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God, Who Spoke in the Beginning
Author: Fred Kaan Appears in 7 hymnals Topics: The Goodness and Providence of God Used With Tune: CORBRIDGE
God, Who Spoke in the Beginning
God who spoke in the beginning
Author: Fred Kaan (b. 1929) Hymnal: New Church Praise #33 (1975) Meter: 8.7.8.7.8.7 Lyrics: 1 God who spoke in the beginning,
forming rock and shaping spar,
set all life and growth in motion,
earthly world and distant star;
he who calls the earth to order
is the ground of what we are.
2 God who spoke through men and nations,
through events long past and gone,
showing still today his purpose,
speaks supremely through his Son;
he who calls the earth to order
gives his word and it is done.
3 God whose speech becomes incarnate
--Christ is servant, Christ is Lord!--
calls us to a life of service,
heart and will to action stirred;
he who uses man's obedience
has the first and final word. Topics: God--the Father Creator; God--the Father Revealed in Jesus Christ Languages: English Tune Title: CORBRIDGE
God who spoke in the beginning
God, Who Spoke in the Beginning
Author: Fred Kaan Hymnal: Ecumenical Praise #80 (1977) Topics: The Goodness and Providence of God Languages: English Tune Title: CORBRIDGE
God, Who Spoke in the Beginning
Fred Kaan
1929 - 2009 Author of "God, Who Spoke in the Beginning" in Ecumenical Praise Fred Kaan Hymn writer. His hymns include both original work and translations. He sought to address issues of peace and justice. He was born in Haarlem in the Netherlands in July 1929. He was baptised in St Bavo Cathedral but his family did not attend church regularly. He lived through the Nazi occupation, saw three of his grandparents die of starvation, and witnessed his parents deep involvement in the resistance movement. They took in a number of refugees. He became a pacifist and began attending church in his teens.
Having become interested in British Congregationalism (later to become the United Reformed Church) through a friendship, he was attended Western College in Bristol. He was ordained in 1955 at the Windsor Road Congregational Church in Barry, Glamorgan.
In 1963 he was called to be minister of the Pilgrim Church in Plymouth. It was in this congregation that he began to write hymns. The first edition of Pilgrim Praise was published in 1968, going into second and third editions in 1972 and 1975. He continued writing many more hymns throughout his life.
Dianne Shapiro, from obituary written by Keith Forecast in Independent (http://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/fred-kaan-minister-and-celebrated-hymn-writer-1809481.html)
Fred Kaan
