EDEN

Stanza Arc

The narrative or theological arc traced by this tune's stanzas: From God's creative word at creation, through its echo in Christian tradition, to the conditions for blessing (God's sanctification), invocation of the Creator's sustaining power, and prayer for perseverance in covenantal love

Associated Hymn Texts (1)

• The Voice that Breathed o'er Eden — John Keble (1857)

Set to This Tune in The Lutheran Hymnal (2)

• TLH 621 O Father, All Creating
• TLH 622 The Voice that Breathed o'er Eden

Notes on the Tune

From Hymn Desk's analyses of the hymns sung to it.

TLH 621, O Father, All Creating : TLH: EDEN (from Sacred Hymns and Tunes, Boston, 1880). Row 1153 lists AURELIA, which corresponds to TLH's text row; row 1152 lists EDEN — check the pairing.