O Father, You Are Sovereign

Representative Text

To view this media, please accept the license agreement:

Hope Publishing: one copy

In order to use resources from the Hope Publishing Company, you must reside in the United States or Canada. Hope Publishing Company owns or administers the contents in these territories.
You may download one copy of this selection for your own personal use. To make any further copies or to perform the work you must get permission from Hope Publishing Company or belong to and report the copying activity to CCLI, LicenSing or OneLicense.net. By selecting "I Agree" you are verifying that you reside in the U.S. or Canada and will only legally use this selection.



Source: Trinity Psalter Hymnal #233
(This is the only representative text available.)^ top

Author: E. Margaret Clarkson

(no biographical information available about E. Margaret Clarkson.) Go to person page >

Text Information

First Line: O Father, you are sovereign
Title: O Father, You Are Sovereign
Author: E. Margaret Clarkson (1982)
Meter: 7.6.7.6 D
Language: English
Copyright: © 1982, Christianity Today. Assigned 1983 to Hope Publishing Co. All rights reserved. Used by permission.

Tune

ST. THEODULPH (Teschner)

Now often named ST. THEODULPH because of its association with this text, the tune is also known, especially in organ literature, as VALET WILL ICH DIR GEBEN. It was composed by Melchior Teschner (b. Fraustadt [now Wschowa, Poland], Silesia, 1584; d. Oberpritschen, near Fraustadt, 1635) for "Valet wi…

Go to tune page >


AURELIA

Composed by Samuel S. Wesley (PHH 206), AURELIA (meaning "golden") was published as a setting for “Jerusalem the Golden” in Selection of Psalms and Hymns, which was compiled by Charles Kemble and Wesley in 1864. Though opinions vary concerning the tune's merits (Henry J. Gauntlett once condemned…

Go to tune page >


Timeline

Media

The Cyber Hymnal #4795
  • Noteworthy Composer score (NWC)
  • XML score (XML)

Instances

Instances (1 - 4 of 4)

Hymns of Grace #17

TextScoreAudio

The Cyber Hymnal #4795

TextPage Scan

Trinity Hymnal (Rev. ed.) #75

TextPage Scan

Trinity Psalter Hymnal #233

Suggestions or corrections? Contact us