Last Sunday we sang #557, "O God, in restless living." The author is Harry Emerson Fosdick (1878-1969). He was known for some outstanding quotes: http://thinkexist.com/quotes/harry_emerson_fosdick/. He really hit the big time with his "God of grace and God of glory," #366, written with great social awareness in the Great Depression in 1931 (rich in things and poor in soul). Fosdick was the first pastor of Riverside church and pastor of maybe the world’s richest man at that time, John D. Rockefeller, Sr. #557 is not found in many hymnals. It is in our blue hymnal because it had become one of the classics of the Brethren. If the tune sounded familiar, it’s because it was used in the 1969 red hymnal and in many other hymnals with, "The sands of time are sinking." (photo, Riverside, Fosdick's church where 557 and 366 were first sung)
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Glen, nice to continue to read your post about the music at NMC. I was thinkging that it would be great if persons on our NMC facebook page read these in the feed.
If you get a chance please feel free to take the link and others and post it at http://www.facebook.com/pages/Neffsville-Mennonite-Church/18771399566
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