He Comes to Us as One Unknown

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Author: Albert Schweitzer

Medical missionary in Africa, and organist Go to person page >

Adapter: F. Richard Garland

The Reverend F. Richard Garland is a retired United Methodist pastor. He and his wife, Catherine Sprigg, a Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, live in North Kingstown, RI. Dick was born and raised in Fort Wayne, Indiana, and is a lifelong Methodist. A graduate of Garrett Theological Seminary, he interned in Chicago and then served churches in Indiana, Rhode Island, Massachusetts, and Connecticut. He continues to preach on occasion, provide coverage in emergency pastoral situations, and write a monthly essay, "From Where I Sit" for the newsletter of the North Kingstown UMC. He has been a contributor to The Upper Room. Dick is a lifelong hiker who still climbs in the mountains of New Hampshire. At home, he spends a great deal of tim… Go to person page >

Text Information

First Line: He comes to us as One Unknown, as once he came of old
Title: He Comes to Us as One Unknown
Adapter: F. Richard Garland (2011)
Author: Albert Schweitzer
Meter: 8.6.8.6.8.6
Language: English
Notes: This hymn may be reproduced or projected for use in congregational worship from http://www.umcdiscipleship.org/resources/he-comes-to-us-as-one-unknown
Copyright: © 2011 F. Richard Garland

Tune

BROTHER JAMES' AIR

BROTHER JAMES' AIR was composed by James Leith Macbeth Bain (b. Scotland, c. 1840; d. Liverpool, England, 1925), the healer, mystic, and poet known simply as Brother James. The tune was first published in his volume The great peace: being a New Year's greeting ... (1915). Born in a devout Christian…

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