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Cantate Domino (1924-1980). The phrase 'Cantate Domino' is from Psalm 96: 1, 'Sing to the Lord a new song'. Its opening Latin words were used as an extra-territorial title by the World's Student Christian Federation for a succession of books published during the 20th century for Christian students from all countries. The editions were as follows:
1. Geneva: World Student Christian Federation (1924)
No date, but given as 1924 in the Second Edition. Many translations are dated 1924. The...
The Consultation on Common Texts (CCT) is a North American ecumenical consultation which produces English-language liturgical texts and lectionaries. Members of CCT include representatives from over twenty church bodies across North America. The CCT was responsible for compiling the Revised Common Lectionary (RCL) and, as a member body of the international group English Language Liturgical Consultation* (ELLC), helped to produce Praying Together (a collection of common liturgical texts).
The...
POTTER, Ethel Olive Doreen (née Cousins). b. Panama, 1925; d. Geneva, 24 June 1980. She was a Jamaican citizen, born in Panama, but growing up in Jamaica, where she studied piano and violin at school. She moved to England and trained as a teacher of music at St Katherine's College, Liverpool. In 1957, she gained her Licentiate of Music degree at Trinity College, London, and was violinist for a number of orchestras.
She married Philip Potter, the General Secretary of the World Council of...
The English Language Liturgical Consultation (ELLC) is an international and ecumenical working group formed of representatives from regional and national English-language liturgical groups. These representatives meet every two years. Current member groups include the Association of Irish Liturgists, the Australian Consultation on Liturgy, the Consultation on Common Texts* (CCT), the Joint Liturgical Group of Great Britain, and the Joint Liturgical Group New Zealand.
The ELLC was officially...
Global hymnody
'Global' is often used interchangeably with world, ethnic, international, or multicultural music. 'Third-World music' may be used occasionally, but is inaccurate and carries vestiges of colonialism. 'Global hymnody', however, also presents some difficulties. The first relates to perspective: What hymnody is global and what hymnody is not? Though Christian song has been transmitted across language groups and cultures since the apostolic era, the first wave of global song in recent...
In God's most holy presence. Ernest James Dodgshun* (1876-1944).
This was published in the Fellowship Hymn-Book (1909). It was one of the earliest hymns by Dodgshun, who had joined the Society of Friends in 1908, and who later gave up work as a businessman to join the National Adult School Union, of which he became Secretary in 1924. It remained in the 1933 revision of FHB, published by the NASU and The Brotherhood Movement, Incorporated. Dodgshun and his wife Mary were members of the...
Put thou thy trust in God. John Wesley* (1703-1791) and others.
This hymn is based on 'Commit thou all thy griefs'* and 'Give to the winds thy fears'* by John Wesley, originally a single hymn translated from the German of Paul Gerhardt*, beginning 'Befiehl du deine Wege' (Frost, 1962, p. 310). It was first published in William John Hall*'s Psalms and Hymns adapted to the Services of the Church of England (the 'Mitre Hymn Book*', 1836):
Put thou thy trust in God, In duty's path go on;...
WALLACE, Robin Knowles. b. Toledo, Ohio, 6 January 1952. Wallace is a hymnological scholar, editor, teacher of congregational song, and ordained minister in the United Church of Christ. Her timely and influential published works are characterized by usability for scholars and practitioners, attention to language for inclusion and justice, and the centrality of congregational song in worship as a spiritual and theological formational practice.
Robin attended the University of Cincinnati, Ohio...