Glory to God ‎#807

807. When We Must Bear Persistent Pain

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Text Information

• First Line: When we must bear persistent pain
• Title: When We Must Bear Persistent Pain
• Author: Ruth Duck (2004)
• Meter: LM
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 2013
• Scripture:
  Deuteronomy 31:6
  ;
  Job 42:5
  ;
  Psalm 6
  ;
  Isaiah 48:10
  ;
  John 9:1-3
  ;
  Romans 8:28-29
  ;
  Romans 14:8
  ;
  2 Corinthians 1:3-5
  ;
  2 Corinthians 12:7-10
  ;
  Hebrews 4:15
  ;
  James 1:2-4
• Topic: Healing; Lament and Longing for Healing; Living and Dying in Christ
• Copyright: © 2005 GIA Publications, Inc.
• ONE LICENSE: 31227

Tune Information

• Name: PROSPECT
• Harmonizer: David N. Johnson (1968)
• Meter: LM
• Key: F Major
• Source: Walker's Southern Harmony, 1835
• Copyright: © 1968 Augsburg Fortress

Text Information:

Reflecting the author’s own experience of debilitating migraine headaches, this sung prayer speaks for many people whose lives involve constant pain, often without hope of lasting relief. This text is effectively set to a shape note tune using only five tones of the scale.