Forest Trees

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Forest trees, what are these?

Author (st. 1-2): Mary Lu Walker; Author (st. 3-4): Bertus Frederick Polman (1992)
Tune: [Forest trees, what are these?]
Published in 1 hymnal

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Author (st. 1-2): Mary Lu Walker

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Author (st. 3-4): Bertus Frederick Polman

Bert Frederick Polman (b. Rozenburg, Zuid Holland, the Netherlands, 1945; d. Grand Rapids, Michigan, July 1, 2013) was chair of the Music Department at Calvin College and senior research fellow for the Calvin Institute of Christian Worship. Dr. Polman studied at Dordt College (BA 1968), the University of Minnesota (MA 1969, PhD in musicology 1981), and the Institute for Christian Studies. Dr. Polman was a longtime is professor of music at Redeemer College in Ancaster, Ontario, and organist at Bethel Christian Reformed Church, Waterdown, Ontario. His teaching covered a wide range of courses in music theory, music history, music literature, and worship, and Canadian Native studies. His research specialty was Christian hymnody. He was also an… Go to person page >

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First Line:	Forest trees, what are these?
Title:	Forest Trees
Author (st. 3-4):	Bertus Frederick Polman (1992)
Author (st. 1-2):	Mary Lu Walker
Refrain First Line:	Thank you, Father
Copyright:	Stanzas 1-2 and melody © 1973, The Missionary Society of St. Paul the Apostle in the State of new York. Used by permission of Paulist Press.; Stanzas 3-4 and arrangement © 1994, CRC Publications.