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Stir Thy Church, O God, Our Father

Stir your church, O God, our Father

Author: Milburn Price (1970)
Tune: MADILL
CCLI Number: 173022
Published in 5 hymnals

Representative text cannot be shown for this hymn due to copyright.

Author: Milburn Price

Price, Milburn. (1938-- ). University of Mississippi, B.Mus., 1960; Baylor University, M.M., 1963; University of Southern California, D.M.A., 1967. Taught at Furman University (South Carolina); served as choir director for Baptist churches in Mississippi, Texas, California, and South Carolina. --The Hymn Society, DNAH Archives Go to person page >

Text Information

First Line: Stir your church, O God, our Father
Title: Stir Thy Church, O God, Our Father
Author: Milburn Price (1970)
Language: English
Copyright: © 1971 Broadman Press

Tune

MADILL

Aubrey Lee Butler (b. Noble, OK, 1933) composed MADILL to accompany Milburn Price's text "Stir Thy Church, 0 God, Our Father." Butler named the tune after Madill, Oklahoma, where he served as a minister of music at the First Baptist Church. MADILL first appeared in a pamphlet, New Hymns for This Day…

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Timeline

Instances

Instances (1 - 5 of 5)

Baptist Hymnal (1975 ed) #269

Audio

Baptist Hymnal 1991 #392

Celebrating Grace Hymnal #648

The New Broadman Hymnal #269

The Worshiping Church #718

Exclude 2 pre-1979 instances
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