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Author: Bernard of Cluny; Rev. J. M. Neale Meter: 7.6 D Appears in 120 hymnals Lyrics: 1 The world is very evil; The times are waxing late: ... with might, To terminate the evil, To diadem the right. 2 ... Topics: General; Preparation for Christ; Watchfulness Used With Tune: [The world is very evil]

Goodness Is Stronger Than Evil

Author: Desmond Tutu Appears in 15 hymnals Text Sources: An African Prayer Book , Doubleday

God of Grace and God of Glory

Author: Harry E. Fosdick Meter: 8.7.8.7.8.7.7 Appears in 155 hymnals Lyrics: ... . 2 Lo! the hosts of evil round us scorn your Christ ... from weak resignation to the evils we deplore; let the gift ... Topics: Spirits, Evil; Evil Spirits Scripture: Esther 4:14 Used With Tune: CWM RHONDDA

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HERR JESU CHRIST

Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 208 hymnals Tune Sources: Cantionale Germanicum, 1628 (melody); harm. Gothaischen Cantional, 1651, alt. Tune Key: F Major Incipit: 13532 34565 32117 Used With Text: Now that the daylight fills the sky

LAUDES DOMINI

Meter: 6.6.6 D Appears in 452 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Joseph Barnby, 1838-96 Tune Key: C Major Incipit: 34561 76567 13217 Used With Text: When morning gilds the skies

AUSTRIAN HYMN

Meter: 8.7.8.7 D Appears in 725 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Franz Joseph Haydn Tune Key: E Flat Major Incipit: 12324 32716 54323 Used With Text: We Are Called to Be God's People

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No Evil Shall Befall Thee

Author: A. H. B. Hymnal: Songs of the Century #93 (1900) Lyrics: 1 “No evil shall befall thee,” Words of ... he can cure. 2 “No evil shall befall thee,” His are ... did freely flow. 3 “No evil shall befall thee,” Dear child ... Languages: English Tune Title: [No evil shall befall thee]

Seek Good and Not Evil

Hymnal: The King's Songs #83 (1939) First Line: Seek good and not evil, that ye may live Lyrics: good and not evil, that ye may live; ... Scripture: Amos 5:14 Languages: English Tune Title: [Seek good and not evil, that ye may live]

No Evil Shall Befall Thee

Hymnal: The New Praiseworthy #229 (1916) Lyrics: No evil shall befall thee, Dear object ... Languages: English Tune Title: [No evil shall befall thee]

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Timothy Dwight

1752 - 1817 Author of "Evil companions" in Parish Psalmody Timothy Dwight (b. Northampton, MA, 1752; d. Philadelphia, PA, 1817) was a grandson of Jonathan Edwards who became a Congregationalist pastor, a Revolutionary War army chaplain, a tutor and professor at Yale College, and president of Yale from 1795 to 1817. As president he continued to teach and serve as chaplain and was instrumental in improving both the academic and the spiritual life of the college. Bert Polman =============== Dwight, Timothy, D.D. This is the most important name in early American hymnology, as it is also one of the most illustrious in American literature and education. He was born at Northampton, Massachusetts, May 14, 1752, and graduated at Yale College, 1769; was a tutor there from 1771 to 1777. He then became for a short time a chaplain in the United States Army, but passed on in 1783 to Fairfield, Connecticut, where he held a pastorate, and taught in an Academy, till his appointment, in 1795, as President of Yale College. His works are well known, and need no enumeration. He died at New Haven, Jan. 11, 1817. In 1797 the General Association of Connecticut, being dissatisfied with Joel Barlow's 1785 revision of Watts, requested Dwight to do the work de novo. This he did liberally, furnishing in some instances several paraphrases of the same psalm, and adding a selection of hymns, mainly from Watts. The book appeared as— "The Psalms of David, &c.... By I. Watts, D.D. A New Edition in which the Psalms omitted by Dr. Watts are versified, local passages are altered, and a number of Psalms are versified anew in proper metres. By Timothy Dwight, D.D., &c….To the Psalms is added a Selection of Hymns," 1800. Dwight's lyrics are all professedly psalms, but they are by no means literal versions. His original compositions number 33. Of these many are still in common use, the most important being:— 1. Blest be the Lord, Who heard my prayer. Psalm xxviii. This is the second part of Psalm xxviii., in 5 stanzas of 4 lines. It is in the English New Congregational Hymn Book, 1859. 2. I Love Thy kingdom, Lord. Psalm cxxxvii. This is version three of Ps. 137, in 8 stanzas of 4 lines, and is in extensive use at the present time throughout the States. It is also included in many English, Irish, and Scottish collections, sometimes in the original form, as in Alford's Year of Praise, 1867; again as, "I love Thy Church, 0 God," which opens with the second stanza, as in the Scottish Evangelical Union Hymnal, 1878, in 3 stanzas, and "We love Thy kingdom, Lord," in the Irish Church Hymnal, 1873. In Cleveland's Lyra Sacra Americana six stanzas only are given from the original. Next to this in popularity are his 2nd and 3rd renderings of Psalm lxxxviii.:— 3. Shall man, 0 God of life and light. (3rd stanza) 4. While life prolongs its precious light. (2nd stanza) Both of which are in extensive use. From his 4th version of the same Psalm (88), the following hymns have been compiled, each opening with the stanza indicated:— 5. Just o'er the grave I hung. Stanza ii. 6. I saw beyond the tomb. Stanza iv. 7. Ye sinners, fear the Lord. Stanza xii. This last is found in Spurgeon's 0ur Own Hymnbook. The original version consists of 13 stanzas. 8. 0 Thou Whose sceptre earth and seas obey. Psalm lxxii. This is his second version of this Psalm, and was given in the Comprehensive Rippon, 1844. The following, most of which are of a more jubilant character, are well known:— 9. How pleasing is Thy voice. Psalm lxv. 10. In Zion's sacred gates. Psalm cl. 11. Lord of all worlds, incline Thy gracious [bounteous] ear. Psalm llii. 12. Now to Thy sacred house. Psalm xliii., st. 3. 13. Sing to the Lord most high. Psalm c. 14. In barren wilds shall living waters spring. Psalm liii. 15. Lord, in these dark and dismal days. Psalm cxxxvii. No. 9 is found in Lyra Sacra Americana, pp. 101-2, the seven stanzas of the original being abbreviated to five. In addition to the Psalms, Dr. Dwight published three poems, "The Conquest of Canaan," 1785; "Greenfield Hill," 1794; "Triumph of Infidelity," 1788. [Rev. F. M. Bird, M.A.] - John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)

Barney Elliott Warren

1867 - 1951 Author of "I Shall Fear No Evil" Barney Elliott Warren was an American Christian hymnwriter and minister. See more in Wikipedia

Tom Colvin

1925 - 2000 Author of "Should we accept that evil means" in Come, Let Us Walk This Road Together Tom Colvin (b. 1925; d. 2000) was trained as an engineer and worked in that profession in Burma and Singapore from 1945 to 1948. After studying theology at Trinity College, Glasgow University, he was ordained in the Church of Scotland in 1954. He served as missionary in Nyasaland (now Malawi) from 1954 to 1958, in Ghana from 1958 to 1964, and again in Nyasaland from 1964 to 1974. His work there included preaching, education, and community development. After completing his missionary work, Colvin became a minister in the United Reformed Church of England and served an inner-city church in London. He returned to Africa in 1984 as a development consultant to the Zimbabwe Christian Council. Colvin's writings include Christ's Work in Free Africa (1964) and three collections of hymns, many written in collaboration with African Christians–Free to Serve (1966), Leap My Soul (1976), and Fill Us with Your Love (1983). Bert Polman