The Moon with Borrowed Light

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The moon with borrowed light

Author: Thomas H. Troeger
Tune: TERRA BEATA
Published in 2 hymnals

Piano/Organ
	Three Hymns of Praise, Set 4

Instrumental
	STRING STYLINGS

Handbells
	Hymns of Love and Praise (Distinctive Se…

Author: Thomas H. Troeger

Thomas Troeger (b. 1945), professor of Christian communication at Yale Divinity school, is a well known preacher, poet, and musician. He is a fellow of Silliman College, holds a B.A. from Yale University; B.D. Colgate Rochester Divinity School; S.T. D. Dickinson College, and was awarded an honorary D.D. from Virginia Theological Seminary. He was ordained in the Presbyterian Church in 1970 and the Episcopal Church in 1999, and remains dually aligned with both traditions. Troerger has led conferences and lectures in worship and preaching throughout North America, as well as in Denmark, Holland, Australia, Japan, and Africa. He served as national chaplain to the American Guild of Organists, and for the last three years he has hosted the Season… Go to person page >

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First Line:	The moon with borrowed light
Title:	The Moon with Borrowed Light
Author:	Thomas H. Troeger
Meter:	6.6.8.6 D
Language:	English
Copyright:	© 1986, Oxford University Press

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Tune

TERRA BEATA

TERRA BEATA was originally a traditional English folk tune, a variant of which, entitled RUSPER, appeared in The English Hymnal in 1906. Franklin L. Sheppard (b. Philadelphia, PA, 1852; d. Germantown, PA, 1930) arranged the tune for Babcock's text and published it in the Presbyterian church school h…

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