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AUSTIN

Meter: 8.7.8.7 Appears in 10 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: William P. Rowan Tune Key: D Major Incipit: 12354 32313 56532 Used With Text: Like a Mother Who Has Borne Us

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Come to Me, O Weary Traveler

Author: Sylvia Dunstan Meter: 8.7.8.7 Appears in 14 hymnals Topics: Afflictions/Trials; Comfort and Encouragement; Funerals; Jesus Christ Teaching of Scripture: Matthew 11:28-30 Used With Tune: AUSTIN

Like a Mother Who Has Borne Us

Author: Daniel Bechtel Meter: 8.7.8.7 Appears in 5 hymnals Topics: God Fatherhood, Motherhood of; Justice and Peace; Service; Year A New Year; Year A Reign of Christ; Year B New Year; Year B Epiphany 2; Year C New Year; Year C Proper 13; Year C Proper 22 Scripture: 2 Timothy 1:8-10 Used With Tune: AUSTIN

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Like a Mother Who Has Borne Us

Author: Daniel Bechtel Hymnal: Glory to God #44 (2013) Meter: 8.7.8.7 Topics: Creation; Providence; Salvation; Social Concerns Scripture: Hosea 11:1-9 Languages: English Tune Title: AUSTIN

Come to Me, O Weary Traveler

Author: Sylvia Dunstan Hymnal: Singing the New Testament #56 (2008) Meter: 8.7.8.7 Topics: Afflictions/Trials; Comfort and Encouragement; Funerals; Jesus Christ Teaching of Scripture: Matthew 11:28-30 Languages: English Tune Title: AUSTIN

Come to Me, O Weary Traveller

Author: Sylvia Dunstan Hymnal: Sing a New Creation #106 (2022) Meter: 8.7.8.7 Topics: Christian Life; Comfort Scripture: Matthew 11:28-30 Languages: English Tune Title: AUSTIN

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Sylvia G. Dunstan

1955 - 1993 Author of "Come to Me, O Weary Traveler" in Chalice Hymnal After a brief, arduous battle with liver cancer, Canadian Sylvia Dunstan died in 1993 at the age of 38. For thirteen years, Dunstan had served the United Church of Canada as a parish minister and prison chaplain. She is remembered by those who knew her for her passion for those in need, her gift of writing, and her love of liturgy. Sing! A New Creation

William Rowan

b. 1951 Person Name: William P. Rowan Composer of "AUSTIN" in Chalice Hymnal

Daniel Bechtel

b. 1932 Author of "Like a Mother Who Has Borne Us" in The New Century Hymnal Daniel Rodney Bechtel (b. 1932) was ordained to the ministry of the United Church of Christ in 1958. Beginning in 1964, he taught religion at Dickinson College, Carlisle, Pennsylvania. NN, Hymnary editor. Source: www.firstcongmadison.org/hymn-notes
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