Hymns of Truth and Light ‎#86

86. The Lone, Wild Bird

Text Information

• First Line: The lone, wild bird in lofty flight
• Title: The Lone, Wild Bird
• Author (Sts. 1, 2): Henry Richard McFadyen (1925, alt.)
• Author (Sts. 3-5): Marty Haugen (1991)
• Meter: LM
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1998
• Scripture:
  Psalm 139
• Topic: God: Assurance and Comfort; God: Presence; God: Providence and Care
• Copyright: Sts. 1,2 © 1927 The Homiletic and Pastoral Review, admin. Ignatius Press; Sts. 3-5 © 1991 GIA Publications, Inc.

Tune Information

• Name: PROSPECT
• Harmonizer: David N. Johnson (1968)
• Meter: LM
• Key: F Major or modal
• Source: Walker's Southern Harmony, 1835
• Copyright: Harm. © 1978 Lutheran Book of Worship, by permission of Augsburg Fortress

Text Information:

American Presbyterian minister McFadyen wrote stanzas one and two while a field worker for the Presbytery of Nashville. UCC poet and composer Haugen has added three additional stanzas. The entire text is based on Psalm 139