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We Sing to You, O God

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Author: Gracia Grindal

Gracia Grindal (b. Powers Lake, ND, 1943). Grindal was educated at Augsburg College, Minneapolis, Minnesota; the University of Arkansas; and Luther-Northwestern Seminary, St. Paul, Minnesota, where she has served since 1984 as a professor of pastoral theology and communications. From 1968 to 1984 she was a professor of English and poet-in-residence at Luther College, Decorah, Iowa. Included in her publications are Sketches Against the Dark (1981), Scandinavian Folksongs (1983), Lessons in Hymnwriting (1986, 1991), We Are One in Christ: Hymns, Paraphrases, and Translations (1996), Good News of Great Joy: Advent Devotions for the Home (1994 with Karen E. Hong), Lina Sandell, the Story of Her Hymns (2001 with John Jansen), and A Revelry of Har… Go to person page >

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Text Information

First Line: We sing to you O God
Title: We Sing to You, O God
Author: Gracia Grindal
Meter: 6.6.6.6.8.8
Language: English
Copyright: © 1992 by Gracia Grindal
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Tune

DARWALL

Composed by John Darwall (b. Haughton, Staffordshire, England, 1731; d. Walsall, Staffordshire, England, 1789), DARWALL'S 148TH was first published as a setting for Psalm 148 in Aaron William's New Universal Psalmodist (1770) with only soprano and bass parts. The harmonization dates from the ninete…

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CAMANO


LOVE UNKNOWN

John Ireland (b. Bowdon, Cheshire, England, 1879; d. Rock Mill, Washington, Sussex, England, 1962) composed LOVE UNKNOWN in 1918 for the text "My song is love unknown"; the tune was first published in The Public School Hymn Book of 1919. A letter in the London Daily Telegraph of April 5, 1950, claim…

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Instances in all hymnals

Instances (1 - 7 of 7)

A New Hymnal for Colleges and Schools #7

A New Hymnal for Colleges and Schools #7

Common Praise (1998) #523

Common Praise (1998) #523

Evangelical Lutheran Worship #791

Evangelical Lutheran Worship #791

Sing the Faith #2001

Sing the Faith #2001
Audio

The Faith We Sing #2001

The Faith We Sing #2001

The New Century Hymnal #9

The New Century Hymnal #9

Voices Together #80

Voices Together #80
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