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DISTANT OAKS
Appears in 4 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Iona Community Tune Key: e minor Incipit: 54545 54343 4321
DISTANT OAKS
In My Day of Fear
Author: The Iona Community Appears in 3 hymnals First Line: All day long I am under attack Topics: Difficult Times; God Trust in; Lament Individual Scripture: Psalm 56 Used With Tune: DISTANT OAKS
In My Day of Fear
In My Day of Fear
Author: John L. Bell Appears in 1 hymnal First Line: Be merciful to me, my God, for my enemies are in hot pursuit Refrain First Line: In my day of fear, I put my trust in you Topics: Affliction; Attack; Conflict; Courage; Cruelty; Enemies; Fear; Loneliness; Mercy; Mocking; Prayer; Threat Scripture: Psalm 56 Used With Tune: [In my day of fear, I put my trust in you]
In My Day of Fear
In My Day of Fear
Author: Iona Community Hymnal: Psalms for All Seasons #56A (2012) First Line: All day long I am under attack Topics: Affliction; Conflict; Courage; Cruelty; Enemies; Fear; God Light from; God Trust in; God's Protection; God's Strength; Jesus Christ Friend of Sinners; Lament Individual; Loneliness; Mercy; Mocking; Occasional Services New Year; Offering of Sacrifice; People of God / Church Suffering; Trust; Vows Scripture: Psalm 56 Languages: English Tune Title: DISTANT OAKS
In My Day of Fear
In My Day of Fear
Author: The Iona Community Hymnal: Lift Up Your Hearts #416 (2013) First Line: All day long I am under attack Topics: Difficult Times; God Trust in; Lament Individual Scripture: Psalm 56 Languages: English Tune Title: DISTANT OAKS
In My Day of Fear
All Day Long I Am under Attack
Author: John L. Bell Hymnal: Christian Worship #56A (2021) Meter: 9.8.8.8 Refrain First Line: In my day of fear, I put my trust in you Topics: Affliction; Attack; Conflict; Courage; Cruelty; Enemies; Fear; Loneliness; Mercy; Mocking; Prayer; Threat Scripture: Psalm 56 Languages: English Tune Title: DISTANT OAKS
All Day Long I Am under Attack
Iona Community
Author of "In My Day of Fear" in Psalms for All Seasons Iona Community, an ecumenical Christian group of men and women based on the small island of Iona off the coast of Scotland. The community began in 1938 when the Rev. George MacLeod of the Church of Scotland began a ministry among the unemployed poor who had been neglected by the church. He took a handful of men to the island to rebuild the ruins of a thousand-year-old abbey church. That rebuilding became a metaphor for the rebuilding of the common life, a return to the belief that daily activity is the stuff of godly service – work, and worship. The Community has since grown to include a group of members, associates, and friends all over the United Kingdom and many other countries. In addition to many conferences that attract people to Iona from around the world, the Community is known for its publishing of new songs and prayers for worship, both developed in community and gathered from around the world. For more information on the Iona Community, check their website: www.iona.org.uk. John Bell is probably the community’s most well-known member, having composed and arranged much of the community’s music.
Sing! A New Creation
Iona Community
John L. Bell
b. 1949 Author of "All Day Long I Am under Attack" in Christian Worship John Bell (b. 1949) was born in the Scottish town of Kilmarnock in Ayrshire, intending to be a music teacher when he felt the call to the ministry. But in frustration with his classes, he did volunteer work in a deprived neighborhood in London for a time and also served for two years as an associate pastor at the English Reformed Church in Amsterdam. After graduating he worked for five years as a youth pastor for the Church of Scotland, serving a large region that included about 500 churches. He then took a similar position with the Iona Community, and with his colleague Graham Maule, began to broaden the youth ministry to focus on renewal of the church’s worship. His approach soon turned to composing songs within the identifiable traditions of hymnody that began to address concerns missing from the current Scottish hymnal:
"I discovered that seldom did our hymns represent the plight of poor people to God. There was nothing that dealt with unemployment, nothing that dealt with living in a multicultural society and feeling disenfranchised. There was nothing about child abuse…,that reflected concern for the developing world, nothing that helped see ourselves as brothers and sisters to those who are suffering from poverty or persecution." [from an interview in Reformed Worship (March 1993)]
That concern not only led to writing many songs, but increasingly to introducing them internationally in many conferences, while also gathering songs from around the world. He was convener for the fourth edition of the Church of Scotland’s Church Hymnary (2005), a very different collection from the previous 1973 edition. His books, The Singing Thing and The Singing Thing Too, as well as the many collections of songs and worship resources produced by John Bell—some together with other members of the Iona Community’s “Wild Goose Resource Group,” —are available in North America from GIA Publications.
Emily Brink
John L. Bell
