SDA Hymnal 87
God Who Spoke in the Beginning
Words: Fred KaanMusic: David McCarthyTune: Beginnings8.7.8.7.D
1God who spoke in the beginning,
Forming rock and shaping spar,
Set all life and growth in motion,
Earthly world and distant star;
2God who spoke thro' men and nations,
Thro' events long past and gone,
Showing still to day His purpose,
Speaks supremely through His Son;
3God whose speech becomes incarnate
Christ is servant, Christ is Lord
Calls us to a life of service,
Heart and will to action stirred:
- Words
- Fred Kaan
- Music
- David McCarthy
- Tune
- Beginnings
- Meter
- 8.7.8.7.D
Words © 1968 Hope Publishing Co., Carol Stream, IL 60188. All rights reserved. Used by permission. Music © 1975 Stainer & Bell, Ltd. and the Trustees for Methodist Church Purposes. (Admin. Hope Publishing Co., Carol Stream, IL 60188). All rights reserved. Used by permission.
The verse
- Meter
- 8.7.8.7 · the hymnal prints 8.7.8.7.D
- Foot
- trochaic (DUM-da) · 80% of beats fit
- Rhyme
- ABCD
Could also be sung to Converse, Nettleton, Abbot's Leigh, Harwell, All the Way · same meter and stresses; not printed with these words, so try it first.
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Counted by machine from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. It cannot hear emphasis or a poet’s licence, so treat it as a place to start reading, not the last word.