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The Moon with Borrowed Light

Author: Thomas H. Troeger Appears in 2 hymnals First Line: [The Moon with Borrowed Light] Scripture: John 1:9 Text Sources: New Hymns for the Lectionary (Oxford University Press, 1986)

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TERRA BEATA

Meter: 6.6.8.6 D Appears in 270 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Franklin L. Sheppard, 1852-1930 Tune Sources: English Melody Tune Key: D Major Incipit: 12353 21234 65326 Used With Text: The Moon with Borrowed Light

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The Moon with Borrowed Light

Author: Thomas H. Troeger, b. 1945 Hymnal: Worship (4th ed.) #877 (2011) Meter: 6.6.8.6 D Topics: Nativity of John the Baptist; Advent III B Languages: English Tune Title: TERRA BEATA

The Moon with Borrowed Light

Author: Thomas H. Troeger Hymnal: Scripture Song Database #3418 (2008) First Line: [The Moon with Borrowed Light] Scripture: John 1:9 Languages: English

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Thomas H. Troeger

1945 - 2022 Person Name: Thomas H. Troeger, b. 1945 Author of "The Moon with Borrowed Light" in Worship (4th ed.) Thomas Troeger (1945-2022), professor of Christian communication at Yale Divinity school, was a well known preacher, poet, and musician. He was a fellow of Silliman College, held a B.A. from Yale University; B.D. Colgate Rochester Divinity School; S.T. D. Dickinson College, and was awarded an honorary D.D. from Virginia Theological Seminary. He was ordained in the Presbyterian Church in 1970 and the Episcopal Church in 1999, and remained dually aligned with both traditions. Troerger led conferences and lectures in worship and preaching throughout North America, as well as in Denmark, Holland, Australia, Japan, and Africa. He served as national chaplain to the American Guild of Organists, and for at least three years he hosted the Season of Worship broadcast for Cokesbury. He was president of the Academy of Homiletics as well as Societas Homiletica. He had, as of 2009, written 22 books in the areas of preaching, poetry, hymnody, and worship. Many of his hymn texts are found in New Hymns for the Lectionary (Oxford, 1992), and God, You Made All Things for Singing (Oxford, 2009). Laura de Jong

Franklin L. Sheppard

1852 - 1930 Person Name: Franklin L. Sheppard, 1852-1930 Adapter of "TERRA BEATA" in Worship (4th ed.) Franklin L. Sheppard (b. Philadelphia, PA, 1852; d. Germantown, PA, 1930) arranged the tune for Babcock's text and published it in the Presbyterian church school hymnal Alleluia (1915), edited by Sheppard (Babcock and Sheppard were friends). After graduating from the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Sheppard entered the family foundry business in Baltimore, Maryland, in 1875. He was organist at Zion Episcopal Church and later was an elder and music director of the Second Presbyterian Church in Baltimore. President of the Presbyterian Board of Publications, Sheppard also served on the committee that prepared the Presbyterian Hymnal of 1911. In the history of hymnody he is remembered primarily for arranging the tune TERRA BEATA for “This Is My Father's World.” Bert Polman
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