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As sons of the day and daughters of light

Author: Christopher Idle (born 1938) Meter: 10.10.11.11 Appears in 5 hymnals Lyrics: 1 As sons of the day and daughters of light, no longer we sleep like creatures of night: for Jesus has died that with him we may live; by all that he gave us, we learn how to give. 2 One body in Christ, let all play their part: the lazy be warned, the timid take heart; let those who are hurt never pay back with wrong, but serve one another: together be strong! 3 Be constant in prayer, at all time rejoice, in all things give thanks — let God hear your voice! Alive to his Spirit, alert to his word, test all things, and hold to what pleases the Lord. 4 May God who first called, gave peace and made whole, preserve us from fault in body and soul: our Lord Jesus Christ keep us firm in his grace until at his coming we meet face to face. Topics: God's Church Unity and Growth; Pentecost The Holy Spirit; Trinity Sunday The Trinity; Pentecost 2 The People of God; Pentecost 2 The Church's Unity and Fellowship; Pentecost 4 The Freedom God Gives Scripture: 1 Thessalonians 5 Used With Tune: LAUDATE DOMINUM

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LAUDATE DOMINUM

Meter: 10.10.11.11 Appears in 85 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: C. Hubert H. Parry Tune Key: B Flat Major Incipit: 53125 16543 53251 Used With Text: As Sons of the Day and Daughters of Light
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HANOVER

Meter: 10.10.11.11 Appears in 346 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: William Croft Tune Key: G Major Incipit: 51123 51271 23217 Used With Text: As Sons of the Day and Daughters of Light

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As Sons of the Day and Daughters of Light

Author: Christopher Idle Hymnal: Singing the New Testament #207 (2008) Meter: 10.10.11.11 Lyrics: 1 As sons of the day and daughters of light, no longer we sleep like creatures of night: for Jesus has died that with him we may live; by all he gave us, we learn how to give. 2 One body in Christ, let all play their part: the lazy be warned, the timid take heart; let those who are hurt never pay back with wrong, but serve one another: together be strong! 3 Be constant in prayer, at all time rejoice, in all things give thanks - let God hear your voice! Alive to his Spirit, alert to his word, test all things, and hold to what pleases the Lord. 4 May God who first called, gave peace and made whole, preserve us from fault in body and soul; our Lord Jesus Christ keep us firm in his grace until at his coming we meet face to face. Topics: Family of God; Ministry and Service; Obedience (see also Will of God); Thanksgiving and Gratitude Scripture: 1 Thessalonians 5:5-24 Languages: English Tune Title: LAUDATE DOMINUM
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As Sons of the Day and Daughters of Light

Author: Christopher Idle Hymnal: The Worshiping Church #704 (1990) Meter: 10.10.11.11 Lyrics: 1 As sons of the day and daughters of light, no longer we sleep like creatures of night, for Jesus has died that with him we may live; by all he has given we learn how to give. 2 One body in Christ, let all play their part: the lazy be warned, the timid take heart; let those who are hurt never pay back with wrong, but serve one another: together be strong! 3 Be constant in prayer, at all time rejoice, in all things give thanks--let God hear your voice! Alive to the Spirit, alert to the word, test all things, and hold to what pleases the Lord. 4 May God who first called, gave peace and made whole, preserve us from fault in body and soul; our Lord Jesus Christ keep us firm in his grace until at his coming we meet face to face. Topics: Challenge; Church Fellowship; Church Ministry and Ministers; Church Nature Scripture: Romans 12:5 Languages: English Tune Title: LAUDATE DOMINUM

As Sons of the Day and Daughters of Light

Author: Christopher Idle Hymnal: Psalms, Hymns, and Spiritual Songs #610 (2012) Meter: 10.10.11.11 Languages: English Tune Title: HANOVER

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C. Hubert H. Parry

1848 - 1918 Person Name: C. Hubert Parry Composer of "LAUDATE DOMINUM" in The Worshiping Church Charles Hubert Hastings Parry KnBch/Brnt BMus United Kingdom 1848-1918. Born at Richmond Hill, Bournemouth, England, son of a wealthy director of the East India Company (also a painter, piano and horn musician, and art collector). His mother died of consumption shortly after his birth. His father remarried when he was three, and his stepmother favored her own children over her stepchildren, so he and two siblings were sometimes left out. He attended a preparatory school in Malvern, then at Twyford in Hampshire. He studied music from 1856-58 and became a pianist and composer. His musical interest was encouraged by the headmaster and by two organists. He gained an enduring love for Bach’s music from S S Wesley and took piano and harmony lessons from Edward Brind, who also took him to the ‘Three Choirs Festival in Hereford in 1861, where Mendelssohn, Mozart, Handel, and Beethoven works were performed. That left a great impression on Hubert. It also sparked the beginning of a lifelong association with the festival. That year, his brother was disgraced at Oxford for drug and alcohol use, and his sister, Lucy, died of consumption as well. Both events saddened Hubert. However, he began study at Eton College and distinguished himself at both sport and music. He also began having heart trouble, that would plague him the rest of his life. Eton was not known for its music program, and although some others had interest in music, there were no teachers there that could help Hubert much. He turned to George Elvey, organist of St George’s Chapel, Windsor Castle, and started studying with him in 1863. Hubert eventually wrote some anthems for the choir of St George’s Chapel, and eventually earned his music degree. While still at Eton, Hubert sat for the Oxford Bachelor of Music exam, the youngest person ever to have done so. His exam exercise, a cantata: “O Lord, Thou hast cast us out” astonished the Heather Professor of Music, Sir Frederick Ouseley, and was triumphantly performed and published in 1867. In 1867 he left Eton and went to Exeter College, Oxford. He did not study music there, his music concerns taking second place, but read law and modern history. However, he did go to Stuttgart, Germany, at the urging of Henry Hugh Pierson, to learn re-orchestration, leaving him much more critical of Mendelssohn’s works. When he left Exeter College, at his father’s behest, he felt obliged to try insurance work, as his father considered music only a pastime (too uncertain as a profession). He became an underwriter at Lloyd’s of London, 1870-77, but he found the work unappealing to his interests and inclinations. In 1872 he married Elizabeth Maude Herbert, and they had two daughters: Dorothea and Gwendolen. His in-laws agreed with his father that a conventional career was best, but it did not suit him. He began studying advanced piano with W S Bennett, but found it insufficient. He then took lessons with Edward Dannreuther, a wise and sympathetic teacher, who taught him of Wagner’s music. At the same time as Hubert’s compositions were coming to public notice (1875), he became a scholar of George Grove and soon an assistant editor for his new “Dictionary of Music and Musicians”. He contributed 123 articles to it. His own first work appeared in 1880. In 1883 he became professor of composition and musical history at the Royal College of Music (of which Grove was the head). In 1895 Parry succeeded Grove as head of the college, remaining in the post the remainder of his life. He also succeeded John Stainer as Heather Professor of Music at the University of Oxford (1900-1908). His academic duties were considerable and likely prevented him from composing as much as he might have. However, he was rated a very fine composer, nontheless, of orchestrations, overtures, symphonies, and other music. He only attempted one opera, deemed unsuccessful. Edward Elgar learned much of his craft from Parry’s articles in Grove’s Dictionary, and from those who studied under Parry at the Royal College, including Ralph Vaughn Williams, Gustav Holst, Frank Bridge, and John Ireland. Parry had the ability when teaching music to ascertain a student’s potential for creativity and direct it positively. In 1902 he was created a Baronet of Highnam Court in Gloucester. Parry was also an avid sailor and owned several yachts, becoming a member of the Royal Yacht Squadron in 1908, the only composer so honored. He was a Darwinian and a humanist. His daughter reiterated his liberal, non-conventional thinking. On medical advice he resigned his Oxford appointment in 1908 and produced some of his best known works. He and his wife were taken up with the ‘Suffrage Movement’ in 1916. He hated to see the WW1 ravage young potential musical talent from England and Germany. In 1918 he contracted Spanish flu during the global pandemic and died at Knightsscroft, Rustington, West Sussex. In 2015 they found 70 unpublished works of Parry’s hidden away in a family archive. It is thought some may never have been performed in public. The documents were sold at auction for a large sum. Other works he wrote include: “Studies of great composers” (1886), “The art of music” (1893), “The evolution of the art of music” (1896), “The music of the 17th century” (1902). His best known work is probably his 1909 study of “Johann Sebastian Bach”. John Perry

Christopher M. Idle

b. 1938 Person Name: Christopher Idle Author of "As Sons of the Day and Daughters of Light" in Psalms, Hymns, and Spiritual Songs Christopher Martin Idle (b. Bromley, Kent, England, 1938) was educated at Elthan College, St. Peter's College, Oxford, and Clifton Theological College in Bristol, and was ordained in the Church of England. He served churches in Barrow-in-­Furness, Cumbria; London; and Oakley, Suffolk; and recently returned to London, where he is involved in various hymnal projects. A prolific author of articles on the Christian's public responsibilities, Idle has also published The Lion Book of Favorite Hymns (1980) and at least one hundred of his own hymns and biblical paraphrases. Some of his texts first appeared in hymnals published by the Jubilate Group, with which he is associated. He was also editor of Anglican Praise (1987). In 1998 Hope Publishing released Light Upon the River, a collection of 279 of his psalm and hymn texts, along with suggested tunes, scripture references, and commentary. Bert Polman

William Croft

1678 - 1727 Composer of "HANOVER" in Psalms, Hymns, and Spiritual Songs William Croft, Mus. Doc. was born in the year 1677 and received his musical education in the Chapel Royal, under Dr. Blow. In 1700 he was admitted a Gentleman Extraordinary of the Chapel Boyd; and in 1707, upon the decease of Jeremiah Clarke, he was appointed joint organist with his mentor, Dr. Blow. In 1709 he was elected organist of Westminster Abbey. This amiable man and excellent musician died in 1727, in the fiftieth year of his age. A very large number of Dr. Croft's compositions remain still in manuscript. Cathedral chants of the XVI, XVII & XVIII centuries, ed. by Edward F. Rimbault, London: D. Almaine & Co., 1844
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