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We Built a Sanctuary Sure

Author: Harold Humbert, 1893- Appears in 4 hymnals Topics: The Church's Life and Work The House of God Used With Tune: FOREST GREEN

Meter: 8.6.8.6 D Appears in 249 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Ralph Vaughan Williams, 1872-1958 Tune Key: G Major Incipit: 51112 32345 34312 Used With Text: We Built a Sanctuary Sure

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We Built a Sanctuary Sure

Author: Harold Humbert, 1893- Hymnal: Hymnal and Liturgies of the Moravian Church #299 (1969) Topics: The Church's Life and Work The House of God Languages: English Tune Title: FOREST GREEN

We Built a Sanctuary Sure

Author: Harold Humbert Hymnal: The Hymnal of The Evangelical United Brethren Church #344 (1957) Meter: 8.6.8.6 D Tune Title: FOREST GREEN

We Built a Sanctuary Sure

Author: Harold Humbert Hymnal: Moravian Book of Worship #439 (1995) Meter: 8.6.8.6 D Lyrics: 1 We built a sanctuary sure; it stands on sacred sod. A church erected to endure, the temple of our God. We come to worship in this place with aspiration high; it is the consecrated place, where God himself draws nigh. 2 The church is God’s abiding place, his altar is within, and here by faith we see God’s face, are cleansed from stain of sin. A sanctuary for the soul, where love can cast our fear, where broken spirits are made whole, for God himself is here. 3 Around Christ’s table we commune in fellowship supreme; inspired by Christ, through word and tune, of things divine we dream. Forth from this sacred place we go with challenge in each soul to love, to lift, to build, to grow. God’s kingdom is our goal. Topics: Special Occasions; Church--Dedication of a building; God--Protection by; Holy Communion; Worship Scripture: 1 Samuel 7:12 Languages: English Tune Title: FOREST GREEN

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Ralph Vaughan Williams

1872 - 1958 Person Name: R. Vaughan Williams, 1872-1958 Arranger of "FOREST GREEN" in Hymnal and Liturgies of the Moravian Church Through his composing, conducting, collecting, editing, and teaching, Ralph Vaughan Williams (b. Down Ampney, Gloucestershire, England, October 12, 1872; d. Westminster, London, England, August 26, 1958) became the chief figure in the realm of English music and church music in the first half of the twentieth century. His education included instruction at the Royal College of Music in London and Trinity College, Cambridge, as well as additional studies in Berlin and Paris. During World War I he served in the army medical corps in France. Vaughan Williams taught music at the Royal College of Music (1920-1940), conducted the Bach Choir in London (1920-1927), and directed the Leith Hill Music Festival in Dorking (1905-1953). A major influence in his life was the English folk song. A knowledgeable collector of folk songs, he was also a member of the Folksong Society and a supporter of the English Folk Dance Society. Vaughan Williams wrote various articles and books, including National Music (1935), and composed numerous arrangements of folk songs; many of his compositions show the impact of folk rhythms and melodic modes. His original compositions cover nearly all musical genres, from orchestral symphonies and concertos to choral works, from songs to operas, and from chamber music to music for films. Vaughan Williams's church music includes anthems; choral-orchestral works, such as Magnificat (1932), Dona Nobis Pacem (1936), and Hodie (1953); and hymn tune settings for organ. But most important to the history of hymnody, he was music editor of the most influential British hymnal at the beginning of the twentieth century, The English Hymnal (1906), and coeditor (with Martin Shaw) of Songs of Praise (1925, 1931) and the Oxford Book of Carols (1928). Bert Polman