Blessing and honour, glory and power

In this song Gary Sadler and Jamie Harvill blend some of the expressions from Daniel 7 and Philippians 2 with those of Revelation 4. It needs to be distinguished from several others beginning with similar or identical words. A strikingly different approach to the prophet’s verses is found in William C Doane’s Ancient of days, who sittest throned in glory, but that Trinitarian hymn from 1886 has not been included in British hymnals. The music named from its opening line, BLESSING AND HONOUR, GLORY AND POWER, was composed by the joint authors. It was published first in 1992 and has appeared in ‘Spring Harvest’ collections and (in 1999) Sing Glory and Complete Mission Praise.

b USA. His first ever song was ‘Albatross’; a writer of verse since childhood, he is currently a worship leader on the staff of the World Outreach Ch in Murfreesboro, nr Nashville, Tennessee, and regularly ministers at concerts and conferences. He has composed and published music for clarinet, produced CDs and a DVD on the craft of songwriting, engaged in worship ministry training, and has collaborated with Gary Sadler (qv) in the ‘renewal’ movement of the 1990s. Their joint work has appeared in MP. No.170.

b USA. A songwriter in the renewal movement who has also composed for woodwind instruments. His best known song, written with Jamie Harvill qv, ‘opened the doors’ to a wider musical career; another favourite has been ‘Lord most high’. In 1991 the two families moved together to Mobile, Alabama, then later to the Nashville area. In 2001 he recorded ‘Friends’, an album with Robin Mark, Stuart Townend and John Hartley. He has also helped to launch his daughter Sarah’s recordings as a singer, and is currently based in Franklin, Tennessee. No.170.