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Heaven Shall Not Wait
Author: John L. Bell; Graham Maule Meter: 12.11.12.11 Appears in 7 hymnals Scripture: Proverbs 22:22-23 First Line: Heaven shall not wait for the poor to lose their patience Topics: Christian Year Reign of Christ; Grace; Justice and Reconciliation; Social Concerns Used With Tune: HEAVEN SHALL NOT WAIT
Heaven Shall Not Wait
Oh a Song Must Rise (A Song Must Rise)
Author: Paul B. Svenson Appears in 1 hymnal Scripture: Proverbs 1-31 First Line: From the mountains to the valleys Refrain First Line: Oh a song must rise Topics: Response; Christian Year Pentecost; Holy Spirit; Interfaith; Justice; Service Music Gathering; Service Music Offering Used With Tune: [From the mountains to the valleys]
Oh a Song Must Rise (A Song Must Rise)
HEAVEN SHALL NOT WAIT
Meter: 12.11.12.11 Appears in 7 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: John L. Bell Scripture: Proverbs 22:22-23 Tune Key: E Flat Major Incipit: 56123 45432 67761 Used With Text: Heaven Shall Not Wait
HEAVEN SHALL NOT WAIT
[From the mountains to the valleys]
Appears in 1 hymnal Composer and/or Arranger: Paul B. Svenson; Bryn Nixon Scripture: Proverbs 1-31 Tune Key: F Major Used With Text: Oh a Song Must Rise (A Song Must Rise)
[From the mountains to the valleys]
Heaven Shall Not Wait
Author: John L. Bell; Graham Maule Hymnal: Glory to God #773 (2013) Meter: 12.11.12.11 Scripture: Proverbs 22:22-23 First Line: Heaven shall not wait for the poor to lose their patience Topics: Christian Year Reign of Christ; Grace; Justice and Reconciliation; Social Concerns Languages: English Tune Title: HEAVEN SHALL NOT WAIT
Heaven Shall Not Wait
Oh a Song Must Rise (A Song Must Rise)
Author: Paul B. Svenson Hymnal: More Voices #142 (2007) Scripture: Proverbs 1-31 First Line: From the mountains to the valleys Refrain First Line: Oh a song must rise Topics: Response; Christian Year Pentecost; Holy Spirit; Interfaith; Justice; Service Music Gathering; Service Music Offering Languages: English Tune Title: [From the mountains to the valleys]
Oh a Song Must Rise (A Song Must Rise)
John L. Bell
b. 1949 Scripture: Proverbs 22:22-23 Author of "Heaven Shall Not Wait" in Glory to God 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.
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John L. Bell
Graham Maule
1958 - 2019 Scripture: Proverbs 22:22-23 Author of "Heaven Shall Not Wait" in Glory to God
Graham Maule
Paul B. Svenson
Scripture: Proverbs 1-31 Author of "Oh a Song Must Rise (A Song Must Rise)" in More Voices
Paul B. Svenson
