As Deer Long for the Streams

As deer long for the streams, O Lord

Author: Christopher Webber (1986)
Tune: ROCKINGHAM (Miller)
Published in 1 hymnal

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The Lord's Supper (Communion Meditations…

Author: Christopher Webber

Christopher L. Webber, a graduate of Princeton University and the General Theological Seminary in New York (with two earned degrees and an honorary doctorate from the latter), is the author of a number of books ranging from a guidebook for Vestries to a study of Christian marriage. He has also written hymns included in several major hymnals in the United States and Canada. His most recent books are American to the Backbone, a biography of James W.C. Pennington, a remarkable pre-Civil War abolition leader, Welcome to Christian Faith, an introduction to Christian life and teaching, Beyond Beowulf, the first-ever sequel to the old English saga, Beowulf, and A Year with American Saints, co-authored with Lutheran Pastor G. Scott Cady, which pres… Go to person page >

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Text Information

First Line: As deer long for the streams, O Lord
Title: As Deer Long for the Streams
Author: Christopher Webber (1986)
Meter: 8.8.8.8
Language: English
Copyright: © Christopher L. Webber. All rights reserved. Used by permission.
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Tune

ROCKINGHAM (Miller)

Edward Miller (b. Norwich, England, 1735; d. Doncaster, Yorkshire, England, 1807) adapted ROCKINGHAM from an earlier tune, TUNEBRIDGE, which had been published in Aaron Williams's A Second Supplement to Psalmody in Miniature (c. 1780). ROCKINGHAM has long associations in Great Britain and North Amer…

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