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Blessed angels, high in heaven

Author: Anon. Meter: 8.7.8.7 D Appears in 16 hymnals Lyrics: 1 Blessed angels, high in heaven, O'er the penitent rejoice; Hast thou for thy brother striven With an importuning voice? 2 Art thou not thy brother's keeper? Canst thou not his soul obtain? He that wakes his brother sleeper, Double light himself shall gain. 3 Then, when ends this life's short fever, They, who many turn to God, Like the stars shall shine for ever, In eternal brotherhood! Topics: The Christian Church Fellowship; Brother's Keeper

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TRIUMPH

Appears in 8 hymnals Incipit: 12345 16153 12345 Used With Text: Brother's keeper

WILSON

Appears in 33 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Mendelssohn Incipit: 53217 21653 56177 Used With Text: Blessed angels, high in heaven

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Blessed angels, high in heaven

Author: Anon. Hymnal: The Voice of Praise #503 (1873) Meter: 8.7.8.7 D Lyrics: 1 Blessed angels, high in heaven, O'er the penitent rejoice; Hast thou for thy brother striven With an importuning voice? 2 Art thou not thy brother's keeper? Canst thou not his soul obtain? He that wakes his brother sleeper, Double light himself shall gain. 3 Then, when ends this life's short fever, They, who many turn to God, Like the stars shall shine for ever, In eternal brotherhood! Topics: The Christian Church Fellowship; Brother's Keeper

Blessed angels, high in heaven

Hymnal: The Temperance Crusade #d7 (1889)

Blessed angels, high in heaven

Hymnal: The Service of Praise #d25 (1875)

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Anonymous

Person Name: Anon. Author of "Blessed angels, high in heaven" in The New Laudes Domini In some hymnals, the editors noted that a hymn's author is unknown to them, and so this artificial "person" entry is used to reflect that fact. Obviously, the hymns attributed to "Author Unknown" "Unknown" or "Anonymous" could have been written by many people over a span of many centuries.

Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy

1809 - 1847 Person Name: Mendelssohn Composer of "WILSON" in The New Laudes Domini Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy (b. Hamburg, Germany, 1809; d. Leipzig, Germany, 1847) was the son of banker Abraham Mendelssohn and the grandson of philosopher Moses Mendelssohn. His Jewish family became Christian and took the Bartholdy name (name of the estate of Mendelssohn's uncle) when baptized into the Lutheran church. The children all received an excellent musical education. Mendelssohn had his first public performance at the age of nine and by the age of sixteen had written several symphonies. Profoundly influenced by J. S. Bach's music, he conducted a performance of the St. Matthew Passion in 1829 (at age 20!) – the first performance since Bach's death, thus reintroducing Bach to the world. Mendelssohn organized the Domchor in Berlin and founded the Leipzig Conservatory of Music in 1843. Traveling widely, he not only became familiar with various styles of music but also became well known himself in countries other than Germany, especially in England. He left a rich treasury of music: organ and piano works, overtures and incidental music, oratorios (including St. Paul or Elijah and choral works, and symphonies. He harmonized a number of hymn tunes himself, but hymnbook editors also arranged some of his other tunes into hymn tunes. Bert Polman