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Swiftly Pass the Clouds of Glory

Author: Thomas H. Troeger Meter: 8.7.8.7 D Appears in 7 hymnals

Meter: 8.7.8.7 D Appears in 3 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Amanda Husberg, b. 1940 Tune Key: F Major Incipit: 56116 11351 12116 Used With Text: Swiftly Pass the Clouds of Glory

GENEVA

Meter: 8.7.8.7 D Appears in 39 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: George Henry Day Tune Key: F Major Incipit: 53451 42345 31231 Used With Text: Swiftly Pass the Clouds of Glory

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Swiftly Pass the Clouds of Glory

Author: Thomas H. Troeger Hymnal: The Presbyterian Hymnal #73 (1990) Meter: 8.7.8.7 D Scripture: Matthew 17:1-8 Languages: English Tune Title: GENEVA

Swiftly Pass the Clouds of Glory

Author: Thomas H. Troeger Hymnal: Lift Up Your Hearts #133 (2013) Meter: 8.7.8.7 D Topics: Biblical Names and Places Elijah; Biblical Names and Places James; Biblical Names and Places John; Biblical Names and Places Moses; Biblical Names and Places Peter; Church Year Transfiguration; Church Year Lent; Discipleship; God's Will Scripture: Matthew 17:1-8 Languages: English Tune Title: GENEVA

Swiftly pass the clouds of glory

Author: Thomas H. Troeger, 1945- Hymnal: The Book of Praise #186 (1997) Meter: 8.7.8.7 D Topics: Church Year Transfiguration; Cloud / Cloudy Pillar; Cross; Discipleship Scripture: Matthew 17:1-12 Languages: English Tune Title: GENEVA

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George Henry Day

1883 - 1966 Composer of "GENEVA" in The Presbyterian Hymnal George Henry Day (1883-1966) was a choirboy at Trinity Chapel, New York City, where he studied with G. Edward Stubbs. Day was appointed choirmaster at St. Peter’s in Chelsea Square (1911) but maintained his position as an assistant auditor of the Gorham Manufacturing Company for two more years. He resigned as assistant auditor, took special courses at Columbia University, and in 1915 graduated from New York College of Music. He served as organist and choirmaster in churches in Youngstown, Ohio; Wilmington, Delaware, where he studied with Edward Shippen Barnes; and Rochester, New York, before going to Trinity Church. He was awarded a Doctor of Music degree from Lincoln-Jefferson University (1923). --The Presbyterian Hymnal Companion, 1993

Thomas H. Troeger

1945 - 2022 Author of "Swiftly Pass the Clouds of Glory" in The Presbyterian Hymnal Thomas Troeger (1945-2022), professor of Christian communication at Yale Divinity school, was a well known preacher, poet, and musician. He was a fellow of Silliman College, held a B.A. from Yale University; B.D. Colgate Rochester Divinity School; S.T. D. Dickinson College, and was awarded an honorary D.D. from Virginia Theological Seminary. He was ordained in the Presbyterian Church in 1970 and the Episcopal Church in 1999, and remained dually aligned with both traditions. Troerger led conferences and lectures in worship and preaching throughout North America, as well as in Denmark, Holland, Australia, Japan, and Africa. He served as national chaplain to the American Guild of Organists, and for at least three years he hosted the Season of Worship broadcast for Cokesbury. He was president of the Academy of Homiletics as well as Societas Homiletica. He had, as of 2009, written 22 books in the areas of preaching, poetry, hymnody, and worship. Many of his hymn texts are found in New Hymns for the Lectionary (Oxford, 1992), and God, You Made All Things for Singing (Oxford, 2009). Laura de Jong