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We turn to God when, we are sorely pressed

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Author: Dietrich Bonhoeffer

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First Line: We turn to God when, we are sorely pressed
German Title: Menschen gehen zu Gott in ihrer Not
Author: Dietrich Bonhoeffer
Meter: 10.10.10.10
Source: Letters and Papers in Prison, 1953, SCM Press; translated Church Hymnary, Fourth Edition, 2005; Tr.: Compilers of Church Hymnary, 4th ed. 2005
Language: English
Publication Date: 2005
Copyright: © Church Hymnary Trust
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EVENTIDE (Monk)

According to some sources, William H. Monk (PHH 332) wrote EVENTIDE for Lyte's text in ten minutes. As the story goes, Monk was attending a hymnal committee meeting for the 1861 edition of Hymns Ancient and Modern of which he was music editor. Realizing that this text had no tune, Monk sat down at t…

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Church Hymnary (4th ed.) #393

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