Ancient and Modern ‎#605

605. By gracious powers so wonderfully sheltered

Text Information

• First Line: By gracious powers so wonderfully sheltered
• Author: Fred Pratt Green (1903-2000)
• Author: Keith W. Clements (b. 1943)
• Author: Dietrich Bonhoeffer (1906-1945)
• Meter: 11 10 11 10 11 10
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 2013
• Scripture:
  Lamentations 3:22-23
  ;
  2 Corinthians 4:16
  ;
  1 Peter 4:19
• Topic: Sorrow and Lament; Assurance; Dedication: of people; Despair and Trouble; Fear; God: Presence of; God: Protection of; Sorrow; Suffering; Trust and Confidence
• Copyright: English versification © Stainer & Bell Ltd Adapted by permission of SCM Press from Bonhoeffer's Letters and Papers from Prison, 1971. Used by permission of Stainer & Bell Ltd, London, England Used by permission.
• Notes: The last two lines of each verse are repeated. Based on the German of Dietrich Bonhoeffer (1906-1945)

Tune Information

• Name: FINLANDIA
• Composer: Jean Sibelius (1865-1957)
• Meter: 11 10 11 10 11 10
• Key: F Major
• Source: Original arrangement from the symphonic poem Finlandia
• Copyright: © Breitkopf & Härtel, Walkmühlstrasse 52, D-65195 Wiesbaden, Germany. Used by permission.