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How Great the Mystery of Faith

Author: Brian Wren, b. 1936 Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 2 hymnals Topics: Communion; Faith; Gathering; Word of God Used With Tune: WOODWORTH

OTTERSPOOR

Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 3 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Ron Klusmeier Tune Key: f minor Incipit: 33243 17133 24317 Used With Text: How Great the Mystery of Faith

Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 1,061 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: John Hatton, c. 1710-1793 Tune Key: E Flat Major Incipit: 12335 43234 355 Used With Text: How Great the Mystery of Faith

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How Great the Mystery of Faith

Author: Brian Wren Hymnal: Voices United #390 (1996) Meter: 8.8.8.8 Lyrics: 1 How great the mystery of faith, how deep the purposes of God, in birth and ageing, life and death, unveiled, yet never understood! 2 Attracted by life's deepest claim we wait, assembled in this place, with needs and hopes we cannot name, athirst for healing, truth, and grace. 3 The best that we can do and say, the utmost care of skill and art, are sweepers of the Spirit's way to reach the depths of every heart. 4 Come, walk among us, Holy Friend, as all are gathered and prepared, that scattered lives may meet and mend through open Word and table shared. Topics: The Church at Worship Opening and Morning Hymns; liturgical Opening Hymns; Opening Hymns; Reverence/Wonder Before God; Service Music Gathering, Call to Worship, Greeting; Proper 27 Year C Tune Title: OTTERSPOOR

How Great the Mystery of Faith

Author: Brian Wren, b. 1936 Hymnal: New Wine In Old Wineskins #28 (2007) Meter: 8.8.8.8 Topics: Communion; Faith; Gathering; Word of God Languages: English Tune Title: WOODWORTH

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Brian A. Wren

b. 1936 Person Name: Brian Wren, b. 1936 Author of "How Great the Mystery of Faith" in New Wine In Old Wineskins 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

John Warrington Hatton

1710 - 1793 Person Name: John Hatton, c. 1710-1793 Composer of "WOODWORTH" in New Wine In Old Wineskins John Warrington Hatton (b. Warrington, England, c. 1710; d, St. Helen's, Lancaster, England, 1793) was christened in Warrington, Lancashire, England. He supposedly lived on Duke Street in Lancashire, from where his famous tune name comes. Very little is known about Hatton, but he was most likely a Presbyterian, and the story goes that he was killed in a stagecoach accident. Bert Polman