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Author: Henry W. Baker Meter: 6.6.8.6 Appears in 15 hymnals Lyrics: 1. Lord Jesus, God and man, For love of man a child, The very God, yet born on earth Of Mary undefiled. 2. Lord Jesus, God and man, In this our festal day To Thee for precious gifts of grace Thy ransomed people pray. 3. We pray for childlike hearts, For gentle, holy love, For strength to do Thy will below As angels do above. 4. We pray for simple faith, For hope that never fails, For true communion evermore With all Thy blessèd saints. 5. On friends around us here O let Thy blessing fall; We pray for grace to love them well, But Thee beyond them all. 6. O joy to live for Thee! O joy in Thee to die! O very joy of joys to see Thy face eternally! 7. Lord Jesus, God and man, We praise Thee and adore, Who art with God the Father One, And Spirit evermore. Used With Tune: ST. HELENA (Milgrove) Text Sources: Hymns Ancient and Modern, 1861

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[Lord Jesus, God and man]

Appears in 2 hymnals Used With Text: Praise to the Lord

ST. HELENA (Milgrove)

Meter: 6.6.8.6 Appears in 24 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Benjamin Milgrove Tune Key: D Major Incipit: 13122 15756 65431 Used With Text: Lord Jesus, God and Man

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Lord Jesus, God and Man

Author: Henry W. Baker Hymnal: The Cyber Hymnal #3837 Meter: 6.6.8.6 Lyrics: 1. Lord Jesus, God and man, For love of man a child, The very God, yet born on earth Of Mary undefiled. 2. Lord Jesus, God and man, In this our festal day To Thee for precious gifts of grace Thy ransomed people pray. 3. We pray for childlike hearts, For gentle, holy love, For strength to do Thy will below As angels do above. 4. We pray for simple faith, For hope that never fails, For true communion evermore With all Thy blessèd saints. 5. On friends around us here O let Thy blessing fall; We pray for grace to love them well, But Thee beyond them all. 6. O joy to live for Thee! O joy in Thee to die! O very joy of joys to see Thy face eternally! 7. Lord Jesus, God and man, We praise Thee and adore, Who art with God the Father One, And Spirit evermore. Languages: English Tune Title: ST. HELENA (Milgrove)

Lord Jesus, God and man, For love of man a child

Author: Henry Williams Baker Hymnal: The Trinity Hymnal, with Offices of Devotion #d45 (1868)

Lord Jesus, God and Man, For love of men a Child

Author: William Walsham How, 1823- Hymnal: The New Hymnary #133 (1876)

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H. W. Baker

1821 - 1877 Person Name: Henry W. Baker Author of "Lord Jesus, God and Man" in The Cyber Hymnal Baker, Sir Henry Williams, Bart., eldest son of Admiral Sir Henry Loraine Baker, born in London, May 27, 1821, and educated at Trinity College, Cambridge, where he graduated, B.A. 1844, M.A. 1847. Taking Holy Orders in 1844, he became, in 1851, Vicar of Monkland, Herefordshire. This benefice he held to his death, on Monday, Feb. 12, 1877. He succeeded to the Baronetcy in 1851. Sir Henry's name is intimately associated with hymnody. One of his earliest compositions was the very beautiful hymn, "Oh! what if we are Christ's," which he contributed to Murray's Hymnal for the Use of the English Church, 1852. His hymns, including metrical litanies and translations, number in the revised edition of Hymns Ancient & Modern, 33 in all. These were contributed at various times to Murray's Hymnal, Hymns Ancient & Modern and the London Mission Hymn Book, 1876-7. The last contains his three latest hymns. These are not included in Hymns Ancient & Modern. Of his hymns four only are in the highest strains of jubilation, another four are bright and cheerful, and the remainder are very tender, but exceedingly plaintive, sometimes even to sadness. Even those which at first seem bright and cheerful have an undertone of plaintiveness, and leave a dreamy sadness upon the spirit of the singer. Poetical figures, far-fetched illustrations, and difficult compound words, he entirely eschewed. In his simplicity of language, smoothness of rhythm, and earnestness of utterance, he reminds one forcibly of the saintly Lyte. In common with Lyte also, if a subject presented itself to his mind with striking contrasts of lights and shadows, he almost invariably sought shelter in the shadows. The last audible words which lingered on his dying lips were the third stanza of his exquisite rendering of the 23rd Psalm, "The King of Love, my Shepherd is:"— Perverse and foolish, oft I strayed, But yet in love He sought me, And on His Shoulder gently laid, And home, rejoicing, brought me." This tender sadness, brightened by a soft calm peace, was an epitome of his poetical life. Sir Henry's labours as the Editor of Hymns Ancient & Modern were very arduous. The trial copy was distributed amongst a few friends in 1859; first ed. published 1861, and the Appendix, in 1868; the trial copy of the revised ed. was issued in 1874, and the publication followed in 1875. In addition he edited Hymns for the London Mission, 1874, and Hymns for Mission Services, n.d., c. 1876-7. He also published Daily Prayers for those who work hard; a Daily Text Book, &c. In Hymns Ancient & Modern there are also four tunes (33, 211, 254, 472) the melodies of which are by Sir Henry, and the harmonies by Dr. Monk. He died Feb. 12, 1877. --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)