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When circumstances make my life

Appears in 2 hymnals

Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 1,001 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Hugh Wilson, 1766-1824; Robert Archibald Smith, 1780-1829 Tune Sources: Harm.: Editors of Hymns for Church and School, 1964 Tune Key: G Major Incipit: 51651 23213 53213 Used With Text: When circumstances make my life

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When circumstances make my life

Hymnal: Sing Glory #540 (1999) Meter: 8.6.8.6

When circumstances make my life

Author: Martin Leckebusch, b. 1962 Hymnal: Singing the Faith #641 (2011) Meter: 8.6.8.6 Topics: Our Journey With God; Conflict, Suffering and Doubt Scripture: 2 Timothy 2:8-15 Languages: English Tune Title: MARTYRDOM (FENWICK)

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Robert Archibald Smith

1780 - 1829 Person Name: Robert Archibald Smith, 1780-1829 Adapter of "MARTYRDOM (FENWICK)" in Singing the Faith Although largely self-taught, Robert A. Smith (b. Reading, Berkshire, England, 1780; d. Edinburgh, Scotland, 1829) was an excellent musician. By the age of ten he played the violin, cello, and flute, and was a church chorister. From 1802 to 1817 he taught music in Paisley and was precentor at the Abbey; from 1823 until his death he was precentor and choirmaster in St. George's Church, Edinburgh. He enlarged the repertoire of tunes for psalm singing in Scotland, raised the precentor skills to a fine art, and greatly improved the singing of the church choirs he directed. Smith published his church music in Sacred Harmony (1820, 1825) and compiled a six-volume collection of Scottish songs, The Scottish Minstrel (1820-1824). Bert Polman

Hugh Wilson

1766 - 1824 Person Name: Hugh Wilson, 1766-1824 Composer of "MARTYRDOM (FENWICK)" in Singing the Faith Hugh Wilson (b. Fenwick, Ayrshire, Scotland, c. 1766; d. Duntocher, Scotland, 1824) learned the shoemaker trade from his father. He also studied music and mathematics and became proficient enough in various subjects to become a part-time teacher to the villagers. Around 1800, he moved to Pollokshaws to work in the cotton mills and later moved to Duntocher, where he became a draftsman in the local mill. He also made sundials and composed hymn tunes as a hobby. Wilson was a member of the Secession Church, which had separated from the Church of Scotland. He served as a manager and precentor in the church in Duntocher and helped found its first Sunday school. It is thought that he composed and adapted a number of psalm tunes, but only two have survived because he gave instructions shortly before his death that all his music manuscripts were to be destroyed. Bert Polman