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See, to Us a Child Is Born

Author: Timothy Dudley-Smith Meter: 7.6.7.6.7.6 Appears in 2 hymnals

INNOCENTS

Meter: 7.7.7.7 Appears in 476 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: William Henry Monk Tune Key: D Major Incipit: 34517 65123 54323 Used With Text: See, to Us a Child Is Born

[See, to us a child is born]

Appears in 1 hymnal Composer and/or Arranger: David Haas, b. 1957 Tune Key: E Flat Major Incipit: 11551 76564 5143 Used With Text: See, to Us a Child Is Born

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Author: Timothy Dudley-Smith, b. 1926 Hymnal: Catholic Book of Worship III #331 (1994) Lyrics: 1 See, to us a child is born: Glory breaks on Christmas morn! Now to us a Son is giv'n: Praise to God in highest heav'n! 2 On his shoulder rule shall rest: In him all the earth be blest! Wise and wonderful his name: Heaven's Lord in human frame! 3 Mighty God, who mercy brings: Lord of lords and King of kings! Father of eternal days: Ev'ry creature sing his praise! 4 Everlasting Prince of Peace: Truth and righteousness increase! He shall reign from shore to shore: Christ is King for ever more. Topics: Christmas Scripture: Isaiah 9:17 Languages: English Tune Title: [See, to us a child is born]

See, to Us a Child Is Born

Author: Timothy Dudley-Smith Hymnal: Baptist Hymnal 1991 #104 (1991) Meter: 7.7.7.7 Lyrics: 1. See, to us a Child is born– Glory breaks on Christmas morn! Now to us a Son is giv'n– Praise to God in highest heav'n! 2. On His shoulder rule shall rest– In Him all the earth be blest! Wise and wonderful His name– Heaven's Lord in human frame! 3. Mighty God, who mercy brings– Lord of lords and King of kings! Father of eternal days– Ev'ry creature sing His praise! 4. Everlasting Prince of Peace– Truth and righteousness increase! He shall reign from shore to shore– Christ is King forevermore! Scripture: Luke 2:11 Languages: English Tune Title: INNOCENTS

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Timothy Dudley-Smith

1926 - 2024 Author of "See, to Us a Child Is Born" in Baptist Hymnal 1991 Timothy Dudley-Smith (b. 1926) Educated at Pembroke College and Ridley Hall, Cambridge, Dudley-Smith has served the Church of England since his ordination in 1950. He has occupied a number of church positions, including parish priest in the diocese of Southwark (1953-1962), archdeacon of Norwich (1973-1981), and bishop of Thetford, Norfolk, from 1981 until his retirement in 1992. He also edited a Christian magazine, Crusade, which was founded after Billy Graham's 1955 London crusade. Dudley-Smith began writing comic verse while a student at Cambridge; he did not begin to write hymns until the 1960s. Many of his several hundred hymn texts have been collected in Lift Every Heart: Collected Hymns 1961-1983 (1984), Songs of Deliverance: Thirty-six New Hymns (1988), and A Voice of Singing (1993). The writer of Christian Literature and the Church (1963), Someone Who Beckons (1978), and Praying with the English Hymn Writers (1989), Dudley-Smith has also served on various editorial committees, including the committee that published Psalm Praise (1973). Bert Polman

William Henry Monk

1823 - 1889 Composer of "INNOCENTS" in Baptist Hymnal 1991 William H. Monk (b. Brompton, London, England, 1823; d. London, 1889) is best known for his music editing of Hymns Ancient and Modern (1861, 1868; 1875, and 1889 editions). He also adapted music from plainsong and added accompaniments for Introits for Use Throughout the Year, a book issued with that famous hymnal. Beginning in his teenage years, Monk held a number of musical positions. He became choirmaster at King's College in London in 1847 and was organist and choirmaster at St. Matthias, Stoke Newington, from 1852 to 1889, where he was influenced by the Oxford Movement. At St. Matthias, Monk also began daily choral services with the choir leading the congregation in music chosen according to the church year, including psalms chanted to plainsong. He composed over fifty hymn tunes and edited The Scottish Hymnal (1872 edition) and Wordsworth's Hymns for the Holy Year (1862) as well as the periodical Parish Choir (1840-1851). Bert Polman