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God Is Our Refuge and Our Strength
Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 51 hymnals First Line: God is our refuge and our strength, In straits a present aid Refrain First Line: The Lord of hosts is on our side
God Is Our Refuge and Our Strength
STROUDWATER
Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 38 hymnals Tune Sources: The Psalter in Metre 1899, from William Anchors, A Choice Collection of Psalm-Tunes ..., c. 1721 Tune Key: G Major Incipit: 15153 43211 23432 Used With Text: God is our refuge and our strength
STROUDWATER
God is our refuge and our strength
Hymnal: The Book of Praise #30 (1997) Topics: City / City of God; God Refuge and Strength; Metrical Psalms; River; Trust Scripture: Psalm 46:1-5 Languages: English Tune Title: STROUDWATER
God is our refuge and our strength
God is our refuge and our strength
Hymnal: The Book of Praise #20 (1972) Meter: 8.6.8.6 Topics: God Omnipotence of; God Our Strength; Mystery of God's Ways; Post Communion; The Church of Christ Beauty and Glory of; The Church of Christ Covenant People; The Church of Christ Dedication of; The Church of Christ Security of; Tribulation and Suffering; Trust in God Languages: English Tune Title: STROUDWATER
God is our refuge and our strength
God is our refuge and our strength
Hymnal: The Irish Presbyterian Hymnbook #P46a (2004) Meter: 8.6.8.6 Lyrics: 1 God is our refuge and our strength,
in straits a present aid;
2 therefore, although the earth remove,
we will not be afraid:
through hills amidst the seas be cast;
3 though waters roaring make,
and troubled be; yea, though the hills
by swelling seas do shake.
4 A river is, whose streams make glad
the city of our God,
the holy place, wherein the Lord
most high hath his abode.
5 God in the midst of her doth dwell;
nothing shall her remove:
God unto her an helper will,
and that right early, prove.
6 The heathen raged tumultuously,
the kingdoms moved were:
the Lord God uttered his voice,
the earth did melt for fear.
7 The Lord of hosts upon our side
our safety to maintain:
the God of Jacob doth for us
a refuge high remain.
8 Come, and behold what wondrous works
have by the Lord been wrought;
come, see what desolations he
upon the earth hath brought.
9 Unto the ends of all the earth
wars into peace he turns:
the bow he breaks, the spear he cuts,
in fire the chariot burns.
10 Be still, and know that I am God;
among the heathen I
will be exalted; I on earth
will be exalted high.
11 The Lord of hosts is on our side
our safety to maintain;
the God of Jacob doth for us
a refuge high remain.
Scripture: Psalm 46 Languages: English Tune Title: STROUDWATER
God is our refuge and our strength
Anonymous
Person Name: Anon. Author of "Our Refuge and Strength" in The Y.M.C.A. Hymnal In some hymnals, the editors noted that a hymn's author is unknown to them, and so this artificial "person" entry is used to reflect that fact. Obviously, the hymns attributed to "Author Unknown" "Unknown" or "Anonymous" could have been written by many people over a span of many centuries.
Anonymous
Hugh Wilson
1766 - 1824 Composer of "MARTYRDOM" in The Y.M.C.A. Hymnal Hugh Wilson (b. Fenwick, Ayrshire, Scotland, c. 1766; d. Duntocher, Scotland, 1824) learned the shoemaker trade from his father. He also studied music and mathematics and became proficient enough in various subjects to become a part-time teacher to the villagers. Around 1800, he moved to Pollokshaws to work in the cotton mills and later moved to Duntocher, where he became a draftsman in the local mill. He also made sundials and composed hymn tunes as a hobby. Wilson was a member of the Secession Church, which had separated from the Church of Scotland. He served as a manager and precentor in the church in Duntocher and helped found its first Sunday school. It is thought that he composed and adapted a number of psalm tunes, but only two have survived because he gave instructions shortly before his death that all his music manuscripts were to be destroyed.
Bert Polman
Hugh Wilson
John Bacchus Dykes
1823 - 1876 Composer of "GERONTIUS" in Christadelphian Hymn Book As a young child John Bacchus Dykes (b. Kingston-upon-Hull' England, 1823; d. Ticehurst, Sussex, England, 1876) took violin and piano lessons. At the age of ten he became the organist of St. John's in Hull, where his grandfather was vicar. After receiving a classics degree from St. Catherine College, Cambridge, England, he was ordained in the Church of England in 1847. In 1849 he became the precentor and choir director at Durham Cathedral, where he introduced reforms in the choir by insisting on consistent attendance, increasing rehearsals, and initiating music festivals. He served the parish of St. Oswald in Durham from 1862 until the year of his death. To the chagrin of his bishop, Dykes favored the high church practices associated with the Oxford Movement (choir robes, incense, and the like). A number of his three hundred hymn tunes are still respected as durable examples of Victorian hymnody. Most of his tunes were first published in Chope's Congregational Hymn and Tune Book (1857) and in early editions of the famous British hymnal, Hymns Ancient and Modern.
Bert Polman
John Bacchus Dykes
