Holy Presence, Holy Teacher

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Holy Presence, Holy Teacher

Author: Shirley Erena Murray (2004)
CCLI Number: 5628159
Published in 3 hymnals

Piano/Organ
	Be Present Now: Five Hymn Meditations fo…

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Source: Voices Together #531

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Author: Shirley Erena Murray

Shirley Erena Murray (b. Invercargill, New Zealand, 1931) studied music as an undergraduate but received a master’s degree (with honors) in classics and French from Otago University. Her upbringing was Methodist, but she became a Presbyterian when she married the Reverend John Stewart Murray, who was a moderator of the Presbyterian Church of New Zealand. Shirley began her career as a teacher of languages, but she became more active in Amnesty International, and for eight years she served the Labor Party Research Unit of Parliament. Her involvement in these organizations has enriched her writing of hymns, which address human rights, women’s concerns, justice, peace, the integrity of creation, and the unity of the church. Many of her hymn… Go to person page >

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First Line:	Holy Presence, Holy Teacher
Author:	Shirley Erena Murray (2004)
Meter:	8.7.8.7 D
Language:	English
Copyright:	© 2008 Hope Publishing Company

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RUSTINGTON

C. Hubert H. Parry's (PHH 145) RUSTINGTON was first published in the Westminster Abbey Hymn Book (1897) as a setting for Benjamin Webb's "Praise the Rock of Our Salvation." The tune is named for the village in Sussex, England, where Parry lived for some years and where he died. This is such a distin…

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PLEADING SAVIOR

HARLAN (Harlan)

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