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[Heralds of Christ, who bear the King's command]
Author: Laura S. Copenhaver; Daniel C. Roberts Appears in 50 hymnals Lyrics: A. 3. Lord, give us strength the road to build,
to see the promised day fulfilled,
War shall be no more and strife shall cease
upon the highway of Peace.
B. 4. Refresh thy people on their way.
Lead us to never-ending day;
Fill our lives with love and grace divine,
Glory and praise be ever Thine. Used With Tune: NATIONAL HYMN
[Heralds of Christ, who bear the King's command]
OLD HUNDRED TWENTY FOURTH
Appears in 148 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Louis Bourgeois Incipit: 12343 21171 34565 Used With Text: Heralds of Christ, who bear the King's commands
OLD HUNDRED TWENTY FOURTH
PRO PATRIA
Appears in 18 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Horatio W. Parker Incipit: 12355 55517 132 Used With Text: Heralds of Christ who bear the King's command
PRO PATRIA
Heralds of Christ, Who Bear the King's Commands
Author: Laura S. Copenhaver Hymnal: The Worshipbook #416 (1972) Meter: 10.10.10.10 First Line: Heralds of Christ, who bear the King's command Lyrics: 1 Heralds of Christ, who bear the King's commands,
Immortal tidings in your mortal hands,
Pass on and carry swift the news ye bring:
Make straight, make straight the highway of the King.
2 Through desert ways, dark fen, and deep morass,
Through jungles, sluggish seas, and mountain pass,
Build ye the road, and falter not, nor stay;
Prepare across the earth the King's highway.
3 Where once the crooked trail in darkness wound
Let marching feet and joyous song resound,
Where burn the funeral pyres, and censers swing,
Make straight, make straight the highway of the King.
4 Lord, give us faith and strength the road to build,
To see the promise of the day fulfilled,
When war shall be no more and strife shall cease
Upon the highway of the Prince of Peace.
Amen. Topics: Service for the Lord's Day Opening of Worship; Other Observances Mission; Other Observances World Peace Scripture: Isaiah 40:3-5 Tune Title: NATIONAL HYMN
Heralds of Christ, Who Bear the King's Commands
Heralds of Christ, Who Bear the King's Commands
Author: Laura S. Copenhaver (1868-1940) Hymnal: The Hymnbook #498 (1955) Meter: 10.10.10.10 First Line: Heralds of Christ, who bear the King's command Lyrics: 1 Heralds of Christ, who bear the King's commands,
Immortal tidings in your mortal hands,
Pass on and carry swift the news ye bring:
Make straight, make straight the highway of the King.
2 Through desert ways, dark fen, and deep morass,
Through jungles, sluggish seas, and mountain pass,
Build ye the road, and falter not, nor stay;
Prepare across the earth the King's highway.
3 Where once the crooked trail in darkness wound
Let marching feet and joyous song resound,
Where burn the funeral pyres, and censers swing,
Make straight, make straight the highway of the King.
4 Lord, give us faith and strength the road to build,
To see the promise of the day fulfilled,
When war shall be no more and strife shall cease
Upon the highway of the Prince of Peace.
Amen. Topics: Christ Way, The; Missions; Peace on Earth; Kingdom of God on Earth, The Missions Scripture: Isaiah 40:3-5 Tune Title: NATIONAL HYMN
Heralds of Christ, Who Bear the King's Commands
Heralds of Christ, Who Bear the King's Commands
Author: Laura Scherer Copenhaver, 1868- Hymnal: Christian Worship #533 (1941) Topics: World Missions Languages: English Tune Title: NATIONAL HYMN
Heralds of Christ, Who Bear the King's Commands
Horatio W. Parker
1863 - 1919 Composer of "PRO PATRIA" in Hymnal for American Youth
Horatio W. Parker
Daniel C. Roberts
1841 - 1907 Author (B) of "[Heralds of Christ, who bear the King's command]" in The United Methodist Hymnal Music Supplement II Daniel C. Roberts (b. Bridgehampton, Long Island, NY, 1841; d. Concord, NH, 1907) Educated at Kenyon College, Gambier, Ohio, served in the union army during the Civil War. He was ordained in the Episcopal Church as a priest in 1866 and ministered to several congregations in Vermont and Massachusetts. In 1878 he began a ministry at St. Paul Church in Concord, New Hampshire, that lasted for twenty-three years. Serving for many years president of the New Hampshire State Historical Society, Roberts once wrote, "I remain a country parson, known only within my small world," but his hymn "God of Our Fathers" brought him widespread recognition.
Bert Polman
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Roberts, Daniel C., D.D., of the Prot. Episcopal Church in America, b. at Bridge Hampton, L.I., Nov. 5, 1841, and graduated at Gambler College, 1857. After serving for a time as a private in the Civil War, he was ordained in 1866. He is at present (1905) Rector of Concord, N.H. His hymn, "God of our fathers, Whose almighty hand " (National Hymn), was written in 1876 for the "Centennial" Fourth of July celebration at Brandon, Vermont. In 1892 it was included in the Protestant Episcopal Hymnal, and again in Sursum Corda, 1898. [Rev. L. F. Benson, D.D.]
--John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, New Supplement (1907)
Daniel C. Roberts
Louis Bourgeois
1510 - 1561 Composer of "OLD HUNDRED TWENTY FOURTH" in The Hymnal of the Evangelical Mission Covenant Church of America Louis Bourgeois (b. Paris, France, c. 1510; d. Paris, 1561). In both his early and later years Bourgeois wrote French songs to entertain the rich, but in the history of church music he is known especially for his contribution to the Genevan Psalter. Apparently moving to Geneva in 1541, the same year John Calvin returned to Geneva from Strasbourg, Bourgeois served as cantor and master of the choristers at both St. Pierre and St. Gervais, which is to say he was music director there under the pastoral leadership of Calvin. Bourgeois used the choristers to teach the new psalm tunes to the congregation.
The extent of Bourgeois's involvement in the Genevan Psalter is a matter of scholarly debate. Calvin had published several partial psalters, including one in Strasbourg in 1539 and another in Geneva in 1542, with melodies by unknown composers. In 1551 another French psalter appeared in Geneva, Eighty-three Psalms of David, with texts by Marot and de Beze, and with most of the melodies by Bourgeois, who supplied thirty four original tunes and thirty-six revisions of older tunes. This edition was republished repeatedly, and later Bourgeois's tunes were incorporated into the complete Genevan Psalter (1562). However, his revision of some older tunes was not uniformly appreciated by those who were familiar with the original versions; he was actually imprisoned overnight for some of his musical arrangements but freed after Calvin's intervention. In addition to his contribution to the 1551 Psalter, Bourgeois produced a four-part harmonization of fifty psalms, published in Lyons (1547, enlarged 1554), and wrote a textbook on singing and sight-reading, La Droit Chemin de Musique (1550). He left Geneva in 1552 and lived in Lyons and Paris for the remainder of his life.
Bert Polman
Louis Bourgeois
