View the Present Through the Promise

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View the present through the promise

Author: Thomas H. Troeger
Tune: FRANKLIN PARK
Published in 8 hymnals

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Piano/Organ
	Advent Promise (Christ Will Come Again)

Choral
	View the Present through the Promise

Instrumental
	Worship the King

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Author: Thomas H. Troeger

Thomas Troeger (1945-2022), professor of Christian communication at Yale Divinity school, was a well known preacher, poet, and musician. He was a fellow of Silliman College, held 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 remained dually aligned with both traditions. Troerger 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 at least three years he hosted the Season of… Go to person page >

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First Line:	View the present through the promise
Title:	View the Present Through the Promise
Author:	Thomas H. Troeger
Meter:	8.4.8.4.8.8.8.4
Place of Origin:	United States
Language:	English
Copyright:	© 1994, Oxford University Press, Inc.

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Tune

FRANKLIN PARK

AR HYD Y NOS

EAST ACKLAM

Francis Jackson (b. Malton, Yorkshire, England, 1917) wrote EAST ACKLAM in 1957 at York Minster Abbey, where he had a long and distinguished career as organist and music master (1946-1982). The tune's name refers to the hamlet northeast of York, England, where Jackson has lived since 1982. Jackson r…

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