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DANDASOY

Meter: 10.9.10.9 Appears in 4 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: John L. Bell (b. 1949) Tune Sources: Phillipine melody from island of Negros Tune Key: g minor Incipit: 55523 15645 5422 Used With Text: Blest be God, blest be God for ever

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Blest Be God

Author: Salvador T. Martinez, b. 1939; John L. Bell, b. 1949 Meter: 10.9.10.9 Appears in 4 hymnals First Line: Blest be God, blest be God forever Topics: Culture, Community & Nation; Jesus Christ Love; Poverty and Oppression Scripture: Isaiah 61:1-2 Used With Tune: DANDASOY Text Sources: Payap University, Chiang-Mai, Thailand

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Blest be God, blest be God for ever

Author: Salvador T. Martinez (b. 1939); John L. Bell (b. 1949) Hymnal: Church Hymnary (4th ed.) #267 (2005) Meter: 10.9.10.9 Topics: The Living God Our Response to God - in intercession and petition; God in grace and mercy; Healing; Multi-cultrual and World-church Songs Scripture: Isaiah 61:8 Languages: English Tune Title: DANDASOY

Blest be God, blest be God for ever

Author: Salvador T. Martinez (b. 1939); John L. Bell (b. 1949) Hymnal: Hymns of Glory, Songs of Praise #267 (2008) Meter: 10.9.10.9 Topics: The Living God Our Response to God - in intercession and petition; God in grace and mercy; Healing; Multi-cultrual and World-church Songs Scripture: Isaiah 61:8 Languages: English Tune Title: DANDASOY

Blessed Be God

Author: Salvador T. Martinez; JLB Hymnal: Many and Great #38 (1990) First Line: Blessed be God, blessed be God for ever Languages: English Tune Title: DANDASOY

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John L. Bell

b. 1949 Person Name: John L. Bell (b. 1949) Adapter of "Blest be God, blest be God for ever" in Church Hymnary (4th ed.) John Bell (b. 1949) was born in the Scottish town of Kilmarnock in Ayrshire, intending to be a music teacher when he felt the call to the ministry. But in frustration with his classes, he did volunteer work in a deprived neighborhood in London for a time and also served for two years as an associate pastor at the English Reformed Church in Amsterdam. After graduating he worked for five years as a youth pastor for the Church of Scotland, serving a large region that included about 500 churches. He then took a similar position with the Iona Community, and with his colleague Graham Maule, began to broaden the youth ministry to focus on renewal of the church’s worship. His approach soon turned to composing songs within the identifiable traditions of hymnody that began to address concerns missing from the current Scottish hymnal: "I discovered that seldom did our hymns represent the plight of poor people to God. There was nothing that dealt with unemployment, nothing that dealt with living in a multicultural society and feeling disenfranchised. There was nothing about child abuse…,that reflected concern for the developing world, nothing that helped see ourselves as brothers and sisters to those who are suffering from poverty or persecution." [from an interview in Reformed Worship (March 1993)] That concern not only led to writing many songs, but increasingly to introducing them internationally in many conferences, while also gathering songs from around the world. He was convener for the fourth edition of the Church of Scotland’s Church Hymnary (2005), a very different collection from the previous 1973 edition. His books, The Singing Thing and The Singing Thing Too, as well as the many collections of songs and worship resources produced by John Bell—some together with other members of the Iona Community’s “Wild Goose Resource Group,” —are available in North America from GIA Publications. Emily Brink

Salvador T. Martinez

b. 1939 Person Name: Salvador T. Martinez (b. 1939) Author of "Blest be God, blest be God for ever" in Church Hymnary (4th ed.) Salvador T Martinez, Ph.D., (b. Manila, 22 June 1939) is a Filipino theologian and musician. He was professor of philosophy and religion and dean at Silliman University in Dumaguete City, the Philippines, and professor at McGilvary College of Divinity at Payap University, in Chiang Mai, Thailand He has been executive secretary at the Christian Conference of Asia and missionary of the Common Global Ministries Board of the United Church of Christ and Disciples of Christ. He has written other hymns: Blest be God, In the Lands of Asia, God of Asia. His hymns appear in Gather,New Century Hymnal, Lift Up Your Hearts, Sound the Bamboo, and Church Hymnal. He lives in Banning, California, USA with his wife Norma. (email sent to Hymnary)
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