Listen to my prayer, Lord

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Listen to my prayer, Lord

Author: J. E. Seddon
Tune: LISTENING (Warren)
Published in 4 hymnals

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Author: J. E. Seddon

James E. Seddon (b. Ormskirk, Lancashire, England, 1915; d. London, England, 1983) received his musical training at the London College of Music and Trinity College in London and his theological training at the Bible Churchmen's Theological College (now Trinity College) in Bristol. He served various Anglican parishes in England from 1939 to 1945 as well as from 1967 to 1980. Seddon was a missionary in Morocco from 1945 to 1955 and the home secretary for the Bible Churchmen's Missionary Society from 1955 to 1967. Many of his thirty hymns are based on missionary themes; he wrote some in Arabic while he lived in Morocco. Seddon joined other Jubilate Group participants to produce Psalm Praise (1973) and Hymns for Today's Church (1982). Bert… Go to person page >

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First Line:	Listen to my prayer, Lord
Author:	J. E. Seddon
Meter:	6.5.6.5
Copyright:	© Representatives of the late James Edward Seddon / Jubilate Hymns (admin. Hope Publishing Co.)

Psalm 61
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LISTENING (Warren)

Norman L. Warren (PHH 15) composed LISTENING in 1969 for another paraphrase of Psalm 61, a text, writes Warren, "which demanded a gentle tune." It was published in Psalm Praise (1973). Its two long lines flow together in apparent perpetual motion - they should be performed that way, too, with no sig…

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