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Before Thy Throne I Now Appear
Author: B. von Hodenberg, 1604-50; J. Gesenius, 1601-73 Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 7 hymnals Lyrics: 1 Before Thy throne I now appear,
O Lord, bow down Thy gracious ear
To me and cast not from Thy face
Thy sinful child that begs for grace.
2 Thou, Father of eternity,
Thine image hast impressed on me.
In Thee I am and live and move
Nor can exist without Thy love.
3 Thou hast redeemed me, Son of God,
Hast shed for me Thy precious blood,
The Law for my sake hast fulfilled,
And thus Thy Father's wrath hast stilled.
4 Thou art my Advocate for aye,
My Savior, Comfort, and my Stay.
Thine all-sufficient merit is
On earth my peace, in heav'n my bliss.
5 God Holy Spirit, Pow'r Divine,
Thou workest in this heart of mine;
Naught can be counted good in me
But what proceeds alone from Thee.
6 Through Thee I now my God adore
And call Him Father evermore;
Through Thee His Word and Sacrament
I love and hold till life is spent.
7 Grant that in peace I close mine eyes,
But on the Last Day bid me rise
And let me see Thy face fore'er--
Amen, Amen, Lord, hear my prayer! Text Sources: Evangelical Lutheran Hymn Book (tr.)
Before Thy Throne I Now Appear
Bread of the World
Author: R. Heber, 1783-1826; F. B. Tucker, 1895-1984 Meter: 9.8.9.8 D Appears in 342 hymnals First Line: Bread of the world, in mercy broken Scripture: John 15:1-9 Used With Tune: RENDEZ À DIEU Text Sources: Didache, c. 200
Bread of the World
Blessed Is the Man
Author: P. Gerhardt, 1607-76; M. B. Landstad, 1802-80; C. Døving, 1867-1937 Meter: 8.7.8.7.7.7.8.8 Appears in 4 hymnals First Line: Blessed is the man that never Lyrics: 1 Blessed is the man that never
Doth in godless counsel meet;
Nor in sinners' way stands ever,
Nor sits in the scorner's seat,
But on God's all-perfect law
Meditates with holy awe;
Day and night he delves for treasure
In the Word--'tis all his pleasure.
2 As a tree that has been planted
By the flowing waters fair,
In its season e'er is granted
Fruits and foliage to bear;
So is he, the righteous, seen
Ever fruitful, ever green,
And his leaf shall wither never,
All he does shall prosper ever.
3 To the wicked 'tis not given
Such a happy lot to share;
As the chaff by wind is driven
So shall the ungodly fare;
They in judgment shall not stand,
Nor be in the righteous band:
These the Lord forsaketh never,
Those shall be cast off forever.
4 For the Lord His people knoweth,
His pure eyes behold their way,
And the blessing He bestoweth
Is their heritage for aye:
But the wicked ever tend
To their doom and to their end:
God will all the righteous cherish,
But the wicked ones shall perish. Topics: Trinity 12 Scripture: Psalm 1 Used With Tune: WERDE MUNTER
Blessed Is the Man
BRYN CALFARIA
Meter: 8.7.8.7.4.4.4.7.7 Appears in 115 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: W. Owen, 1814-93 Tune Key: g minor Incipit: 55123 33234 54322 Used With Text: Look, O Look, the Sight Is Glorious
BRYN CALFARIA
BROCKLESBURY
Meter: 8.7.8.7 Appears in 200 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: C. A. Barnard, 1830-69 Tune Key: G Major Incipit: 32157 66511 33232 Used With Text: Sweet the Moments, Rich in Blessing
BROCKLESBURY
Blessed Is the Man
Author: P. Gerhardt, 1607-76; M. B. Landstad, 1802-80; C. Døving, 1867-1937 Hymnal: ELH1996 #457 (1996) Meter: 8.7.8.7.7.7.8.8 First Line: Blessed is the man that never Lyrics: 1 Blessed is the man that never
Doth in godless counsel meet;
Nor in sinners' way stands ever,
Nor sits in the scorner's seat,
But on God's all-perfect law
Meditates with holy awe;
Day and night he delves for treasure
In the Word--'tis all his pleasure.
2 As a tree that has been planted
By the flowing waters fair,
In its season e'er is granted
Fruits and foliage to bear;
So is he, the righteous, seen
Ever fruitful, ever green,
And his leaf shall wither never,
All he does shall prosper ever.
3 To the wicked 'tis not given
Such a happy lot to share;
As the chaff by wind is driven
So shall the ungodly fare;
They in judgment shall not stand,
Nor be in the righteous band:
These the Lord forsaketh never,
Those shall be cast off forever.
4 For the Lord His people knoweth,
His pure eyes behold their way,
And the blessing He bestoweth
Is their heritage for aye:
But the wicked ever tend
To their doom and to their end:
God will all the righteous cherish,
But the wicked ones shall perish. Topics: Trinity 12 Scripture: Psalm 1 Languages: English Tune Title: WERDE MUNTER
Blessed Is the Man
Before Thee, God, Who Knowest All
Author: M. B. Landstad, 1802-80; C. Døving, 1867-1937 Hymnal: ELH1996 #493 (1996) Meter: 8.8.8.8.8.8 Lyrics: 1 Before Thee, God, who knowest all,
With grief and shame I prostrate fall.
I see my sins against Thee, Lord,
The sins of thought, of deed, and word.
They press me sore; I cry to Thee:
O God, be merciful to me!
2 O Lord, my God, to Thee I pray:
O cast me not in wrath away.
Let Thy good Spirit ne'er depart,
But let Him draw to Thee my heart
That truly penitent I be:
O God, be merciful to me!
3 O Jesus, let Thy precious blood
Be to my soul a cleansing flood.
Turn not, O Lord, Thy guest away,
But grant that justified I may
Go to my house with peace from Thee:
O God, be merciful to me!
Topics: Confession and Absolution; Trinity 19 Languages: English Tune Title: VATER UNSER
Before Thee, God, Who Knowest All
Before Your Awesome Majesty
Author: J. J. Vajda, b. 1919 Hymnal: ELH1996 #50 (1996) Meter: 8.8.8.8 Languages: English Tune Title: HERR JESU CHRIST, DICH
Before Your Awesome Majesty
William B. Bradbury
1816 - 1868 Person Name: W. B. Bradbury, 1816-68 Hymnal Number: 179 Composer of "JESUS LOVES ME (CHINA)" in Evangelical Lutheran Hymnary William Bachelder Bradbury USA 1816-1868. Born at York, ME, he was raised on his father's farm, with rainy days spent in a shoe-shop, the custom in those days. He loved music and spent spare hours practicing any music he could find. In 1830 the family moved to Boston, where he first saw and heard an organ and piano, and other instruments. He became an organist at 15. He attended Dr. Lowell Mason's singing classes, and later sang in the Bowdoin Street church choir. Dr. Mason became a good friend. He made $100/yr playing the organ, and was still in Dr. Mason's choir. Dr. Mason gave him a chance to teach singing in Machias, ME, which he accepted. He returned to Boston the following year to marry Adra Esther Fessenden in 1838, then relocated to Saint John, New Brunswick. Where his efforts were not much appreciated, so he returned to Boston. He was offered charge of music and organ at the First Baptist Church of Brooklyn. That led to similar work at the Baptist Tabernacle, New York City, where he also started a singing class. That started singing schools in various parts of the city, and eventually resulted in music festivals, held at the Broadway Tabernacle, a prominent city event. He conducted a 1000 children choir there, which resulted in music being taught as regular study in public schools of the city. He began writing music and publishing it. In 1847 he went with his wife to Europe to study with some of the music masters in London and also Germany. He attended Mendelssohn funeral while there. He went to Switzerland before returning to the states, and upon returning, commenced teaching, conducting conventions, composing, and editing music books. In 1851, with his brother, Edward, he began manufacturring Bradbury pianos, which became popular. Also, he had a small office in one of his warehouses in New York and often went there to spend time in private devotions. As a professor, he edited 59 books of sacred and secular music, much of which he wrote. He attended the Presbyterian church in Bloomfield, NJ, for many years later in life. He contracted tuberculosis the last two years of his life.
John Perry
William B. Bradbury
Louis Bourgeois
1510 - 1561 Person Name: L. Bourgeois, c. 1510-c.1561 Hymnal Number: 44 Composer of "OLD HUNDREDTH" in Evangelical Lutheran Hymnary Louis Bourgeois (b. Paris, France, c. 1510; d. Paris, 1561). In both his early and later years Bourgeois wrote French songs to entertain the rich, but in the history of church music he is known especially for his contribution to the Genevan Psalter. Apparently moving to Geneva in 1541, the same year John Calvin returned to Geneva from Strasbourg, Bourgeois served as cantor and master of the choristers at both St. Pierre and St. Gervais, which is to say he was music director there under the pastoral leadership of Calvin. Bourgeois used the choristers to teach the new psalm tunes to the congregation.
The extent of Bourgeois's involvement in the Genevan Psalter is a matter of scholarly debate. Calvin had published several partial psalters, including one in Strasbourg in 1539 and another in Geneva in 1542, with melodies by unknown composers. In 1551 another French psalter appeared in Geneva, Eighty-three Psalms of David, with texts by Marot and de Beze, and with most of the melodies by Bourgeois, who supplied thirty four original tunes and thirty-six revisions of older tunes. This edition was republished repeatedly, and later Bourgeois's tunes were incorporated into the complete Genevan Psalter (1562). However, his revision of some older tunes was not uniformly appreciated by those who were familiar with the original versions; he was actually imprisoned overnight for some of his musical arrangements but freed after Calvin's intervention. In addition to his contribution to the 1551 Psalter, Bourgeois produced a four-part harmonization of fifty psalms, published in Lyons (1547, enlarged 1554), and wrote a textbook on singing and sight-reading, La Droit Chemin de Musique (1550). He left Geneva in 1552 and lived in Lyons and Paris for the remainder of his life.
Bert Polman
Louis Bourgeois
Phillips Brooks
1835 - 1893 Person Name: P. Brooks, 1835-93 Hymnal Number: 137 Author of "O Little Town of Bethlehem" in Evangelical Lutheran Hymnary Brooks, Phillips, D.D., was born at Boston, Dec. 13, 1835, graduated at Harvard College 1855, and was ordained in 1859. Successively Rector of the Church of the Advent, Philadelphia, and Trinity Church, Boston, he became Bishop of Mass. in 1891, and died at Boston in Jan., 1893. His Carol, "O little town of Bethlehem," was written for his Sunday School in 1868, the author having spent Christmas, 1866, at Bethlehem. His hymn, "God hath sent His angels to the earth again," is dated 1877.
--John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, New Supplement (1907)
Phillips Brooks
