When the Lord Comes (A Hymn for Advent)

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When the Lord comes, would we dare stand

Author: F. Richard Garland (2008)
Tune: MARYTON
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Author: F. Richard Garland

The Reverend F. Richard Garland is a retired United Methodist pastor. He and his wife, Catherine Sprigg, a Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, live in North Kingstown, RI. Dick was born and raised in Fort Wayne, Indiana, and is a lifelong Methodist. A graduate of Garrett Theological Seminary, he interned in Chicago and then served churches in Indiana, Rhode Island, Massachusetts, and Connecticut. He continues to preach on occasion, provide coverage in emergency pastoral situations, and write a monthly essay, "From Where I Sit" for the newsletter of the North Kingstown UMC. He has been a contributor to The Upper Room. Dick is a lifelong hiker who still climbs in the mountains of New Hampshire. At home, he spends a great deal of tim… Go to person page >

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First Line:	When the Lord comes, would we dare stand
Title:	When the Lord Comes (A Hymn for Advent)
Author:	F. Richard Garland (2008)
Meter:	8.8.8.8
Notes:	This hymn may be reproduced and used in congregational worship from http://www.umcdiscipleship.org/resources/when-the-lord-comes
Copyright:	© 2008 F. Richard Garland

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Tune

MARYTON

After various tunes had been set to this text, Gladden insisted on the use of MARYTON. Composed by H. Percy Smith (b. Malta, 1825; d. Bournemouth, Hampshire, England, 1898), the tune was originally published as a setting for John Keble's "Sun of My Soul" in Arthur S. Sullivan's Church Hymns with Tun…

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