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Meter: 8.7.8.7 D Appears in 2 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: William Albright, 1944- Tune Key: C Major Incipit: 11316 16536 65653 Used With Text: Praise the Source of Faith and Learning

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Praise the Source of Faith and Learning

Author: Thomas H. Groeger, 1945- Meter: 8.7.8.7 D Appears in 6 hymnals Topics: Words and Deeds of Prophetic Women and Men Labor and Learning; Celebration and Praise; Wisdom and Understanding Used With Tune: PROCESSION

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Praise the Source of Faith and Learning

Author: Thomas H. Groeger, 1945- Hymnal: Singing the Living Tradition #158 (1993) Meter: 8.7.8.7 D Topics: Words and Deeds of Prophetic Women and Men Labor and Learning; Celebration and Praise; Wisdom and Understanding Languages: English Tune Title: PROCESSION

Praise the Source of Faith and Learning

Author: Thomas H. Troeger Hymnal: The New Century Hymnal #411 (1995) Meter: 8.7.8.7 D Topics: Adoration and Praise God; Arts and Music; Education; Faith and Aspiration; Science and Technology; Year C Epiphany 4 Scripture: Proverbs 2:6 Languages: English Tune Title: PROCESSION

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Thomas H. Troeger

1945 - 2022 Author of "Praise the Source of Faith and Learning" in The New Century Hymnal 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 Worship broadcast for Cokesbury. He was president of the Academy of Homiletics as well as Societas Homiletica. He had, as of 2009, written 22 books in the areas of preaching, poetry, hymnody, and worship. Many of his hymn texts are found in New Hymns for the Lectionary (Oxford, 1992), and God, You Made All Things for Singing (Oxford, 2009). Laura de Jong