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CHARNWOOD

Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 2 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Peter G White Tune Sources: Arr.: Praise Trust Tune Key: C Major Incipit: 54324 32112 34625 Used With Text: Remember, Lord, the world you made

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Remember, Lord, the world you made

Author: Timothy Dudley-Smith Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 2 hymnals Topics: Christ's Lordship Christian Citizenship; Peace; Relief and development work Scripture: Psalm 8:3-4 Used With Tune: CHARNWOOD

Now Evening Comes

Author: Michael Perry Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 3 hymnals First Line: Now evening comes to close the day Lyrics: 1 Now evening comes to close the day, and soon the silent hours shall banish all our fears away, and sleep renew our pow'rs. 2 Into your hands, eternal Friend, we give ourselves again, and to your watchful care commend all those in grief or pain. 3 In waking lift our thoughts above, in sleeping guard us still, that we may rise to know our love and prove your perfect will. 4 To Father, Son, and Spirit - praise, all mortal praise be giv'n, till sleep at last shall end our days and we shall wake in heav'n. Topics: Morning and Evening; Comfort; Evening hymns; Grief and sorrow; Rest Scripture: Psalm 121 Used With Tune: CHARNWOOD

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Now Evening Comes

Author: Michael Perry Hymnal: Moravian Book of Worship #570 (1995) Meter: 8.6.8.6 First Line: Now evening comes to close the day Lyrics: 1 Now evening comes to close the day, and soon the silent hours shall banish all our fears away, and sleep renew our pow'rs. 2 Into your hands, eternal Friend, we give ourselves again, and to your watchful care commend all those in grief or pain. 3 In waking lift our thoughts above, in sleeping guard us still, that we may rise to know our love and prove your perfect will. 4 To Father, Son, and Spirit - praise, all mortal praise be giv'n, till sleep at last shall end our days and we shall wake in heav'n. Topics: Morning and Evening; Comfort; Evening hymns; Grief and sorrow; Rest Scripture: Psalm 121 Languages: English Tune Title: CHARNWOOD

Remember, Lord, the world you made

Author: Timothy Dudley-Smith Hymnal: Praise! psalms hymns and songs for Christian worship #925 (2013) Meter: 8.6.8.6 Topics: Christ's Lordship Christian Citizenship; Peace; Relief and development work Scripture: Psalm 8:3-4 Languages: English Tune Title: CHARNWOOD

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Michael Perry

1942 - 1996 Author of "Now Evening Comes" in Moravian Book of Worship Initially studying mathematics and physics at Dulwich College, Michael A. Perry (b. Beckenham, Kent, England, 1942; d. England, 1996) was headed for a career in the sciences. However, after one year of study in physics at the University of London, he transferred to Oak Hill College to study theology. He also studied at Ridley Hall, Cambridge, and received a M.Phil. from the University of Southhampton in 1973. Ordained a priest in the Church of England in 1966, Perry served the parish of St. Helen's in Liverpool as a youth worker and evangelist. From 1972 to 1981 he was the vicar of Bitterne in Southhampton and from 1981 to 1989, rector of Eversley in Hampshire and chaplain at the Police Staff College. He then became vicar of Tonbridge in Kent, where he remained until his death from a brain tumor in 1996. Perry published widely in the areas of Bible study and worship. He edited Jubilate publications such as Hymns far Today's Church (1982), Carols for Today (1986), Come Rejoice! (1989), and Psalms for Today (1990). Composer of the musical drama Coming Home (1987), he also wrote more than two hundred hymns and Bible versifications. Bert Polman

Timothy Dudley-Smith

1926 - 2024 Author of "Remember, Lord, the world you made" in Praise! psalms hymns and songs for Christian worship Timothy Dudley-Smith (b. 1926) Educated at Pembroke College and Ridley Hall, Cambridge, Dudley-Smith has served the Church of England since his ordination in 1950. He has occupied a number of church positions, including parish priest in the diocese of Southwark (1953-1962), archdeacon of Norwich (1973-1981), and bishop of Thetford, Norfolk, from 1981 until his retirement in 1992. He also edited a Christian magazine, Crusade, which was founded after Billy Graham's 1955 London crusade. Dudley-Smith began writing comic verse while a student at Cambridge; he did not begin to write hymns until the 1960s. Many of his several hundred hymn texts have been collected in Lift Every Heart: Collected Hymns 1961-1983 (1984), Songs of Deliverance: Thirty-six New Hymns (1988), and A Voice of Singing (1993). The writer of Christian Literature and the Church (1963), Someone Who Beckons (1978), and Praying with the English Hymn Writers (1989), Dudley-Smith has also served on various editorial committees, including the committee that published Psalm Praise (1973). Bert Polman

Peter White

1937 - 2007 Composer of "CHARNWOOD (White)" Peter Gilbert White was an English cathedral organist, who served in Leicester Cathedral. Peter Gilbert White was born on 21 January 1937 in Plymouth and died on 3 April 2007. He was organ scholar at Street John's College, Cambridge from 1956 to 1960. Assistant Organist of: Chester Cathedral (1960–1962), Organist of: Leicester Cathedral (1969–1994). From Prabook website (World Biographical Encyclopedia) accessed 8/4/2025