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O Perfect Love
Author: Dorothy F. Gurney, 1858-1932 Meter: 11.10.11.10 Appears in 236 hymnals Scripture: Genesis 2:24 First Line: O perfect Love, all human thought transcending Lyrics: 1 O perfect Love, all human thought transcending,
Lowly we kneel in prayer before Thy throne,
That theirs may be the love which knows no ending,
Whom Thou for evermore dost join in one.
2 O perfect Life, be Thou their full assurance
Of tender charity and steadfast faith,
Of patient hope, and quiet, brave endurance,
With child-like trust that fears no pain nor death.
3 Grant them the joy which brightens earthly sorrow,
Grant them the peace which calms all earthly strife,
And to life's day the glorious, unknown morrow
That dawns upon eternal love and life. Topics: Everlasting Life; God Love and Mercy; Jesus Christ His Love and Mercy; Marriage; Patience; Worship and Adoration Used With Tune: O PERFECT LOVE
O Perfect Love
God, in the Planning
Author: John L. Bell, b. 1949 Meter: 10.10.10.10 Appears in 12 hymnals Scripture: Genesis 2:18-23 First Line: God, in the planning and purpose of life Topics: Rites of the Church Marriage Used With Tune: SLANE
God, in the Planning
The Sabbath--1
Appears in 1,746 hymnals Scripture: Genesis 2 First Line: Thus the heavens and the earth, and all the host of them, were finished.
The Sabbath--1
O PERFECT LOVE
Meter: 11.10.11.10 Appears in 194 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Joseph Barnby, 1838-1896 Scripture: Genesis 2:24 Tune Key: D Major Incipit: 13555 55177 62345 Used With Text: O Perfect Love
O PERFECT LOVE
SUSSEX CAROL
Meter: 8.8.8.8.8.8 Appears in 76 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Ralph Vaughan Williams, 1872-1958 Scripture: Genesis 2:18-24 Tune Sources: English tune Tune Key: F Major Incipit: 55345 32127 11234 Used With Text: As Man and Woman We Were Made
SUSSEX CAROL
The Sabbath--1
Hymnal: Seventh-day Adventist Hymnal #769 (1985) Scripture: Genesis 2 First Line: Thus the heavens and the earth, and all the host of them, were finished.
The Sabbath--1
Our Daily Work
Hymnal: Seventh-day Adventist Hymnal #822 (1985) Scripture: Genesis 2, 3 First Line: The Lord God took the man and put him in the Garden of Eden Topics: Scripture Readings
Our Daily Work
Ralph Vaughan Williams
1872 - 1958 Person Name: Ralph Vaughan Williams, 1872-1958 Scripture: Genesis 2:18-24 Arranger of "SUSSEX CAROL" in With One Voice Through his composing, conducting, collecting, editing, and teaching, Ralph Vaughan Williams (b. Down Ampney, Gloucestershire, England, October 12, 1872; d. Westminster, London, England, August 26, 1958) became the chief figure in the realm of English music and church music in the first half of the twentieth century. His education included instruction at the Royal College of Music in London and Trinity College, Cambridge, as well as additional studies in Berlin and Paris. During World War I he served in the army medical corps in France. Vaughan Williams taught music at the Royal College of Music (1920-1940), conducted the Bach Choir in London (1920-1927), and directed the Leith Hill Music Festival in Dorking (1905-1953). A major influence in his life was the English folk song. A knowledgeable collector of folk songs, he was also a member of the Folksong Society and a supporter of the English Folk Dance Society. Vaughan Williams wrote various articles and books, including National Music (1935), and composed numerous arrangements of folk songs; many of his compositions show the impact of folk rhythms and melodic modes. His original compositions cover nearly all musical genres, from orchestral symphonies and concertos to choral works, from songs to operas, and from chamber music to music for films. Vaughan Williams's church music includes anthems; choral-orchestral works, such as Magnificat (1932), Dona Nobis Pacem (1936), and Hodie (1953); and hymn tune settings for organ. But most important to the history of hymnody, he was music editor of the most influential British hymnal at the beginning of the twentieth century, The English Hymnal (1906), and coeditor (with Martin Shaw) of Songs of Praise (1925, 1931) and the Oxford Book of Carols (1928).
Bert Polman
Ralph Vaughan Williams
John L. Bell
b. 1949 Person Name: John L. Bell, b. 1949 Scripture: Genesis 2:18-23 Author of "God, in the Planning" in Gather Comprehensive John Bell (b. 1949) was born in the Scottish town of Kilmarnock in Ayrshire, intending to be a music teacher when he felt the call to the ministry. But in frustration with his classes, he did volunteer work in a deprived neighborhood in London for a time and also served for two years as an associate pastor at the English Reformed Church in Amsterdam. After graduating he worked for five years as a youth pastor for the Church of Scotland, serving a large region that included about 500 churches. He then took a similar position with the Iona Community, and with his colleague Graham Maule, began to broaden the youth ministry to focus on renewal of the church’s worship. His approach soon turned to composing songs within the identifiable traditions of hymnody that began to address concerns missing from the current Scottish hymnal:
"I discovered that seldom did our hymns represent the plight of poor people to God. There was nothing that dealt with unemployment, nothing that dealt with living in a multicultural society and feeling disenfranchised. There was nothing about child abuse…,that reflected concern for the developing world, nothing that helped see ourselves as brothers and sisters to those who are suffering from poverty or persecution." [from an interview in Reformed Worship (March 1993)]
That concern not only led to writing many songs, but increasingly to introducing them internationally in many conferences, while also gathering songs from around the world. He was convener for the fourth edition of the Church of Scotland’s Church Hymnary (2005), a very different collection from the previous 1973 edition. His books, The Singing Thing and The Singing Thing Too, as well as the many collections of songs and worship resources produced by John Bell—some together with other members of the Iona Community’s “Wild Goose Resource Group,” —are available in North America from GIA Publications.
Emily Brink
John L. Bell
Brian A. Wren
b. 1936 Person Name: Brian Wren, b. 1936 Scripture: Genesis 2:18-24 Author of "When Love Is Found" in With One Voice Brian Wren (b. Romford, Essex, England, 1936) is a major British figure in the revival of contemporary hymn writing. He studied French literature at New College and theology at Mansfield College in Oxford, England. Ordained in 1965, he was pastor of the Congregational Church (now United Reformed) in Hockley and Hawkwell, Essex, from 1965 to 1970. He worked for the British Council of Churches and several other organizations involved in fighting poverty and promoting peace and justice. This work resulted in his writing of Education for Justice (1977) and Patriotism and Peace (1983). With a ministry throughout the English-speaking world, Wren now resides in the United States where he is active as a freelance lecturer, preacher, and full-time hymn writer. His hymn texts are published in Faith Looking Forward (1983), Praising a Mystery (1986), Bring Many Names (1989), New Beginnings (1993), and Faith Renewed: 33 Hymns Reissued and Revised (1995), as well as in many modern hymnals. He has also produced What Language Shall I Borrow? (1989), a discussion guide to inclusive language in Christian worship.
Bert Polman
Brian A. Wren
