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Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 842 hymnals Tune Sources: Scottish Psalter, 1615 Tune Key: E Flat Major Incipit: 13451 23432 11715 Used With Text: According to Thy Gracious Word

Author: William Cowper Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 1,132 hymnals Lyrics: 1 God moves in a mysterious way his wonders to perform. He plants his footsteps in the sea and rides upon the storm. 2 Deep in unfathomable mines of never-failing skill, he treasures up his bright designs and works his sovereign will. 3 You fearful saints, fresh courage take; the clouds you so much dread are big with mercy and shall break in blessings on your head. 4 His purposes will ripen fast, unfolding every hour. The bud may have a bitter taste, but sweet will be the flower. 5 Blind unbelief is sure to err and scan his work in vain. God is his own interpreter, and he will make it plain. Topics: Comfort & Encouragement; Will of God; Creation and Providence; Assurance; Comfort & Encouragement; Creation; Holy Spirit; Mercy; Will of God; Wisdom Scripture: Psalm 62:1-8 Used With Tune: DUNDEE

Our God, our help in ages past

Author: Isaac Watts Appears in 1,247 hymnals Used With Tune: DUNDEE

The people that in darkness sat

Author: John Morrison (1750-1798) Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 217 hymnals Lyrics: 1 The people that in darkness sat a glorious light have seen; the light has shined on them who long in shades of death have been. 2 To hail thee, Sun of Righteousness, the gathering nations come; they joy as when the reapers bear their harvest treasures home. 3 For thou their burden dost remove, and break the tyrant's rod, as in the day when Midian fell before the sword of God. 4 For unto us a child is born, to us a Son is given, and on his shoulder ever rests all power in earth and heaven. 5 His name shall be the Prince of Peace, the everlasting Lord, the Wonderful, the Counsellor, the God by all adored. 6 His righteous government and power shall over all extend; on judgement and on justice based, his reign shall have no end. 7 Lord Jesus, reign in us, we pray, and make us thine alone, who with the Father ever art and Holy Spirit One. Topics: Adoration; Advent; Church Year Advent; Deliverance; God in judgement and justice; Jesus Names and images for; Kingdom of God; Light; The Third Sunday of Advent Year B; The Third Sunday of Advent Year C; The Third Sunday of Epiphany Year C Scripture: Isaiah 9:2-7 Used With Tune: DUNDEE Text Sources: Scottish Paraphrases, 1781

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God Moves in a Mysterious Way

Author: William Cowper Hymnal: Lift Up Your Hearts #25 (2013) Meter: 8.6.8.6 Lyrics: 1 God moves in a mysterious way his wonders to perform. He plants his footsteps in the sea and rides upon the storm. 2 Deep in unfathomable mines of never failing skill, he treasures up his bright designs and works his sovereign will. 3 You fearful saints, fresh courage take; the clouds you so much dread are big with mercy and shall break in blessings on your head. 4 His purposes will ripen fast, unfolding every hour. The bud may have a bitter taste, but sweet will be the flower. 5 Blind unbelief is sure to err and scan his work in vain. God is his own interpreter, and he will make it plain. Topics: Church Year Lent; Church Year Maundy Thursday; Church Year Easter Vigil; Creation; Fear; God's Majesty; God's Providence; God Ways Of; Mercy; War and Revolution Scripture: Job 42:1-3 Languages: English Tune Title: DUNDEE

God Moves in a Mysterious Way

Author: William Cowper Hymnal: Songs of Faith and Praise #26 (1994) Meter: 8.6.8.6 Tune Title: DUNDEE

Let us not despair nor fell revenge

Hymnal: The American Vocalist #53b (1849) Tune Title: DUNDEE

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William Bullock

1797 - 1874 Person Name: William Bullock, b. 1798 Author of "In Grief and Fear" in The Christian Hymnary. Bks. 1-4 Bullock, William, D.D., a Missionary of the S. P. G. for 32 years, and sometime Dean of Halifax, Nova Scotia, and died. March 16, 1874. He is known to hymnody principally through his popular hymn (in its revised form by Sir H. W. Baker), "We love the place, O God" (q. v.). This appeared with other hymns of merit in his:— Songs of the Church, Halifax, printed for the Author, 1854, Other hymns from the same work are in common use. All his hymns were “written amidst the various scenes of missionary life, and are intended for the private and domestic use of Christians in new countries deprived of all public worship," and are worthy of renewed attention. Dean Bullock also published Practical Lectures upon the History of Joseph and his Brethren, 1826. -- John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)

Thomas Ravenscroft

1592 - 1635 Person Name: Thomas Ravenscroft, c. 1592-1635 Harmonizer of "DUNDEE" in Psalter Hymnal (Gray) Thomas Ravenscroft United Kingdom 1592-1635. Born at Sussex, England, he allegedly sang in the choir at St Paul’s Cathedral. He attended music lectures at Gresham College. He was educated at Cambridge College, graduating in 1607. From 1618-1622 he was music master at Christ’s Hospital. Many of his works were aimed at pleasing a middle class lay public. He collected folk music: “Pammelia” (1609), “Deuteromelia” [includes the song “Three blind mice”](1609), “Melismata” (1611). He also published a metrical Psalter (the whole book of Psalms) in 1621. He composed 11 anthems, three motets, and four fantasies. He also wrote two treatises on music theory: “A briefe discourse of the true (but neglected) use of charact'ring the degrees” (1614), and “A treatise of musick”. He was an author, compiler, composer, editor, arranger, musician, bibliographer, contributor, antecedent, lyricist and creator. No informaton found regarding family. He died at London, England. 672 works. A reprint of his “Psalms” was published in 1844 by Canon Havergal. John Perry

Richard Burnham

1749 - 1810 Person Name: Richard Burnham, 1749-1810 Author of "Jesus, Thou Art the Sinner's Friend" in African Methodist Episcopal Church Hymnal Burnham, Richard, b. 1749, d. 1810, was for many years pastor of a Baptist Church in London, first in Little Chapel Street, and afterwards in Grafton Street, Soho. He is said to have been an excellent preacher. His hymns, 452 in all, were published as follows:— New Hymns on Divers Subjects, Lond., Gilbert and Plummer, 1783. This contained 141 hymns. A 2nd edition with 74 additional hymns as New Hymns on Various Subjects (same publishers), 1785. To this was added New Hymns on Divine Love, chiefly designed for Love Feasts or Christian Societies (25 hymns and 2 poetical pieces), Lond., W. Smith, but no date (cir. 1787). The 3rd edition of the Hymns, &c, is dated 1794, the 4th 1796, and the 5th, 1803. This last contains 452 hymns. In addition 3 hymns were printed at the end of a Sermon on Believer's Baptism, 1805, and many others on leaflets which have not been reprinted. Burnham's hymns rank with the most intensely Calvinistic in the English language, and have been much used by congregations of Calvinistic sentiments. In the last edition of Gudsbey’s Selection there are 20; in Denham's Selection 82; and in Snepp's Songs of Grace & Glory. 10. His best known hymns are, “Jesus! Thou art the sinner's Friend," and "O glorious God of grace." The following, from the editions of his Hymns, &c, indicated in brackets, are still in common use:— 1. Free grace, melodious sound [1794]. Grace. 2. God in Three appears all glorious [1796]. Holy Trinity. 3. Great Jehovah's love endureth [1794]. God unchangeable. 4. How truly glorious is the love [1803]. Love of God. In Snepp's Songs of Grace & Glory, 1872, this is altered by Miss Havergal. 5. Jesus draws the chosen race [1794]. Election. 6. Love will I ever sing [1796]. Love of God. 7. Now 1 know the great Redeemer [1794]. The Advocate. 8. The goodness of our glorious God [1794]. Divine Goodness. 9. The people of the Lord were chosen, &c. [1796], Election. 10. Who can e'er fathom God's rich love [1803]. Love of God. [Rev. W. R. Stevenson, M.A.] -- John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)

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Small Church Music

Description: The SmallChurchMusic site was launched in 2006, growing out of the requests from those struggling to provide suitable music for their services and meetings. Rev. Clyde McLennan was ordained in mid 1960’s and was a pastor in many small Australian country areas, and therefore was acutely aware of this music problem. Having also been trained as a Pipe Organist, recordings on site (which are a subset of the smallchurchmusic.com site) are all actually played by Clyde, and also include piano and piano with organ versions. All recordings are in MP3 format. Churches all around the world use the recordings, with downloads averaging over 60,000 per month. The recordings normally have an introduction, several verses and a slowdown on the last verse. Users are encouraged to use software: Audacity (http://www.audacityteam.org) or Song Surgeon (http://songsurgeon.com) (see http://scm-audacity.weebly.com for more information) to adjust the MP3 number of verses, tempo and pitch to suit their local needs. Copyright notice: Rev. Clyde McLennan, performer in this collection, has assigned his performer rights in this collection to Hymnary.org. Non-commercial use of these recordings is permitted. For permission to use them for any other purposes, please contact manager@hymnary.org. Home/Music(smallchurchmusic.com) List SongsAlphabetically List Songsby Meter List Songs byTune Name About

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God Moves in a Mysterious Way

Our God, our help in ages past

The people that in darkness sat

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God Moves in a Mysterious Way

God Moves in a Mysterious Way

Let us not despair nor fell revenge

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The Book of Common Praise

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