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I will always bless the Lord

Author: John L. Bell; Graham Maule Appears in 3 hymnals Scripture: Psalm 34 Used With Tune: TALLA CRIOSDH

Behold the Lamb of God

Appears in 12 hymnals Scripture: John 1:29 Lyrics: Behold the Lamb of God, behold the Lamb of God. He makes away the sin, the sin of the world. Used With Tune: [Behold the Lamb of God]

TALLA CRIOSDH

Appears in 3 hymnals Scripture: Psalm 34 Tune Sources: Scots Gaelic traditional Tune Key: G Major Incipit: 56712 15756 21645 Used With Text: I will always bless the Lord

[Behold the Lamb of God]

Appears in 6 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: John L. Bell Scripture: John 1:29 Tune Key: A Major Incipit: 55561 22343 2165 Used With Text: Behold the Lamb of God

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I will always bless the Lord

Author: John L. Bell; Graham Maule Hymnal: IAMB2003 #60 (2003) Scripture: Psalm 34 Languages: English Tune Title: TALLA CRIOSDH

Hymnal: IAMB2003 #16 (2003) Scripture: John 1:29 Lyrics: Behold the Lamb of God, behold the Lamb of God. He makes away the sin, the sin of the world. Languages: English Tune Title: [Behold the Lamb of God]

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Graham Maule

1958 - 2019 Scripture: Psalm 34 Hymnal Number: 60 Paraphraser of "I will always bless the Lord" in Iona Abbey Music Book

John L. Bell

b. 1949 Scripture: John 1:29 Hymnal Number: 16 Composer of "[Behold the Lamb of God]" in Iona Abbey Music Book John Bell (b. 1949) was born in the Scottish town of Kilmarnock in Ayrshire, intending to be a music teacher when he felt the call to the ministry. But in frustration with his classes, he did volunteer work in a deprived neighborhood in London for a time and also served for two years as an associate pastor at the English Reformed Church in Amsterdam. After graduating he worked for five years as a youth pastor for the Church of Scotland, serving a large region that included about 500 churches. He then took a similar position with the Iona Community, and with his colleague Graham Maule, began to broaden the youth ministry to focus on renewal of the church’s worship. His approach soon turned to composing songs within the identifiable traditions of hymnody that began to address concerns missing from the current Scottish hymnal: "I discovered that seldom did our hymns represent the plight of poor people to God. There was nothing that dealt with unemployment, nothing that dealt with living in a multicultural society and feeling disenfranchised. There was nothing about child abuse…,that reflected concern for the developing world, nothing that helped see ourselves as brothers and sisters to those who are suffering from poverty or persecution." [from an interview in Reformed Worship (March 1993)] That concern not only led to writing many songs, but increasingly to introducing them internationally in many conferences, while also gathering songs from around the world. He was convener for the fourth edition of the Church of Scotland’s Church Hymnary (2005), a very different collection from the previous 1973 edition. His books, The Singing Thing and The Singing Thing Too, as well as the many collections of songs and worship resources produced by John Bell—some together with other members of the Iona Community’s “Wild Goose Resource Group,” —are available in North America from GIA Publications. Emily Brink