included in Psalmodia Sacra (1715), one of the most significant hymnals of the early sixteenth century [sic: eighteenth century]. Christian F. Witt (b. Altenburg, Germany, e. 1660; d. Altenburg, 1716) was an editor and compiler of that collection; about 100 (of the 774) tunes in that c…

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Agape #14

Common Praise (1998) #42

Common Praise (1998) #42
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Evangelical Lutheran Worship #455
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Glory to God #476

Glory to God #476

Magnify the Lord #252

Magnify the Lord #252

Moravian Book of Worship #767

Moravian Book of Worship #767

Sing the Faith #2247

Sing the Faith #2247
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Sing! A New Creation #237

Sing! A New Creation #237

Singing the Faith #376

Singing the Faith #376

The New Century Hymnal #326

The New Century Hymnal #326

Voices Together #441

Voices Together #441

Voices United #449

Voices United #449

Worship (4th ed.) #922

Worship (4th ed.) #922
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