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God in his wisdom, for our learning
Author: Timothy Dudley-Smith (b. 1926) Meter: 9.8.9.8.9.8 Appears in 2 hymnals Lyrics: 1 God in his wisdom, for our learning,
gave his inspired and holy word:
promise of Christ, for our discerning,
by which our souls are moved and stirred,
finding our hearts within us burning
when, as of old, his voice is heard.
2 Symbol and story, song and saying,
life-bearing truths for heart and mind,
God in his sovereign grace displaying
tenderest care for humankind,
Jesus our Lord this love portraying,
open our eyes to seek and find.
3 Come then with prayer and contemplation,
see how in Scripture Christ is known;
wonder anew at such salvation
here in these sacred pages shown;
lift every heart in adoration,
children of God by grace alone! Topics: Adoration; Other Saints and Festivals Mark the Evangelist; Other Saints and Festivals Bible Sunday; Scripture; The Word of God; Wisdom Scripture: Psalm 119:18 Used With Tune: FRAGRANCE
God in his wisdom, for our learning
God in his wisdom, for our learning
Author: Timothy Dudley-Smith (b. 1926) Hymnal: Ancient and Modern #381 (2013) Meter: 9.8.9.8.9.8 Lyrics: 1 God in his wisdom, for our learning,
gave his inspired and holy word:
promise of Christ, for our discerning,
by which our souls are moved and stirred,
finding our hearts within us burning
when, as of old, his voice is heard.
2 Symbol and story, song and saying,
life-bearing truths for heart and mind,
God in his sovereign grace displaying
tenderest care for humankind,
Jesus our Lord this love portraying,
open our eyes to seek and find.
3 Come then with prayer and contemplation,
see how in Scripture Christ is known;
wonder anew at such salvation
here in these sacred pages shown;
lift every heart in adoration,
children of God by grace alone! Topics: Adoration; Other Saints and Festivals Mark the Evangelist; Other Saints and Festivals Bible Sunday; Scripture; The Word of God; Wisdom Scripture: Psalm 119:18 Languages: English Tune Title: FRAGRANCE
God in his wisdom, for our learning
God in his wisdom, for our learning
Author: Timothy Dudley-Smith Hymnal: Praise! psalms hymns and songs for Christian worship #553 (2013) Meter: 9.8.9.8.9.8 Topics: The Bible Enjoyment and Obedience Scripture: Psalm 119:18 Languages: English Tune Title: FRAGRANCE=BERGERS
God in his wisdom, for our learning
Peter Moger
b. 1964 Person Name: Peter Moger (b. 1964) Harmonizer of "FRAGRANCE" in Ancient and Modern
Peter Moger
Timothy Dudley-Smith
1926 - 2024 Person Name: Timothy Dudley-Smith (b. 1926) Author of "God in his wisdom, for our learning" in Ancient and Modern Timothy Dudley-Smith (b. 1926) Educated at Pembroke College and Ridley Hall, Cambridge, Dudley-Smith has served the Church of England since his ordination in 1950. He has occupied a number of church positions, including parish priest in the diocese of Southwark (1953-1962), archdeacon of Norwich (1973-1981), and bishop of Thetford, Norfolk, from 1981 until his retirement in 1992. He also edited a Christian magazine, Crusade, which was founded after Billy Graham's 1955 London crusade. Dudley-Smith began writing comic verse while a student at Cambridge; he did not begin to write hymns until the 1960s. Many of his several hundred hymn texts have been collected in Lift Every Heart: Collected Hymns 1961-1983 (1984), Songs of Deliverance: Thirty-six New Hymns (1988), and A Voice of Singing (1993). The writer of Christian Literature and the Church (1963), Someone Who Beckons (1978), and Praying with the English Hymn Writers (1989), Dudley-Smith has also served on various editorial committees, including the committee that published Psalm Praise (1973).
Bert Polman
Timothy Dudley-Smith
David Peacock
b. 1949 Arranger of "FRAGRANCE=BERGERS" in Praise! psalms hymns and songs for Christian worship
David Peacock
