The Curious Case of the Enigmatic Hymn Tune Name and 7 Things You Might Not Know About It

RILEY. KINGSFOLD. ORA LABORA. OASIS. CWM RHONDDA. VILLE DU HARVE. CANONBURY. DRONFIELD. TRURO. WELLESLEY. MARTYRDOM. Ok, before you think I’m babbling some kind of nonsense, let me tell you that the words above do have something in common, as irrelevant and different as they seem. That is they are names of hymn tunes. And in…

SDAH 274: O Word of God Incarnate

Text 1O Word of God incarnate,O Wisdom from on high,O Truth unchanged, unchanging,O Light of our dark sky:we praise you for the radiancethat from the hallowed page,a lantern to our footsteps,shines on from age to age. 2The church from her dear Masterreceived the gift divine,and still that light is liftedo’er all the earth to shine.It…