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Light in the Valley

Publication Date: 1898 Publisher: George C. Hugg Publication Place: Philadelphia Editors: George C. Hugg; George C. Hugg

Author: J. Newton Appears in 205 hymnals First Line: As, when the weary traveler gains Lyrics: 1 As, when the weary traveler gains The height of some commanding hill, His heart revives, if o'er the plains, He sees his home, tho' distant still. 2 Thus, when the Christian pilgrim views By faith his mansion in the skies, The sight his fainting strength renews, And wings his speed to reach the prize. 3 The thought of heav'n his spirit cheers, No more he grieves for troubles past; Nor any future trial fears So he may safe arrive at last. 4 Jesus, on Thee our hopes we stay, To lead us on to Thine abode; Assured Thy love will far o'erpay, The hardest labours of the road. Amen. Topics: Praise Used With Tune: [As, when the weary traveler gains]

Thatcher

Author: Isaac Watts Appears in 60 hymnals First Line: How honored is the place Lyrics: 1 How honored is the place Where we adoring stand Zion, the glory of the earth, And beauty of the land! 2 Bulwarks of grace defend The city where we dwell, While walls, of strong salvation made, Defy th' assaults of hell. 3 Lift up th' eternal gates, The doors wide open fling; Enter, ye nations that obey The statutes of our King. 4 Here taste unmingled joys, And live in perfect peace, You that have known Jehovah's name, And ventured on his grace. Topics: Praise Used With Tune: [How honored is the place]

Jesus! Name of Wondrous Love!

Author: Rev. William W. How. D. D. Appears in 167 hymnals Lyrics: 1 Jesus! name of wondrous love! Name all other names above! Unto which must ev'ry knee Bow in deep humility. 2 Jesus! name decreed of old: To the maiden mother told, Kneeling in her lowly cell, By the angel Gabriel. 3 Jesus! name of priceless worth To the fallen sons of earth, For the promise that it gave "Jesus shall his people save." 4 Jesus! name of wondrous love! Human name of God above; Pleading only this, we flee, Helpless, O our God to thee. Topics: The Saviour Used With Tune: [Jesus! name of wondrous love!]

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[There's a wideness in God's mercy]

Appears in 106 hymnals Tune Sources: Arranged Tune Key: C Major Incipit: 56531 21656 53132 Used With Text: He is Calling

[Hark! the herald angels sing]

Appears in 4 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Geo. C. Hugg Tune Key: B Flat Major Incipit: 11153 45653 33333 Used With Text: Christ is Born in Bethlehem

[A hand all bruised and bleeding is knocking at the door]

Appears in 17 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: J. Howard Entwisle Tune Key: G Major or modal Incipit: 55332 21776 16555 Used With Text: Oh, Don't You Hear Him Knocking?

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Walk, My Child, with Me

Author: Rev. Johnson Oatman, Jr. Hymnal: LV1898 #4 (1898) First Line: Once I heard my Saviour speak Lyrics: 1 Once I hear my Saviour speak, "Come, my child, and walk with me; I am strong, but thou art weak, Walk, my child, with me. I will be thy faithful friend; I will thee from harm defend; I will guide thee to the end; Walk, my child, with me. Chorus: "Walk, my child, with me, All the way with me; I will safely lead the home, Walk, my child, with me" 2 "Through this land of toil and tears, Come, my child, and walk with me; I will drive away thy fears, Walk, my child with me. Pilgrim to an unknown strand, Would'st thou reach the better land? Let me lead thee by the hand; Walk, my child, with me." [Chorus] 3 "Through the darkness and the night, Come, my child, and walk with me; I will make thy pathway bright, Walk, my child, with me. When life's clouds have passed away, Thou wilt shine in endless day; Come, I am the Life, the Way, Walk, my child, with me." [Chorus] Topics: Benevolence; Devotional; Praise; Revival Languages: English Tune Title: [Once I heard my Saviour speak]

Launch Out into the Deep

Author: Rev. Johnson Oatman, Jr. Hymnal: LV1898 #5 (1898) First Line: All night long the fishers sought Refrain First Line: No use staying near the shore Lyrics: 1 All night long the fishers sought, But at morn nothing had caught; Then they heard the Master speak, Launch out, launch out into the deep. Chorus: No use staying near the shore, Where the billows break and roar; Listen to the Master speak; Launch out, launch out into the deep. 2 How these fishers were repaid When the Saviour they obeyed! When they heard the Master speak, Launch out, launch out into the deep. [Chorus] 3 If of grace you would have more, Do not linger near the shore, Listen to the Master speak, Launch out, launch out into the deep. [Chorus] 4 If you would be sanctified, Holy made, in Calv'ry's tide, Listen to the Master speak, Launch out, launch out into the deep. [Chorus] 5 Fishers would you be, of men? Cut loose ev'ry shore line, then; Listen to the Master speak, Launch out, launch out into the deep. [Chorus] 6 Would you gain that blessed shore, There to rest forever more? Listen to the Master speak, Launch out, launch out into the deep. [Chorus] Topics: Devotional; The Saviour; Work Languages: English Tune Title: [All night long the fishers sought]

There's Room for You

Author: Rev. Johnson Oatman, Jr. Hymnal: LV1898 #6 (1898) First Line: O soul, so far away from God Refrain First Line: There's room for you, there's room for you Lyrics: 1 O soul, so far away from God, Who long the paths of sin have trod, No longer wander in the cold, The shepherd wants you in his fold. Chorus: There's room for you, there' room for you, 'Tis not confined to just a few; God bids you come, his word is true, Come, brother, there is room for you. 2 Although you long on husks have fed, The banquet table now is spread; Here's milk and wine, and honey, too, Come, brother, there is room for you. [Chorus] 3 You've wanted in the church of God That Christ hath purchased with his blood; 'Tis broader far than creed or pew, So, brother, there is room for you. [Chorus] 4 And when your cares on earth are past, You'll find a home in heav'n at last; You'll hear God say, if you are true, "Well done, well done, there's room for you." [Chorus] Topics: Benevolence; Heaven; Revival Languages: English Tune Title: [O soul, so far away from God]

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Oliver Holden

1765 - 1844 Person Name: O. Holden Hymnal Number: 147 Composer of "[All hail the pow'r of Jesus' name!]" in Light in the Valley Holden, Oliver, one of the pioneers of American psalmody, was born in 1765, and was brought up as a carpenter. Subsequently he became a teacher and music-seller. He died at Charlestown, Massachusetts, 1844. His published works are American Harmony, 1793; the Worcester Collection, 1797; and other Tune books. One of his most popular tunes is "Coronation." It is thought that he edited a small hymn-book, published at Boston before 1808, in which are 21 of his hymns with the signature "H." A single copy only of this book is known, and that is without title-page. Of his hymns the following are in common use:— 1. All those who seek a throne of grace. [God present where prayer is offered.] Was given in Peabody's Springfield Collection, 1835, No. 92, in a recast form as, “They who seek the throne of grace." This form is in extensive use in America, and is also in a few collections in Great Britain. 2. With conscious guilt, and bleeding heart. [Lent.] This, although one of the best of Holden's hymns, has passed out of use. It appeared, with two others, each bearing bis signature, in the Boston Collection (Baptist), 1808. 3. Within these doors assembled now. [Divine Worship.] [Rev. F. M. Bird, M.A.] -- John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology

Edward Perronet

1721 - 1792 Person Name: Rev. E. Perronet Hymnal Number: 147 Author of "All Hail the Power of Jesus' Name" in Light in the Valley Edward Perronet was the son of the Rev. Vincent Perronet, Vicar of Shoreham, Kent. For some time he was an intimate associate of the Wesleys, at Canterbury and Norwich. He afterwards became pastor of a dissenting congregation. He died in 1792. In 1784, he published a small volume, entitled "Occasional Verses, Moral and Social;" a book now extremely rare. At his death he is said to have left a large sum of money to Shrubsole, who was organist at Spafield's Chapel, London, and who had composed the tune "Miles Lane" for "All hail the power of Jesus' Name!" --Annotations of the Hymnal, Charles Hutchins, M.A. 1872. ------ Perronet, Edward. The Perronets of England, grandfather, father, and son, were French emigres. David Perronet came to England about 1680. He was son of the refugee Pasteur Perronet, who had chosen Switzerland as his adopted country, where he ministered to a Protestant congregation at Chateau D'Oex. His son, Vincent Perronet, M.A., was a graduate of Queen's College, Oxford, though his name is not found in either Anthony Woods's Athenae Oxonienses nor his Fasti, nor in Bliss's apparatus of additional notes. He became, in 1728, Vicar of Shoreham, Kent. He is imperishably associated with the Evangelical Revival under the Wesleys and Whitefield. He cordially cooperated with the movement, and many are the notices of him scattered up and down the biographies and Journals of John Wesley and of Selina, Countess of Huntingdon. He lived to the venerable age of ninety-one; and pathetic and beautiful is the account of John Wesley's later visits to the white-haired saint (b. 1693, d. May 9, 1785).* His son Edward was born in 1726. He was first educated at home under a tutor, but whether he proceeded to the University (Oxford) is uncertain. Born, baptized, and brought up in the Church of England, he had originally no other thought than to be one of her clergy. But, though strongly evangelical, he had a keen and searching eye for defects. A characteristic note to The Mitre, in referring to a book called The Dissenting Gentleman's answer to the Rev. Mr. White, thus runs:—"I was born, and am like to die, in the tottering communion of the Church of England; but I despise her nonsense; and thank God that I have once read a book that no fool can answer, and that no honest man will". The publication of The Mitre is really the first prominent event in his life. A copy is preserved in the British Museum, with title in the author's holograph, and manuscript notes; and on the fly-leaf this:— "Capt. Boisragon, from his oblig'd and most respectful humble servt. The Author. London, March 29th, 1757." The title is as follows:— The Mitre; a Sacred Poem (1 Samuel ii. 30). London: printed in the year 1757. This strangely overlooked satire is priceless as a reflex of contemporary ecclesiastical opinion and sentiment. It is pungent, salted with wit, gleams with humour, hits off vividly the well-known celebrities in Church and State, and is well wrought in picked and packed words. But it is a curious production to have come from a "true son" of the Church of England. It roused John Wesley's hottest anger. He demanded its instant suppression; and it was suppressed (Atmore's Methodist Memorial, p. 300, and Tyerman, ii. 240-44, 264, 265); and yet it was at this period the author threw himself into the Wesleys' great work. But evidences abound in the letters and journals of John Wesley that he was intermittently rebellious and vehement to even his revered leader's authority. Earlier, Edward Perronet dared all obloquy as a Methodist. In 1749 Wesley enters in his diary: "From Rochdale went to Bolton, and soon found that the Rochdale lions were lambs in comparison with those of Bolton. Edward Perronet was thrown down and rolled in mud and mire. Stones were hurled and windows broken" (Tyerman's Life and Times of the Rev. John Wesley, M.A., 3 vols., 1870 ; vol. ii. 57). In 1750 John Wesley writes: ”Charles and you [Edward Perronet] behave as I want you to do; but you cannot, or will not, preach where I desire. Others can and will preach where I desire, but they do not behave as I want them to do. I have a fine time between the one and the other. I think Charles and you have in the general a right sense of what it is to serve as sons in the gospel; and if all our helpers had had the same, the work of God would have prospered better both in England and Ireland. I have not one preacher with me, and not six in England, whose wills are broken to serve me" (ibid. ii. 85, and Whitehead's Life of Wesley, ii. 259). In 1755 arrangements to meet the emergency created by its own success had to be made for Methodism. As one result, both Edward and Charles Perronet broke loose from John Wesley's law that none of his preachers or "helpers" were to dispense the Sacraments, but were still with their flocks to attend the parish churches. Edward Perronet asserted his right to administer the Sacraments as a divinely-called preacher ibid. ii. 200). At that time he was resident at Canterbury, "in a part of the archbishop's old palace" (ibid. ii. 230. In season and out of season he "evangelized." Onward, he became one of the Countess of Huntingdon's "ministers" in a chapel in Watling Street, Canterbury. Throughout he was passionate, impulsive, strong-willed; but always lived near his divine Master. The student-reader of Lives of the Wesleys will be "taken captive" by those passages that ever and anon introduce him. He bursts in full of fire and enthusiasm, yet ebullient and volatile. In the close of his life he is found as an Independent or Congregational pastor of a small church in Canterbury. He must have been in easy worldly circumstances, as his will shows. He died Jan. 2, 1792, and was buried in the cloisters of the great cathedral, Jan. 8. His Hymns were published anonymously in successive small volumes. First of all came Select Passages of the Old and New Testament versified; London: Printed by H. Cock, mdcclvi. … A second similar volume is entitled A Small Collection of Hymns, &c, Canterbury: printed in the year dcclxxxii. His most important volume was the following:— Occasional Verses, moral and sacred. Published for the instruction and amusement of the Candidly Serious and Religious. London, printed for the Editor: And Sold by J. Buckland in Paternoster Row; and T. Scollick, in the City Road, Moorfields, mdcclxxxv. pp. 216 (12°). [The British Museum copy has the two earlier volumes bound up with this.] The third hymn in this scarce book is headed, “On the Resurrection," and is, ”All hail the power of Jesus' name". But there are others of almost equal power and of more thorough workmanship. In my judgment, "The Lord is King" (Psalm xcvi. 16) is a great and noble hymn. It commences:— “Hail, holy, holy, holy Loud! Let Pow'rs immortal sing; Adore the co-eternal Word, And shout, the Lord is King." Very fine also is "The Master's Yoke—the Scholar's Lesson," Matthew xi. 29, which thus opens:— O Grant me, Lord, that sweet content That sweetens every state; Which no internal fears can rent, Nor outward foes abate." A sacred poem is named "The Wayfaring Man: a Parody"; and another, "The Goldfish: a Parody." The latter has one splendid line on the Cross, "I long to share the glorious shame." "The Tempest" is striking, and ought to be introduced into our hymnals; and also "The Conflict or Conquest over the Conqueror, Genesis xxxii. 24". Still finer is "Thoughts on Hebrews xii.," opening:— "Awake my soul—arise! And run the heavenly race; Look up to Him who holds the prize, And offers thee His grace." "A Prayer for Mercy on Psalm cxix. 94," is very striking. On Isaiah lxv. 19, is strong and unmistakable. "The Sinner's Resolution," and "Thoughts on Matthew viii. 2," and on Mark x. 51, more than worthy of being reclaimed for use. Perronet is a poet as well as a pre-eminently successful hymnwriter. He always sings as well as prays. It may be added that the brief paraphrase after Ovid given below, seems to echo the well-known lines in Gray's immortal elegy:— "How many a gem unseen of human eyes, Entomb'd in earth, a sparkling embryo lies; How many a rose, neglected as the gem, Scatters its sweets and rots upon its stem: So many a mind, that might a meteor shone, Had or its genius or its friend been known; Whose want of aid from some maternal hand, Still haunts the shade, or quits its native land." [Rev. A. B. Grosart, D.D., LL.D.] * Agnew's Protestant Exiles from France in the Reign of Louis XIV. confounds Vincent the father with Edward his son. -- John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)

Charlotte Elliott

1789 - 1871 Person Name: Charlotte Elliot Hymnal Number: 175 Author of "Just as I Am" in Light in the Valley Elliott, Charlotte, daughter of Charles Elliott, of Clapham and Brighton, and granddaughter of the Rev. H. Venn, of Huddersfield, was born March 18, 1789. The first 32 years of her life were spent mostly at Clapham. In 1823 she removed to Brighton, and died there Sept. 22, 1871. To her acquaintance with Dr. C. Malan, of Geneva, is attributed much of the deep spiritual-mindedness which is so prominent in her hymns. Though weak and feeble in body, she possessed a strong imagination, and a well-cultured and intellectual mind. Her love of poetry and music was great, and is reflected in her verse. Her hymns number about 150, a large percentage of which are in common use. The finest and most widely known of these are, "Just as I am” and "My God, my Father, while I stray." Her verse is characterized by tenderness of feeling, plaintive simplicity, deep devotion, and perfect rhythm. For those in sickness and sorrow she has sung as few others have done. Her hymns appeared in her brother's Psalms & Hymns and elsewhere as follows:— (1) Psalms and Hymns for Public, Private, and Social Worship; selected by the Rev. H. V. Elliott, &c., 1835-48. In this Selection her signature is "C. E." (2) The Christian Remembrancer Pocket Book. This was originally edited by Miss Kiernan, of Dublin. Miss Elliott undertook the editorship in 1834. (3) The Invalid's Hymn Book. This was originally compiled by Miss Kiernan, but before publication was re-arranged by Miss Elliott, who also added 23 hymns in the first edition., 1834. These were increased in the following edition to the sixth in 1854, when her contributions amounted to 112. From that date no change was made in the work. (4) Hours of Sorrow Cheered and Comforted; or, Thoughts in Verse, 1836. (5) Morning and Evening Hymns for a Week, printed privately in 1839 for sale for a benevolent institution in Brighton, and published in 1842. (6) Thoughts in Verse on Sacred Subjects, 1869. Miss Elliott's Poems were published, with a Memoir by her sister, Mrs. Babington, in 1873, and an additional volume of Leaves from her unpublished Journals and Poems, also appeared in 1870. In addition to her more important hymns, which are annotated under their respective first lines, there are in common use:— i. From The Invalid's Hymn-book, 1834-1841:— 1. Clouds and darkness round about thee. (1841.) Resignation. 2. Not willingly dost Thou afflict [reject]. (1841.) Divine Chastisement. 3. O God, may I look up to Thee. (1841.) Teach us to Pray. 4. This is enough; although 'twere sweet. (1834.) On being debarred from Divine Worship. 5. With tearful eyes I look around. (1841.) The Invitation "Come Unto Me." ii. From H. V. Elliott's Psalms & Hymns, 1835-1839:— 6. Glorious was that primal light. Christmas. 7. Hail, holy day, most blest, most dear. Easter. 8. My only Saviour, when I feel. Jesus His people's Rest. 9. Now let our heavenly plants and flowers. Monday Morning. 10. The Sabbath-day has reached its close. Sunday Evening. iii. From Miss Elliott's Hours of Sorrow, 1836:— 11. Father, when Thy child is dying. Prayer for a Departing Spirit. 12. Leaning on Thee, my Guide, my Friend. Death Anticipated. 13. My God, is any hour so sweet? The Hour of Prayer. 14. O faint and feeble-hearted. Resignation enforced. 15. There is a holy sacrifice. The Contrite Heart. iv. From her Hymns for a Week, 1839:— 16. Guard well thy lips; none, none can know. Thursday Morning. 17. There is a spot of consecrated ground. Pt. i. 18. This is the mount where Christ's disciples see. Pt. ii. Monday Evening. 19. This is the day to tune with care. Saturday Morning. v. From Thoughts in Verse on Sacred Subjects, 1869:— 20. As the new moons of old were given. On a Birthday. 21. I need no other plea. Pt. i. 22. I need no prayers to saints. Pt. ii. Christ, All in All. 23. Jesus, my Saviour, look on me. Christ, All in All. Several of the earlier of these hymns were repeated in the later works, and are thus sometimes attributed to the wrong work. [Rev. James Davidson, B.A.] -- John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907) ================ Elliott, Charlotte, p. 328, i. Other hymns are:— 1. O how I long to reach my home. Heaven desired. From the Invalid's Hymn Book, 1834. 2. The dawn approaches, golden streaks. Second Advent. From Thoughts in Verse, &c, 1869. Of her hymns noted on p. 328, Nos. 6, 7, 8, 9, 10,11, and 13, all appeared in the 1st edition of Elliott's Psalms & Hymns, 1835. --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, Appendix, Part II (1907) ======================== Elliott, Charlotte, pp. 328, i.; 1561, ii. Further research enables us to give amended dates to some of her hymns as follows:— 1. With tearful eyes I look around (No. 5). This is in the 1835 Appendix to The Invalid's Hymn Book. 2. My only Saviour, when I feel (No. 8). Also in the 1835 Appendix. 3. Father, when Thy child is dying (No. 11). In the 1833 Appendix. 4. I want that adorning divine, p. 559, i. In the Christian Remembrancer 1848, p. 22. --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, New Supplement (1907)

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