Glory to God ‎#689

689. When the Morning Stars Together

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Text Information

• First Line: When the morning stars together
• Title: When the Morning Stars Together
• Author: Albert F. Bayly (1966, alt.)
• Meter: 8.7.8.7.D
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 2013
• Scripture:
  2 Chronicles 5:13-14
  ;
  Job 38:7
  ;
  Psalm 150:3-5
  ;
  Ephesians 5:19-20
  ;
  Colossians 3:16-17
• Topic: Dedication and Stewardship; Music and the Arts; Praise
• Copyright: © 1966 Oxford University Press

Tune Information

• Name: WEISSE FLAGGEN
• Meter: 8.7.8.7.D
• Key: B♭ Major
• Source: German melody; Harm. Tochter Sion, 1741

Text Information:

Opening with imagery from Job 38:7, this text celebrates the role of music in worship from earliest times to the present. It is set to a German tune that may have originated as a folk melody. The tune name, German for “white flags,” comes from one of the early texts set to it.