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Alexander's Hymns No. 3
Publication Date: 1915 Publisher: Fleming H. Revell Company Publication Place: New York Editors: Charles M. Alexander; Fleming H. Revell Company
Alexander's Hymns No. 3
When the Mists Have Rolled Away
Author: Annie Herbert Appears in 186 hymnals First Line: When the mists have rolled in splendor Refrain First Line: We shall know as we are known Used With Tune: [When the mists have rolled in splendor]
When the Mists Have Rolled Away
Sun of My Soul
Author: John Keble Appears in 1,447 hymnals First Line: Sun of my soul, Thou Savior dear Used With Tune: [Sun of my soul, Thou Savior dear]
Sun of My Soul
I Hear Thy Welcome Voice
Author: L. H. Appears in 691 hymnals Refrain First Line: I am coming Lord Used With Tune: [I hear Thy welcome voice]
I Hear Thy Welcome Voice
[Am I a soldier of the cross]
Appears in 1,053 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Thomas A. Arne Incipit: 13332 11123 54332 Used With Text: Am I a Soldier of the Cross?
[Am I a soldier of the cross]
[In lovingkindness Jesus came]
Appears in 146 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Chas. H. Gabriel Incipit: 55665 33454 42522 Used With Text: He Lifted Me
[In lovingkindness Jesus came]
[What a fellowship, what a joy divine]
Appears in 411 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: A. J. Showalter Incipit: 33321 22216 55171 Used With Text: Leaning on the Everlasting Arms
[What a fellowship, what a joy divine]
Jesus is a Friend of Mine
Author: J. H. Sammis Hymnal: AH31915 #1 (1915) First Line: Why should I charge my soul with care Refrain First Line: Yes, He’s a Friend of mine Languages: English Tune Title: [Why should I charge my soul with care]
Jesus is a Friend of Mine
The Prodigal Son
Author: T. O. Chisholm Hymnal: AH31915 #2 (1915) First Line: Out in the wilderness wild and drear Refrain First Line: Back to my Father and home Languages: English Tune Title: [Out in the wilderness wild and drear]
The Prodigal Son
Have Thine Own Way, Lord!
Author: A. A. P. Hymnal: AH31915 #3 (1915) First Line: Have Thine own way, Lord Languages: English Tune Title: [Have Thine own way, Lord]
Have Thine Own Way, Lord!
Lizzie Tourjée
1858 - 1913 Person Name: Lizzie S. Tourjee Hymnal Number: 285 Composer of "[There’s a wideness in God’s mercy]" in Alexander's Hymns No. 3 Lizzie Shove Tourjee Estabrook USA 1858-1913. Born in Newport, RI, daughter of a famed music educator, organist, and composer, he encouraged her efforts at composing. When 17, she composed the tune for the famous hymn “Wellesley”. When her father, founder of the New England Conservatory of Music, became editor of the Methodist hymnal, he included her tune in the 1878 edition of the book, naming it for the college she attended, as she had written the tune while attending that school. She married Franklin Estabrook in 1883. They had a son, Rufus. She taught music and was an organist in Auburndale, MA. She died in Newton, MA.
John Perry
Lizzie Tourjée
Samuel Medley
1738 - 1799 Hymnal Number: 303 Author of "Christ's Matchless Worth" in Alexander's Hymns No. 3 Medley, Samuel, born June 23, 1738, at Cheshunt, Herts, where his father kept a school. He received a good education; but not liking the business to which he was apprenticed, he entered the Royal Navy. Having been severely wounded in a battle with the French fleet off Port Lagos, in 1759, he was obliged to retire from active service. A sermon by Dr. Watts, read to him about this time, led to his conversion. He joined the Baptist Church in Eagle Street, London, then under the care of Dr. Gifford, and shortly afterwards opened a school, which for several years he conducted with great success. Having begun to preach, he received, in 1767, a call to become pastor of the Baptist church at Watford. Thence, in 1772, he removed to Byrom Street, Liverpool, where he gathered a large congregation, and for 27 years was remarkably popular and useful. After a long and painful illness he died July 17, 1799. Most of Medley's hymns were first printed on leaflets or in magazines (the Gospel Magazine being one). They appeared in book form as:—
(1) Hymns, &c. Bradford, 1785. This contains 42 hymns. (2) Hymns on Select Portions of Scripture by the Rev. Mr. Medley. 2nd ed. Bristol. W. Pine. 1785. This contains 34 hymns, and differs much from the Bradford edition both in the text and in the order of the hymns. (3) An enlargement of the same in 1787. (4) A small collection of new Hymns, London, 1794. This contains 23 hymns. (5) Hymns. The Public Worship and Private Devotion of True Christians Assisted in some thoughts in Verse; principally drawn from Select Passages of the Word of God. By Samuel Medley. London. Printed for J. Johnson. 1800. A few of his hymns are also found in a Collection for the use of All Denominations, published in London in 1782.
Medley's hymns have been very popular in his own denomination, particularly among the more Calvinistic churches. In Denham's Selections there are 48, and in J. Stevens's Selections, 30. Their charm consists less in their poetry than in the warmth and occasional pathos with which they give expression to Christian experience. In most of them also there is a refrain in the last line of each verse which is often effective. Those in common use include:—
1. Come, join ye saints, with heart and voice. (1800). Complete in Christ.
2. Death is no more among our foes. Easter.
3. Eternal Sovereign Lord of all. (1789). Praise for Providential Care.
4. Far, far beyond these lower skies. (1789). Jesus, the Forerunner.
5. Father of mercies, God of love, whose kind, &c. (1789.) New Year.
6. Great God, today Thy grace impart. Sermon.
7. Hear, gracious God! a sinner's cry. (1789). Lent.
8. In heaven the rapturous song began. Christmas.
9. Jesus, engrave it on my heart. (1789). Jesus, Needful to all.
10. Mortals, awake, with angels join. (1782). Christmas.
11. My soul, arise in joyful lays. (1789). Joy in God.
12. Now, in a song of grateful praise. Praise to Jesus. In the Gospel Magazine, June, 1776.
13. O could I speak the matchless worth. (1789.) Praise of Jesus.
14. O for a bright celestial ray. Lent.
15. O God, Thy mercy, vast and free. (1800). Dedication of Self to God.
16. O let us tell the matchless love. Praise to Jesus.
17. O what amazing words of grace. (1789). Foutain of Living Waters.
18. Saints die, and we should gently weep. (1800). Death and Burial. From his "Dearest of Names, Our Lord and King."
19. See a poor sinner, dearest Lord. Lent.
20. Sing the dear Saviour's glorious fame. (1789). Jesus the Breaker of bonds.
In 1800 a Memoir of Medley was published by his son, which is regarded by members of the family now living as authoritative. But in 1833 appeared another Memoir by Medley's daughter Sarah, to which are appended 52 hymns for use on Sacramental occasions. These she gives as her father's. But 8 of them are undoubtedly by Thos. Kelly, published by him in 1815, and reprinted in subsequent editions of his Hymns. The remainder are by Medley. Nearly all of these 52 hymns (both Medley's and Kelly's) have been altered in order to adapt them to Sacramental use. In Sarah Medley's volume, Kelly's hymns all follow one another, and three of them are in a metre which Medley apparently never used. What could have been Sarah Medley's motive in all this it is hard to divine. She is said to have been a clever, though unamiable woman, and was herself the author of a small volume of Poems published in 1807. In the Memoir she does not conceal her hatred of her brother. [Rev. W. R. Stevenson, M.A.]
-- John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)
Samuel Medley
