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As a Chalice Cast of Gold

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Author: Thomas H. Troeger

Thomas Troeger (1945-2022), professor of Christian communication at Yale Divinity school, was a well known preacher, poet, and musician. He was a fellow of Silliman College, held a B.A. from Yale University; B.D. Colgate Rochester Divinity School; S.T. D. Dickinson College, and was awarded an honorary D.D. from Virginia Theological Seminary. He was ordained in the Presbyterian Church in 1970 and the Episcopal Church in 1999, and remained dually aligned with both traditions. Troerger led conferences and lectures in worship and preaching throughout North America, as well as in Denmark, Holland, Australia, Japan, and Africa. He served as national chaplain to the American Guild of Organists, and for at least three years he hosted the Season of… Go to person page >

Text Information

First Line: As a chalice cast of gold
Title: As a Chalice Cast of Gold
Author: Thomas H. Troeger (1984)
Meter: 7.7.7 D
Language: English
Copyright: From "New Hymns for the Lectionary" © 1985, Oxford University Press, Inc. By permission.

Tune

INWARD LIGHT


DIX (Kocher)

An early form of the tune DIX was composed by Conrad Kocher (b. Ditzingen, Wurttemberg, Germany, 1786; d. Stuttgart, Germany, 1872). Trained as a teacher, Kocher moved to St. Petersburg, Russia, to work as a tutor at the age of seventeen. But his love for the music of Haydn and Mozart impelled him t…

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REBEKAH


Timeline

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Chalice Hymnal #287

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Glory to God #429

Hymnal Supplement II #5

Hymns for a Pilgrim People #419

The Book of Praise #593

The Presbyterian Hymnal #336

Together in Song #476

Voices United #505

Worship (4th ed.) #660

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