This Is the Day When Light Was First Created

This is the day when light was first created

Author: Fred Kaan
Tune: NORTHBROOK
Published in 6 hymnals

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Source: RitualSong: a hymnal and service book for Roman Catholics #842
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Author: Fred Kaan

Fred Kaan Hymn writer. His hymns include both original work and translations. He sought to address issues of peace and justice. He was born in Haarlem in the Netherlands in July 1929. He was baptised in St Bavo Cathedral but his family did not attend church regularly. He lived through the Nazi occupation, saw three of his grandparents die of starvation, and witnessed his parents deep involvement in the resistance movement. They took in a number of refugees. He became a pacifist and began attending church in his teens. Having become interested in British Congregationalism (later to become the United Reformed Church) through a friendship, he was attended Western College in Bristol. He was ordained in 1955 at the Windsor Road Congregation… Go to person page >

Text Information

First Line: This is the day when light was first created
Title: This Is the Day When Light Was First Created
Author: Fred Kaan
Meter: 11.10.11.10
Language: English
Copyright: © 1968, Hope Publishing Co.

Timeline

Instances

Instances (1 - 4 of 4)
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Gather Comprehensive #746

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Hymnal Supplement 1991 #779

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RitualSong #842

Worship (3rd ed.) #663

Include 2 pre-1979 instances
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