O Praise the Gracious Power

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O praise the gracious power

Author: Thomas H. Troeger (1984)
Tune: CHRISTPRAISE RAY
Published in 14 hymnals

Audio files: MIDI

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Author: Thomas H. Troeger

Thomas Troeger (1945-2022), professor of Christian communication at Yale Divinity school, was a well known preacher, poet, and musician. He was a fellow of Silliman College, held a B.A. from Yale University; B.D. Colgate Rochester Divinity School; S.T. D. Dickinson College, and was awarded an honorary D.D. from Virginia Theological Seminary. He was ordained in the Presbyterian Church in 1970 and the Episcopal Church in 1999, and remained dually aligned with both traditions. Troerger led conferences and lectures in worship and preaching throughout North America, as well as in Denmark, Holland, Australia, Japan, and Africa. He served as national chaplain to the American Guild of Organists, and for at least three years he hosted the Season of… Go to person page >

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First Line:	O praise the gracious power
Title:	O Praise the Gracious Power
Author:	Thomas H. Troeger (1984)
Meter:	6.6.8.6
Language:	English
Refrain First Line:	We praise You, Christ
Copyright:	Text and Music: © 1984, Oxford University Press, Inc. From New Hymns for the Lectionary, by permission of the publisher.
Article:	O Praise the Gracious Power by Thomas H. Troeger (from "The Hymn")

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Tune

CHRISTPRAISE RAY

MARION (Messiter)

Arthur H. Messiter (b. Frome, Somersetshire, England, 1834; d. New York, NY, 1916) composed MARION for this text in 1883 and named it after his wife [sic. mother]. The tune was published in the Hymnal with Music as Used in Trinity Church (1893), a hymnal compiled by Messiter during his long term of…

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