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TINSLEY

Meter: 10.10.10.8.4 Appears in 2 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Howard Helvey Tune Key: C Major Incipit: 53164 23165 53164 Used With Text: Built on the Rock of Christ

Fierce was the wild billow

Meter: 6.4.6.4.5.4.6.4 Appears in 125 hymnals Topics: For those at Sea Used With Tune: TINSLEY

Author: Mary Louise Bringle Meter: 10.10.10.8.4 Appears in 1 hymnal First Line: Built on the rock of Christ and Christ alone Lyrics: Built on the rock of Christ and Christ alone, sound and unshaken through the tides of change, our forebears carved a house of living stone, with faith that strengthens through the years. Alleluia! Warmed by the Light that pierces through the gloom, sparkling with colors in a radiant stream, we glimpse our Lord Who rises from the tomb, with hope that calms and conquers fears. Alleluia! Bathed in the font of God's renewing grace, blessed with forgiveness and with gifts to share, our arms extend our Savior's wide embrace, with love that sings, through joys and tears, Alleluia! Praise be to God, creation's Source and End praise be to Christ, our Way, our Truth, our Life; and praised be Spirit, live and rushing Wind: the One Who even now appears! Alleluia! Scripture: John 8:12 Used With Tune: TINSLEY

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Fierce was the wild billow

Hymnal: Hymnal and Canticles of the Protestant Episcopal Church with Music (Gilbert & Goodrich) #265 (1883) Meter: 6.4.6.4.5.4.6.4 Topics: For those at Sea Languages: English Tune Title: TINSLEY

Built on the Rock of Christ

Author: Mary Louise Bringle Hymnal: New Hymns of Hope #28 Meter: 10.10.10.8.4 First Line: Built on the rock of Christ and Christ alone Lyrics: Built on the rock of Christ and Christ alone, sound and unshaken through the tides of change, our forebears carved a house of living stone, with faith that strengthens through the years. Alleluia! Warmed by the Light that pierces through the gloom, sparkling with colors in a radiant stream, we glimpse our Lord Who rises from the tomb, with hope that calms and conquers fears. Alleluia! Bathed in the font of God's renewing grace, blessed with forgiveness and with gifts to share, our arms extend our Savior's wide embrace, with love that sings, through joys and tears, Alleluia! Praise be to God, creation's Source and End praise be to Christ, our Way, our Truth, our Life; and praised be Spirit, live and rushing Wind: the One Who even now appears! Alleluia! Scripture: John 8:12 Languages: English Tune Title: TINSLEY

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Walter Bond Gilbert

1829 - 1910 Composer of "TINSLEY" Walter Bond Gilbert DMus United Kingdom 1829-1910. Born at Exeter, Devon, England, he studied music under Alfred Angel, Samuel Wesley and Henry Bishop. He attended New College, Oxford and the University of Toronto, Canada. He was organist in Devon at Topsham in 1847, Bideford in 1849, Kent at Tonbridge in 1854, Old Colliegiate Church, Maidstone in 1859, Lee in 1866, Boston, Lincolnshirein 1868, and Trinity Chapel in New York City in 1869-1897. He taught music at Tonbridge School, helped found the College of Organists, edited the America Episcopal Hymnal, and wrote a number of monographs, including “Antiquities of Maidstone”. He continued to write church music, producing services, oratorios (including “The Restoration of Israel and St. John, 1857), organ works, and anthems. He died at Headington, Oxford, England. John Perry