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Not for Tongues of Heaven's Angels
Author: Timothy Dudley-Smith Meter: 8.7.8.7 with refrain Appears in 30 hymnals Matching Instances: 30 Refrain First Line: May love be ours, Lord
Not for Tongues of Heaven's Angels
BRIDEGROOM
Meter: 8.7.8.7.6 Appears in 57 hymnals Matching Instances: 13 Composer and/or Arranger: Peter Cutts, 1937- Tune Key: F Major Incipit: 12332 12567 12322 Used With Text: Not for Tongues of Heaven's Angels
BRIDEGROOM
Not for Tongues of Heaven's Angels
Author: Timothy Dudley-Smith, b. 1926 Hymnal: RitualSong (2nd ed.) #818 (2016) Meter: 8.7.8.7 with refrain Refrain First Line: May love be ours, Lord Lyrics: 1 Not for tongues of heaven's angels,
Not for wisdom to discern,
Not for faith that masters mountains,
For this better gift we yearn:
Refrain:
May love be ours, Lord;
may love be ours.
May love be ours, O Lord.
2 Love is humble, love is gentle,
Love is tender, true, and kind;
Love is gracious, ever patient,
Generous of heart and mind: [Refrain]
3 Never jealous, never selfish,
Love will not rejoice in wrong;
Never boastful nor resentful,
Love believes and suffers long: [Refrain]
4 In the day this world is fading
Faith and hope will play their part;
But when Christ is seen in glory
Love shall reign in every heart: [Refrain] Topics: Love Scripture: 1 Corinthians 13 Languages: English Tune Title: COMFORT
Not for Tongues of Heaven's Angels
Not For Tongues Of Heaven's Angels
Author: Timothy Dudley-Smith, b. 1926 Hymnal: Hymnal Supplement 1991 #802 (1991) Meter: 8.7.8.7.6 Lyrics: 1 Not for tongues of heaven's angels,
Not for wisdom to discern,
Not for faith that masters mountains --
For this better gift we yearn:
May love be ours, O Lord.
2 Love is humble love is gentle,
Love is tender, true and kind;
Love is gracious, ever patient,
Generous of heart and mind --
May love be ours, O Lord.
3 Never jealous, never selfish,
Love will not rejoice in wrong;
Never boastful nor resentful,
Love believes and suffers long --
May love be ours, O Lord.
4 Soon will fade the word of wisdom,
Faith and hope be one day past:
When we see our Savior clearly
Love it is alone will last --
May love be ours, O Lord. Topics: Christian Love; Faith; Holy Communion; Jesus Christ; Love for God; Love for Others; Marriage Scripture: 1 Corinthians 13 Languages: English Tune Title: BRIDEGROOM
Not For Tongues Of Heaven's Angels
May Love Be Ours
Author: Timothy Dudley-Smith, b. 1926 Hymnal: RitualSong #748 (1996) Meter: 8.7.8.7 with refrain First Line: Not for tongues of heaven's angels Refrain First Line: May love be ours, Lord Lyrics: 1 Not for tongues of heaven's angels,
Not for wisdom to discern,
Not for faith that masters mountains,
For this better gift we yearn:
Refrain:
May love be ours, Lord; may love be ours.
May love be ours, O Lord.
2 Love is humble, love is gentle,
Love is tender, true, and kind;
Love is gracious, ever patient,
Generous of heart and mind– [Refrain]
3 Never jealous, never selfish,
Love will not rejoice in wrong;
Never boastful nor resentful,
Love believes and suffers long– [Refrain]
4 In the day this world is fading,
Faith and hope will play their part;
But when Christ is seen in glory,
Love shall reign in ev'ry heart: [Refrain] Topics: 4th Sunday in Ordinary Time Year C; Christian Life; Discipleship; Family Life; Gentleness; Humility; Jesus Christ; Love; Love for God; Love for Others; Love of God for Us; Marriage; Patience; Petition Scripture: 1 Corinthians 13 Languages: English Tune Title: COMFORT
May Love Be Ours
Timothy Dudley-Smith
b. 1926 Author of "Not for Tongues of Heaven's Angels" in The Presbyterian Hymnal Timothy Dudley-Smith (b. 1926) Educated at Pembroke College and Ridley Hall, Cambridge, Dudley-Smith has served the Church of England since his ordination in 1950. He has occupied a number of church positions, including parish priest in the diocese of Southwark (1953-1962), archdeacon of Norwich (1973-1981), and bishop of Thetford, Norfolk, from 1981 until his retirement in 1992. He also edited a Christian magazine, Crusade, which was founded after Billy Graham's 1955 London crusade. Dudley-Smith began writing comic verse while a student at Cambridge; he did not begin to write hymns until the 1960s. Many of his several hundred hymn texts have been collected in Lift Every Heart: Collected Hymns 1961-1983 (1984), Songs of Deliverance: Thirty-six New Hymns (1988), and A Voice of Singing (1993). The writer of Christian Literature and the Church (1963), Someone Who Beckons (1978), and Praying with the English Hymn Writers (1989), Dudley-Smith has also served on various editorial committees, including the committee that published Psalm Praise (1973).
Bert Polman
Timothy Dudley-Smith
Michael Joncas
b. 1951 Person Name: Michael Joncas, b. 1951 Composer of "COMFORT " in Gather Comprehensive
Michael Joncas
