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The First Day of the Week

Author: Fred Pratt Green Meter: 6.6.8.6 Appears in 5 hymnals Lyrics: 1 The first day of the week his own, in sad despair, could not believe for very joy their risen Lord was there. 2 Obedient to his word, they shared what Jesus gave, and, one in him, in breaking bread knew what it cost to save. 3 Each day throughout the week as on the Lord's own day, they walked in newfound liberty his true and living way. 4 So on this joyful day from needless burdens freed, we keep the feast he made for us to fit our inmost need. 5 How soon we forge again the fetters of our past: as long as Jesus lives to us, so long our freedoms last. 6 Today his people meet; today his word is sown; Lord Jesus, show us how to use the day we call your own. Scripture: Mark 2:27 Used With Tune: SANDYS
The First Day of the Week

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ST. THOMAS

Meter: 6.6.8.6 Appears in 1,096 hymnals Tune Sources: Williams' Pslamody 1770 Tune Key: G Major Incipit: 51132 12345 43432 Used With Text: The first day of the week
ST. THOMAS

HILL

Meter: 6.6.8.6 Appears in 1 hymnal Composer and/or Arranger: Mark Blankenship Tune Key: C Major Incipit: 13142 55647 65561 Used With Text: The First Day of the Week
HILL

KENTUCKY 93RD

Meter: 6.6.8.6 Appears in 93 hymnals Tune Sources: Missouri Harmony, St. Louis, 1820; Setting: The Hymnal of the United Church of Christ Tune Key: G Major Incipit: 51612 16551 61232 Used With Text: The First Day of the Week
KENTUCKY 93RD

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The First Day of the Week

Author: F. Pratt Green, b. 1903 Hymnal: Lutheran Book of Worship #246 (1978) Meter: 6.6.8.6 Topics: Beginning of Service; Beginning of Service; Sunday Languages: English Tune Title: KENTUCKY 93RD
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The First Day of the Week

Author: Fred Pratt Green Hymnal: Baptist Hymnal 1991 #357 (1991) Meter: 6.6.8.6 First Line: The first day of the week Lyrics: 1. The first day of the week His own, in sad despair, Could not believe for very joy The risen Lord was there. 2. Obedient to His word, They shared what Jesus gave. And, one in Him, in breaking bread Knew what it cost to save. 3. Each day thro'out the week As on the Lord's own day, They walked in new-found liberty His true and living way. 4. So on this joyful day From needless burdens freed, We keep the feast he made for us To fit our inmost need. 5. How soon we forge again The fetters of our past; As long as Jesus lives in us So long our freedoms last. 6. Today His people meet, Today His word is sown; Lord Jesus, show us how to use This day we call Your own. Scripture: John 20:1 Languages: English Tune Title: HILL
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The First Day of the Week

Author: Fred Pratt Green Hymnal: Rejoice in the Lord #514 (1985) Meter: 6.6.8.6 Lyrics: 1 The first day of the week his own, in sad despair, could not believe for very joy their risen Lord was there. 2 Obedient to his word, they shared what Jesus gave, and, one in him, in breaking bread knew what it cost to save. 3 Each day throughout the week as on the Lord's own day, they walked in newfound liberty his true and living way. 4 So on this joyful day from needless burdens freed, we keep the feast he made for us to fit our inmost need. 5 How soon we forge again the fetters of our past: as long as Jesus lives to us, so long our freedoms last. 6 Today his people meet; today his word is sown; Lord Jesus, show us how to use the day we call your own. Scripture: Mark 2:27 Languages: English Tune Title: SANDYS
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Fred Pratt Green

1903 - 2000 Person Name: F. Pratt Green, b.1903 Author of "The first day of the week" in The Book of Praise The name of the Rev. F. Pratt Green is one of the best-known of the contemporary school of hymnwriters in the British Isles. His name and writings appear in practically every new hymnal and "hymn supplement" wherever English is spoken and sung. And now they are appearing in American hymnals, poetry magazines, and anthologies. Mr. Green was born in Liverpool, England, in 1903. Ordained in the British Methodist ministry, he has been pastor and district superintendent in Brighton and York, and now served in Norwich. There he continued to write new hymns "that fill the gap between the hymns of the first part of this century and the 'far-out' compositions that have crowded into some churches in the last decade or more." --Seven New Hymns of Hope , 1971. Used by permission.
Fred Pratt Green

Mark Blankenship

b. 1943 Composer of "HILL" in Baptist Hymnal 1991
Mark Blankenship
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