The Cyber Hymnal ‎#2697

2697. Hymn of Promise

Text Information

• First Line: In the bulb there is a flower; in the seed, an apple tree
• Title: Hymn of Promise
• Author: Natalie A. Sleeth (1986)
• Language: English
• Copyright: © 1986 Hope Publishing Company, 380 South Main Place, Car­ol Stream, IL 60188 (800-323-1049). Used by permission.
• ONE LICENSE: 02425
• Notes: She wrote this selection in February 1985 as a choral anthem, & later adapted it as a hymn. She wrote that she was pon­der­ing the death of a friend (life and death, death and re­sur­rect­ion), pon­der­ing win­ter and spring (seem­ing op­po­sites), and a T. S. El­i­ot poem which had the phrase, ‘In our end is our be­gin­ning.’ These seem­ing­ly con­tra­dic­to­ry ‘pairs’ led to the the­sis of the song and the hope­ful mes­sage that out of one will come the other when­ev­er God choos­es to bring that about. Her hus­band, Dr. Ron­ald Sleeth, heard "Hymn of Prom­ise" short­ly be­fore he died, & asked that it be sung at his fun­er­al.

Tune Information

• Name: [In the bulb there is a flower; in the seed, an apple tree]
• Composer: Natalie A. Sleeth (1986)
• Incipit: 55123 21555 23432
• Key: F Major
• Copyright: © 1986 Hope Publishing Company, 380 South Main Place, Car­ol Stream, IL 60188 (800-323-1049). Used by permission.