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Fill Thou My Life, O Lord, My God
Author: Horatius Bonar Meter: 8.6.8.6 D Appears in 95 hymnals Topics: Grateful Living Lyrics: 1 Fill thou my life, O Lord, my God,
in every part with praise,
that my whole being may proclaim
thy being and thy ways.
Not for the lip of praise alone,
nor e'en the praising heart
I ask, but for a life made up
of praise in every part.
2 Praise in the common words I speak,
life's common looks and tones,
in fellowship enjoyed at home
with my beloved ones,
enduring wrong, reproach, or loss
with sweet and steadfast will,
forgiving freely those who hate,
returning good for ill.
3 So shall each fear, each fret, each care
be turned into a song,
and every winding of the way
the echo shall prolong.
So shall no part of day or night
from sacredness be free,
but all my life, in every step,
be fellowship with thee. Scripture: Psalm 57 Used With Tune: ELLACOMBE
Fill Thou My Life, O Lord, My God
My Jesus, I Love Thee
Author: William R. Featherstone Meter: 11.11.11.11 Appears in 1,080 hymnals Topics: Grateful Living First Line: My Jesus, I love thee, I know thou art mine Lyrics: 1 My Jesus, I love thee, I know thou art mine;
for thee all the follies of sin I resign;
my gracious Redeemer, my Savior art thou;
if ever I loved thee, my Jesus, 'tis now.
2 I love thee because thou hast first loved me
and purchased my pardon on Calvary's tree;
I love thee for wearing the thorns on thy brow;
if ever I loved thee, my Jesus, 'tis now.
3 I'll love thee in life, I will love thee in death,
and praise thee as long as thou lendest me breath,
and say when the death dew lies cold on my brow:
If ever I loved thee, my Jesus, 'tis now.
4 In mansions of glory and endless delight,
I'll ever adore thee in heaven so bright;
I'll sing with the glittering crown on my brow:
If ever I loved thee, my Jesus, 'tis now. Scripture: James 1:12 Used With Tune: GORDON
My Jesus, I Love Thee
You Are My King (Amazing Love)
Author: Billy James Foote Appears in 14 hymnals Topics: Grateful Living First Line: I'm forgiven because you were forsaken Refrain First Line: Amazing love, how can it be Scripture: Matthew 27:45-46 Used With Tune: YOU ARE MY KING
You Are My King (Amazing Love)
RESURRECTION
Appears in 69 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Gloria Gaither, b. 1942; William J. Gaither, b. 1936 Topics: Grateful Living Tune Key: A Flat Major Incipit: 53451 32162 16565 Used With Text: Because He Lives
RESURRECTION
Give Thanks
Author: Henry Smith, b. 1952 Hymnal: Lift Up Your Hearts #358 (2013) Topics: Grateful Living First Line: Give thanks with a grateful heart Scripture: 1 Chronicles 16:8 Languages: English Tune Title: GIVE THANKS
Give Thanks
Be Gracious to Me, Lord
Author: Michael Perry Hymnal: Lift Up Your Hearts #355 (2013) Meter: 6.6.8.6 with repeat Topics: In Grateful Living; Grateful Living Lyrics: 1 Be gracious to me, Lord,
and hold my spirit fast,
that I may shelter by your side
until the storm is past,
until the storm in past.
2 Though snares are set for me,
yet I will sleep in peace,
for I have asked the care of God
whose love shall never cease,
whose love shall never cease.
3 My soul, awake and sing –
such boundless love recall,
exalt God's name above the skies,
God's glory over all,
God's glory over all. Scripture: Psalm 57 Languages: English Tune Title: MIKTAM
Be Gracious to Me, Lord
Give Thanks to God, Who Hears Our Cries
Author: Ruth Duck Hymnal: Lift Up Your Hearts #359 (2013) Meter: 8.6.8.6.8.6 Topics: Grateful Living First Line: Give thanks to God, who hears our cries Scripture: Psalm 107 Languages: English Tune Title: MORNING SONG
Give Thanks to God, Who Hears Our Cries
William R. Featherston
1846 - 1873 Person Name: William R. Featherstone Topics: Grateful Living Author of "My Jesus, I Love Thee " in Lift Up Your Hearts William Ralph Featherston(e) Canada 1846-1873. Born at Montreal, Quebec, Canada, he joined the Wesleyan Methodist Church there. He became a Christian at age 16 while in Toronto, and is thought to have written his famous hymn about the same time. He sent the poem to his aunt, Ms. E. Featherston Wilson and she gave it to a publisher. Adoniram. J Gordon, an evangelist, founder of Gordon College & Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary, found the hymn in a 1870 London hymnal and was impressed with the words, but did not like the tune, so he composed the melody that has been used with the hymn ever since. Featherstone is thought to have married Julie R MacAlister in 1869 and that they had a son, John, in 1870. Featherstone died in Montreal at age 26.
John Perry
William R. Featherston
Omer Westendorf
1916 - 1997 Person Name: Omer Westendorf, 1916-1997 Topics: Grateful Living Author of "Sent Forth by God's Blessing" in Lift Up Your Hearts Omer Westendorf, one of the earliest lyricists for Roman Catholic liturgical music in English, died on October 22, 1997, at the age of eighty-one.
Born on February 24, 1916, Omer got his start in music publishing after World War II, when he brought home for his parish choir in Cincinnati some of the Mass settings he had discovered in Holland. Interest in the new music being published in Europe led to his creation of the World Library of Sacred Music, initially a music-importing firm that brought much of this new European repertoire to U.S. parishes. Operating out of a garage in those early years, Omer often joked about the surprised expressions of visitors who stopped by and found a wide range of sheet music in various states of “storage” (read disarray). Later, as World Library Publications, the company began publishing some of its own music, including new works with English texts by some of those same Dutch composers, for example, Jan Vermulst. In 1955 World Library published the first edition of The Peoples Hymnal, which would become the People's Mass Book in 1964, one of the first hymnals to reflect the liturgical reforms proposed by Vatican II. Omer also introduced the music of Lucien Deiss to Catholic parishes through the two volumes of Biblical Hymns and Psalms.
Using his own name and several pen names, Omer composed numerous compositions for liturgical use, though his best-known works may be the texts for the hymns “Where Charity and Love Prevail,” “Sent Forth by God’s Blessing,” and especially “Gift of Finest Wheat.” As he lay dying, his family and friends gathered around his bed to sing his text “Shepherd of Souls, in Love, Come, Feed Us.” NPM honored Omer as its Pastoral Musician of the Year in 1985.
--liturgicalleaders.blogspot.com/2008
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Pseudonyms:
Paul Francis
Mark Evans
J. Clifford Evers
--Letter from Tom Smith, Executive Director of The Hymn Society, to Leonard Ellinwood, 6 February 1980. DNAH Archives.
Omer Westendorf
Iona Community
Person Name: The Iona Community Topics: Grateful Living Author of "I Waited Patiently for God" in Lift Up Your Hearts Iona Community, an ecumenical Christian group of men and women based on the small island of Iona off the coast of Scotland. The community began in 1938 when the Rev. George MacLeod of the Church of Scotland began a ministry among the unemployed poor who had been neglected by the church. He took a handful of men to the island to rebuild the ruins of a thousand-year-old abbey church. That rebuilding became a metaphor for the rebuilding of the common life, a return to the belief that daily activity is the stuff of godly service – work, and worship. The Community has since grown to include a group of members, associates, and friends all over the United Kingdom and many other countries. In addition to many conferences that attract people to Iona from around the world, the Community is known for its publishing of new songs and prayers for worship, both developed in community and gathered from around the world. For more information on the Iona Community, check their website: www.iona.org.uk. John Bell is probably the community’s most well-known member, having composed and arranged much of the community’s music.
Sing! A New Creation
Iona Community
