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Life Is Great! So SIng About It

Author: Brian Wren (1936- ) Meter: 8.7.8.7.8.7 Appears in 5 hymnals Lyrics: 1 Life is great! So sing about it, As we can and as we should- Shop and buses, towns and people, Village, farmland, field and wood, Life is great and life is given; Life is lovely, free and good. 2 Life is great! What ever happens, Snow or sunshine, joy or pain, Hardship, grief or disillusion, Suffering that I can’t explain Life is great if someone loves me, Holds my hand and calls my name. 3 Love is great! The love of lovers, Whispered words and longing eyes; Love that gazes at the cradle Where a child of loving lies; Love that lasts when youth has faded, Bends with age, but never dies. 4 Love is giving and receiving Boy and girl, or friend with friend; Love is bearing and forgiving All the hurts that hate can send; Love’s the greatest way of living, Hoping, trusting to the end. 5 God is great! in Christ He loved us, As we should, but never can- Love that suffered, hoped and trusted When disciples turned and ran, Love that broke through death forever. Praise that loving, living Man! Topics: Christan Life Joy and Peace Used With Tune: LITHEROP

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LITHEROP

Meter: 8.7.8.7.8.7 Appears in 4 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Peter Cutts (1937- ) Tune Key: F Major or modal Incipit: 55532 12356 16165 Used With Text: Life Is Great! So SIng About It

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Life Is Great! So SIng About It

Author: Brian Wren (1936- ) Hymnal: Seventh-day Adventist Hymnal #467 (1985) Meter: 8.7.8.7.8.7 Lyrics: 1 Life is great! So sing about it, As we can and as we should- Shop and buses, towns and people, Village, farmland, field and wood, Life is great and life is given; Life is lovely, free and good. 2 Life is great! What ever happens, Snow or sunshine, joy or pain, Hardship, grief or disillusion, Suffering that I can’t explain Life is great if someone loves me, Holds my hand and calls my name. 3 Love is great! The love of lovers, Whispered words and longing eyes; Love that gazes at the cradle Where a child of loving lies; Love that lasts when youth has faded, Bends with age, but never dies. 4 Love is giving and receiving Boy and girl, or friend with friend; Love is bearing and forgiving All the hurts that hate can send; Love’s the greatest way of living, Hoping, trusting to the end. 5 God is great! in Christ He loved us, As we should, but never can- Love that suffered, hoped and trusted When disciples turned and ran, Love that broke through death forever. Praise that loving, living Man! Topics: Christan Life Joy and Peace Tune Title: LITHEROP

Life is great! So sing about it

Author: Brian Wren (b. 1936) Hymnal: New Church Praise #52 (1975) Meter: 8.7.8.7.8.7 Topics: Easter; Praise and Thanksgiving; Marriage Languages: English Tune Title: LITHEROP

Life is great! So sing about it

Author: Brian Wren Hymnal: The Song Book of the Salvation Army #544 (1986) Topics: The life of holiness Praise and Thanksgiving Languages: English

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Peter Cutts

1937 - 2024 Person Name: Peter Cutts (b . 1937) Composer of "LITHEROP" in New Church Praise

Brian A. Wren

b. 1936 Person Name: Brian Wren (1936- ) Author of "Life Is Great! So SIng About It" in Seventh-day Adventist Hymnal Brian Wren (b. Romford, Essex, England, 1936) is a major British figure in the revival of contemporary hymn writing. He studied French literature at New College and theology at Mansfield College in Oxford, England. Ordained in 1965, he was pastor of the Congregational Church (now United Reformed) in Hockley and Hawkwell, Essex, from 1965 to 1970. He worked for the British Council of Churches and several other organizations involved in fighting poverty and promoting peace and justice. This work resulted in his writing of Education for Justice (1977) and Patriotism and Peace (1983). With a ministry throughout the English-speaking world, Wren now resides in the United States where he is active as a freelance lecturer, preacher, and full-time hymn writer. His hymn texts are published in Faith Looking Forward (1983), Praising a Mystery (1986), Bring Many Names (1989), New Beginnings (1993), and Faith Renewed: 33 Hymns Reissued and Revised (1995), as well as in many modern hymnals. He has also produced What Language Shall I Borrow? (1989), a discussion guide to inclusive language in Christian worship. Bert Polman