Great Source of All Our Life

Author: Joy F. Patterson, 1931-

Joy F. Patterson (b. 1931), of Wassau, Wisconsin, is an elder in the Presbyterian Church who has written many texts and tunes; twenty-nine are collected in Come, You People of the Promise (Hope Publishing, Co., 1994); another collection, Teach Our Eyes New Ways of Seeing, was published in 2005 (Selah). Patterson has enjoyed a varied career as a French professor, homemaker, and claim representative for the Social Security Administration. Sing! A New Creation Go to person page >

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First Line: Great Source of all our life
Title: Great Source of All Our Life
Author: Joy F. Patterson, 1931-
Meter: 6.6.6.6.8.8
Refrain First Line: With joyful hearts we come to you
Copyright: © 1994 Hope Publishing Company

Tune

DARWALL

Composed by John Darwall (b. Haughton, Staffordshire, England, 1731; d. Walsall, Staffordshire, England, 1789), DARWALL'S 148TH was first published as a setting for Psalm 148 in Aaron William's New Universal Psalmodist (1770) with only soprano and bass parts. The harmonization dates from the ninete…

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The Covenant Hymnal #634

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