In Water We Grow

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In water we grow, secure in the womb

Author: Brian A. Wren
CCLI Number: 2611891
Published in 4 hymnals

Piano/Organ
	Three Hymns of Praise, Set 7

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Source: Worship and Rejoice #678

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Author: Brian A. Wren

Brian Wren (b. Romford, Essex, England, 1936) is a major British figure in the revival of contemporary hymn writing. He studied French literature at New College and theology at Mansfield College in Oxford, England. Ordained in 1965, he was pastor of the Congregational Church (now United Reformed) in Hockley and Hawkwell, Essex, from 1965 to 1970. He worked for the British Council of Churches and several other organizations involved in fighting poverty and promoting peace and justice. This work resulted in his writing of Education for Justice (1977) and Patriotism and Peace (1983). With a ministry throughout the English-speaking world, Wren now resides in the United States where he is active as a freelance lecturer, preacher, and full-time h… Go to person page >

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First Line:	In water we grow, secure in the womb
Title:	In Water We Grow
Author:	Brian A. Wren
Meter:	10.10.11.10
Language:	English
Publication Date:	1999
Copyright:	© 1993 Hope Publishing Company

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Tune

STANLEY BEACH

PADERBORN (51123)

LAUDATE DOMINUM (Parry)

LAUDATE DOMINUM (Latin words for the opening phrase of Psalm 150) comes from the end of the anthem "Hear My Words, O Ye People" by C. Hubert H. Parry (PHH 145), an anthem he composed in 1894 for a festival of the Salisbury Diocesan Choral Association. Parry's tune was set to Baker's text in the 1916…

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