479. Lift Your Heads, O Martyrs, Weeping

Text Information
First Line: Lift your heads, O martyrs, weeping
Title: Lift Your Heads, O Martyrs, Weeping
Author: Károly Jeszensky (1890)
Translator: William Tóth (1938)
Adapter: Theodore S. Horvath (1994)
Meter: 87.87.77.88
Language: English
Publication Date: 1998
Scripture: ; ;
Topic: God: Strength, Protection and Trust; Pilgrimage
Source: Based on a hymn by Pauli Joachim (1636-1708); Adapt. The New Century Hymnal, 1995
Copyright: © 1985 United Church Press; Word adapts. © 1994 The Pilgrim Press
Tune Information
Name: MAGYAR
Adapter: G. J. Neumann (1938)
Harmonizer: G. J. Neumann (1938)
Meter: 87.87.77.88
Key: f minor
Source: 'Hymn of the Hungarian Galley Slaves,' 1674


Text Information:

In 1674, persecutions resulted in the sale of 41 Hungarian Reformed ministers as galley slaves. The author wrote this hymn to commemorate that servitude. It is the heart for UCC people with Hungarian roots


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