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Author: Edward H. Plumptre Meter: 6.6.8.6 with refrain Appears in 429 hymnals Refrain First Line: Rejoice, rejoice, Rejoice, give thanks and sing Lyrics: 1 Rejoice, O pure in heart, rejoice, give thanks, and sing; your festal banner wave on high, the cross of Christ your King. Refrain: Rejoice, rejoice, rejoice, give thanks, and sing! 2 Bright youth and snow-crowned age, both men and women, raise on high your free, exulting song, declare God's wondrous praise. [Refrain] 3 Still lift your standard high, still chanting as you go, from youth to age, by night and day, in gladness and in woe. [Refrain] 4 At last the march shall end; the wearied ones shall rest, the pilgrims reach their home at last, Jerusalem the blest. [Refrain] 5 Praise God, who reigns on high, the Lord whom we adore: the Father, Son, and Holy Ghost, one God forevermore. [Refrain] Psalter Hymnal, 1987 Topics: Worship; Anniversaries; Old Age; Youth Hymns; liturgical Opening Hymns

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MARION

Appears in 256 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Arthur Henry Messiter, 1834-1916 Tune Key: G Major Incipit: 15321 23331 23455 Used With Text: Rejoice, Ye Pure in Heart

VINEYARD HAVEN

Meter: 6.6.8.6 Appears in 27 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Richard Wayne Dirksen Tune Key: c minor Incipit: 13454 33423 456 Used With Text: Rejoice, Ye Pure in Heart!

[Rejoice, ye pure in heart]

Appears in 140 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Charles Lockhart Tune Key: E Flat Major Incipit: 15132 17114 56514 Used With Text: Rejoice, Ye Pure in Heart

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Rejoice, Ye Pure in Heart

Author: Edward H. Plumptre Hymnal: Yes, Lord! #40 (1982) Lyrics: 1 Rejoice, ye pure in heart, Rejoice, give thanks and sing; Your festal banner wave on high, The cross of Christ your King. Rejoice, rejoice, Rejoice, give thanks and sing. 2 Bright youth and snow-crowned age, Strong men and maidens meek; Raise high your free, exulting song, God's wondrous praises speak. Rejoice, rejoice, Rejoice, give thanks and sing. 3 With all the angel choirs, With all the saints on earth, Pour out the strains of joy and bliss, True rapture, noblest mirth. Rejoice, rejoice, Rejoice, give thanks and sing. 4 Yes, on through life's long path, Still chanting as we go; From youth to age, by night and day, In gladness and in woe. Rejoice, rejoice, Rejoice, give thanks and sing. 5 Then on, ye pure in heart, Rejoice, give thanks and sing; Your glorious banner wave on high, The cross of Christ your King. Rejoice, rejoice, Rejoice, give thanks and sing. Topics: Worship and Adoration Languages: English Tune Title: [Rejoice, ye pure in heart]

Rejoice, ye pure in heart!

Author: Rev. E. H. Plumptre Hymnal: The Hymnal, Revised and Enlarged, as adopted by the General Convention of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America in the year of our Lord 1892 #520a (1894) Meter: 6.6.8.6 Lyrics: 1 Rejoice, ye pure in heart! Rejoice, give thanks, and sing! Your festal banner wave on high, The cross of Christ your King! Rejoice, rejoice, rejoice, give thanks and sing. 2 Bright youth and snow-crowned age, Strong men and maidens meek: Raise high your free, exulting song! God's wondrous praises speak! Rejoice, rejoice, rejoice, give thanks and sing. 3 With all the angel choirs, With all the saints of earth, Pour out the strains of joy and bliss, True rapture, noblest mirth! Rejoice, rejoice, rejoice, give thanks and sing. 4 Your clear hosannas raise, And alleluias loud! Whilst answering echoes upward float, Like wreaths of incense cloud. Rejoice, rejoice, rejoice, give thanks and sing. 5 Yes, on through life's long path! Still chanting as ye go; From youth to age, by night and day, In gladness and in woe. Rejoice, rejoice, rejoice, give thanks and sing. 6 Still lift your standard high! Still march in firm array! As warriors through the darkness toil, Till dawns the golden day! Rejoice, rejoice, rejoice, give thanks and sing. 7 At last the march shall end; The wearied ones shall rest; The pilgrims find their Father's house, Jerusalem the blest. Rejoice, rejoice, rejoice, give thanks and sing. 8 Then on, ye pure in heart! Rejoice, give thanks, and sing! Your glorious banner wave on high, The cross of Christ your King! Rejoice, rejoice, rejoice, give thanks and sing. Amen. Topics: Lay Helpers Languages: English Tune Title: [Rejoice, ye pure in heart]

Rejoice, ye pure in heart!

Author: Rev. E. H. Plumptre Hymnal: The Hymnal, Revised and Enlarged, as adopted by the General Convention of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America in the year of our Lord 1892 #520b (1894) Meter: 6.6.8.6 Lyrics: 1 Rejoice, ye pure in heart! Rejoice, give thanks, and sing! Your festal banner wave on high, The cross of Christ your King! Rejoice, rejoice, rejoice, give thanks and sing. 2 Bright youth and snow-crowned age, Strong men and maidens meek: Raise high your free, exulting song! God's wondrous praises speak! Rejoice, rejoice, rejoice, give thanks and sing. 3 With all the angel choirs, With all the saints of earth, Pour out the strains of joy and bliss, True rapture, noblest mirth! Rejoice, rejoice, rejoice, give thanks and sing. 4 Your clear hosannas raise, And alleluias loud! Whilst answering echoes upward float, Like wreaths of incense cloud. Rejoice, rejoice, rejoice, give thanks and sing. 5 Yes, on through life's long path! Still chanting as ye go; From youth to age, by night and day, In gladness and in woe. Rejoice, rejoice, rejoice, give thanks and sing. 6 Still lift your standard high! Still march in firm array! As warriors through the darkness toil, Till dawns the golden day! Rejoice, rejoice, rejoice, give thanks and sing. 7 At last the march shall end; The wearied ones shall rest; The pilgrims find their Father's house, Jerusalem the blest. Rejoice, rejoice, rejoice, give thanks and sing. 8 Then on, ye pure in heart! Rejoice, give thanks, and sing! Your glorious banner wave on high, The cross of Christ your King! Rejoice, rejoice, rejoice, give thanks and sing. Amen. Topics: Lay Helpers Languages: English Tune Title: [Rejoice, ye pure in heart]

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E. H. Plumptre

1821 - 1891 Person Name: Rev. E. H. Plumptre Author of "Rejoice, ye pure in heart!" in The Hymnal, Revised and Enlarged, as adopted by the General Convention of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America in the year of our Lord 1892 Edward H. Plumptre (b. London, England, August 6, 1821; d. Wells, England, February 1, 1891) was an eminent classical and biblical scholar who gained prominence in both church and university. Educated at King's College, London, and University College, Oxford, he was ordained in the Church of England in 1846. Plumptre served as a preacher at Oxford and a professor of pastoral theology at King's College, and held a number of other prestigious positions. His writings include A Life of Bishop Ken (1888), translations from Greek and Latin classics, and poetry and hymns. Plumptre was also a member of the committee that produced the Revised Version of the Bible. Bert Polman ==================== Plumptre, Edward Hayes, D.D., son of Mr. E. H. Plumptre, was born in London, Aug. 6, 1821, and educated at King's College, London, and University College, Oxford, graduating as a double first in 1844. He was for some time Fellow of Brasenose. On taking Holy Orders in 1846 he rapidly attained to a foremost position as a Theologian and Preacher. His appointments have been important and influential, and include that of Assistant Preacher at Lincoln's Inn; Select Preacher at Oxford; Professor of Pastoral Theology at King's College, London; Dean of Queen's, Oxford; Prebendary in St. Paul's Cathedral, London; Professor of Exegesis of the New Testament in King's College, London; Boyle Lecturer; Grinfield Lecturer on the Septuagint, Oxford; Examiner in the Theological schools at Oxford; Member of the Old Testament Company for the Revision of the A.V. of the Holy Scriptures; Rector of Pluckley, 1869; Vicar of Bickley, Kent, 1873; and Dean of Wells, 1881. Dean Plumptre's literary productions have been very numerous and important, and embrace the classics, history, divinity, biblical criticism, biography, and poetry. The list as set forth in Crockford's Clerical Directory is very extensive. His poetical works include Lazarus, and Other Poems, 1864; Master and Scholar, 1866; Things New and Old, 1884; and translations of Sophocles, Æschylus, and Dante. As a writer of sacred poetry he ranks very high. His hymns are elegant in style, fervent in spirit, and broad in treatment. The subjects chosen are mainly those associated with the revived Church life of the present day, from the Processional at a Choral Festival to hospital work and the spiritual life in schools and colleges. The rhythm of his verse has a special attraction for musicians, its poetry for the cultured, and its stately simplicity for the devout and earnest-minded. The two which have attained to the most extensive use in Great Britain and America are: Rejoice, ye pure in heart," and "Thine arm, O Lord, in days of old." His translations from the Latin, many of which were made for the Hymnary, 1871 and 1872, are very good and musical, but they have not been used in any way in proportion to their merits. His original hymns in common use include:— 1. Behold they gain the lonely height. The Transfiguration. Written for and first published in the Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge Church Hymns, 1871. 2. For all Thy countless bounties. National Hymns. Written for the Jubilee of Queen Victoria, 1887, and set to music by C. W. Lavington. It was printed, together with the National Anthem adapted for the Jubilee, in Good Words, 1887. 3. Lo, summer comes again! Harvest. Written in 1871 for use at the Harvest Festival in Pluckley Church, Kent, of which the author was then rector, and published in the same year in the Hymnary, No. 466. 4. March, march, onward soldiers true. Processional at Choral Festivals. Written in 1867 for the tune of Costa's March of the Israelites in the Oratorio of Eli, at the request of the Rev. Henry White, Chaplain of the Savoy, and first used in that Chapel. It was subsequently published in the Savoy Hymnary, N.D. [1870], in 4 stanzas of 4 lines; in a Choral Festival book at Peterborough, and in the S. P. C. K. Church Hymns, 1871. 5. 0 Light, Whose beams illumine all. The Way, the Truth, and the Life. Written in May 1864, and published in his Lazarus, and Other Poems, 1864, as one of five Hymns for School and College. It passed into the 1868 Appendix to Hymns Ancient & Modern, and again into other collections. 6. 0 Lord of hosts, all heaven possessing. For School or College. Written in May, 1864, and published in his Lazarus and other Poems, 1864, in 5 stanzas of 6 lines. 7. 0 praise the Lord our God. Processional Thanksgiving Hymn. Written May 1864, and published in his Lazarus, and other Poems, 1864, in 4 stanzas of 8 lines. It is a most suitable hymn for Sunday school gatherings. 8. Rejoice, ye pure in heart. Processional at Choral Festival. Written in May 1865, for the Peterborough Choral Festival of that year, and first used in Peterborough Cathedral. In the same year it was published with special music by Novello & Co; and again (without music) in the 2nd edition of Lazarus, and Other Poems, 1865. It was included in the 1868 Appendix to Hymns Ancient & Modern with the change in stanza i., line 3, of "Your orient banner wave on high," to "Your festal banner wave on high." It is more widely used than any other of the author's hymns. Authorized text in Hymns Ancient & Modern. 9. Thine arm, 0 Lord, in days of old. Hospitals. Written in 1864 for use in King's College Hospital, London, and first printed on a fly-sheet as "A Hymn used in the Chapel of King's College Hospital." It was included in the 2nd edition of Lazarus, and Other Poems, 1865; in the 1868 Appendix to Hymns Ancient & Modern; the S. P. C. K. Church Hymns, 1871; Thring's Collection, 1882; and many others. 10. Thy hand, 0 God, has guided. Church Defence. Included in the 1889 Supplemental Hymns to Hymns Ancient & Modern The closing line of each stanza, "One Church, one Faith, one Lord," comes in with fine effect. Dean Plumptre's Life of Bishop Ken, 1888, is an exhaustive and excellent work. -- John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907) =============== Plumptre, E. H., p. 897, i. Died at the Deanery, Wells, Feb. 1, 1891. --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, Appendix, Part II (1907)

Johann Sebastian Bach

1685 - 1750 Person Name: Bach Composer of "POSTDAM" in New Manual of Praise Johann Sebastian Bach was born at Eisenach into a musical family and in a town steeped in Reformation history, he received early musical training from his father and older brother, and elementary education in the classical school Luther had earlier attended. Throughout his life he made extraordinary efforts to learn from other musicians. At 15 he walked to Lüneburg to work as a chorister and study at the convent school of St. Michael. From there he walked 30 miles to Hamburg to hear Johann Reinken, and 60 miles to Celle to become familiar with French composition and performance traditions. Once he obtained a month's leave from his job to hear Buxtehude, but stayed nearly four months. He arranged compositions from Vivaldi and other Italian masters. His own compositions spanned almost every musical form then known (Opera was the notable exception). In his own time, Bach was highly regarded as organist and teacher, his compositions being circulated as models of contrapuntal technique. Four of his children achieved careers as composers; Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven, Mendelssohn, Schumann, Brahms, and Chopin are only a few of the best known of the musicians that confessed a major debt to Bach's work in their own musical development. Mendelssohn began re-introducing Bach's music into the concert repertoire, where it has come to attract admiration and even veneration for its own sake. After 20 years of successful work in several posts, Bach became cantor of the Thomas-schule in Leipzig, and remained there for the remaining 27 years of his life, concentrating on church music for the Lutheran service: over 200 cantatas, four passion settings, a Mass, and hundreds of chorale settings, harmonizations, preludes, and arrangements. He edited the tunes for Schemelli's Musicalisches Gesangbuch, contributing 16 original tunes. His choral harmonizations remain a staple for studies of composition and harmony. Additional melodies from his works have been adapted as hymn tunes. --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)