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Voices United

Publication Date: 1996 Publisher: The United Church Publishing House Publication Place: Etobicoke, Ontario, Canada Editors: Nancy E. Hardy; Leonard Lythgoe; Stephen Benner

Author: Frances Ridley Havergal Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 458 hymnals First Line: Lord, speak to me, that I may speak Lyrics: 1 Lord, speak to me, that I may speak in living echoes of your tone; as you have sought, so let me seek your straying children lost and lone. 2 O lead me, so that I may lead the wandering and the wavering feet; O feed me, so that I may feed your hungering ones with manna sweet. 3 O teach me, Lord, that I may teach the precious truths which you impart; and wing my words, that they may reach the hidden depths of many a heart. 4 O fill me with your fullness, Lord, until my very heart o'erflows in kindling thought and glowing word, your love to tell, your praise to show. Topics: Church in the World Discipleship: Love in Action; Calling and Response; Church Education; Commitment; Consecration; Encouragement; Installation Services; Jesus Christ High Priest; Jesus Christ Lord of Life; Jesus Christ Presence; Jesus Christ Teacher/Teachings; Love; Love for Others; Ministry; Mission and Outreach; Service; Vocation; Witness; Youth; Proper 6 Year B; Proper 19 Year B; Proper 23 Year B; Proper 26 Year B; Epiphany 4 Year C; Epiphany 5 Year C; Easter 7 Year C; Proper 17 Year C; Proper 20 Year C; Proper 24 Year C; Proper 28 Year C Used With Tune: WINSCOTT

Come, We That Love

Author: Isaac Watts Meter: 6.6.8.6 Appears in 1,795 hymnals First Line: Come, we that love the Lord Lyrics: 1 Come, we that love the Lord, and let our joys be known, join in a song with sweet accord, and thus surround the throne. 2 Let those refuse to sing who never knew our God; but children of the heavenly King may speak their joys abroad. 3 The hill of Zion yields a thousand sacred sweets before we reach the heavenly fields, or walk the golden streets. 4 Then let our songs abound, and every tear be dry; we're marching through Emmanuel's ground, to fairer worlds on high. Topics: A New Heaven and A New Earth Completion of Creation and City of God; Biblical Characters Moses; Celebration; Church Triumphant; City/City of God; Cloud of Witnesses; Eternal Life; Funerals and Memorial Services; Heaven(s)/Paradise; Joy; Kingdom of God; Love for God/Christ; Music and Singing; PILGRIMAGE AND CONFLICT; Praise; Service Music Gathering, Call to Worship, Greeting; Victory; Witness; Worship; Zeal; Zion; Proper 22 Year A; Easter 4 Year C; Proper 16 Year C; Proper 28 Year C; Easter Evening Year ABC Used With Tune: ST. THOMAS

Thine is the Glory (À toi la gloire)

Author: Edmond Louis Budry; Richard Birch Hoyle Appears in 111 hymnals First Line: À toi la gloire (Thine is the glory) Lyrics: 1 À toi la gloire, Ô Ressuscité! À toi la victoire pour l’éternité! Brillant de lumière, l’ange est descendu, il roule la pierre du tombeau vaincu. [Refrain:] À toi la gloire, O Ressuscité! À toi la victoire pour l’éternité! 2 Vois-le paraître: c’est lui, c’est Jésus, ton Sauveur, ton maître! Oh! ne doute plus. Sois dans l’allégresse, peuple du Seigneur, et redis sans cesse que Christ est vainqueur! [Refrain] 3 Craindrais-je encore? Il vit à jamais, celui que j’adore, le prince de paix; il est ma victoire, mon puissant soutien, ma vie et ma gloire: non, je ne crains rien! [Refrain] 1 Thine is the glory, risen, conquering Son: endless is the victory thou o’er death hast won. Angels in bright raiment rolled the stone away, kept the folded grave-clothes where the body lay. [Refrain:] Thine is the glory, risen, conquering Son, endless is the victory thou o’er death hast won. 2 Lo, Jesus meets us, risen from the tomb! lovingly he greets us, scatters fear and gloom. Let the church with gladness hymns of triumph sing, for the Lord now liveth: death hath lost its sting. [Refrain] 3 No more we doubt thee, glorious Prince of life; Life is nought without thee: aid us in our strife; make us more than conquerors, through thy deathless love; bring us safe through Jordan to thy home above. [Refrain] Topics: Choruses and Refrains; Christian Year Easter; Courage; Eternal Life; God Glory; Jesus Christ Exaltation; Jesus Christ Lord of Life; Jesus Christ Resurrection; Joy; Light; Service Music Sending Forth/Commissioning; Victory; Water; Easter 1 Year A; Easter 2 Year A; Ascension Year A; Epiphany 6 Year B; Easter 2 Year B; Easter 3 Year B; Easter 1 Year C; Easter 2 Year C; Easter Evening Year ABC Used With Tune: JUDAS MACCABAEUS

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JUDAS MACCABAEUS

Appears in 142 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: George Frideric Handel Tune Key: D Major Incipit: 53451 23454 32345 Used With Text: Thine is the Glory (À toi la gloire)

ABERYSTWYTH

Meter: 7.7.7.7 D Appears in 257 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Joseph Parry Tune Key: e minor Incipit: 11234 53213 21712 Used With Text: Wind Who Makes All Winds That Blow

SIYAHAMBA

Meter: Irregular Appears in 55 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Anders Nyberg Tune Sources: South African trad. song 20th century Tune Key: G Major Incipit: 55332 31654 32221 Used With Text: We Are Marching (Siyahamba)

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O come, O come, Emmanuel (Oh, viens Jésus, oh, viens Emmauel)

Author: John Mason Neale; Pierre-Yves Emery Hymnal: VU1996 #1 (1996) Meter: 8.8.8.8 with refrain First Line: O come, O come, Emmanuel (Oh! viens Jésus, oh! viens Emmauel) Refrain First Line: Rejoice! Rejoice! ( Chantez! chantez!) Topics: Biblical Characters David; Biblical Characters Jesse; Biblical Characters Mary, Mother of Jesus; Hymns Suitable for Use with Children; Choruses and Refrains; Christian Year Advent; Covenant; Freedom; God Deliverance; Jesus Christ Example; Joy; Justice; Light; Nation; Peace (World); Processionals (Opening of Worship); Unity; Wisdom; Advent 1 Year A; Advent 2 Year A; Advent 3 Year A; Advent 4 Year A; Proper 22 Year A; Advent 1 Year B; Advent 2 Year B; Advent 1 Year C; Advent 2 Year C; Advent 4 Year C; Proper 27 Year C; Reign of Christ Year C Languages: English; French Tune Title: VENI EMMANUEL

Come, Thou Long-Expected Jesus

Author: Charles Wesley Hymnal: VU1996 #2 (1996) Meter: 8.7.8.7 Lyrics: 1 Come, thou long-expected Jesus born to set thy people free; from our fears and sins release us, let us find our rest in thee. 2 Israel's strength and consolation, hope of all the earth thou art, dear desire of every nation, joy of every longing heart. 3 Born thy people to deliver, born a child and yet a King, born to reign in us forever, now thy gracious kingdom bring. 4 By thine own eternal Spirit rule in all our hearts alone; by thine all-sufficient merit, raise us to thy glorious throne. Topics: Christian Year Advent; Comfort/Consolation; Freedom; God Mercy; Hope; Jesus Christ Kingship, Conqueror; Jesus Christ Reign; Jesus Christ Saviour; Jesus Christ Second Coming; Mercy; Opening Hymns; Petition; Reconciliation; Second Coming; Trust; Advent 1 Year A; Advent 2 Year A; Advent 3 Year A; Christmas Eve Year A; Proper 26 Year A; Advent 1 Year B; Advent 2 Year B; Advent 3 Year B; Advent 4 Year B; Christmas 1 Year B; Advent 1 Year C; Advent 2 Year C; Advent 3 Year C; Advent 4 Year C; Proper 14 Year C; Proper 27 Year C Languages: English Tune Title: STUTTGART

Plus de nuit, le jour va naître

Author: H. Cousin Hymnal: VU1996 #3 (1996) Meter: 8.7.8.7 Topics: Christian Year Advent Languages: French Tune Title: STUTTGART

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John Cennick

1718 - 1755 Hymnal Number: 25 Author of "Lo, He Comes with Clouds Descending" in Voices United John Cennick was born at Reading, Berkshire, in the year 1717. He became acquainted with Wesley and Whitefield, and preached in the Methodist connection. On the separation of Wesley and Whitefield he joined the latter. In 1745, he attached himself to the Moravians, and made a tour in Germany to fully acquaint himself with the Moravian doctrines. He afterwards ministered in Dublin, and in the north of Ireland. He died in London, in 1755, and was buried in the Moravian Cemetery, Chelsea. He was the author of many hymns, some of which are to be found in every collection. --Annotations of the Hymnal, Charles Hutchins, M.A. 1872. ======================= Cennick, John, a prolific and successful hymnwriter, was descended from a family of Quakers, but brought up in the Church of England. He assisted J. Wesley and then G. Whitefield in their labours for a time, and then passed over to, and died as a minister of, the Moravian Church. Born at Reading, Dec. 12, 1718, he was for some time a land surveyor at Reading, but becoming acquainted with the Wesleys in 1739, he was appointed by J. Wesley as a teacher of a school for colliers' children at Kingswood in the following year. This was followed by his becoming a lay preacher, but in 1740 he parted from the Wesleys on doctrinal grounds. He assisted Whitefield until 1745, when he joined the Mora¬vians, and was ordained deacon, in London, in 1749. His duties led him twice to Germany and also to the North of Ireland. He died in London, July 4, 1755. In addition to a few prose works, and some sermons, he published:— (1) Sacred Hymns, for the Children of God in the Days of their Pilgrimage, Lond., J. Lewis, n.d. (2nd ed. Lond., B. Milles, 1741), Pts. ii., iii., 1742; (2) Sacred Hymns for the Use of Religious Societies, &c, Bristol, F. Farley, 1743; (3) A Collection of Sacred Hymns, &c, Dublin, S. Powell, 3rd ed., 1749; (4) Hymns to the honour of Jesus Christ, composed for such Little Children as desire to be saved. Dublin, S. Powell, 1754. Additional hymns from his manuscripts were published by his son-in-law, the Rev. J. Swertner, in the Moravian Hymn Book, 1789, of which he was the editor. There are also 16 of his hymns in his Sermons, 2 vols., 1753-4, some being old hymns rewritten, and others new. Many of Cennick's hymns are widely known, as, "Lo, He cometh, countless trumpets;" “Brethren, let us join to bless;" "Jesus, my all, to heaven is gone;" "Children of the heavenly King;" "Ere I sleep, for every favour;" "We sing to Thee, Thou Son of God;" and the Graces: " Be present at our table, Lord;" and "We thank Thee, Lord;" &c. Some of the stanzas of his hymns are very fine, but the hymns taken as a whole are most unequal. Some excellent centos might be compiled from his various works. His religious experiences were given as a preface to his Sacred Hymns, 1741. In addition to the hymns named, and others annotated under their first lines, the following are in common use:— 1. Be with me [us] Lord, where'er I [we] go. Divine Protection. [1741.] 2. Cast thy burden on the Lord. Submission. [1743.] 3. Not unto us, but Thee alone. Praise to Jesus. [1743.] 4. Thou dear Redeemer, dying Lamb. Priesthood of Christ. [1743.] 5. We sing to Thee, Thou Son of God. Praise to Jesus. [1743.] 6. When, 0 dear Jesus, when shall I? Sunday Evening. [1743.] --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)

Edmund H. Sears

1810 - 1876 Person Name: Edmund Hamilton Sears Hymnal Number: 44 Author of "It Came upon the Midnight Clear" in Voices United Edmund Hamilton Sears was born in Berkshire [County], Massachusetts, in 1810; graduated at Union College, Schenectady, in 1834, and at the Theological School of Harvard University, in 1837. He became pastor of the Unitarian Society in Wayland, Mass., in 1838; removed to Lancaster in 1840; but on account of ill health was obliged to retire from the active duties of the ministry in 1847; since then, residing in Wayland, he devoted himself to literature. He has published several works. --Annotations of the Hymnal, Charles Hutchins, M.A., 1872 ======================= Sears, Edmund Hamilton, D.D., son of Joseph Sears, was born at Sandisfield, Berkshire County, Massachusetts, April 6, 1810, and educated at Union College, Schenectady, N.Y., where he graduated in 1834; and at the Theological School at Cambridge. In 1838 he became pastor of the First Church (Unitarian) at Wayland, Massachusetts; then at Lancaster in the same State, in 1840; again at Wayland, in 1847; and finally at Weston, Massachusetts, in 1865. He died at Weston, Jan. 14, 1876. He published:— (1) Regeneration, 1854; (2) Pictures of the Olden Time, 1857; (3) Athanasia, or Foregleams of Immortality, 1858, enlarged ed., 1872; (4) The Fourth Gospel the Heart of Christ; (5) Sermons and Songs of the Christian Life, 1875, in which his hymns are collected. Also co-editor of the Monthly Religious Magazine. Of his hymns the following are in common use:— 1. Calm on the listening ear of night. Christmas. This hymn was first published in its original form, in the Boston Observer, 1834; afterwards, in the Christian Register, in 1835; subsequently it was emended by the author, and, as thus emended, was reprinted entire in the Monthly Magazine, vol. xxxv. Its use is extensive. 2. It came upon the midnight clear. Christmas. "Rev. Dr. Morison writes to us, Sears's second Christmas hymn was sent to me as editor of the Christian Register, I think, in December, 1849. I was very much delighted with it, and before it came out in the Register, read it at a Christmas celebration of Dr. Lunt's Sunday School in Quincy. I always feel that, however poor my Christmas sermon may be, the reading and singing of this hymn are enough to make up for all deficiences.'" 3. Ho, ye that rest beneath the rock. Charitable Meetings on behalf of Children. Appeared in Longfellow and Johnson's Hymns of the Spirit, Boston, 1864, in 2 stanzas of 8 lines. Dr. Sears's two Christmas hymns rank with the best on that holy season in the English language. Although a member of the Unitarian body, his views were rather Swedenborgian than Unitarian. He held always to the absolute Divinity of Christ. [Rev. F. M. Bird, M.A.] --Excerpts from John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)

Phillips Brooks

1835 - 1893 Hymnal Number: 64 Author of "O Little Town of Bethlehem" in Voices United 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)

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