Hymns and Devotions for Daily Worship ‎#125d

125d. This Is the Night, Dear Friends

Text Information

• First Line: This is the night, dear friends, the night for weeping
• Title: This Is the Night, Dear Friends
• Latin Title: Haec nox, carissimi, nox illa flebilis
• Author: Peter Abelard (1129)
• Translator: Richard Lyman Sturch (1990)
• Meter: 11.10.11.10
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 2024
• Scripture:
  Matthew 26:36-56
• Topic: Lent; Holy Week: Maundy Thursday
• Copyright: ©1990 Stainer & Bell (admin. Hope Publ. Co.)
• ONE LICENSE: 64754
• Notes: Latin text by French theologian Peter Abelard, “Haec nox, carissimi, nox illa flebilis,” from Hymnarius Paraclitensis (1129), tr. by Anglican priest Richard Lyman Sturch, from Hymns and Congregational Songs 2 (1990).

Tune Information

• Name: INTERCESSOR
• Composer: C. Hubert H. Parry (1904)
• Meter: 11.10.11.10
• Incipit: 17655 61332 1
• Key: a minor or modal
• Notes: Tune INTERCESSOR by C. Hubert H. Parry, from Hymns Ancient & Modern (1904).