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Author: Robert Seymour Bridges Meter: 6.6.7.6.6.7 Appears in 55 hymnals First Line: O gladsome light, O grace Lyrics: 1 O gladsome light, O grace Of our Creator’s face, The eternal splendor wearing; Celestial, holy, blessed, Our Savior Jesus Christ, Joyful in Your appearing! 2 As fades the day’s last light, We see the lamps of night Our common hymn outpouring; O God of might unknown, You, the incarnate Son, And Spirit blessed adoring. 3 To You of right belongs Aall praise of holy songs, O Son of God, Life-giver; You, therefore, O Most High, The world does glorify And shall exalt forever. Topics: Evening hymns Scripture: John 1:9 Used With Tune: LE CANTIQUE DE SIMÉON Text Sources: Phos Hilaron, 4rd century

Now May Your Servant, Lord

Author: Dewey Westra Meter: 6.6.7.6.6.7 Appears in 8 hymnals Lyrics: 1 Now may your servant, Lord, according to your word, depart in exultation. My peace shall be serene, for now my eyes have seen your wonderful salvation. 2 You did for all prepare this gift so great, so rare, fulfilling prophets's story– a light to show the way to Gentiles gone astray, and unto Israel's glory. Topics: Biblical Names and Places Simeon; Church Year Christmas; Elements of Worship Charge and Blessing Scripture: Luke 2:29-32 Used With Tune: NUNC DIMITTIS

How Sacred Is This Place

Author: Fred Pratt Green Meter: 6.6.7.6.6.7 Appears in 1 hymnal First Line: How sacred is this place! Lyrics: 1 How sacred is this place! Its open door of grace be bold, my soul, to enter! May all who worship here, believing God is near, find God is at the centre. Topics: The Church at Worship Opening and Morning Hymns; liturgical Opening Hymns; Choruses and Refrains; Opening Hymns; Reverence/Wonder Before God; Service Music Gathering, Call to Worship, Greeting Used With Tune: LE CANTIQUE DE SIMÉON

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PHOS HILARON

Meter: 6.6.7.6.6.7 Appears in 1 hymnal Composer and/or Arranger: James Bingham (1945- ) Tune Key: F Major or modal Incipit: 12352 33216 56561 Used With Text: O Gladsome Light

NUNC DIMITTIS (Bourgeois)

Meter: 6.6.7.6.6.7 Appears in 53 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Louis Bourgeois; Claude Goudimel Tune Sources: Pseaulmes cinquante de David, 1547; Genevan Cantique de Simeon Tune Key: F Major Incipit: 56543 24312 21155

BRINDLEY

Meter: 6.6.7.6.6.7 Appears in 2 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: C. T. Groves Incipit: 51235 65314 53212

Instances

Published text-tune combinations (hymns) from specific hymnals

O gladsome Light, O Grace

Author: Robert Bridges Hymnal: The Hymnal #A82 (1950) Meter: 6.6.7.6.6.7 Lyrics: 1 O gladsome light, O Grace Of God the Father's face, Th' eternal splendor wearing; Celestial, holy, blest, Our Saviour Jesus Christ, Joyful in Thine appearing! 2 Now, ere day fadeth quite, We see the evening light, Our wonted hymn outpouring; Father of might unknown, Thee, His incarnate Son, And Holy Ghost adoring. 3 To Thee of right belongs All praise of holy songs, O Son of God, Life Giver; Thee, therefore, O Most High, The world doth glorify, And shall exalt forever. Amen. Topics: Ancient Hymns and Canticles Ancient Hymns Tune Title: NUNC DIMITTIS

O Gladsome Light, O Grace

Author: Robert Seymour Bridges (1844-1930) Hymnal: Common Praise (1998) #13 (1998) Meter: 6.6.7.6.6.7 Lyrics: 1 O gladsome Light, O grace of God the Father’s face, the eternal splendour wearing; celestial, holy, blest, our Saviour Jesus Christ, joyful in your appearing. 2 As day fades into night, we see the evening light, our hymn of praise outpouring, Father of might unknown, Christ, his incarnate Son, and Holy Spirit adoring. 3 To you of right belongs all praise of holy songs, O Son of God, life-giver; you, therefore, O Most High, the world will glorify, and shall exalt forever. Topics: Evening; Jesus Christ, Light; Light; O Gracious Light Scripture: Matthew 3:13-17 Languages: English Tune Title: NUNC DIMITTIS

O gladsome light, O grace

Author: Robert Bridges, 1844-1930 Hymnal: Common Praise #17 (2000) Meter: 6.6.7.6.6.7 Lyrics: 1 O gladsome light, O grace of God the Father’s face, the eternal splendour wearing; celestial, holy, blest, our Saviour Jesus Christ, joyful in thine appearing. 2 Now, ere day fadeth quite, we see the evening light, our wonted hymn outpouring; Father of might unknown, thee, his incarnate Son, and Holy Spirit adoring. 3 To thee of right belongs all praise of holy songs, O Son of God, lifegiver; thee therefore, O most high, the world doth glorify and shall exalt forever. Topics: Evening Scripture: 2 Timothy 1:10 Languages: English Tune Title: NUNC DIMITTIS

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People

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Fred Pratt Green

1903 - 2000 Meter: 6.6.7.6.6.7 Author of "How Sacred Is This Place" in Voices United The name of the Rev. F. Pratt Green is one of the best-known of the contemporary school of hymnwriters in the British Isles. His name and writings appear in practically every new hymnal and "hymn supplement" wherever English is spoken and sung. And now they are appearing in American hymnals, poetry magazines, and anthologies. Mr. Green was born in Liverpool, England, in 1903. Ordained in the British Methodist ministry, he has been pastor and district superintendent in Brighton and York, and now served in Norwich. There he continued to write new hymns "that fill the gap between the hymns of the first part of this century and the 'far-out' compositions that have crowded into some churches in the last decade or more." --Seven New Hymns of Hope , 1971. Used by permission.

Robert Bridges

1844 - 1930 Person Name: Robert Seymour Bridges Meter: 6.6.7.6.6.7 Paraphraser of "O Gladsome Light" in The Presbyterian Hymnal Robert S. Bridges (b. Walmer, Kent, England, 1844; d. Boar's Hill, Abingdon, Berkshire, England, 1930) In a modern listing of important poets Bridges' name is often omitted, but in his generation he was considered a great poet and fine scholar. He studied medicine and practiced as a physician until 1881, when he moved to the village of Yattendon. He had already written some poetry, but after 1881 his literary career became a full-time occupation, and in 1913 he was awarded the position of poet laureate in England. Bridges published The Yattendon Hymnal (1899), a collection of one hundred hymns (forty-four written or translated by him with settings mainly from the Genevan psalter, arranged for unaccompanied singing. In addition to volumes of poetry, Bridges also published A Practical Discourse on Some Principles of Hymn-Singing (1899) and About Hymns (1911). Bert Polman =================== Bridges, Robert Seymour, M.A., son of J. J. Bridges, of Walmer, Kent, was b. Oct. 23, 1844, and educated at Eton and at Corpus Christi College, Oxford (B.A. 1867, M.A. 1874). He took his M.A. in 1874, but retired from practice in 1882, and now (1906) resides at Yattendon, Berks. He is the author of many poems and plays. He edition and contributed to the Yattendon Hymnal, 1899 (originally printed at the Oxford Univ. Press in parts—Nos. 1-25, 1895; 26-50, 1897; 51-75, 1898; 76-100, 1899). [Rev. James Mearns, M.A.] --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, New Supplement (1907)

Louis Bourgeois

1510 - 1561 Person Name: L. Bourgeois Meter: 6.6.7.6.6.7 Editor of "NUNC DIMITTIS" in Rejoice in the Lord Louis Bourgeois (b. Paris, France, c. 1510; d. Paris, 1561). In both his early and later years Bourgeois wrote French songs to entertain the rich, but in the history of church music he is known especially for his contribution to the Genevan Psalter. Apparently moving to Geneva in 1541, the same year John Calvin returned to Geneva from Strasbourg, Bourgeois served as cantor and master of the choristers at both St. Pierre and St. Gervais, which is to say he was music director there under the pastoral leadership of Calvin. Bourgeois used the choristers to teach the new psalm tunes to the congregation. The extent of Bourgeois's involvement in the Genevan Psalter is a matter of scholarly debate. Calvin had published several partial psalters, including one in Strasbourg in 1539 and another in Geneva in 1542, with melodies by unknown composers. In 1551 another French psalter appeared in Geneva, Eighty-three Psalms of David, with texts by Marot and de Beze, and with most of the melodies by Bourgeois, who supplied thirty four original tunes and thirty-six revisions of older tunes. This edition was republished repeatedly, and later Bourgeois's tunes were incorporated into the complete Genevan Psalter (1562). However, his revision of some older tunes was not uniformly appreciated by those who were familiar with the original versions; he was actually imprisoned overnight for some of his musical arrangements but freed after Calvin's intervention. In addition to his contribution to the 1551 Psalter, Bourgeois produced a four-part harmonization of fifty psalms, published in Lyons (1547, enlarged 1554), and wrote a textbook on singing and sight-reading, La Droit Chemin de Musique (1550). He left Geneva in 1552 and lived in Lyons and Paris for the remainder of his life. Bert Polman

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Hymnals

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Small Church Music

Meter: 6.6.7.6.6.7 Editors: Robert Seymour Bridges Description: The SmallChurchMusic site was launched in 2006, growing out of the requests from those struggling to provide suitable music for their services and meetings. Rev. Clyde McLennan was ordained in mid 1960’s and was a pastor in many small Australian country areas, and therefore was acutely aware of this music problem. Having also been trained as a Pipe Organist, recordings on site (which are a subset of the smallchurchmusic.com site) are all actually played by Clyde, and also include piano and piano with organ versions. All recordings are in MP3 format. Churches all around the world use the recordings, with downloads averaging over 60,000 per month. The recordings normally have an introduction, several verses and a slowdown on the last verse. Users are encouraged to use software: Audacity (http://www.audacityteam.org) or Song Surgeon (http://songsurgeon.com) (see http://scm-audacity.weebly.com for more information) to adjust the MP3 number of verses, tempo and pitch to suit their local needs. Copyright notice: Rev. Clyde McLennan, performer in this collection, has assigned his performer rights in this collection to Hymnary.org. Non-commercial use of these recordings is permitted. For permission to use them for any other purposes, please contact manager@hymnary.org. Home/Music(smallchurchmusic.com) List SongsAlphabetically List Songsby Meter List Songs byTune Name About

Christian Classics Ethereal Hymnary

Publication Date: 2007 Publisher: Grand Rapids, MI: Christian Classics Ethereal Library Meter: 6.6.7.6.6.7

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