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O God, You Are My God Alone
Author: John L. Bell Meter: 8.6.8.6 D Appears in 8 hymnals Matching Instances: 8 First Line: O God, you are my God alone, Whom eagerly I seek
O God, You Are My God Alone
O God, You Are My God Alone
Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 2 hymnals Matching Instances: 2 Topics: Church As the Lord's House; Communion with Christ and God; Contentment; Joy; Longing for Christ and God Scripture: Psalm 63 Used With Tune: PUER NOBIS NASCITUR Text Sources: OPC/URCNA 2016
O God, You Are My God Alone
RESIGNATION
Meter: 8.6.8.6 D Appears in 100 hymnals Matching Instances: 4 Composer and/or Arranger: John L. Bell (b. 1949) Tune Sources: American folk melody Tune Key: C Major Incipit: 13532 35165 31351 Used With Text: O God, you are my God alone
RESIGNATION
PUER NOBIS NASCITUR
Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 207 hymnals Matching Instances: 1 Composer and/or Arranger: Michael Praetorius; George R. Woodward Tune Key: D Major Incipit: 11234 32115 55671 Used With Text: O God, You Are My God Alone
PUER NOBIS NASCITUR
O God, You Are My God Alone
Author: John L. Bell Hymnal: Worship (4th ed.) #711 (2011) Meter: 8.6.8.6 D Topics: Comfort Scripture: Psalm 63 Languages: English Tune Title: RESIGNATION
O God, You Are My God Alone
O God, You Are My God Alone (Psalm 63)
Author: The Iona Community Hymnal: Glory to God #696 (2013) Meter: 8.6.8.6 D First Line: O God, you are my God alone Topics: Dedication and Stewardship; Evening; Faithfulness; Love for God; Love of God for Us; Praise; Providence Scripture: Psalm 63 Languages: English Tune Title: GRATUS
O God, You Are My God Alone (Psalm 63)
O God, You Are My God Alone
Author: The Iona Community Hymnal: Lift Up Your Hearts #367 (2013) Meter: 8.6.8.6 D First Line: O God, you are my God alone Topics: God As Refuge/Safety/Shelter; Grateful Living Scripture: Psalm 63 Languages: English Tune Title: GRATUS
O God, You Are My God Alone
John L. Bell
b. 1949 Person Name: John L. Bell (b. 1949) Author of "O God, you are my God alone" in Church Hymnary (4th ed.) John Bell (b. 1949) was born in the Scottish town of Kilmarnock in Ayrshire, intending to be a music teacher when he felt the call to the ministry. But in frustration with his classes, he did volunteer work in a deprived neighborhood in London for a time and also served for two years as an associate pastor at the English Reformed Church in Amsterdam. After graduating he worked for five years as a youth pastor for the Church of Scotland, serving a large region that included about 500 churches. He then took a similar position with the Iona Community, and with his colleague Graham Maule, began to broaden the youth ministry to focus on renewal of the church’s worship. His approach soon turned to composing songs within the identifiable traditions of hymnody that began to address concerns missing from the current Scottish hymnal:
"I discovered that seldom did our hymns represent the plight of poor people to God. There was nothing that dealt with unemployment, nothing that dealt with living in a multicultural society and feeling disenfranchised. There was nothing about child abuse…,that reflected concern for the developing world, nothing that helped see ourselves as brothers and sisters to those who are suffering from poverty or persecution." [from an interview in Reformed Worship (March 1993)]
That concern not only led to writing many songs, but increasingly to introducing them internationally in many conferences, while also gathering songs from around the world. He was convener for the fourth edition of the Church of Scotland’s Church Hymnary (2005), a very different collection from the previous 1973 edition. His books, The Singing Thing and The Singing Thing Too, as well as the many collections of songs and worship resources produced by John Bell—some together with other members of the Iona Community’s “Wild Goose Resource Group,” —are available in North America from GIA Publications.
Emily Brink
John L. Bell
Iona Community
Author of "O God, You Are My God Alone" in Psalms for All Seasons Iona Community, an ecumenical Christian group of men and women based on the small island of Iona off the coast of Scotland. The community began in 1938 when the Rev. George MacLeod of the Church of Scotland began a ministry among the unemployed poor who had been neglected by the church. He took a handful of men to the island to rebuild the ruins of a thousand-year-old abbey church. That rebuilding became a metaphor for the rebuilding of the common life, a return to the belief that daily activity is the stuff of godly service – work, and worship. The Community has since grown to include a group of members, associates, and friends all over the United Kingdom and many other countries. In addition to many conferences that attract people to Iona from around the world, the Community is known for its publishing of new songs and prayers for worship, both developed in community and gathered from around the world. For more information on the Iona Community, check their website: www.iona.org.uk. John Bell is probably the community’s most well-known member, having composed and arranged much of the community’s music.
Sing! A New Creation
Iona Community
Mary Kay Beall
b. 1943 Composer of "GRATUS" in Psalms for All Seasons Mary Kay Beall was born in Akron, Ohio in 1943. She holds a B.M. degree from Ohio Wesleyan University, an M.A. from Ohio State University, and a Masters in Theological Studies from Trinity Seminary in Columbus, Ohio. She was ordained in the American Baptist church and ministers to church musicians and choirs as well as conducting clinics and reading sessions in the United States and Canada.
NN, Hymnary editor. Source: www.hopepublishing.com/
Mary Kay Beall
