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Men Go To God

Author: Dietrich Bonhoeffer; Walter Farquharson Meter: 10.10.10.10 Appears in 5 hymnals First Line: Men go to God when they are sorely placed

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SURSUM CORDA

Meter: 10.10.10.10 Appears in 76 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Alfred Morton Smith, 1879 - 1971 Tune Key: D Major Incipit: 13543 21221 56716 Used With Text: Men Go To God

STONER HILL

Meter: 10.10.10.10 Appears in 1 hymnal Composer and/or Arranger: William H . Harris (I883-I973) Tune Key: F Major Incipit: 16712 43217 133 Used With Text: Men go to God when they are sorely placed

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Men go to God when they are sorely placed

Author: Dietrich Bonhoeffer (1906-45); W. H. Farquharson Hymnal: New Church Praise #63 (1975) Meter: 10.10.10.10 Topics: Good Friday; Communion; God--the Father Revealed in Jesus Christ Languages: English Tune Title: STONER HILL

All go to God when they are sorely placed

Author: Dietrich Bonhoeffer, 1906-45; Walter Henry Farquharson, 1936- Hymnal: Together in Song #240 (1999) Meter: 10.10.10.10 Topics: Atonement; Cross; Forgiveness; Holy Week; Intercession of the Church; Jesus Christ Humilation; Jesus Christ Incarnation; Jesus Christ Priesthood and Intercession; Jesus Christ Redeemer; Mercy of God; Mystery of God's Love; Prayer; Reconciliation; Saints Days and Holy Days Martyrs; Saints Days and Holy Days St John the Evangelist; Suffering Scripture: 1 Corinthians 5:8-13 Languages: English Tune Title: SURSUM CORDA

Men go to God when they are sorely placed

Hymnal: Australian Hymn Book #182 (1977) Languages: English

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Dietrich Bonhoeffer

1906 - 1945 Person Name: Dietrich Bonhoeffer, 1906 - 1945 Author of "Men Go To God" in The Hymn Book of the Anglican Church of Canada and the United Church of Canada Dietrich Bonhoeffer (German: [ˈdiːtʁɪç ˈboːnhœfɐ]; 4 February 1906 – 9 April 1945) was a German Lutheran pastor, theologian, anti-Nazi dissident, and key founding member of the Confessing Church. His writings on Christianity's role in the secular world have become widely influential, and his book The Cost of Discipleship became a modern classic. See also in: Wikipedia

Alfred M. Smith

1879 - 1971 Person Name: Alfred Morton Smith, 1879 - 1971 Composer of "SURSUM CORDA" in The Hymn Book of the Anglican Church of Canada and the United Church of Canada Alfred Morton Smith (1879-1971) was born in Jenkintown, Pennsylvania, and studied at the University of Pennsylvania (B.S. 1901) and Philadelphia Divinity School (B.D. 1905; S.T.B. 1911). An Episcopalian, Smith was ordained a deacon (1905) and a priest (1906). After a short time in Philadelphia and Long Beach, California, he served at St. Matthias Church, Los Angeles, for ten years. He was a chaplain in the U.S. Army during World War I, returning to Philadelphia in 1919, where he spent the remainder of his career. He retired in 1955. In 1963, Smith moved to Drium Moir, Chestnut Hill, Pennsylvania, and in 1968 to Brigantine, New Jersey, where he remained until his death. --The Presbyterian Hymnal Companion, 1993

Walter Farquharson

b. 1936 Person Name: Walter Henry Farquharson Versifier of "Men Go To God" in The Hymn Book of the Anglican Church of Canada and the United Church of Canada Farquharson, Walter Henry. (Rosetown, Saskatchewan, May 30, 1936- ). United Church. University of Saskatchewan, B.A., 1957; B.D., 1961 (St. Andrew's College). His single pastorate (1961- ) has been a "tentmaker" ministry" at Saltcoats, Sask., which he combined with teaching English in the town's high school, and which he has from time to time shared with other clergy, notably Margaret Joyce Dickin. Many of his hymns have been set to music by Ron Klusmeier. --Hugh D. McKellar, DNAH Archives