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817 | Glory to God#818 | 819 |
Text: | By Gracious Powers |
Author: | Dietrich Bonhoeffer |
Translator: | Fred Pratt Green |
Tune: | INTERCESSOR |
Composer: | C. Hubert H. Parry |
Media: | Audio recording |
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First Line: | By gracious powers so wonderfully sheltered |
Title: | By Gracious Powers |
Author: | Dietrich Bonhoeffer (1944) |
Translator: | Fred Pratt Green (1972) |
Meter: | 11.10.11.10 |
Language: | English |
Publication Date: | 2013 |
Scripture: | ; ; ; ; ; |
Topic: | Assurance; Comfort; Joy(3 more...) |
Copyright: | © 1974 Hope Publishing Company |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | INTERCESSOR |
Composer: | C. Hubert H. Parry (1904) |
Meter: | 11.10.11.10 |
Key: | a minor |
This text (made from the author’s last poem) turns in the middle of stanza two, where broad affirmations yield to a prayer continuing through the rest of the hymn, a prayer that testifies to deep confidence. The minor tune helps to convey such tensions in the life of faith.
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Audio recording: | ![]() |