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Alterer: 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).
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LES COMMANDEMENS (French for "the commandments"), a rich and graceful tune in the Hypo-Ionian mode (major), was used in the Genevan Psalter (1547) for the Decalogue and for Psalm 140, and later in British psalters and in the Lutheran tradition. The first setting in the Psalter Hymnal derives from Cl…
The name SPIRITUS VITAE derives from the Latin translation of Bessie P. Head's text "O Breath of Life, " for which Mary Jane Hammond (b. England, 1878; d. St. Albans, Hertfordshire, England, 1964) composed the tune around 1914. That text and SPIRITUS VITAE were first published in Heavenly Places and…
Display Title: Thank you, O Lord of earth and heavenFirst Line: Thank you, O Lord of earth and heavenTune Title: SPIRITUS VITAEAuthor: E. Reynolds (1599-1676); J. E. Seddon (1915-1983)Meter: 9 8 9 8Date: 1987Subject: A General Thanksgiving | ; Advent 1 | The Advent Hope; Doxologies | ; God, Father | Gracious and Merciful; Pentecost 21 | The Christian Hope; Pentecost 6 | Made New in Christ; Trinity Sunday | The TrinitySource: A General Thanksgiving
Display Title: Thank you, O Lord of earth and heavenFirst Line: Thank you, O Lord of earth and heavenTune Title: LES COMMANDEMENTS DE DIEUAuthor: Edward Reynolds, 1599-1676; James Seddon, 1915-1983Meter: 9 8 9 8Scripture: Galatians 5:22-23; Titus 2:13Date: 1997Subject: Commitment | ; Communion | ; God Creator and Ruler | ; Salvation | ; Second Coming |