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Fred Pratt Green

Fred Pratt Green
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Short Name: Fred Pratt Green
Full Name: Green, Fred Pratt, 1903-2000
Birth Year: 1903
Death Year: 2000

The name of the Rev. F. Pratt Green is one of the best-known of the contemporary school of hymnwriters in the British Isles. His name and writings appear in practically every new hymnal and "hymn supplement" wherever English is spoken and sung. And now they are appearing in American hymnals, poetry magazines, and anthologies.

Mr. Green was born in Liverpool, England, in 1903. Ordained in the British Methodist ministry, he has been pastor and district superintendent in Brighton and York, and now served in Norwich. There he continued to write new hymns "that fill the gap between the hymns of the first part of this century and the 'far-out' compositions that have crowded into some churches in the last decade or more."

--Seven New Hymns of Hope , 1971. Used by permission.

Wikipedia Biography

The Reverend Fred Pratt Green MBE (2 September 1903 – 22 October 2000) was a British Methodist minister and hymnodist. Born in Roby, Lancashire, England, he began his ministry in the Filey circuit. He was ordained as a Methodist minister in 1928 and served circuits in the north and south of England until 1969. During his career as a minister he wrote numerous plays and hymns. It was not until he retired, however, that he began writing prolifically. Hymnal indexes vary in alphabetizing him under 'G' or 'P'.

Texts by Fred Pratt Green (113)sort descendingAsAuthority LanguagesInstances
[A Hundred Years! How Small A Part]Fred Pratt Green (Author)English2
A man had been robbed of all he hadFred Pratt Green (Author)English3
A new day bids us wakeFred Pratt Greeb (Author)2
[A tree there grew in Eden's glade]Fred Pratt Green (Author)English2
After darkness, lightFred Pratt Green (Author)English2
All is ready for the Feast!Frederick Pratt Green (1903-2000) (Author)3
All my hope is firmly grounded In the great and living LordFred Pratt Green (Translator)English3
All my hope on God is foundedFred Pratt Green (Translator (st. 3))English1
All the sky is brightFred Pratt Green (Translator (English))English2
All who worship God in JesusFred Pratt Green (Author)1
An upper room did our Lord prepareFred Pratt Green (Author)English20
At the Name of Jesus Every knee shall bow (Noel)Fred Pratt Green (Author (B))English1
Blest be the King whose comingFred Pratt Green, 1903-2000 (Translator)English5
Break forth, O beauteous heavenly lightFred Pratt Green (Translator (stanzas 2–3))English8
Busquen a Dios, presente se encuentraFred Pratt Green (Author)Spanish3
By gracious powers so wonderfully shelteredFred Pratt Green (Translator)English18
Von guten Mächten treu und still umgebenFred Pratt Green, 1903-2000 (Translator)German1
Christ is the world's light, Christ and none otherF. Pratt Green (b. 1903) (Author)English29
Christus, das Licht der WeltFrederick Pratt Green (Author)German3
[Come Quickly, Lord! They Prayed]Fred Pratt Green (Author)English2
Come, sing a song of harvestFred Pratt Green (Author)English4
Con gran amor Cristo preparóFred Pratt Green (Author)Spanish2
Cuando al Jordán fue CristoFred Pratt Green (Author)Spanish5
Cuando cantar se glorifica a DiosFred Pratt Green (Author)Spanish3
Deus, por amor, criou pra nósFred Pratt Green (Author)Portuguese2
For the fruits of His creationFred Pratt Green, 1903-2000 (Author)English66
Glorious the day when Christ was bornF. Pratt Green, b. 1903 (Author)6
God in his love for us lent us this planetFred Pratt Green (Author)English18
God is here! As we your peopleFred Pratt Green, 1903-2000 (Author)English43
God is our song, and every singer blestFred Pratt Green (Author)English4
[God Saw That It Was Good]Fred Pratt Green (Author)English2
God triumphs for he is righteousFred Pratt Green (Translator)English2
Great our joy as now we gatherFred Pratt Green (1903-2000) (Author)2
He healed the darkness of my mindFred Pratt Green, b. 1903 (Author)8
Here, Master, in this quiet placeFred Pratt Green, 1903-2000 (Author)3
How blest are they who trust in ChristFred Pratt Green, 1903-2000 (Author)English14
[How can we sing our songs of faith]Fred Pratt Green (Author)English2
How clear is our vocation, LordFred Pratt Green, 1903-2000 (Author)English20
[How Many Servants of the Lord]Fred Pratt Green (Author)English2
How privileged we are who worship in this place!Fred Pratt Green (Author)2
How rich, at EastertideFred Pratt Green, b. 1903 (Translator)English2
How sacred is this place!Fred Pratt Green (Author)2
How wonderful this world of thineFred Pratt Green (Author)1
[In that Land Which We Call Holy]Fred Pratt Green (Author)English2
It is God who holds the nations in the hollow of his handFred Pratt Green (Author)English6
It shocked them that the master did not fastFred Pratt Green (Author)English2
[Jesus, I Know You Came]Fred Pratt Green (Author)English2
Jesus in the olive groveFred Pratt Green, 1903-2000 (Author)English3
Let every Christian prayFred Pratt Green (Author)English12
ലോ-ക ദീപ്തി യേശു, മറ്റാരു-മേ-യില്ല (Lēā-ka dīpti yēśu, maṟṟāru-mē-yilla)Fred Pratt Green (Author)Malayalam2
Les prophètes, en leur tempsFred Pratt Green (De l'anglais)French2
Life has many rhythms, every heart its beatFred Pratt Green (Author)English2
Little children*, welcome!Fred Pratt Green (Author)English4
Long ago, prophets knewFred Pratt Green, 1903-2000 (Author)English15
[Lord, I Repent My Sin]Fred Pratt Green (Author)English2
Lord, in our lonely hoursFred Pratt Green (Author)English3
Lord Jesus, once a childFred Pratt Green (Author)English6
Lord, we come to ask your blessingFred Pratt Green (Author)English3
Lord, we have come at your own invitationFred Pratt Green (Author)English7
Love is the greatest of the threeF. Pratt Green (Author)3
[Love It Is Unites Us]Fred Pratt Green (Author)English2
Loving Lord, as now we gatherFred Pratt Green (Author)2
Mi corazón está sangrandoFred Pratt Green (Translator)Spanish1
Mi corazón está sangrando (This heart of mine is in deep anguishFred Pratt Green, 1903-2000 (Translator)Spanish, English2
[Nicodemus Comes By Night]Fred Pratt Green (Author)English2
Now it is evening: Lights of the cityFred Pratt Green, 1903-2000 (Author)English16
Now let us all, in hymns of praiseFred Pratt Green (Author)English3
Now praise the hidden God of loveFred Pratt Green (Author)English6
Now shall the Church, this time of celebrationFred Pratt Green (Author)3
O Christ, the healer, we have comeFrederick Pratt Green, 1903- (Author)English35
O Master, let me walk with TheeFred Pratt Green (Author (B))English1
O round as the world is the orange you give us!Fred Pratt Green (Author)English2
O Savior, in this quiet placeFred Pratt Green (Author)English5
O sing a song of Bethlehem Of shepherds watching thereFred Pratt Green (Author (B))English1
Of all the Spirit's gifts to meFred Pratt Green, 1903-2000 (Author)English13
[One Woman None Could Heal]Fred Pratt Green (Author)English2
Our forebears lived by faithFred Pratt Green (Author)English2
Pray for the Church, afflicted and oppresedFred Pratt Green (1903-2000) (Author)English6
Rejoice in God's saints, today and all daysFrederick Pratt Green, 1903- (Author)English17
Rest in peace, earth's journey endedFred Pratt Green, b. 1903 (Author)English7
Salvation! there's no better word for what Christ does for meFred Pratt Green (Author)English2
Seek the Lord who now is presentFred Pratt Green, 1903-2000 (Author)5
[She stood, her guilt laid bare]Fred Pratt Green (Author)English2
[She Went Alone to Jacob's Well]Fred Pratt Green (Author)English2
Shen zai dian zhong, xintu chong-jing (God is here, as we your people meet)Fred Pratt Green (Author)English, Mandarin2
Sing, one and all, a song of celebrationF. Pratt Green (b. 1903) (Author)English2
The church of Christ in every ageFred Pratt Green, 1903-2000 (Author)English29
The first day of the weekF. Pratt Green, b. 1903 (Author)English5
The God who sent the prophetsFred Pratt Green (Author)2
The grace of life is theirsFred Pratt Green (1903-2000) (Author)English11
This is the threefold truthFred Pratt Green (Author)English18
This Joyful Eastertide, What need is there for grievingFred Pratt Green, 1903-2000 (Author)3
[This vision of peace]Fred Pratt Green (Author)English2
Though I speak with tongues of men and angelsFred Pratt Green (1903-2000) (Author)2
To mock your reign, O dearest LordFred Pratt Green, 1903-2000 (Paraphraser)English13
[Two Brothers Come to Blows]Fred Pratt Green (Author)English2
[We Cannot Live On Bread Alone]Fred Pratt Green (Author)English2
[We look into your heavens and see]Fred Pratt Green (Author)English2
We would rejoice again, and yet againF. Pratt Green (Author)2
What Adam's disobedience costFred Pratt Green, 1903-2000 (Author (sts. 1-4))English4
What joy it is to worship here, and find ourselves at home,Fred Pratt Green (1903-2000) (Author)2
What Shall Our Greeting Be?Fred Pratt Green (Author)English4
[When father Abraham went out]Fred Pratt Green (Author)English2
When in our music God is glorifiedFred Pratt Green (Author)English72
When Jesus came preaching the Kingdom of GodFred Pratt Green (Author)English4
When Jesus came to JordanFred Pratt Green, 1903-2000 (Author)English21
When our confidence is shakenFrederick Pratt Green, 1903-2000 (Author)English9
When the church of JesusF. Pratt Green (Author)English19
Where Christ is, his Church is thereFred Pratt Green, 1903-2000 (Author)English2
Where love is, God abidesFred Pratt Green (Author)2
Where Temple offerings are madeFred Pratt Green, b. 1903 (Author)English2
[Who was the first to strike a spark?]Fred Pratt Green (Author)English2
Whom shall I send? our Maker criesFred P. Green (Author)English5

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