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God Be in My Head
Meter: 12.10.10.10.11 Appears in 64 hymnals First Line: God be in my head, and in my understanding Topics: Intercession; Prayer Hymns of; Service Music Closing Sentences Text Sources: Book of Hours, 1514
God Be in My Head
GOD BE IN MY HEAD
Meter: 12.10.10.10.11 Appears in 32 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Henry Walford Davies , 1869- Tune Key: A Major Incipit: 55532 76727 65555 Used With Text: God be in my head, and in my understanding
GOD BE IN MY HEAD
FIELD (Laufer)
Meter: 12.10.10.10.11 Appears in 17 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Calvin Weiss Laufer Tune Key: E Flat Major Incipit: 51235 43231
FIELD (Laufer)
God be in my head, and in my understanding
Hymnal: The New English Hymnal #328 (1986) Meter: 12.10.10.10.11 Lyrics: God be in my head,
and in my understanding;
God be in mine eyes,
and in my looking;
God be in my mouth,
and in my speaking;
God be in my heart,
and in my thinking;
God be at mine end,
and at my departing. Topics: Sacraments and Other Rites Funerals and the Departed Languages: English Tune Title: GOD BE IN MY HEAD
God be in my head, and in my understanding
God be in my head, and in my understanding
Hymnal: The Hymnary of the United Church of Canada #364 (1930) Meter: 12.10.10.10.11 Topics: The Church of God The Sacraments - Baptism; The Church of God The Sacraments - The Lord's Supper; The Life in Christ Consecration and Discipleship Languages: English Tune Title: GOD BE IN MY HEAD
God be in my head, and in my understanding
God be in my head, and in my understanding
Hymnal: The Hymnary for use in Baptist churches #364 (1936) Meter: 12.10.10.10.11 Topics: The Church of God Baptism; The Church of God The Lord's Supper; The Life in Christ Consecration and Discipleship Languages: English Tune Title: GOD BE IN MY HEAD
God be in my head, and in my understanding
Anonymous
Meter: 12.10.10.10.11 Composer of "FIELD" in The Worshiping Church In some hymnals, the editors noted that a hymn's author is unknown to them, and so this artificial "person" entry is used to reflect that fact. Obviously, the hymns attributed to "Author Unknown" "Unknown" or "Anonymous" could have been written by many people over a span of many centuries.
Anonymous
Walford Davies
1869 - 1941 Person Name: Henry Walford Davies , 1869- Meter: 12.10.10.10.11 Composer of "GOD BE IN MY HEAD" in The Hymnary of the United Church of Canada
Walford Davies
Calvin Weiss Laufer
1874 - 1938 Meter: 12.10.10.10.11 Composer of "FIELD (Laufer)" Presbyterian minister and hymnographer Calvin Weiss Laufer was born today in Brodheadsville, Pennsylvania in 1874. Following his graduation from Union Seminary in 1900 he was ordained into the Presbyterian ministry and led congregations in New York and New Jersey for several years.
Laufer had a generally cheerful outlook on his Christian life, and his first two books, Key-Notes of Optimism (1911) and The Incomparable Christ (1914) expressed that viewpoint. A review of the first book spoke of the "crisp and stirring note in these sermonettes which is well calculated to rouse the mind of readers and banish dejection." His books were popular in their time but today are seen as somewhat superficial.
He later began to work with the Presbyterian Board of Christian Education and became its editor of musical publications, producing books such as The Junior Church School Hymnal (1927), The Church School Hymnal for Youth (1928) and When the Little Child Wants to Sing (1935). He was also the associate editor of the Presbyterian Hymnal of 1933, a very popular book which was used in many churches for more than fifty years.
In 1932, his book Hymn Lore was published, which contained the stories of fifty hymns from The Church School Hymnal for Youth, with information about their writers and composers (much like this blog). He chose a broad range of hymns, some quite modern and others well-known and loved for centuries. Several of them were by his mentor and friend Louis F. Benson, who had edited the Presbyterian Hymnal of 1895 and its 1911 revision (and also wrote The Best Church Hymns). In the preface to Hymn Lore, Laufer wrote:
To live with hymns and to make them one's own is the only sure way of appreciating their literary beauty and spiritual power. (...) That the reading and singing of hymns may become less mechanical, more thoughtful and intelligent, and emotionally more effective, this volume is released to the public.
Laufer wrote both hymn texts and tunes himself, most of which first appeared in the books he edited but also had some life outside Presbyterian circles. This tune was written while Laufer was attending a conference in Kansas, though with no particular text in mind. Not long after, he hummed it to a friend, William H. Foulkes, who then wrote the text "Take thou our minds, dear Lord."
Laufer's tune was originally called STONY BROOK, but he changed it to honor a friend, William Ralph Hall. Little is known about the writer May Pierpont Hoyt. Her text is generally sung to the tune BREAD OF LIFE by William F. Sherwin, but since that tune is more known with "Break thou the Bread of life," this text could use a different one.
--conjubilant.blogspot.com/2010/04/
Calvin Weiss Laufer
