God beyond glory

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God beyond glory

Author: John L. Bell; Author: Graham Maule
Tune: CRUSADERS' HYMN (111271)
Published in 3 hymnals

Piano/Organ
	Beautiful Savior

Instrumental
	Beautiful Savior/Fairest Lord Jesus

Handbells
	Fairest Lord Jesus

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Author: John L. Bell

John Bell (b. 1949) was born in the Scottish town of Kilmarnock in Ayrshire, intending to be a music teacher when he felt the call to the ministry. But in frustration with his classes, he did volunteer work in a deprived neighborhood in London for a time and also served for two years as an associate pastor at the English Reformed Church in Amsterdam. After graduating he worked for five years as a youth pastor for the Church of Scotland, serving a large region that included about 500 churches. He then took a similar position with the Iona Community, and with his colleague Graham Maule, began to broaden the youth ministry to focus on renewal of the church’s worship. His approach soon turned to composing songs within the identifiable traditi… Go to person page >

Author: Graham Maule

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First Line:	God beyond glory
Author:	John L. Bell
Author:	Graham Maule
Meter:	5.6.9.5.5.8
Language:	English
Copyright:	© WGRG / The Iona Community (admin. GIA Publications, Inc.)

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Tune

CRUSADERS' HYMN (111271)

ST. ELIZABETH appears to be an eighteenth-century tune from the Glaz area of Silesia. It has always been associated with this text. No factual data exists for the legend that this text and tune date back to the twelfth-century crusades, although those apocryphal stories explain one of the names by w…

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