What Was Your Vow and Vision

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What was your vow and vision

Author: Brian A. Wren
ONE LICENSE: 33391
Published in 2 hymnals

Piano/Organ
	Six General Hymn Improvisations, Set 3

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Source: The Book of Praise #182

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Author: Brian A. Wren

Brian Wren (b. Romford, Essex, England, 1936) is a major British figure in the revival of contemporary hymn writing. He studied French literature at New College and theology at Mansfield College in Oxford, England. Ordained in 1965, he was pastor of the Congregational Church (now United Reformed) in Hockley and Hawkwell, Essex, from 1965 to 1970. He worked for the British Council of Churches and several other organizations involved in fighting poverty and promoting peace and justice. This work resulted in his writing of Education for Justice (1977) and Patriotism and Peace (1983). With a ministry throughout the English-speaking world, Wren now resides in the United States where he is active as a freelance lecturer, preacher, and full-time h… Go to person page >

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First Line:	What was your vow and vision
Title:	What Was Your Vow and Vision
Author:	Brian A. Wren
Meter:	7.6.7.6 D
Language:	English
Copyright:	© 1975, 1994 Stainer & Bell Ltd (admin. Hope Publishing Co.)

Matthew 3:13-17
(hymns)

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AU FORT DE MA DETRESSE

GENEVAN 130 was first published in the 1539 edition of the Genevan Psalter. The 1564 harmonization by Claude Goudimel (PHH 6) originally placed the melody in the tenor. GENEVAN 130 is a Dorian tune consisting of four long lines in which the rhythm of line 3 is a fitting contrast to the repeated rhyt…

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