Please give today to support Hymnary.org during one of only two fund drives we run each year. Each month, Hymnary serves more than 1 million users from around the globe, thanks to the generous support of people like you, and we are so grateful.

Tax-deductible donations can be made securely online using this link.

Alternatively, you may write a check to CCEL and mail it to:
Christian Classics Ethereal Library, 3201 Burton SE, Grand Rapids, MI 49546

Search Results

Text Identifier:"^o_savior_precious_savior_whom_yet_unseen$"

Planning worship? Check out our sister site, ZeteoSearch.org, for 20+ additional resources related to your search.

Texts

text icon
Text authorities
TextPage scans

O Saviour, precious Saviour

Author: Frances Ridley Havergal, 1836-1879 Appears in 244 hymnals Lyrics: 1 O Saviour, precious Saviour, Whom yet unseen we love, O name of might and favour, All other names above: We worship Thee, we bless Thee, To Thee alone we sing; We praise Thee, and confess Thee Our holy Lord and King! 2 O Bringer of salvation, Who wondrously hast wrought, Thyself the revelation Of love beyond our thought: In Thee all fullness dwelleth, All grace and power divine; The glory that excelleth, O Son of God, is Thine. 3 O grant the consummation Of this our song above, In endless adoration, And everlasting love: Then shall we praise and bless Thee, Where perfect praises ring, And evermore confess Thee Our Saviour and our King! Topics: Christ Praise to; The Godhead The Son; Praise To Christ Used With Tune: URBS BEATA

Tunes

tune icon
Tune authorities
Page scansAudio

ANGEL'S STORY

Meter: 7.6.7.6.7.6.7.6 Appears in 380 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Arthur H. Mann, 1850-1929 Tune Key: F Major Incipit: 33321 17544 32325 Used With Text: O Savior, Precious Savior
Page scansAudio

O SAVIOUR, PRECIOUS SAVIOUR

Appears in 174 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: T. R. Matthews Incipit: 55332 15561 17155 Used With Text: We worship Thee
Audio

ZOAN

Meter: 7.6.7.6 D Appears in 39 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Rev. W. H. Havergal Tune Key: B Flat Major Incipit: 13217 11143 42332 Used With Text: O Saviour, precious Saviour

Instances

instance icon
Published text-tune combinations (hymns) from specific hymnals

O Savior, precious Savior, whom yet unseen we love

Author: Frances Ridley Havergal Hymnal: The Chautauqua Hymnal, a Collection of Hymns for Gatherings ... and Young Peoples Organizations #d12 (1927)
Page scan

O Savior, precious Savior, whom yet unseen we love

Author: Frances Ridley Havergal Hymnal: Hymns of Worship and Service (Chapel Ed., 4th ed.) #12 (1908) Languages: English

O Savior, precious Savior, whom yet unseen we love

Author: Frances Ridley Havergal Hymnal: A Selection of Hymns #d51 (1912) Languages: English

People

person icon
Authors, composers, editors, etc.

John Bacchus Dykes

1823 - 1876 Person Name: J. B. Dykes Composer of "BLAIRGOWRIE" in The Hymnal of Praise As a young child John Bacchus Dykes (b. Kingston-upon-Hull' England, 1823; d. Ticehurst, Sussex, England, 1876) took violin and piano lessons. At the age of ten he became the organist of St. John's in Hull, where his grandfather was vicar. After receiving a classics degree from St. Catherine College, Cambridge, England, he was ordained in the Church of England in 1847. In 1849 he became the precentor and choir director at Durham Cathedral, where he introduced reforms in the choir by insisting on consistent attendance, increasing rehearsals, and initiating music festivals. He served the parish of St. Oswald in Durham from 1862 until the year of his death. To the chagrin of his bishop, Dykes favored the high church practices associated with the Oxford Movement (choir robes, incense, and the like). A number of his three hundred hymn tunes are still respected as durable examples of Victorian hymnody. Most of his tunes were first published in Chope's Congregational Hymn and Tune Book (1857) and in early editions of the famous British hymnal, Hymns Ancient and Modern. Bert Polman

Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy

1809 - 1847 Person Name: Felix Mendelssohn Arranger of "MUNICH" in Hymns for the Living Church 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

Henry Thomas Smart

1813 - 1879 Person Name: H. Smart Composer of "LANCASHIRE" in Gloria Deo Henry Smart (b. Marylebone, London, England, 1813; d. Hampstead, London, 1879), a capable composer of church music who wrote some very fine hymn tunes (REGENT SQUARE, 354, is the best-known). Smart gave up a career in the legal profession for one in music. Although largely self taught, he became proficient in organ playing and composition, and he was a music teacher and critic. Organist in a number of London churches, including St. Luke's, Old Street (1844-1864), and St. Pancras (1864-1869), Smart was famous for his extemporiza­tions and for his accompaniment of congregational singing. He became completely blind at the age of fifty-two, but his remarkable memory enabled him to continue playing the organ. Fascinated by organs as a youth, Smart designed organs for impor­tant places such as St. Andrew Hall in Glasgow and the Town Hall in Leeds. He composed an opera, oratorios, part-songs, some instrumental music, and many hymn tunes, as well as a large number of works for organ and choir. He edited the Choralebook (1858), the English Presbyterian Psalms and Hymns for Divine Worship (1867), and the Scottish Presbyterian Hymnal (1875). Some of his hymn tunes were first published in Hymns Ancient and Modern (1861). Bert Polman
It looks like you are using an ad-blocker. Ad revenue helps keep us running. Please consider white-listing Hymnary.org or getting Hymnary Pro to eliminate ads entirely and help support Hymnary.org.