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God Rest You Merry, Gentlemen
Meter: 8.6.8.6.8.6 with refrain Appears in 128 hymnals Refrain First Line: O tidings of comfort and joy Lyrics: 1 God rest you merry, gentlemen,
Let nothing you dismay;
Remember Christ our Savior
Was born on Christmas day
To save us all from Satan's pow'r
When we were gone astray:
Refrain:
O tidings of comfort and joy, comfort and joy;
O tidings of comfort and joy!
2 In Bethlehem in Judah
This blessed Babe was born
And laid within a manger
Upon this blessed morn:
The which his Mother Mary
Did nothing take in scorn: [Refrain]
3 From God our heav'nly Father
The blessed angels came
And unto certain shepherds
Brought tidings of the same,
That there was born in Bethlehem
The Son of God by name: [Refrain]
4 The shepherds at those tidings
Rejoiced much in mind,
And left their flocks a-feeding
In tempest, storm, and wind,
And straight they came to Bethlehem,
The Son of God to find: [Refrain]
5 Now to the Lord sing praises,
All you within this place,
And with true love and charity
Each other now embrace;
This holy tide of Christmas
All others shall replace: [Refrain] Topics: Christmas Used With Tune: GOD REST YE MERRY Text Sources: English carol, 18th cent.
God Rest You Merry, Gentlemen
Huron Carol
Author: Jean de Brebeuf; Jesse Edgar Middleton Meter: 8.6.8.6.8.6 with refrain Appears in 42 hymnals First Line: 'Twas in the moon of wintertime Refrain First Line: Jesus your King is born Topics: Singing God's Story Christmas / Birth of Christ; Native North American Scripture: Luke 2:8-14 Used With Tune: JESOUS AHATONHIA
Huron Carol
Abide with Me; 'Tis Eventide
Author: Martin Lowrie Hofford Meter: 8.6.8.6.8.6 with refrain Appears in 17 hymnals First Line: Abide with me; 'tis eventide! Refrain First Line: O Savior, stay this night with me Used With Tune: WELCOME GUEST
Abide with Me; 'Tis Eventide
GOD REST YOU MERRY
Meter: 8.6.8.6.8.6 with refrain Appears in 92 hymnals Tune Sources: English melody, 18th cent. Tune Key: e minor Incipit: 11554 32171 23451 Used With Text: God Rest You Merry, Gentlemen
GOD REST YOU MERRY
JESOUS ANATONHIA
Meter: 8.6.8.6.8.6 with refrain Appears in 45 hymnals Tune Sources: French Canadian melody Tune Key: g minor Incipit: 51234 32171 1271 Used With Text: 'Twas in the Moon of Wintertime
JESOUS ANATONHIA
WELCOME GUEST
Meter: 8.6.8.6.8.6 with refrain Appears in 20 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Harrison Millard Tune Key: E Flat Major Incipit: 33353 32224 44433 Used With Text: Abide with Me; 'Tis Eventide
WELCOME GUEST
God rest you merry, gentlemen
Hymnal: Church Hymnal, Fourth Edition #c09 (1960) Meter: 8.6.8.6.8.6 with refrain Languages: English
God rest you merry, gentlemen
O tidings of comfort and joy
Hymnal: The New English Hymnal #25 (1986) Meter: 8.6.8.6.8.6 with refrain First Line: God rest you merry, gentlemen Lyrics: 1 God rest you merry, gentlemen,
Let nothing you dismay,
Remember Christ our Saviour
Was born on Christmas Day,
To save us all from Satan's power
When we were gone astray:
Refrain:
O tidings of comfort and joy, comfort and joy!
O tidings of comfort and joy!
2 From God our heavenly Father
A blessed angel came,
And unto certain shepherds
Brought tidings of the same,
How that in Bethlehem was born
The son of God by name: [Refrain]
3 And when they came to Bethlehem
Where our dear Saviour lay,
They found him in a manger,
Where oxen feed on hay;
His mother Mary kneeling down,
Unto the Lord did pray: [Refrain]
4 Now to the Lord sing praises,
All you within this place,
And with true love and brotherhood
Each other new embrace;
This holy tide of Christmas
All other doth efface: [Refrain]
Topics: The Christian Year Christmas Languages: English Tune Title: GOD REST YOU MERRY
O tidings of comfort and joy
God rest you merry, gentlemen
Hymnal: The Hymnary of the United Church of Canada #66 (1930) Meter: 8.6.8.6.8.6 with refrain Refrain First Line: O tidings of comfort and joy Topics: God The Lord Jesus Christ - His Advent and Nativity Tune Title: GOD REST YOU MERRY
God rest you merry, gentlemen
John Stainer
1840 - 1901 Person Name: John Stainer, 1840-1901 Meter: 8.6.8.6.8.6 with refrain Harmonizer of "GOD REST YOU MERRY" in Gather Comprehensive
John Stainer
Lida Shivers Leech
1873 - 1962 Person Name: Lydia S. Leech Meter: 8.6.8.6.8.6 with refrain Author of "Win One Every Day" in Timeless Truths Born: July 12, 1873, Mayville, New Jersey.
Died: March 4, 1962, Long Beach, California.
Leech spent her childhood in Cape May Court House, New Jersey, and attended Columbia University and Temple University. She played the organ at Bethany Methodist Church in Camden, New Jersey, served as accompanist at evangelical services, and wrote some 500 hymn tunes in her lifetime.
Sources--
Emurian, pp. 112-3
Reynolds, p. 336
Lyrics--
God’s Way Is Best
I Have Redeemed Thee
I’ll Go Anywhere
No Fault in Him
Some Day He’ll Make It Plain
Thine for Service
Trust Me, Try Me, Prove Me © 1928
When the Veil is Lifted
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Lida Shivers Leech
Adam Geibel
1855 - 1933 Meter: 8.6.8.6.8.6 with refrain Composer of "[If we are foll'wing Christ each day]" in Timeless Truths Born: September 15, 1855, Neuenheim, Germany.
Died: August 3, 1933, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Though blinded by an eye infection at age eight, Geibel was a successful composer, conductor, and organist. Emigrating from Germany probably around 1864, he studied at the Philadelphia Institute for the Blind, and wrote a number of Gospel songs, anthems, cantatas, etc. He founded the Adam Geibel Music Company, later evolved into the Hall-Mack Company, and later merged to become the Rodeheaver Hall-Mack Company. He was well known for secular songs like "Kentucky Babe" and "Sleep, Sleep, Sleep." In 1885, Geibel organized the J. B. Stetson Mission. He conducted the Stetson Chorus of Philadelphia, and from 1884-1901, was a music instructor at the Pennsylvania Institution for the Instruction of the Blind. His works include:
Evening Bells, 1874
Saving Grace, with Alonzo Stone (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: Stone & Bechter, Publishers, 1898)
Consecrated Hymns, (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: Geibel & Lehman, 1902)
Uplifted Voices, co-editor with R. Frank Lehman (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: Geibel & Lehman, 1901)
World-Wide Hosannas, with R. Frank Lehman (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: Geibel & Lehman, 1904)
Hymns of the Kingdom, co-editor with R. Frank Lehman et al. (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: Geibel & Lehman, 1905)
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Adam Geibel
