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O render Thanks to God above
Appears in 232 hymnals Scripture: Psalm 106 Lyrics: 1 O render Thanks to God above,
The Fountain of eternal Love;
Whose Mercy firm through Ages past
Has stood, and shall for ever last.
2 Who can His mighty Deeds express,
Not only vast, but numberless?
What mortal Eloquence can raise
His Tribute of immortal Praise?
3 Happy are they, and only they,
Who from thy Judgments never stray:
Who know what's right; nor only so,
But always practice what they know.
4 Extend to me that Favour, Lord,
Thou to thy Chosen do'st afford;
When Thou return'st to set them free,
Let thy Salvation visit me.
5 O may I worthy prove to see
Thy Saints in full Prosperity:
That I the joyful Choir may join,
And count thy People's Triumph mine.
6 But ah! can we expect such Grace,
Of Parents vile, the viler Race;
Who their Misdeeds have acted o'er,
And with new Crimes increas'd the Score?
7 Ingrateful, they no longer thought
On all his works in Egypt wrought;
The Red Sea they no sooner view'd,
But they their base Distrust renew'd.
8 Yet he, to vindicate his Name,
Once more to their Deliv'rance came,
To make his sov'reign Pow'r be known,
That he is God, and he alone.
9 To Right and Left, at his Command,
The prating Deep disclos'd her Sand;
Where firm and dry the passage lay,
As through some parch'd and desart Way.
10 Thus rescu'd from their Foes they were,
Who closely press'd upon their Rear,
11 Whose Rage pursu'd 'em to those Waves,
That prov'd the rash Pursuers Graves.
12 The Watry Mountains sudden Fall
O'erwhelm'd proud Pharaoh, Host and all.
This Proof did stupid Isr'el move
To own God's Truth, and praise his Love.
Part II
13 But soon these Wonders they forgot,
And for his Counsel waited not;
14 But lusting in the Wilderness,
Did him with fresh Temptations press.
15 Strong Food at their Request he sent,
But made their Sin their Punishment.
16 Yet still his Saints they did oppose,
The priest and Prophet whom he chose.
17 But Earth, the Quarrel to decide,
Her vengeful Jaws extended wide,
Rash Dathan to her Centre drew,
With proud Abiram's factious Crew.
18 The rest of those who did conspire
To kindle wild Sedition's Fire,
With all their impious Train, became
A Prey to Heav'n's devouring Flame.
19 Near Horeb's Mount, a Calf they made,
And to the molten Image pray'd;
20 Adoring what their hands did frame,
They chang'd their Glory to their Shame.
21 Their God and Saviour they forgot,
And all his works in Egypt wrought;
22 His Signs in Ham's astonish'd Coast,
and where proud Pharaoh's Troops were lost.
23 Thus urg'd, his vengeful Hand he rear'd,
But Moses in the Breach appear'd;
The Saint did for the Rebels pray,
And turn'd Heav'n's kindled Wrath away.
24,25 Yet they his pleasant Land despis'd,
Nor his repeated promise priz'd,
Nor did th' Almighty's Voice obey'
But when God said, Go up, would stay.
26,27 This seal'd their Doom, without Redress
To perish in the Wilderness;
Or else to be by Heathen Hands
O'erthrown and scatter'd thro' the Lands.
Part III
28 Yet unreclaim'd, this stubborn Race
Baal Peor's Worship did embrace;
Became his impious Guests, and fed
On Sacrifices to the Dead.
29 Thus they perished to provoke
God's Vengeance to the final Stroke.
'Tis come:--the deadly Pest is come
To execute their gen'ral Doom
30 But Phineas fir'd with holy Rage,
(Th' Almighty Vengeance to assuage)
Did, by two bold offenders Fall,
Th' Atonement make that ransom'd All.
31 As him a Heav'nly Zeal had mov'd,
So Heav'n the zealous Act approv'd;
To him confirming, and his Race,
The Priesthood he so well did grace.
32 At Meribah God's Wrath they mov'd,
Who Moses for their sakes reprov'd;
33 Whose patient Soul they did provoke,
'Till rashly the meek Prophet spoke.
34 Nor when possess'd of Canaan's land,
Did they perform their Lord's Command,
Nor his commission'd Sword employ
The guilty Nations to destroy.
35 Nor only spar'd the pagan Crew,
But mingling learnt their Vices too;
36 And worship to those Idols paid,
Which them to fatal Snares betray'd.
37,38 To Devils they did sacrifice
Their Children with relentless Eyes;
Approach'd their Altars thro' a Flood
Of their own Sons and Daughters Blood.
No cheaper Victims would appease
Canaan's remorseless Deities;
No Blood her Idols reconcile,
But that which did the Land defile.
Part IV
39 Nor did these savage Cruelties
The hardn'd Reprobates suffice;
For after their Hearts Lusts they went,
And daily did new Crimes invent.
40 But sins of such infernal Hue
God's Wrath against his People drew,
'Till he, their once indulgent Lord,
His own Inheritance abhor'd.
41 He them defenceless did expose
To their insulting heathen Foes;
And made them on the Triumphs wait,
Of those who bare them greatest Hate.
42 Nor thus his Indignation ceas'd;
Their List of Tyrants he increas'd,
'Till they, who God's mild Sway declin'd,
Were made the Vassals of mankind.
43 Yet, when distress'd, they did repent,
His Anger did as oft relent:
But freed, they did his Wrath provoke,
Renew'd their Sins, and he their Yoke.
44 Nor yet implacable he prov'd,
Nor heard their wretched Cries unmov'd;
45 But did to mind his promise bring,
And Mercy's inexhausted Spring.
46 Compassion too he did impart,
Ev'n to their Foes obdurate Heart,
And Pity for their Suff'rings bred
In those who them to Bondage led.
47 Still save us, lord, and Isr'el's Bands
Together bring from Heathen lands;
So to thy Name our Thanks we'll raise,
And ever triumph in thy Praise.
48 Let Isr'el's God be ever bless'd,
His Name eternally confess'd:
Let all His saints, with full Accord,
Sing loud Amen.--Praise ye the Lord.
O render Thanks to God above
Praise Ye the Lord, for He Is Good
Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 12 hymnals Scripture: Psalm 106 Topics: Backsliding; Discontent; Hearer Of Prayer, God The; Idolatry; Image Worship; Intercession Of Christians; Israel; Judgment, Divine; Praise To God, Jesus Christ; Providence, Divine; Total Depravity; Wrath Of God; Doxologies Used With Tune: BARRE
Praise Ye the Lord, for He Is Good
Psalm 106: Give praise and thanks unto the Lord
Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 16 hymnals Scripture: Psalm 106 First Line: Give praise and thanks unto the Lord Lyrics:
1Give praise and thanks unto the Lord,
for bountiful is he;
His tender mercy doth endure
unto eternity.
2God’s mighty works who can express?
or shew forth all his praise?
3Blessed are they that judgment keep,
and justly do always.
4Remember me, Lord, with that love
which thou to thine dost bear;
With thy salvation, O my God,
to visit me draw near:
5That I thy chosen’s good may see,
and in their joy rejoice;
And may with thine inheritance
triumph with cheerful voice.
6We with our fathers sinned have,
and of iniquity
Too long we have the workers been;
we have done wickedly.
7The wonders great, which thou, O Lord,
didst work in Egypt land,
Our fathers, though they saw, yet them
they did not understand:
And they thy mercies’ multitude
kept not in memory;
But at the sea, ev’n the Red sea,
provok’d him grievously.
8Nevertheless he saved them,
ev’n for his own name’s sake;
That so he might to be well known
his mighty power make.
9When he the Red sea did rebuke,
then dried up it was:
Through depths, as through the wilderness,
he safely made them pass.
10From hands of those that hated them
he did his people save;
And from the en’my’s cruel hand
to them redemption gave.
11The waters overwhelm’d their foes;
not one was left alive.
12Then they believ’d his word, and praise
to him in songs did give.
13But soon did they his mighty works
forget unthankfully,
And on his counsel and his will
did not wait patiently;
14But much did lust in wilderness,
and God in desert tempt.
15He gave them what they sought, but to
their soul he leanness sent.
16And against Moses in the camp
their envy did appear;
At Aaron they, the saint of God,
envious also were.
17Therefore the earth did open wide,
and Dathan did devour,
And all Abiram’s company
did cover in that hour.
18Likewise among their company
a fire was kindled then;
And so the hot consuming flame
burnt up these wicked men.
19Upon the hill of Horeb they
an idol-calf did frame,
A molten image they did make,
and worshipped the same.
20And thus their glory, and their God,
most vainly changed they
Into the likeness of an ox
that eateth grass or hay.
21They did forget the mighty God,
that had their saviour been,
By whom such great things brought to pass
they had in Egypt seen.
22In Ham’s land he did wondrous works,
things terrible did he,
When he his mighty hand and arm
stretch’d out at the Red sea.
23Then said he, He would them destroy,
had not, his wrath to stay,
His chosen Moses stood in breach,
that them he should not slay.
24Yea, they despis’d the pleasant land,
believed not his word:
25But in their tents they murmured,
not heark’ning to the Lord.
26Therefore in desert them to slay
he lifted up his hand:
27’Mong nations to o’erthrow their seed,
and scatter in each land.
28They unto Baal-peor did
themselves associate;
The sacrifices of the dead
they did profanely eat.
29Thus, by their lewd inventions,
they did provoke his ire;
And then upon them suddenly
the plague brake in as fire.
30Then Phin’has rose, and justice did,
and so the plague did cease;
31That to all ages counted was
to him for righteousness.
32And at the waters, where they strove,
they did him angry make,
In such sort, that it fared ill
with Moses for their sake:
33Because they there his spirit meek
provoked bitterly,
So that he utter’d with his lips
words unadvisedly.
34Nor, as the Lord commanded them,
did they the nations slay:
35But with the heathen mingled were,
and learn’d of them their way.
36And they their idols serv’d, which did
a snare unto them turn.
37Their sons and daughters they to dev’ls
in sacrifice did burn.
38In their own children’s guiltless blood
their hands they did imbrue,
Whom to Canaan’s idols they
for sacrifices slew:
So was the land defil’d with blood.
39They stain’d with their own way,
And with their own inventions
a whoring they did stray.
40Against his people kindled was
the wrath of God therefore,
Insomuch that he did his own
inheritance abhor.
41He gave them to the heathen’s hand;
their foes did them command.
42Their en’mies them oppress’d, they were
made subject to their hand.
43He many times deliver’d them;
but with their counsel so
They him provok’d, that for their sin
they were brought very low.
44Yet their affliction he beheld,
when he did hear their cry:
45And he for them his covenant
did call to memory;
After his mercies’ multitude
46he did repent: And made
Them to be pity’d of all those
who did them captive lead.
47O Lord our God, us save, and gather
the heathen from among,
That we thy holy name may praise
in a triumphant song.
48Bless’d be Jehovah, Isr’el’s God,
to all eternity:
Let all the people say, Amen.
Praise to the Lord give ye.
Psalm 106: Give praise and thanks unto the Lord
Guide Me, O Thou Great Jehovah
Author: William Williams; Peter Williams; John Williams Hymnal: The Worshipbook #409 (1972) Meter: 8.7.8.7.8.7 Scripture: Psalm 106 Lyrics: 1 Guide me, O thou great Jehovah,
Pilgrim through this barren land;
I am weak, but thou art mighty;
Hold me with thy powerful hand;
Bread of heaven, Bread of heaven,
Feed me till I want no more,
Feed me till I want no more.
2 Open now the crystal fountain,
Whence the healing stream doth flow;
Let the fire and cloudy pillar
Lead me all my journey through;
Strong Deliverer, strong Deliverer,
Be thou still my strength and shield,
Be Thou still my strength and shield.
3 When I tread the verge of Jordan,
Bid my anxious fears subside;
Death of deaths, and hell's Destruction,
Land me safe on Canaan's side;
Songs of praises, songs of praises
I will ever give to thee,
I will ever give to thee.
Amen. Topics: Service for the Lord's Day After Old Testament Lesson; Service for the Lord's Day Conclusion of Worship; Acts of the Church Confirmation; Acts of the Church Ordination; Christian Year Advent; Other Observances Mission; Other Observances World Peace Tune Title: CWM RHONDDA
Guide Me, O Thou Great Jehovah
Psalm 106:1-12, 19-23, 47-48
Author: Folliot S. Pierpoint Hymnal: The United Methodist Hymnal #829 (1989) Scripture: Psalm 106 First Line: Lord of all, to thee we raise Refrain First Line: Lord of all, to thee we raise Lyrics: Response: (General)
Lord of all, to thee we raise this our hymn of grateful praise. Topics: Psalter Languages: English Tune Title: [Lord of all, to thee we raise]
Psalm 106:1-12, 19-23, 47-48
Alleluia (Duncan)
Hymnal: Lift Up Your Hearts #552 (2013) Scripture: Psalms 103-106 First Line: Alleluia! Alleluia! Lyrics: Alleluia! Alleluia!
Alleluia! Alleluia! Topics: Responses To Prayer; Short refrains; Elements of Worship Praise and Adoration Languages: English Tune Title: ALLELUIA DUNCAN
Alleluia (Duncan)
Edward Clark
Scripture: Psalm 106 Composer of "BARRE" in Psalter Hymnal (Blue) Late 19th Century
Edward Clark
Isaac Watts
1674 - 1748 Scripture: Psalm 106:12-48 Author of "Psalm 106 Part 2" in Psalms and Hymns of Isaac Watts, The Isaac Watts was the son of a schoolmaster, and was born in Southampton, July 17, 1674. He is said to have shown remarkable precocity in childhood, beginning the study of Latin, in his fourth year, and writing respectable verses at the age of seven. At the age of sixteen, he went to London to study in the Academy of the Rev. Thomas Rowe, an Independent minister. In 1698, he became assistant minister of the Independent Church, Berry St., London. In 1702, he became pastor. In 1712, he accepted an invitation to visit Sir Thomas Abney, at his residence of Abney Park, and at Sir Thomas' pressing request, made it his home for the remainder of his life. It was a residence most favourable for his health, and for the prosecution of his literary labours. He did not retire from ministerial duties, but preached as often as his delicate health would permit.
The number of Watts' publications is very large. His collected works, first published in 1720, embrace sermons, treatises, poems and hymns. His "Horae Lyricae" was published in December, 1705. His "Hymns" appeared in July, 1707. The first hymn he is said to have composed for religious worship, is "Behold the glories of the Lamb," written at the age of twenty. It is as a writer of psalms and hymns that he is everywhere known. Some of his hymns were written to be sung after his sermons, giving expression to the meaning of the text upon which he had preached. Montgomery calls Watts "the greatest name among hymn-writers," and the honour can hardly be disputed. His published hymns number more than eight hundred.
Watts died November 25, 1748, and was buried at Bunhill Fields. A monumental statue was erected in Southampton, his native place, and there is also a monument to his memory in the South Choir of Westminster Abbey. "Happy," says the great contemporary champion of Anglican orthodoxy, "will be that reader whose mind is disposed, by his verses or his prose, to imitate him in all but his non-conformity, to copy his benevolence to men, and his reverence to God." ("Memorials of Westminster Abbey," p. 325.)
--Annotations of the Hymnal, Charles Hutchins, M.A., 1872.
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Watts, Isaac, D.D. The father of Dr. Watts was a respected Nonconformist, and at the birth of the child, and during its infancy, twice suffered imprisonment for his religious convictions. In his later years he kept a flourishing boarding school at Southampton. Isaac, the eldest of his nine children, was born in that town July 17, 1674. His taste for verse showed itself in early childhood. He was taught Greek, Latin, and Hebrew by Mr. Pinhorn, rector of All Saints, and headmaster of the Grammar School, in Southampton. The splendid promise of the boy induced a physician of the town and other friends to offer him an education at one of the Universities for eventual ordination in the Church of England: but this he refused; and entered a Nonconformist Academy at Stoke Newington in 1690, under the care of Mr. Thomas Rowe, the pastor of the Independent congregation at Girdlers' Hall. Of this congregation he became a member in 1693.
Leaving the Academy at the age of twenty, he spent two years at home; and it was then that the bulk of the Hymns and Spiritual Songs (published 1707-9) were written, and sung from manuscripts in the Southampton Chapel. The hymn "Behold the glories of the Lamb" is said to have been the first he composed, and written as an attempt to raise the standard of praise. In answer to requests, others succeeded. The hymn "There is a land of pure delight" is said to have been suggested by the view across Southampton Water. The next six years of Watts's life were again spent at Stoke Newington, in the post of tutor to the son of an eminent Puritan, Sir John Hartopp; and to the intense study of these years must be traced the accumulation of the theological and philosophical materials which he published subsequently, and also the life-long enfeeblement of his constitution.
Watts preached his first sermon when he was twenty-four years old. In the next three years he preached frequently; and in 1702 was ordained pastor of the eminent Independent congregation in Mark Lane, over which Caryl and Dr. John Owen had presided, and which numbered Mrs. Bendish, Cromwell's granddaughter, Charles Fleetwood, Charles Desborough, Sir John Hartopp, Lady Haversham, and other distinguished Independents among its members. In this year he removed to the house of Mr. Hollis in the Minories. His health began to fail in the following year, and Mr. Samuel Price was appointed as his assistant in the ministry. In 1712 a fever shattered his constitution, and Mr. Price was then appointed co-pastor of the congregation which had in the meantime removed to a new chapel in Bury Street. It was at this period that he became the guest of Sir Thomas Abney, under whose roof, and after his death (1722) that of his widow, he remained for the rest of his suffering life; residing for the longer portion of these thirty-six years principally at the beautiful country seat of Theobalds in Herts, and for the last thirteen years at Stoke Newington. His degree of D.D. was bestowed on him in 1728, unsolicited, by the University of Edinburgh. His infirmities increased on him up to the peaceful close of his sufferings, Nov. 25, 1748. He was buried in the Puritan restingplace at Bunhill Fields, but a monument was erected to him in Westminster Abbey.
His learning and piety, gentleness and largeness of heart have earned him the title of the Melanchthon of his day. Among his friends, churchmen like Bishop Gibson are ranked with Nonconformists such as Doddridge. His theological as well as philosophical fame was considerable. His Speculations on the Human Nature of the Logos, as a contribution to the great controversy on the Holy Trinity, brought on him a charge of Arian opinions. His work on The Improvement of the Mind, published in 1741, is eulogised by Johnson. His Logic was still a valued textbook at Oxford within living memory. The World to Come, published in 1745, was once a favourite devotional work, parts of it being translated into several languages. His Catechisms, Scripture History (1732), as well as The Divine and Moral Songs (1715), were the most popular text-books for religious education fifty years ago. The Hymns and Spiritual Songs were published in 1707-9, though written earlier. The Horae Lyricae, which contains hymns interspersed among the poems, appeared in 1706-9. Some hymns were also appended at the close of the several Sermons preached in London, published in 1721-24. The Psalms were published in 1719. The earliest life of Watts is that by his friend Dr. Gibbons. Johnson has included him in his Lives of the Poets; and Southey has echoed Johnson's warm eulogy. The most interesting modern life is Isaac Watts: his Life and Writings, by E. Paxton Hood. [Rev. H. Leigh Bennett, M.A.]
A large mass of Dr. Watts's hymns and paraphrases of the Psalms have no personal history beyond the date of their publication. These we have grouped together here and shall preface the list with the books from which they are taken.
(l) Horae Lyricae. Poems chiefly of the Lyric kind. In Three Books Sacred: i.To Devotion and Piety; ii. To Virtue, Honour, and Friendship; iii. To the Memory of the Dead. By I. Watts, 1706. Second edition, 1709. (2) Hymns and Spiritual Songs. In Three Books: i. Collected from the Scriptures; ii. Composed on Divine Subjects; iii. Prepared for the Lord's Supper. By I. Watts, 1707. This contained in Bk i. 78 hymns; Bk. ii. 110; Bk. iii. 22, and 12 doxologies. In the 2nd edition published in 1709, Bk. i. was increased to 150; Bk. ii. to 170; Bk. iii. to 25 and 15 doxologies. (3) Divine and Moral Songs for the Use of Children. By I. Watts, London, 1715. (4) The Psalms of David Imitated in the Language of the New Testament, And apply'd to the Christian State and Worship. By I. Watts. London: Printed by J. Clark, at the Bible and Crown in the Poultry, &c, 1719. (5) Sermons with hymns appended thereto, vol. i., 1721; ii., 1723; iii. 1727. In the 5th ed. of the Sermons the three volumes, in duodecimo, were reduced to two, in octavo. (6) Reliquiae Juveniles: Miscellaneous Thoughts in Prose and Verse, on Natural, Moral, and Divine Subjects; Written chiefly in Younger Years. By I. Watts, D.D., London, 1734. (7) Remnants of Time. London, 1736.
454 Hymns and Versions of the Psalms, in addition to the centos are all in common use at the present time.
--Excerpts from John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)
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Watts, I. , p. 1241, ii. Nearly 100 hymns, additional to those already annotated, are given in some minor hymn-books.
--John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, Appendix, Part II (1907)
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Watts, I. , p. 1236, i. At the time of the publication of this Dictionary in 1892, every copy of the 1707 edition of Watts's Hymns and Spiritual Songs was supposed to have perished, and all notes thereon were based upon references which were found in magazines and old collections of hymns and versions of the Psalms. Recently three copies have been recovered, and by a careful examination of one of these we have been able to give some of the results in the revision of pp. 1-1597, and the rest we now subjoin.
i. Hymns in the 1709 ed. of Hymns and Spiritual Songs which previously appeared in the 1707 edition of the same book, but are not so noted in the 1st ed. of this Dictionary:—
On pp. 1237, L-1239, ii., Nos. 18, 33, 42, 43, 47, 48, 60, 56, 58, 59, 63, 75, 82, 83, 84, 85, 93, 96, 99, 102, 104, 105, 113, 115, 116, 123, 124, 134, 137, 139, 146, 147, 148, 149, 162, 166, 174, 180, 181, 182, 188, 190, 192, 193, 194, 195, 197, 200, 202.
ii. Versions of the Psalms in his Psalms of David, 1719, which previously appeared in his Hymns and Spiritual Songs, 1707:—
On pp. 1239, U.-1241, i., Nos. 241, 288, 304, 313, 314, 317, 410, 441.
iii. Additional not noted in the revision:—
1. My soul, how lovely is the place; p. 1240, ii. 332. This version of Ps. lxiv. first appeared in the 1707 edition of Hymns & Spiritual Songs, as "Ye saints, how lovely is the place."
2. Shine, mighty God, on Britain shine; p. 1055, ii. In the 1707 edition of Hymns & Spiritual Songs, Bk. i., No. 35, and again in his Psalms of David, 1719.
3. Sing to the Lord with [cheerful] joyful voice, p. 1059, ii. This version of Ps. c. is No. 43 in the Hymns & Spiritual Songs, 1707, Bk. i., from which it passed into the Ps. of David, 1719.
A careful collation of the earliest editions of Watts's Horae Lyricae shows that Nos. 1, 7, 9, 10, 11, 12, 14, 16, p. 1237, i., are in the 1706 ed., and that the rest were added in 1709. Of the remaining hymns, Nos. 91 appeared in his Sermons, vol. ii., 1723, and No. 196 in Sermons, vol. i., 1721. No. 199 was added after Watts's death. It must be noted also that the original title of what is usually known as Divine and Moral Songs was Divine Songs only.
--John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, New Supplement (1907)
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John L. Bell
b. 1949 Person Name: John L. Bell, b. 1949 Scripture: Psalm 106 Author of "It Is Good to Give Thanks to You, Lord" in Psalms for All Seasons 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
John L. Bell
