230. Joyful Is the Dark
Text Information |
First Line: |
Joyful is the dark |
Title: |
Joyful Is the Dark |
Author: |
Brian Wren (1986) |
Meter: |
5.5.10.6.5.10 |
Language: |
English |
Publication Date: |
2013 |
Scripture: |
; ; ; ; ; |
Topic: |
Christian Year: Nativity/Christmas; Christian Year: Easter Vigil; Christian Year: Resurrection/Easter; Christian Year: Ascension; Creation; Incarnation; Jesus Christ: Resurrection; Joy; Christian Year: Easter (6 more...) |
Copyright: |
© 1989 Hope Publishing Company |
ONE LICENSE: |
123804 |
Tune Information |
Name: |
LINDNER |
Composer: |
Carlton R. Young (1990) |
Meter: |
5.5.10.6.5.10 |
Key: |
D♭ Major |
Copyright: |
© 1990 Hope Publishing Company |
Text Information:This text opens each stanza with a line inspired by the phrase "joyful darkness far beyond our seeing," which the author used in another text about the same time (see no. 760). Its numerous biblical images include Genesis 1:2, Exodus 20:18-21, 1 Kings 8:10-13, and Psalm 18:8-12.