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VOX ANGELICA
Appears in 125 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: J. B. Dykes Hymnal Title: Laudes Domini Tune Key: F Major or modal Incipit: 13355 65313 21333 Used With Text: "The new life"
VOX ANGELICA
Hark, hark, my soul! Angelic songs are swelling
Appears in 601 hymnals Hymnal Title: Book of Worship with Hymns and Tunes Lyrics: 1 Hark, hark, my soul! Angelic songs are swelling
O'er earth's green fields, and ocean's wave-beat shore:
How sweet the truth those blessed strains are telling,
Of that new life when sin shall be no more.
Refrain:
Angels of Jesus, angels of light,
Singing to welcome the pilgrims of the night!
Singing to welcome the pilgrims, the pilgrims of the night!
2 Onward we go, for still we hear them singing,
Come, weary souls, for Jesus bids you come;
And, through the dark, its echoes sweetly ringing,
The music of the gospel leads us home. [Refrain]
3 Far, far away, like bells at evening pealing,
The voice of Jesus sounds o'er land and sea;
And laden souls, by thousands meekly stealing,
Kind Shepherd, turn their weary steps to Thee. [Refrain]
4 Angels, sing on, your faithful watches keeping,
Sing us sweet fragments of the songs above;
Till morning's joy shall end the night of weeping;
And life's long shadows break in cloudless love. [Refrain]
Amen. Used With Tune: VOX ANGELICA
Hark, hark, my soul! Angelic songs are swelling
Servid á Dios miéntras vivais
Author: Anonimo Appears in 1 hymnal Hymnal Title: Himnario de la Iglesia Metodista Episcopal First Line: Servir en vida á nuestro Dios podemos Used With Tune: SERAFIN
Servid á Dios miéntras vivais
La unidad de espíritu
Author: Carlos Wesley; W. Appears in 11 hymnals Hymnal Title: Himnario de la Iglesia Metodista Episcopal First Line: Los santos de la tierra y los del cielo Used With Tune: SERAFIN
La unidad de espíritu
Angels of Jesus
Author: Frederick W. Faber Hymnal: A Hymnal for Joyous Youth #280 (1927) Hymnal Title: A Hymnal for Joyous Youth First Line: Hark! hark, my soul! angelic songs are swelling Languages: English Tune Title: VOX ANGELICA
Angels of Jesus
Hark! Hark, my Soul!
Author: Rev. F. W. Faber Hymnal: Augsburg Songs No. 2 #80 (1893) Hymnal Title: Augsburg Songs No. 2 First Line: Hark! hark, my soul! Angelic songs are swelling Topics: Gospel Call; Heaven Languages: English Tune Title: [Hark! hark, my soul! Angelic songs are swelling]
Hark! Hark, my Soul!
Hark, hark, my soul! Angelic songs are swelling
Hymnal: Book of Worship with Hymns and Tunes #587b (1899) Hymnal Title: Book of Worship with Hymns and Tunes Lyrics: 1 Hark, hark, my soul! Angelic songs are swelling
O'er earth's green fields, and ocean's wave-beat shore:
How sweet the truth those blessed strains are telling,
Of that new life when sin shall be no more.
Refrain:
Angels of Jesus, angels of light,
Singing to welcome the pilgrims of the night!
Singing to welcome the pilgrims, the pilgrims of the night!
2 Onward we go, for still we hear them singing,
Come, weary souls, for Jesus bids you come;
And, through the dark, its echoes sweetly ringing,
The music of the gospel leads us home. [Refrain]
3 Far, far away, like bells at evening pealing,
The voice of Jesus sounds o'er land and sea;
And laden souls, by thousands meekly stealing,
Kind Shepherd, turn their weary steps to Thee. [Refrain]
4 Angels, sing on, your faithful watches keeping,
Sing us sweet fragments of the songs above;
Till morning's joy shall end the night of weeping;
And life's long shadows break in cloudless love. [Refrain]
Amen. Languages: English Tune Title: VOX ANGELICA
Hark, hark, my soul! Angelic songs are swelling
Charles Wesley
1707 - 1788 Person Name: W. Hymnal Title: El Himnario Evangelico Author of "Los santos de la tierra y los del cielo" in El Himnario Evangelico Charles Wesley, M.A. was the great hymn-writer of the Wesley family, perhaps, taking quantity and quality into consideration, the great hymn-writer of all ages. Charles Wesley was the youngest son and 18th child of Samuel and Susanna Wesley, and was born at Epworth Rectory, Dec. 18, 1707. In 1716 he went to Westminster School, being provided with a home and board by his elder brother Samuel, then usher at the school, until 1721, when he was elected King's Scholar, and as such received his board and education free. In 1726 Charles Wesley was elected to a Westminster studentship at Christ Church, Oxford, where he took his degree in 1729, and became a college tutor. In the early part of the same year his religious impressions were much deepened, and he became one of the first band of "Oxford Methodists."
In 1735 he went with his brother John to Georgia, as secretary to General Oglethorpe, having before he set out received Deacon's and Priest's Orders on two successive Sundays. His stay in Georgia was very short; he returned to England in 1736, and in 1737 came under the influence of Count Zinzendorf and the Moravians, especially of that remarkable man who had so large a share in moulding John Wesley's career, Peter Bonier, and also of a Mr. Bray, a brazier in Little Britain. On Whitsunday, 1737, [sic. 1738] he "found rest to his soul," and in 1738 he became curate to his friend, Mr. Stonehouse, Vicar of Islington, but the opposition of the churchwardens was so great that the Vicar consented that he "should preach in his church no more." Henceforth his work was identified with that of his brother John, and he became an indefatigable itinerant and field preacher. On April 8, 1749, he married Miss Sarah Gwynne. His marriage, unlike that of his brother John, was a most happy one; his wife was accustomed to accompany him on his evangelistic journeys, which were as frequent as ever until the year 1756," when he ceased to itinerate, and mainly devoted himself to the care of the Societies in London and Bristol. Bristol was his headquarters until 1771, when he removed with his family to London, and, besides attending to the Societies, devoted himself much, as he had done in his youth, to the spiritual care of prisoners in Newgate. He had long been troubled about the relations of Methodism to the Church of England, and strongly disapproved of his brother John's "ordinations." Wesley-like, he expressed his disapproval in the most outspoken fashion, but, as in the case of Samuel at an earlier period, the differences between the brothers never led to a breach of friendship. He died in London, March 29, 1788, and was buried in Marylebone churchyard. His brother John was deeply grieved because he would not consent to be interred in the burial-ground of the City Road Chapel, where he had prepared a grave for himself, but Charles said, "I have lived, and I die, in the Communion of the Church of England, and I will be buried in the yard of my parish church." Eight clergymen of the Church of England bore his pall. He had a large family, four of whom survived him; three sons, who all became distinguished in the musical world, and one daughter, who inherited some of her father's poetical genius. The widow and orphans were treated with the greatest kindness and generosity by John Wesley.
As a hymn-writer Charles Wesley was unique. He is said to have written no less than 6500 hymns, and though, of course, in so vast a number some are of unequal merit, it is perfectly marvellous how many there are which rise to the highest degree of excellence. His feelings on every occasion of importance, whether private or public, found their best expression in a hymn. His own conversion, his own marriage, the earthquake panic, the rumours of an invasion from France, the defeat of Prince Charles Edward at Culloden, the Gordon riots, every Festival of the Christian Church, every doctrine of the Christian Faith, striking scenes in Scripture history, striking scenes which came within his own view, the deaths of friends as they passed away, one by one, before him, all furnished occasions for the exercise of his divine gift. Nor must we forget his hymns for little children, a branch of sacred poetry in which the mantle of Dr. Watts seems to have fallen upon him. It would be simply impossible within our space to enumerate even those of the hymns which have become really classical. The saying that a really good hymn is as rare an appearance as that of a comet is falsified by the work of Charles Wesley; for hymns, which are really good in every respect, flowed from his pen in quick succession, and death alone stopped the course of the perennial stream.
It has been the common practice, however for a hundred years or more to ascribe all translations from the German to John Wesley, as he only of the two brothers knew that language; and to assign to Charles Wesley all the original hymns except such as are traceable to John Wesley through his Journals and other works.
The list of 482 original hymns by John and Charles Wesley listed in this Dictionary of Hymnology have formed an important part of Methodist hymnody and show the enormous influence of the Wesleys on the English hymnody of the nineteenth century.
-- Excerpts from John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)
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Charles Wesley, the son of Samuel Wesley, was born at Epworth, Dec. 18, 1707. He was educated at Westminster School and afterwards at Christ Church, Oxford, where he graduated M.A. In 1735, he took Orders and immediately proceeded with his brother John to Georgia, both being employed as missionaries of the S.P.G. He returned to England in 1736. For many years he engaged with his brother in preaching the Gospel. He died March 29, 1788. To Charles Wesley has been justly assigned the appellation of the "Bard of Methodism." His prominence in hymn writing may be judged from the fact that in the "Wesleyan Hymn Book," 623 of the 770 hymns were written by him; and he published more than thirty poetical works, written either by himself alone, or in conjunction with his brother. The number of his separate hymns is at least five thousand.
--Annotations of the Hymnal, Charles Hutchins, M.A., 1872.
Charles Wesley
Anonymous
Person Name: Anonimo Hymnal Title: Himnario de la Iglesia Metodista Episcopal Author of "Servid á Dios miéntras vivais" in Himnario de la Iglesia Metodista Episcopal In some hymnals, the editors noted that a hymn's author is unknown to them, and so this artificial "person" entry is used to reflect that fact. Obviously, the hymns attributed to "Author Unknown" "Unknown" or "Anonymous" could have been written by many people over a span of many centuries.
Anonymous
Thomas M. Westrup
1837 - 1909 Person Name: W. Hymnal Title: Himnario de la Iglesia Metodista Episcopal Translator of "La unidad de espíritu" in Himnario de la Iglesia Metodista Episcopal Thomas Martin Westrup moved with his family from London to Mexico when he was fifteen years old. He translated hundreds of hymns and, along with his son, Enrique, published a three-volume hymnal Incienso Christiano.
Dianne Shapiro from Celebremos su Gloria (Colombia/Illinois: Libros Alianza/Celebration), 1992
Thomas M. Westrup
