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TONGA MELODY
Meter: 8.10 with refrain Appears in 4 hymnals Tune Sources: Tonga melody (Zambia) Tune Key: E Flat Major Incipit: 55556 63555 34325
TONGA MELODY
Balaacoolwe (Blessed Are the Persecuted)
Author: Esther C. Bergen Meter: Irregular Appears in 4 hymnals First Line: Balaacoolwe bapenzegwa (Blessed are the persecuted) Refrain First Line: Baya kutambula (Great will be their reward) Topics: Persecution; Assurance of Grace; Grief; Jesus Christ Teachings of; Persecution; Sermon on the Mount; Suffering; Trials Scripture: Matthew 5:3-12 Used With Tune: TONGA MELODY Text Sources: based on Matthew 5; anon. (Zambia)
Balaacoolwe (Blessed Are the Persecuted)
Balaacoolwe (Blessed Are the Persecuted)
Author: Esther C. Bergen Hymnal: Voices Together #578 (2020) Meter: Irregular First Line: Balaacoolwe bapenzegwa (Blessed are the persecuted) Refrain First Line: Baya kutambula (Great will be their reward) Topics: Persecution; Assurance of Grace; Grief; Jesus Christ Teachings of; Persecution; Sermon on the Mount; Suffering; Trials Scripture: Matthew 5:3-12 Languages: Tonga Tune Title: TONGA MELODY
Balaacoolwe (Blessed Are the Persecuted)
Blessed Are the Persecuted
Author: Esther C. Bergen, 1921- Hymnal: Common Praise (1998) #493 (1998) Meter: 8.10 with refrain Refrain First Line: Great will be their reward Topics: Christian Character; Christian Life Scripture: Matthew 5:1-12 Languages: English Tune Title: TONGA MELODY
Blessed Are the Persecuted
Blessed Are the Persecuted
Author: Esther C. Bergen Hymnal: Chalice Hymnal #187 (1995) Topics: Jesus Christ Life and Ministry; God Known in Jesus Christ Life and Ministry; Jesus Christ; Jesus Christ: Life and Ministry; Jesus Christ: Teaching; Hunger Scripture: Matthew 5:1-12 Languages: English Tune Title: TONGA
Blessed Are the Persecuted
Esther Bergen
1921 - 2005 Person Name: Esther C. Bergen Adapter of "Balaacoolwe (Blessed Are the Persecuted)" in Voices Together Esther Bergen was born on June 18, 1921 in Morden, Manitoba, Canada. She was the daughter of a Mennonite minister and graduated from the Mennonite College Institute in Gretna, Manitoba. After teaching in several rural schools, she attended the Mennonite Brethren Bible College in Winnipeg. She taught music at the Mennonite Brethren Bible College, and served as Dean and Registrar at the Canadian Mennonite Bible College. She also worked as a missionary in Mexico with her husband, Menno Bergen (1956-68). She translated some 150 hymns, and composed several hymn tunes. She was a teacher, musician, poet, translator, church worker, wife, and mother. She died in on March 1, 2005 in Winnepeg.
[Sources: Hustad, Donald Paul. Dictionary-Handbook to Hymns for the Living Church. Carol Stream, Illinois: Hope Publishing Company, 1978. p. 205]
NN, Hymnary. Source: http://www.hymntime.com/tch/bio/h/u/s/hustad_dp.htm
Esther Bergen
