O Teacher, Master of the Skill

Author: William Watkins Reid

William W. Reid, Jr. (1923-2007), after graduating from Oberlin College and Seminary and Yale Divinity School served for more than fifty years as pastor in the Wyoming Conference in rural and inner-city Methodist churches. He served on the Executive Committee of The Hymn Society of America. He was involved in social issues, serving as a councilman and county commissioner. His hymns are widely published in hymnals of many denominations. Mary Louise VanDyke… Go to person page >

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First Line:	O Teacher, Master of the skill
Title:	O Teacher, Master of the Skill
Author:	William Watkins Reid
Meter:	8.8.8.8
Source:	Fifteen New Christian Education Hymns
Language:	English
Publication Date:	1959
Copyright:	© 1959 by the Hymn Society of America (admin. Hope Publishing Co.)

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TALLIS' CANON

TALLIS CANON is one of nine tunes Thomas Tallis (PHH 62) contributed to Matthew Parker's Psalter (around 1561). There it was used as a setting for Psalm 67. In the original tune the melody began in the tenor, followed by the soprano, and featured repeated phrases. Thomas Ravenscroft (PHH 59) publish…

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