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Joseph made known to his brethren
Author: Newton Appears in 76 hymnals Scripture: Genesis 45:3-4 First Line: When Joseph his brethren beheld Lyrics: 1 When Joseph his brethren beheld,
Afflicted and trembling with fear
His heart with compassion was fill'd,
From weeping he could not forbear:
A while his behaviour was rough;
to bring their past sins to their minds;
But when they were humbled enough,
He hasted to shew himself kind.
2 How little they thought it was he,
Whom they had ill-treated and sold!
How great their confusion must be,
As soon as his name he had told!
"I am Joseph your brother, he said,
And still to my heart you are dear,
You sold me, and thought i was dead,
But God for your sakes sent me here."
3 Tho' greatly distressed before,
When charg'd with purloining the cup
They now were confounded much more,
Not one of them durst to look up.
"Can Joseph, whom we would have slain
Forgive us the evil we did?
And will he our housholds maintain!
O this is a brother indeed"!
4 Thus dragg'd by my conscience I came,
And laden with guilt, to the Lord:
Surrounded with terror and shame,
Unable to utter a word.
At first he look'd stern and severe,
What anguish then pierced my heart
Expecting each moment to hear,
The sentence, "Thou cursed depart."
5 But oh! what surprise when he spoke,
While tenderness beam'd in his face:
My heart then to pieces was broke
O'erwhelm'd and counfounded by grace
Poor sinner I know thee full well,
By thee I was sold and was slain;
But I dy'd to redeem thee from hell,
And raise thee in glory to reign.
6 I am Jesus whom thou hast blasphem'd,
And crucify'd often afresh;
But let me henceforth be esteem'd
Thy brother, thy bone, and thy flesh
My pardon I freely bestow,
Thy wants I will fully supply;
I'll guide thee and guard thee below,
And soon will remove thee on high.
7 Go, publish to sinners around,
That they may be willing to come,
The mercy which now you have found
And tell them that yet there is room.
Oh, sinners, the message obey!
No more vain excuses pretend;
But come without further delay,
To JESUS, our brother, and friend.
Joseph made known to his brethren
Song of Joseph
Author: Bonnie Bratt Meyer Appears in 2 hymnals Scripture: Genesis 45 First Line: Young Joseph's father liked him best Topics: Singing God's Story People of the Bible Used With Tune: [Young Joseph's father liked him best]
Song of Joseph
God moves in a mysterious way
Author: Cowper Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 1,133 hymnals Scripture: Genesis 45:5-7 Lyrics: 1 God moves in a mysterious way
His wonders to perform;
He plants his footsteps in the sea,
And rides upon the storm.
2 Deep in unfathomable mines
Of never-failing skill,
He treasures up his bright designs,
And works his sovereign will.
3 Ye fearful saints, fresh courage take;
The clouds ye so much dread
Are big with mercy, and shall break
In blessings on your head.
4 Judge not the Lord by feeble sense,
But trust him for his grace;
Behind a frowning providence
He hides a smiling face.
5 His purposes will ripen fast,
Unfolding every hour;
The bud may have a bitter taste,
But sweet will be the flower.
6 Blind unbelief is sure to err,
And scan his work in vain:
God is his own interpreter,
And he will make it plain. Topics: Attributes of God Providence; Light in Darkness
God moves in a mysterious way
[Young Joseph's father liked him best]
Appears in 2 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Emily R. Brink Scripture: Genesis 45 Tune Key: g minor Used With Text: Song of Joseph
[Young Joseph's father liked him best]
THEODORA (Handel)
Meter: 7.7.7.7 Appears in 82 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: George Frederick Handel, 1685-1759 Scripture: Genesis 45:1-15 Tune Sources: From an aria in Theodora, 1749 Tune Key: E Flat Major Incipit: 51176 56232 43215 Used With Text: Jesus, Lord, we look to thee
THEODORA (Handel)
[When Joseph his brethren beheld]
Appears in 1 hymnal Scripture: Genesis 45:3 Tune Key: G Major or modal Incipit: 51113 21212 22132 Used With Text: Joseph Made Known to His Brethren
[When Joseph his brethren beheld]
God moves in a mysterious way
Author: Cowper Hymnal: The Voice of Praise #131 (1873) Meter: 8.6.8.6 Scripture: Genesis 45:5-7 Lyrics: 1 God moves in a mysterious way
His wonders to perform;
He plants his footsteps in the sea,
And rides upon the storm.
2 Deep in unfathomable mines
Of never-failing skill,
He treasures up his bright designs,
And works his sovereign will.
3 Ye fearful saints, fresh courage take;
The clouds ye so much dread
Are big with mercy, and shall break
In blessings on your head.
4 Judge not the Lord by feeble sense,
But trust him for his grace;
Behind a frowning providence
He hides a smiling face.
5 His purposes will ripen fast,
Unfolding every hour;
The bud may have a bitter taste,
But sweet will be the flower.
6 Blind unbelief is sure to err,
And scan his work in vain:
God is his own interpreter,
And he will make it plain. Topics: Attributes of God Providence; Light in Darkness
God moves in a mysterious way
Jesus, Lord, we look to thee
Author: Charles Wesley, 1707-1788 Hymnal: Singing the Faith #686 (2011) Meter: 7.7.7.7 Scripture: Genesis 45:1-15 Topics: Conflict, Suffering and Doubt; Reconciliation, Healing and Wholeness; Life and Unity in the Church Languages: English Tune Title: THEODORA (Handel)
Jesus, Lord, we look to thee
Joseph made known to his brethren
Author: Newton Hymnal: A Selection of Psalms and Hymns #CCCXXIV (1790) Scripture: Genesis 45:3-4 First Line: When Joseph his brethren beheld Lyrics: 1 When Joseph his brethren beheld,
Afflicted and trembling with fear
His heart with compassion was fill'd,
From weeping he could not forbear:
A while his behaviour was rough;
to bring their past sins to their minds;
But when they were humbled enough,
He hasted to shew himself kind.
2 How little they thought it was he,
Whom they had ill-treated and sold!
How great their confusion must be,
As soon as his name he had told!
"I am Joseph your brother, he said,
And still to my heart you are dear,
You sold me, and thought i was dead,
But God for your sakes sent me here."
3 Tho' greatly distressed before,
When charg'd with purloining the cup
They now were confounded much more,
Not one of them durst to look up.
"Can Joseph, whom we would have slain
Forgive us the evil we did?
And will he our housholds maintain!
O this is a brother indeed"!
4 Thus dragg'd by my conscience I came,
And laden with guilt, to the Lord:
Surrounded with terror and shame,
Unable to utter a word.
At first he look'd stern and severe,
What anguish then pierced my heart
Expecting each moment to hear,
The sentence, "Thou cursed depart."
5 But oh! what surprise when he spoke,
While tenderness beam'd in his face:
My heart then to pieces was broke
O'erwhelm'd and counfounded by grace
Poor sinner I know thee full well,
By thee I was sold and was slain;
But I dy'd to redeem thee from hell,
And raise thee in glory to reign.
6 I am Jesus whom thou hast blasphem'd,
And crucify'd often afresh;
But let me henceforth be esteem'd
Thy brother, thy bone, and thy flesh
My pardon I freely bestow,
Thy wants I will fully supply;
I'll guide thee and guard thee below,
And soon will remove thee on high.
7 Go, publish to sinners around,
That they may be willing to come,
The mercy which now you have found
And tell them that yet there is room.
Oh, sinners, the message obey!
No more vain excuses pretend;
But come without further delay,
To JESUS, our brother, and friend. Languages: English
Joseph made known to his brethren
Bonnie Bratt Meyer
Scripture: Genesis 45 Author of "Song of Joseph" in Songs for Life
Bonnie Bratt Meyer
Emily R. Brink
b. 1940 Scripture: Genesis 45 Composer of "[Young Joseph's father liked him best]" in Songs for Life Emily R. Brink is a Senior Research Fellow of the Calvin Institute of Christian Worship and Adjunct Professor of Church Music and Worship at Calvin Theological Seminary, Grand Rapids, Michigan. Her main areas of responsibility are conference planning and global resources. She is program manager of the annual Calvin Symposium on Worship, which draws more than 70 presenters and 1600 participants from around the world. She also travels widely to lecture and to learn about worship in different parts of the world, especially in Asia, where she has lectured in Bangladesh, China, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Japan, Nepal, Pakistan, Philippines, Singapore, and Taiwan.
Her areas of interest include congregational song from all times and places; psalmody; hymnal editing. She was editor of four hymnals and consults with a wide range of churches on worship renewal issues. Dr. Brink is active in the American Guild of Organists, serving in both local and national offices, as well as in the Hymn Society in the United States and Canada (president from 1990 1992) and named a Fellow of the Hymn Society in 2004 in recognition of distinguished services to hymnody and hymnology.
--internal.calvinseminary.edu/
Emily R. Brink
William Cowper
1731 - 1800 Person Name: Cowper Scripture: Genesis 45:5-7 Author of "God moves in a mysterious way" in The Voice of Praise William Cowper (pronounced "Cooper"; b. Berkampstead, Hertfordshire, England, 1731; d. East Dereham, Norfolk, England, 1800) is regarded as one of the best early Romantic poets. To biographers he is also known as "mad Cowper." His literary talents produced some of the finest English hymn texts, but his chronic depression accounts for the somber tone of many of those texts. Educated to become an attorney, Cowper was called to the bar in 1754 but never practiced law. In 1763 he had the opportunity to become a clerk for the House of Lords, but the dread of the required public examination triggered his tendency to depression, and he attempted suicide. His subsequent hospitalization and friendship with Morley and Mary Unwin provided emotional stability, but the periods of severe depression returned. His depression was deepened by a religious bent, which often stressed the wrath of God, and at times Cowper felt that God had predestined him to damnation.
For the last two decades of his life Cowper lived in Olney, where John Newton became his pastor. There he assisted Newton in his pastoral duties, and the two collaborated on the important hymn collection Olney Hymns (1779), to which Cowper contributed sixty-eight hymn texts.
Bert Polman
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Cowper, William, the poet. The leading events in the life of Cowper are: born in his father's rectory, Berkhampstead, Nov. 26, 1731; educated at Westminster; called to the Bar, 1754; madness, 1763; residence at Huntingdon, 1765; removal to Olney, 1768; to Weston, 1786; to East Dereham, 1795; death there, April 25, 1800.
The simple life of Cowper, marked chiefly by its innocent recreations and tender friendships, was in reality a tragedy. His mother, whom he commemorated in the exquisite "Lines on her picture," a vivid delineation of his childhood, written in his 60th year, died when he was six years old. At his first school he was profoundly wretched, but happier at Westminster; excelling at cricket and football, and numbering Warren Hastings, Colman, and the future model of his versification. Churchill, among his contemporaries or friends. Destined for the Bar, he was articled to a solicitor, along with Thurlow. During this period he fell in love with his cousin, Theodora Cowper, sister to Lady Hesketh, and wrote love poems to her. The marriage was forbidden by her father, but she never forgot him, and in after years secretly aided his necessities. Fits of melancholy, from which he had suffered in school days, began to increase, as he entered on life, much straitened in means after his father's death. But on the whole, it is the playful, humorous side of him that is most prominent in the nine years after his call to the Bar; spent in the society of Colman, Bonnell Thornton, and Lloyd, and in writing satires for The Connoisseur and St. James's Chronicle and halfpenny ballads. Then came the awful calamity, which destroyed all hopes of distinction, and made him a sedentary invalid, dependent on his friends. He had been nominated to the Clerkship of the Journals of the House of Lords, but the dread of appearing before them to show his fitness for the appointment overthrew his reason. He attempted his life with "laudanum, knife and cord,"—-in the third attempt nearly succeeding. The dark delusion of his life now first showed itself—a belief in his reprobation by God. But for the present, under the wise and Christian treatment of Dr. Cotton (q. v.) at St. Albans, it passed away; and the eight years that followed, of which the two first were spent at Huntingdon (where he formed his lifelong friendship with Mrs. Unwin), and the remainder at Olney in active piety among the poor, and enthusiastic devotions under the guidance of John Newton (q. v.), were full of the realisation of God's favour, and the happiest, most lucid period of his life. But the tension of long religious exercises, the nervous excitement of leading at prayer meetings, and the extreme despondence (far more than the Calvinism) of Newton, could scarcely have been a healthy atmosphere for a shy, sensitive spirit, that needed most of all the joyous sunlight of Christianity. A year after his brother's death, madness returned. Under the conviction that it was the command of God, he attempted suicide; and he then settled down into a belief in stark contradiction to his Calvinistic creed, "that the Lord, after having renewed him in holiness, had doomed him to everlasting perdition" (Southey). In its darkest form his affliction lasted sixteen months, during which he chiefly resided in J. Newton's house, patiently tended by him and by his devoted nurse, Mrs. Unwin. Gradually he became interested in carpentering, gardening, glazing, and the tendance of some tame hares and other playmates. At the close of 1780, Mrs. Unwin suggested to him some serious poetical work; and the occupation proved so congenial, that his first volume was published in 1782. To a gay episode in 1783 (his fascination by the wit of Lady Austen) his greatest poem, The Task, and also John Gilpin were owing. His other principal work was his Homer, published in 1791. The dark cloud had greatly lifted from his life when Lady Hesketh's care accomplished his removal to Weston (1786): but the loss of his dear friend William Unwin lowered it again for some months. The five years' illness of Mrs. Unwin, during which his nurse of old became his tenderly-watched patient, deepened the darkness more and more. And her death (1796) brought “fixed despair," of which his last poem, The Castaway, is the terrible memorial. Perhaps no more beautiful sentence has been written of him, than the testimony of one, who saw him after death, that with the "composure and calmness" of the face there “mingled, as it were, a holy surprise."
Cowper's poetry marks the dawn of the return from the conventionality of Pope to natural expression, and the study of quiet nature. His ambition was higher than this, to be the Bard of Christianity. His great poems show no trace of his monomania, and are full of healthy piety. His fame as a poet is less than as a letter-writer: the charm of his letters is unsurpassed. Though the most considerable poet, who has written hymns, he has contributed little to the development of their structure, adopting the traditional modes of his time and Newton's severe canons. The spiritual ideas of the hymns are identical with Newton's: their highest note is peace and thankful contemplation, rather than joy: more than half of them are full of trustful or reassuring faith: ten of them are either submissive (44), self-reproachful (17, 42, 43), full of sad yearning (1, 34), questioning (9), or dark spiritual conflict (38-40). The specialty of Cowper's handling is a greater plaintiveness, tenderness, and refinement. A study of these hymns as they stood originally under the classified heads of the Olney Hymns, 1779, which in some cases probably indicate the aim of Cowper as well as the ultimate arrangement of the book by Newton, shows that one or two hymns were more the history of his conversion, than transcripts of present feelings; and the study of Newton's hymns in the same volume, full of heavy indictment against the sins of his own regenerate life, brings out the peculiar danger of his friendship to the poet: it tends also to modify considerably the conclusions of Southey as to the signs of incipient madness in Cowper's maddest hymns. Cowper's best hymns are given in The Book of Praise by Lord Selborne. Two may be selected from them; the exquisitely tender "Hark! my soul, it is the Lord" (q. v.), and "Oh, for a closer walk with God" (q. v.). Anyone who knows Mrs. Browning's noble lines on Cowper's grave will find even a deeper beauty in the latter, which is a purely English hymn of perfect structure and streamlike cadence, by connecting its sadness and its aspiration not only with the “discord on the music" and the "darkness on the glory," but the rapture of his heavenly waking beneath the "pathetic eyes” of Christ.
Authorities. Lives, by Hayley; Grimshaw; Southey; Professor Goldwin Smith; Mr. Benham (attached to Globe Edition); Life of Newton, by Rev. Josiah Bull; and the Olney Hymns. The numbers of the hymns quoted refer to the Olney Hymns. [Rev. H. Leigh Bennett, M.A.]
--John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)
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Cowper, W. , p. 265, i. Other hymns are:—
1. Holy Lord God, I love Thy truth. Hatred of Sin.
2. I was a grovelling creature once. Hope and Confidence.
3. No strength of nature can suffice. Obedience through love.
4. The Lord receives His highest praise. Faith.
5. The saints should never be dismayed. Providence. All these hymns appeared in the Olney Hymns, 1779.
--John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, Appendix, Part II (1907)
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Cowper, W., p. 265, i. Prof. John E. B. Mayor, of Cambridge, contributed some letters by Cowper, hitherto unpublished, together with notes thereon, to Notes and Queries, July 2 to Sept. 24, 1904. These letters are dated from Huntingdon, where he spent two years after leaving St. Alban's (see p. 265, i.), and Olney. The first is dated "Huntingdon, June 24, 1765," and the last "From Olney, July 14, 1772." They together with extracts from other letters by J. Newton (dated respectively Aug. 8, 1772, Nov. 4, 1772), two quotations without date, followed by the last in the N. & Q. series, Aug. 1773, are of intense interest to all students of Cowper, and especially to those who have given attention to the religious side of the poet's life, with its faint lights and deep and awful shadows. From the hymnological standpoint the additional information which we gather is not important, except concerning the hymns "0 for a closer walk with God," "God moves in a mysterious way," "Tis my happiness below," and "Hear what God, the Lord, hath spoken." Concerning the last three, their position in the manuscripts, and the date of the last from J. Newton in the above order, "Aug. 1773," is conclusive proof against the common belief that "God moves in a mysterious way" was written as the outpouring of Cowper's soul in gratitude for the frustration of his attempted suicide in October 1773.
--John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, New Supplement (1907)
William Cowper
