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An Upper Room with Evening Lamps

Author: Timothy Dudley-Smith, 1926- Meter: 10.10.10.10 Appears in 3 hymnals First Line: An upper room with evening lamps ashine Lyrics: 1 An upper room with evening lamps ashine, the twelve disciples, and the table spread; now in our turn Christ bids us pour the wine, and in remembrance bless and break the bread. 2 We see by faith upon the cross displayed his body broken and his blood outpoured; in that dread robe of majesty arrayed we gaze in worship on the dying Lord. 3 Dead for our sins, yet reigning now above, still to our hearts we find his presence given; take for ourselves the pledges of his love, foretaste and token of that feast in heaven. 4 So send us out, to love and serve and praise, filled with his Spirit, as the Master said: love, joy and peace the wine of all our days, Christ and his life our true and living bread. Scripture: Luke 22:7-13 Used With Tune: EVENTIDE
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EVENTIDE

Meter: 10.10.10.10 Appears in 1,120 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: William H. Monk, 1823-1889 Tune Key: E Flat Major Incipit: 33215 65543 34565 Used With Text: An Upper Room with Evening Lamps
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SURSUM CORDA

Meter: 10.10.10.10 Appears in 84 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Alfred Morton Smith; Charles L. Willis Tune Key: D Major Incipit: 13543 21221 56716 Used With Text: An Upper Room with Evening Lamps Ashine
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An Upper Room with Evening Lamps

Author: Timothy Dudley-Smith, 1926- Hymnal: Worship and Rejoice #274 (2003) Meter: 10.10.10.10 First Line: An upper room with evening lamps ashine Lyrics: 1 An upper room with evening lamps ashine, the twelve disciples, and the table spread; now in our turn Christ bids us pour the wine, and in remembrance bless and break the bread. 2 We see by faith upon the cross displayed his body broken and his blood outpoured; in that dread robe of majesty arrayed we gaze in worship on the dying Lord. 3 Dead for our sins, yet reigning now above, still to our hearts we find his presence given; take for ourselves the pledges of his love, foretaste and token of that feast in heaven. 4 So send us out, to love and serve and praise, filled with his Spirit, as the Master said: love, joy and peace the wine of all our days, Christ and his life our true and living bread. Scripture: Luke 22:7-13 Languages: English Tune Title: EVENTIDE
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An Upper Room with Evening Lamps Ashine

Author: Timothy Dudley-Smith Hymnal: Chalice Hymnal #428 (1995) Meter: 10.10.10.10 Lyrics: 1 An upper room with evening lamps ashine, the twelve disciples, and the table spread; now in our turn Christ bids us pour the wine, and in remembrance bless and break the bread. 2 We see by faith upon the cross displayed his body broken and his blood outpoured; in that dread robe of majesty arrayed we gaze in worship on the dying Lord. 3 Dead for our sins, yet reigning now above, still to our hearts we find his presence given; take for ourselves the pledges of his love, foretaste and token of that feast in heaven. 4 So send us out, to love and serve and praise, filled with his Spirit, as the Master said: love, joy and peace the wine of all our days, Christ and his life our true and living bread. Topics: The Church at Worship The Lord's Supper; God's Church The Church at Worship: The Lord's Supper; Jesus Christ: Blood; Lord's Supper Languages: English Tune Title: EVENTIDE
An Upper Room with Evening Lamps Ashine

An Upper Room with Evening Lamps Ashine

Author: Timothy Dudley-Smith Hymnal: Psalms, Hymns, and Spiritual Songs #349 (2012) Meter: 10.10.10.10 Languages: English Tune Title: SURSUM CORDA
An Upper Room with Evening Lamps Ashine

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Timothy Dudley-Smith

1926 - 2024 Person Name: Timothy Dudley-Smith, 1926- Author of "An Upper Room with Evening Lamps" in Worship and Rejoice Timothy Dudley-Smith (b. 1926) Educated at Pembroke College and Ridley Hall, Cambridge, Dudley-Smith has served the Church of England since his ordination in 1950. He has occupied a number of church posi­tions, including parish priest in the diocese of Southwark (1953-1962), archdeacon of Norwich (1973-1981), and bishop of Thetford, Norfolk, from 1981 until his retirement in 1992. He also edited a Christian magazine, Crusade, which was founded after Billy Graham's 1955 London crusade. Dudley-Smith began writing comic verse while a student at Cambridge; he did not begin to write hymns until the 1960s. Many of his several hundred hymn texts have been collected in Lift Every Heart: Collected Hymns 1961-1983 (1984), Songs of Deliverance: Thirty-six New Hymns (1988), and A Voice of Singing (1993). The writer of Christian Literature and the Church (1963), Someone Who Beckons (1978), and Praying with the English Hymn Writers (1989), Dudley-Smith has also served on various editorial committees, including the committee that published Psalm Praise (1973). Bert Polman
Timothy Dudley-Smith

Alfred M. Smith

1879 - 1971 Person Name: Alfred Morton Smith Composer of "SURSUM CORDA" in Psalms, Hymns, and Spiritual Songs Alfred Morton Smith (1879-1971) was born in Jenkintown, Pennsylvania, and studied at the University of Pennsylvania (B.S. 1901) and Philadelphia Divinity School (B.D. 1905; S.T.B. 1911). An Episcopalian, Smith was ordained a deacon (1905) and a priest (1906). After a short time in Philadelphia and Long Beach, California, he served at St. Matthias Church, Los Angeles, for ten years. He was a chaplain in the U.S. Army during World War I, returning to Philadelphia in 1919, where he spent the remainder of his career. He retired in 1955. In 1963, Smith moved to Drium Moir, Chestnut Hill, Pennsylvania, and in 1968 to Brigantine, New Jersey, where he remained until his death. --The Presbyterian Hymnal Companion, 1993
Alfred M. Smith

William Henry Monk

1823 - 1889 Person Name: William H. Monk, 1823-1889 Composer of "EVENTIDE" in Worship and Rejoice William H. Monk (b. Brompton, London, England, 1823; d. London, 1889) is best known for his music editing of Hymns Ancient and Modern (1861, 1868; 1875, and 1889 editions). He also adapted music from plainsong and added accompaniments for Introits for Use Throughout the Year, a book issued with that famous hymnal. Beginning in his teenage years, Monk held a number of musical positions. He became choirmaster at King's College in London in 1847 and was organist and choirmaster at St. Matthias, Stoke Newington, from 1852 to 1889, where he was influenced by the Oxford Movement. At St. Matthias, Monk also began daily choral services with the choir leading the congregation in music chosen according to the church year, including psalms chanted to plainsong. He composed over fifty hymn tunes and edited The Scottish Hymnal (1872 edition) and Wordsworth's Hymns for the Holy Year (1862) as well as the periodical Parish Choir (1840-1851). Bert Polman
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