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Author: Fred Kaan; Willem Barnard Meter: 6.5.6.5 Appears in 2 hymnals Lyrics: 1 For the crowd of thousands sitting on the ground, seven is sufficient, seven will go round. 2 Seven is sufficient, fish and loaves of bread, Jesus, for our hunger, gives us life instead. 3 Jesus makes his offer: fish and bread as food, Make us truly thankful, make our living good. 4 If we give to Jesus bread to bless and break, five and two will feed us seven days a week. 5 What we give to Jesus, and with others share, will at last be gathered: over and to spare! Topics: Jesus Christ Life and Teachings; Hunger; Jesus Christ Life and Ministry; Jesus Christ Miracles; Jesus Christ Teacher/Teachings; Manna, Bread of Life; Rogation; Social Concerns; Thankfulness; Proper 12 Year B Used With Tune: ERNSTEIN Text Sources: Dutch hymn

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GLENFINLAS

Meter: 6.5.6.5 Appears in 38 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Kenneth George Finlay, 1882- Tune Key: F Major Incipit: 51232 16512 35565 Used With Text: For The Crowd Of Thousands

ERNSTEIN

Meter: 6.5.6.5 Appears in 21 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: James Frederick Swift Tune Key: G Major Incipit: 53321 56443 25123 Used With Text: For The Crowd Of Thousands

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For The Crowd Of Thousands

Author: Fred Kaan; Willem Barnard Hymnal: Voices United #355 (1996) Meter: 6.5.6.5 Lyrics: 1 For the crowd of thousands sitting on the ground, seven is sufficient, seven will go round. 2 Seven is sufficient, fish and loaves of bread, Jesus, for our hunger, gives us life instead. 3 Jesus makes his offer: fish and bread as food, Make us truly thankful, make our living good. 4 If we give to Jesus bread to bless and break, five and two will feed us seven days a week. 5 What we give to Jesus, and with others share, will at last be gathered: over and to spare! Topics: Jesus Christ Life and Teachings; Hunger; Jesus Christ Life and Ministry; Jesus Christ Miracles; Jesus Christ Teacher/Teachings; Manna, Bread of Life; Rogation; Social Concerns; Thankfulness; Proper 12 Year B Tune Title: ERNSTEIN

For The Crowd Of Thousands

Author: Frederik Herman Kaan, 1929-; Willem Barnard, 1920- Hymnal: The Hymn Book of the Anglican Church of Canada and the United Church of Canada #297 (1971) Meter: 6.5.6.5 Tune Title: GLENFINLAS

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Kenneth G. Finlay

1882 - 1974 Person Name: Kenneth George Finlay, 1882- Composer of "GLENFINLAS" in The Hymn Book of the Anglican Church of Canada and the United Church of Canada

Fred Kaan

1929 - 2009 Person Name: Frederik Herman Kaan, 1929- Alterer of "For The Crowd Of Thousands" in The Hymn Book of the Anglican Church of Canada and the United Church of Canada 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 Congregational Church in Barry, Glamorgan. In 1963 he was called to be minister of the Pilgrim Church in Plymouth. It was in this congregation that he began to write hymns. The first edition of Pilgrim Praise was published in 1968, going into second and third editions in 1972 and 1975. He continued writing many more hymns throughout his life. Dianne Shapiro, from obituary written by Keith Forecast in Independent (http://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/fred-kaan-minister-and-celebrated-hymn-writer-1809481.html)

James Frederick Swift

1847 - 1931 Composer of "ERNSTEIN" in Voices United Used pseudonym Godfrey Marks. See also Marks, Godfrey (Musician) ================ Swift, James Frederick, son of Joseph Swift, was born at Manchester, Dec. 28, 1847. In 1851 he removed with his parents to Liverpool, where he was educated at the Commercial School of Liverpool College. At an early age he displayed a talent for music, and performed in public as a pianist as early as 1859. In 1863 he was appointed organist at the Cranmer Wesleyan Chapel. Subsequently he was organist at St. Andrew's Church, Liver¬pool, for 10 years, and then, from 1886 to the present, at St. Bride's, in the same city. He has composed a large number of songs and instrumental pieces under the nom-de-plume of "Godfrey Marks." He has also written a number of hymns and sacred odes, for which he has composed music. From these eight were published with the music, in 1875, as Hymns for Home and Sacred Festivals (London, Novello). From this small collection the following hymns have come into common use:— 1. When evening shadows gather. Evening. Written in 1873, and first sung in public at the Wesleyan Choral. Festival in St. George's Hall, Liverpool, in 1874. It was included in his Hymns for Home, &c, No. 8, in 5 stanzas of 8 lines. It then passed into Thring's Collection, 1882, the Prim. Methodist Hymnal, 1887, and others. It is a very beautiful Evening Hymn. 2. Have you heard the sweet, sweet story? Life of Jesus. Written in 1874, and published in his Hymns for Home, &c, 1875, No. 4, in 5 stanzas of 8 lines, with a chorus of 4 lines. 3. When life is gay with sunshine. Refuge in Trouble. Written in 1874, and published in his Hymns for Home, &c, 1875, No. 7, in 3 st. of 8 1. Of these hymns Nos. 2, 3 have been largely used at Sunday School Anniversaries and similar gatherings. -- John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)