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The City Is Alive, O God
Author: William W. Reid Jr., 1923- Meter: 8.6.8.6 D Appears in 9 hymnals Topics: City; Evangelism and Mission; Laments; Nation and Society; Repentance Scripture: Psalm 55:9 Used With Tune: ALL SAINTS NEW
The City Is Alive, O God
STOKESAY CASTLE
Meter: 8.6.8.6 D Appears in 5 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Eric H. Thiman Tune Key: C Major Incipit: 51112 34531 53432 Used With Text: The City Is Alive, O God
STOKESAY CASTLE
[The city is alive, O God]
Meter: 8.6.8.6 D Appears in 1 hymnal Composer and/or Arranger: Eric H. Thiman Tune Key: C Major Used With Text: The City Is Alive, O God
[The city is alive, O God]
The City Is Alive, O God
Author: William W. Reid, Jr. Hymnal: Renew! Songs and Hymns for Blended Worship #89 (1995) Topics: Gathering Songs of Confession and Lament; Gathering Songs Songs of Confession and Lament; The Going Forth Recessional Hymns Languages: English Tune Title: [The city is alive, O God]
The City Is Alive, O God
The City Is Alive, O God
Author: William W. Reid Jr Hymnal: Lift Up Your Hearts #278 (2013) Meter: 8.6.8.6 D Lyrics: 1 The city is alive, O God,
with sound of hustling feet,
with rapid change and flashing lights
that pulse through every street;
but oft there's inhumanity
behind the bright facade,
and throngs with empty, hungering hearts
cry out for help, O God.
2 Is it your will, O loving God,
that races live in strife,
that loneliness and greed and hate
should mark a city's life?
Do you desire one person's wealth
to keep another poor?
Must crime and slums and lust abound?
O Lord, is there no cure?
3 In Galilee the people heard
your servant Christ declare
through healing touch, through word and cross,
the good news of your care.
He said your heart touched every heart
that longed for peace and right,
that those bowed down by burdens borne
could find your life, your light.
4 O God, inspire your church today
to take Christ's servant role,
to love the world, to hear its claims
to sense its yearning soul,
to live within the marketplace,
to serve both weak and strong,
to lose itself, to share its dream,
to give the world its song. Topics: Biblical Names and Places Galilee; City; Culture, Community & Nation; Poverty and Oppression; Race Relations Scripture: Matthew 10:39 Languages: English Tune Title: STAR OF COUNTY DOWN
The City Is Alive, O God
The City Is Alive, O God
Author: William Watkins Reid, Jr., 1923-2007 Hymnal: Community of Christ Sings #365 (2013) Lyrics: 1 The city is alive, O God,
with sound of rushing feet,
with flashing lights and rapid change
that pulse through every street.
But oft there's inhumanity
behind the bright facade,
and empty souls with hungry hearts
cry out for help, O God.
2 O God, inspire your church today
to take Christ's servant role,
to love the world, to hear its claims
to sense its yearning soul,
to live within the marketplace,
to serve both weak and strong,
to lose herself, to share her dream,
to give the world her song! Topics: Challenge; City; Ministry; Mission; Service; Sharing; Witness Scripture: Matthew 23:37 Languages: English Tune Title: THAXTED
The City Is Alive, O God
Gustav Holst
1874 - 1934 Person Name: Gustav Holst, 1874-1934 Composer of "THAXTED" in Hymns of the Saints Gustav Holst (b. Chelteham, Gloucestershire, England, September 21, 1874, d. London, England, May 25, 1934) was a renowned British composer and musician. Having studied at Cheltenham Grammar School, he soon obtained a professional position as an organist, and later as choirmaster. In 1892, Holst composed a two-act operetta, which so impressed his father that he borrowed the money to send Holst to the Royal College of Music. Severe neuritis in his right hand later caused him to give up the keyboard, and Holst turned to the trombone and composing. In 1895 Holst met Ralph Vaughan Williams, and the two became lifelong friends. Vaughan Williams helped Holst land his first job as a singing teacher. Holst became very interested in Indian and Hindu culture, and composed a number of operas translated from Sanksrit myths. These were not received well in England, however. Holst is best known for his composition, The Planets, as well as
Gustav Holst
Rory Cooney
b. 1952 Person Name: Rory Cooney, b. 1952 Arranger of "STAR OF COUNTY DOWN " in Lift Up Your Hearts
Rory Cooney
William Watkins Reid
1923 - 2007 Person Name: William W. Reid Jr., 1923- Author of "The City Is Alive, O God" in The Covenant Hymnal William W. Reid, Jr. (1923-2007), after graduating from Oberlin College and Seminary and Yale Divinity School served for more than fifty years as pastor in the Wyoming Conference in rural and inner-city Methodist churches. He served on the Executive Committee of The Hymn Society of America. He was involved in social issues, serving as a councilman and county commissioner. His hymns are widely published in hymnals of many denominations.
Mary Louise VanDyke
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William W. Reid, Jr. is pastor of the Methodist Church Circuit at Carverton, Pennsylvania. He previously served in a similar capacity at Camptown in the same State. He is a graduate of the Yale Divinity School and Oberlin College. He served during World War II in the Medical Corps and was held prisoner by the Germans for eight months. He is the author of several hymns including those in "Fourteen New Rural Hymns" and "Twelve New World Order Hymns" published by the Hymn Society.
----Fifteen New Christian Education Hymns, 1959. Used by permission.
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William Watkins Reid, Jr., is currently pastor of Central United Methodist Church, Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania. He is a member of the Wyoming Annual Conference and has been active on its Social Concerns, Town and Country, and Evangelism boards, and on the Pennsylvania Council of Churches.
----Twelve New Lord’s Day Hymns, 1968. Used by permission.
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[Reid] is an executive committee member of the Hymn Society of America, and is the author of a number of hymns that have been published in hymnals in the United States, Canada, England, and in South Africa. As a council man he is concern with the ecology of Wyoming Valley (Penn. and N.Y.) and with the rebuilding of Wilkes-Barre after the disastrous flood of 1972.
--16 New Hymns on the Stewardship of the Environment [Ecology] , 1973. Used by permission.
William Watkins Reid
