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Author: N. F. S. Grundtvig, 1783-1872; C. Døving, 1867-1937 Meter: 8.8.8.8.8.8 Appears in 73 hymnals First Line: Built on the Rock the Church doth stand Lyrics: 1 Built on the Rock the Church doth stand Even when steeples are falling; Crumbled have spires in ev'ry land, Bells still are chiming and calling, Calling the young and old to rest, But above all the soul distressed, Longing for rest everlasting. 2 Surely in temples made with hands God, the Most High, is not dwelling; High above earth His temple stands, All earthly temples excelling. Yet He whom heav'ns cannot contain Chose to abide on earth with men-- Built in our bodies His temple. 3 We are God's house of living stones, Builded for His habitation; He through baptismal grace us owns Heirs of His wondrous salvation; Were we but two His name to tell, Yet He would deign with us to dwell, With all His grace and His favor. 4 Now we may gather with our King E'en in the lowliest dwelling; Praises to Him we there may bring, His wondrous mercy forthtelling; Jesus His grace to us accords, Spirit and life are all His words, His truth doth hallow the temple. 5 Still we our earthly temples rear That we may herald His praises; They are the homes where He draws near And little children embraces; Beautiful things in them are said, God there with us His cov'nant made, Making us heirs of His kingdom. 6 Here stands the font before our eyes, Telling how God did receive us; Th'altar recalls Christ's sacrifice And what His table doth give us; Here sounds the Word that doth proclaim Christ yesterday, today, the same, Yea, and for aye our Redeemer. 7 Grant then, O God, where'er men roam, That, when the church-bells are ringing, Many in Jesus' faith may come Where He His message is bringing: "I know mine own, mine own know me, Ye, not the world, my face shall see; My peace I leave with you, Amen." Topics: Church Militant; Epiphany 5 Scripture: Ephesians 2:19-22 Used With Tune: KIRKEN DEN ER ET GAMMELT HUS

Brightest and Best

Author: R. Heber, 1783-1826 Meter: 11.10.11.10 Appears in 912 hymnals First Line: Brightest and best of the stars of the morning Lyrics: 1 Brightest and best of the stars of the morning, Dawn on our darkness and lend us thine aid. Star of the East, the horizon adorning, Guide where our infant Redeemer is laid. 2 Cold on His cradle the dewdrops are shining; Low lies His head with the beasts of the stall; Angels adore Him in slumber reclining, Maker and Monarch and Savior of all. 3 Shall we not yield Him, in costly devotion Fragrance of Edom and off'rings divine, Gems of the mountain and pearls of the ocean, Myrrh from the forest and gold from the mine? 4 Vainly we offer each ample oblation, Vainly with gifts would His favor secure. Richer by far is the heart's adoration; Dearer to God are the prayers of the poor. 5 Brightest and best of the sons of the morning, Dawn on our darkness and lend us thine aid. Star of the East, the horizon adorning, Guide where our infant Redeemer is laid. Used With Tune: MORNING STAR

Blest Be the Tie That Binds

Author: J. Fawcett, 1740-1817 Meter: 6.6.8.6 Appears in 2,276 hymnals Lyrics: 1 Blest be the tie that binds Our hearts in Christian love; The fellowship of kindred minds Is like to that above. 2 Before our Father's throne We pour our ardent prayers; Our fears, our hopes, our aims are one, Our comforts and our cares. 3 We share our mutual woes, Our mutual burdens bear, And often for each other flows The sympathizing tear. 4 When here our pathways part, We suffer bitter pain; Yet, one in Christ and one in heart, We hope to meet again. 5 This glorious hope revives Our courage by the way, While each in expectation lives And longs to see the day. 6 From sorrow, toil, and pain, And sin we shall be free And perfect love and friendship reign Through all eternity. Topics: Christian Unity and Peace; Trinity 4 Used With Tune: BOYLSTON

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BETHANY

Meter: 8.7.8.7 D Appears in 198 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: H. T. Smart, 1813-1879 Tune Key: E Flat Major Incipit: 36531 21765 13543 Used With Text: What a Friend We Have in Jesus

BROCKLESBURY

Meter: 8.7.8.7 Appears in 192 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

BRYN CALFARIA

Meter: 8.7.8.7.4.4.4.7.7 Appears in 113 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

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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

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 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

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Matthew Bridges

1800 - 1894 Person Name: M. Bridges, 1800-94 Hymnal Number: 55 Author of "Crown Him with Many Crowns" in Evangelical Lutheran Hymnary Matthew Bridges

Johann Sebastian Bach

1685 - 1750 Person Name: J. S. Bach, 1685-1750 Hymnal Number: 124 Arranger of "VON HIMMEL HOCH" in Evangelical Lutheran Hymnary Johann Sebastian Bach was born at Eisenach into a musical family and in a town steeped in Reformation history, he received early musical training from his father and older brother, and elementary education in the classical school Luther had earlier attended. Throughout his life he made extraordinary efforts to learn from other musicians. At 15 he walked to Lüneburg to work as a chorister and study at the convent school of St. Michael. From there he walked 30 miles to Hamburg to hear Johann Reinken, and 60 miles to Celle to become familiar with French composition and performance traditions. Once he obtained a month's leave from his job to hear Buxtehude, but stayed nearly four months. He arranged compositions from Vivaldi and other Italian masters. His own compositions spanned almost every musical form then known (Opera was the notable exception). In his own time, Bach was highly regarded as organist and teacher, his compositions being circulated as models of contrapuntal technique. Four of his children achieved careers as composers; Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven, Mendelssohn, Schumann, Brahms, and Chopin are only a few of the best known of the musicians that confessed a major debt to Bach's work in their own musical development. Mendelssohn began re-introducing Bach's music into the concert repertoire, where it has come to attract admiration and even veneration for its own sake. After 20 years of successful work in several posts, Bach became cantor of the Thomas-schule in Leipzig, and remained there for the remaining 27 years of his life, concentrating on church music for the Lutheran service: over 200 cantatas, four passion settings, a Mass, and hundreds of chorale settings, harmonizations, preludes, and arrangements. He edited the tunes for Schemelli's Musicalisches Gesangbuch, contributing 16 original tunes. His choral harmonizations remain a staple for studies of composition and harmony. Additional melodies from his works have been adapted as hymn tunes. --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)