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Sing Praise to Our Creator

Author: Marie J. Post Meter: 7.6.7.6.7.6.7.6 Appears in 3 hymnals First Line: Sing praise to our Creator, How good his name to praise Topics: Love God's Love to Us; Alleluias; Christmas; Holy Spirit; Love God's Love to Us; Opening of Worship; Wisdom Scripture: Psalm 147 Used With Tune: HARTFORD (Dykes)

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HARTFORD (Dykes)

Meter: 7.6.7.6.7.6.7.6 Appears in 89 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: John B. Dykes Tune Key: E Flat Major Incipit: 32346 53353 12332 Used With Text: Sing Praise to Our Creator

ASCENSION (BANCROFT)

Meter: 7.6.7.6.7.6.7.6 Appears in 14 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: H H Bancroft 1904-88 Tune Key: E Major Incipit: 54312 32125 67123 Used With Text: O praise the LORD! Sing praises!

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Sing Praise to Our Creator

Author: Marie J. Post Hymnal: Psalter Hymnal (Gray) #147 (1987) Meter: 7.6.7.6.7.6.7.6 First Line: Sing praise to our Creator, How good his name to praise Topics: Love God's Love to Us; Alleluias; Christmas; Holy Spirit; Love God's Love to Us; Opening of Worship; Wisdom Scripture: Psalm 147 Languages: English Tune Title: HARTFORD (Dykes)

Sing Praise to Our Creator

Author: Marie J. Post Hymnal: Psalms for All Seasons #147E (2012) Meter: 7.6.7.6 D Topics: Alleluias; Biblical Names and Places Israel; Biblical Names and Places Jacob; Biblical Names and Places Jerusalem; Biblical Names and Places Zion; Broken-hearted; Church Year Christmas; Earth; Elements of Worship Gathering; Elements of Worship Praise and Adoration; God Trust in; God as Spirit; God as Creator; God's Sovereignty; God's Sustaining Power; God's Wisdom; God's Word; God's Deeds; God's Faithfulness; God's Greatness; God's Knowing; God's law; God's Love; God's Majesty; God's People (flock, sheep); God's Providence; God's Strength; God's Way; Grace; Guilt; Healing; Hope; Hymns of Praise; Jesus Christ Healer; Jesus Christ Mind of; Joy; Life Stages Generations; Love; Occasional Services Dedication / Consecration / Anniversary; Occasional Services Healing Service; Occasional Services Thanksgving Day / Harvest Festival; Pain; Peace; People of God / Church Family of God; People of God / Church Serving; Rejoicing; Remnant of Isarel; Shame; Sorrow; The Creation; Unity and Fellowship; Witness; Worship; Year A, B, C, Christmas, 2nd Sunday; Year B, Ordinary Time after Epiphany, 5th Sunday Scripture: Psalm 147 Tune Title: HARTFORD

O praise the LORD! Sing praises!

Hymnal: Praise! psalms hymns and songs for Christian worship #147 (2013) Meter: 7.6.7.6.7.6.7.6 Topics: Approaching God Creator and Sustainer Scripture: Psalm 147 Languages: English Tune Title: ASCENSION (BANCROFT)

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John Bacchus Dykes

1823 - 1876 Person Name: John B. Dykes Composer of "HARTFORD (Dykes)" in Psalter Hymnal (Gray) As a young child John Bacchus Dykes (b. Kingston-upon-Hull' England, 1823; d. Ticehurst, Sussex, England, 1876) took violin and piano lessons. At the age of ten he became the organist of St. John's in Hull, where his grandfather was vicar. After receiving a classics degree from St. Catherine College, Cambridge, England, he was ordained in the Church of England in 1847. In 1849 he became the precentor and choir director at Durham Cathedral, where he introduced reforms in the choir by insisting on consistent attendance, increasing rehearsals, and initiating music festivals. He served the parish of St. Oswald in Durham from 1862 until the year of his death. To the chagrin of his bishop, Dykes favored the high church practices associated with the Oxford Movement (choir robes, incense, and the like). A number of his three hundred hymn tunes are still respected as durable examples of Victorian hymnody. Most of his tunes were first published in Chope's Congregational Hymn and Tune Book (1857) and in early editions of the famous British hymnal, Hymns Ancient and Modern. Bert Polman

Marie J. Post

1919 - 1990 Versifier of "Sing Praise to Our Creator" in Psalter Hymnal (Gray) Marie (Tuinstra) Post (b. Jenison, MI, 1919; d. Grand Rapids, MI, 1990) While attending Dutch church services as a child, Post was first introduced to the Genevan psalms, which influenced her later writings. She attended Calvin College, Grand Rapids, Michigan, where she studied with Henry Zylstra. From 1940 to 1942 she taught at the Muskegon Christian Junior High School. For over thirty years Post wrote poetry for the Grand Rapids Press and various church periodicals. She gave many readings of her poetry in churches and schools and has been published in a number of journals and poetry anthologies. Two important collections of her poems are I Never Visited an Artist Before (1977) and the posthumous Sandals, Sails, and Saints (1993). A member of the 1987 Psalter Hymnal Revision Committee, Post was a significant contribu­tor to its array of original texts and paraphrases. Bert Polman

H. Hugh Bancroft

1904 - 1988 Person Name: H H Bancroft 1904-88 Composer of "ASCENSION (BANCROFT)" in Praise! psalms hymns and songs for Christian worship Henry Hugh Bancroft was born in Cleethorpes, Lincolnshire on February 29, 1904. Bancroft took his FRCO in 1925 and served as organist and choir director at Old Clee Parish Church for four years before emigrating to Winnipeg, Manitoba in 1929. He began his Canadian career at St. Matthew’s Anglican Church. He completed an external BMus at Durham in 1936. In later life, Dr Bancroft spent several years in Vancouver as organist at Christ Church Cathedral and also director of the Vancouver Bach Choir. He died in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, on September 11, 1988. NN
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