How Can Creation's Voice Be Still

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How can creation's voice be still

Author: Anders Frostenson; Translator: Fred Kaan, 1929 -
Tune: MASSACHUSETTS (Davis)
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Author: Anders Frostenson

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Translator: Fred Kaan, 1929 -

Fred Kaan Hymn writer. His hymns include both original work and translations. He sought to address issues of peace and justice. He was born in Haarlem in the Netherlands in July 1929. He was baptised in St Bavo Cathedral but his family did not attend church regularly. He lived through the Nazi occupation, saw three of his grandparents die of starvation, and witnessed his parents deep involvement in the resistance movement. They took in a number of refugees. He became a pacifist and began attending church in his teens. Having become interested in British Congregationalism (later to become the United Reformed Church) through a friendship, he was attended Western College in Bristol. He was ordained in 1955 at the Windsor Road Congregation… Go to person page >

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First Line:	How can creation's voice be still
Title:	How Can Creation's Voice Be Still
Author:	Anders Frostenson
Translator:	Fred Kaan, 1929 -
Copyright:	trans. copyright 1976 Stainer & Bell Ltd. Sole U. S. agent: Galaxy Music Corp., N. Y. Used with permission.

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MASSACHUSETTS (Davis)

Katherine Kennicott Davis (b. St. Joseph, MA, 1892; d. Concord, MA, 1980) composed MASSACHUSETTS in 1962 for The Methodist Hymnal (1964), in which it was set to Charles Kingsley's "From Thee All Skill and Science Flow." Davis named the tune after her home state. MASSACHUSSETTS exhibits the classic s…

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