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Purer yet and purer
Author: Anonymous Meter: 6.5.6.5 D Appears in 223 hymnals Topics: Christian Experience Aspiration; Heart Pure and Lowly; Sancification Used With Tune: [MARY MAGDALENE] Text Sources: "Iphegenia in Tauris, with Original Poems," 1851
Purer yet and purer
[MARY MAGDALENE]
Meter: 6.5.6.5 D Appears in 86 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: John B. Dykes Tune Key: F Major Incipit: 11234 33321 71123 Used With Text: Purer yet and purer
[MARY MAGDALENE]
[Purer yet and purer]
Appears in 24 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: S. J. Vail Incipit: 55123 11716 55512 Used With Text: Purer yet and purer
[Purer yet and purer]
[Purer yet and purer]
Appears in 2 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: J. R. Murray Incipit: 32156 51171 23215 Used With Text: Purer Yet and Purer
[Purer yet and purer]
Purer yet and purer
Author: Anon. Hymnal: Joyful Lays #81 (1884) First Line: Purer yet and purer I would be in mind Lyrics: 1 Purer yet and purer
I would be in mind,
Dearer yet and dearer
Every duty find;
Hoping still, and trusting
God without a fear,
Patiently believing
He will make all clear.
2 Calmer yet and calmer
Trial bear and pain,
Surer yet and surer
Peace at last to gain;
Suffering still and doing,
To his will resigned,
And to God subduing
Heart and will and mind.
3 Quicker yet and quicker
Ever onward press,
Firmer yet and firmer
Step as I progress;
Higher yet and higher
Out of clouds and night,
Nearer yet and nearer,
Rising to the light. Scripture: Romans 8:29 Languages: English Tune Title: [Purer yet and purer I would be in mind]
Purer yet and purer
Purer Yet, and Purer
Author: Anon. Hymnal: Young People's Songs of Praise #149 (1902) First Line: Purer yet and purer, I would be in mind Topics: Submission Scripture: Matthew 5:8 Tune Title: [Purer yet and purer, I would be in mind]
Purer Yet, and Purer
Purer Yet and Purer
Author: Unknown Hymnal: Popular Hymns Number 2 #71 (1901) First Line: Purer yet and purer, I would be in mind Languages: English Tune Title: [Purer yet and purer, I would be in mind]
Purer Yet and Purer
Anonymous
Author of "Purer yet and purer" in The Hymnal 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.
Anonymous
John Bacchus Dykes
1823 - 1876 Person Name: John B. Dykes Composer of "[MARY MAGDALENE]" in The Hymnal 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
John Bacchus Dykes
James R. Murray
1841 - 1905 Person Name: J. R. Murray Composer of "[Purer yet and purer]" in The Y.M.C.A. Praise Book L.P.M. (1905, April 12). Obituary. New Church Messenger, p.209.
Murray.--At Cincinnati, March 10, 1905, James Ramsey Murray. Funeral services in the Church of the New Jersualem, March 13th.
James R. Murray was widely known in the musical world as the author of many songs and song books, and in the New Church in Chicago and Cincinnati as an affectionate, intelligent, and loyal New Churchman.
He was born in Andover (Ballard Vale), Mass., March 17, 1841. In early life he developed musical talent, and composed many minor pieces for local and special occasions. Later at North Reading, Mass., he attended Dr. George F. Root's School of Music, and was associated with William Bradbury and Dr. Lowell Mason. He enlisted in the Fourteenth Regiment of infantry, commonly known as the Essex County Regiment, and afterwards was changed to the First Regiment, Massachusetts Heavy Artillery, which was engaged in most of the battles fought by the Second Army Corps up to the surrender of General Lee.
"Daisy Deane," the first and most popular of his early song successes, was composed in 1863 in Virginia while in camp, words by his cousin, Thomas F. Winthrop. This song is known all over the world, and the Salvation Army is using an arrangement of it for one of their war cry songs.
In 1868 Mr. Murray married Isabella Maria Taylor of Andover; and they removed to Chicago. Here three children were born to them, two passing early to their heavenly home, the youngest, Winthrop Root Murray, is still living. It was during these first years in Chicago that Mr. and Mrs. Murray became interested in the New Church, while he was engaged with Root and Cady as editor of the Long Visitor, afterwards merged with the Musical Visitor. After the great fire of 1871 Mr. and Mrs. Murray returned East, where he was engaged in teaching in Lawrence and Andover, and as organist at the Old South Church in Andover. In 1881 they removed to Cincinnati and Mr. Murray became the editor of the Musical Viistor [sic] and head of the publication department of the John Church Company. Among the most popular of his books are "Pure Diamonds," "Royal Gems," "The Prize" and "Murray's Sacred Songs." The following titles will recall some of his best loved sacred songs: "At Last," "Calm on the Listening Ear of Night," "I Shall Be Satisfied," "There Shall No Evil Befall Thee," "Thine, O Lord, Is the Greatness," "The Way Was Mine," "How Beautiful Upon the Mountains," "Angels from the Realms of Glory."
His last great labor in the publishing department of the John Church Company was the seeing through the press five volumes of Wagner's music dramas, with full score and original German text, and an English translation. The immense and careful labor involved in the preparation of these volumes, with a really smooth and excellent English translation, had perhaps, as it was done under pressure, something to do with Mr. Murray's breakdown. Although for some reason Mr. Murray's name does not appear on the title page of these volumes, his friends knew of the place the work held in his affections and ambition.
Mr. Murray was a member of the Church Council of the Cincinnati Society for the last four years and took a deep interest in the building of the New Church, and in the inauguration of services, with all the changes looking to the improvement of the musical part of the service. The vested choir, organized by Mr. and Mrs. Lawson, which Mr. Murray as councilman had urged from the beginning, in their entrance to the church each Sunday singing the processional hymn participated in the funeral service, with a congregation of brethren and friends, all moved by deep love and profound respect for the consistent life and faith of a worthy Churchman and beloved friend.
--DNAH Archives
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For a discussion of Murray and the tune MUELLER, see: Stulken, M.K. (1981). Hymnal companion to the Lutheran Book of Worship. Philadelphia : Fortress Press, p.170.
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Also available in the DNAH Archives:
1. An excerpt from Christie, George A. (1927). New Free Church. In Music in Andover. Papers read at "Fagot Party" of the Andover Natural History Society.
2. Unsourced essay about Murray written soon after his death, likely from Andover, Mass., perhaps authored by Charlotte Helen Abbott.
James R. Murray
