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Standing at the Portal
Author: Frances R. Havergal Meter: 6.5.6.5 with refrain Appears in 169 hymnals Hymnal Title: The Cyber Hymnal Refrain First Line: Onward, then, and fear not Lyrics: 1. Standing at the portal
Of the opening year,
Words of comfort meet us,
Hushing every fear;
Spoken thru the silence
By our Savior’s voice,
Tender, strong and faithful,
Making us rejoice.
Refrain
Onward, then, and fear not,
Children of the day;
For His Word shall never,
Never pass away.
2. I, the Lord, am with thee,
Be thou not afraid;
I will help and strengthen
Be thou not dismayed.
Yea, I will uphold thee
With My own right hand;
Thou art called and chosen
In My sight to stand. [Refrain]
3. For the year before us,
O what rich supplies!
For the poor and needy
Living streams shall rise;
For the sad and sinful
Shall His grace abound;
For the faint and feeble
Perfect strength be found. [Refrain]
4. He will never fail us,
He will not forsake;
His eternal covenant
He will never break.
Resting on the promise,
What have we to fear?
God is all sufficient
For the coming year. [Refrain] Used With Tune: ST. ALBAN (Haydn) Text Sources: Published in Under the Surface, 1874, & Life Chords, 1880
Standing at the Portal
[Standing at the portal]
Appears in 1 hymnal Hymnal Title: Carmina Centum Incipit: 55132 62176 51234 Used With Text: Standing at the Portal
[Standing at the portal]
Onward then, and fear not, children of the day!
Hymnal: A Hymnal and Service Book for Sunday Schools, Day Schools, Guilds, Brotherhoods, etc. #190 (1893) Hymnal Title: A Hymnal and Service Book for Sunday Schools, Day Schools, Guilds, Brotherhoods, etc. First Line: Standing at the portal of the opning year Languages: English
Onward then, and fear not, children of the day!
Standing at the portal
Author: Frances Ridley Havergal (1836-1879) Hymnal: A Manual of Worship #180 (1903) Hymnal Title: A Manual of Worship Languages: English
Standing at the portal
Standing At The Portal
Author: F. R. Havergal Hymnal: American Lutheran Hymnal #621 (1930) Meter: 6.5.6.5 D with refrain Hymnal Title: American Lutheran Hymnal First Line: Standing at the portal of the op'ning year Refrain First Line: Onward then, and fear not, children of the day Lyrics: 1 Standing at the portal of the op'ning year,
Words of comfort, meet us, hushing ev'ry fear;
Spoken through the silence by our Father's voice,
Tender, strong, and faithful, making us rejoice.
Refrain:
Onward, then, and fear not, children of the day,
For His word shall never, never pass away.
2 I, the Lord, am with thee, be thou not afraid;
I will help and strengthen, be thou not dismayed;
Yea, I will uphold thee with My own right hand;
Thou art called and chosen in My sight to stand. [Refrain]
3 For the year before us, O what rich supplies!
For the poor and needy living streams shall rise;
For the sad and sinful shall His grace abound;
For the faint and feeble perfect strength be found. [Refrain]
4 He will never fail us, He will not forsake;
His eternal cov'nant He will never break.
Resting on His promise, what have we to fear?
God is all-sufficient for the coming year. [Refrain]
Topics: New Year; Processionals and Recessionals New Year Languages: English Tune Title: MANN
Standing At The Portal
E. J. Hopkins
1818 - 1901 Hymnal Title: Hymnal for Church and Home Composer of "[Standing at the portal]" in Hymnal for Church and Home Dr Edward John Hopkins MusDoc United Kingdom 1818-1901. Born at Westminster, England, the son of a clarinetist with the Royal Opera House orchestra, he became an organist (as did two of his brothers) and a composer. In 1826 he became a chorister of the Chapel Royal and sang at the coronation of King William IV in Westminster Abbey. He also sang in the choir of St. Paul’s Cathedral, a double schedule requiring skill and dexterity. On Sunday evenings he would play the outgoing voluntary at St. Martin’s in-the-field. He left Chapel Royal in 1834 and started studying organ construction at two organ factories. He took an appointment at Mitcham Church as organist at age 16, winning an audition against other organists. Four years later he became organist at the Church of St. Peter, Islington. In 1841 he became organist at St. Luke’s, Berwick St., Soho. Two Years later he was organist at Temple Church, which had a historic organ (built in 1683). He held this position for 55 years. In 1845 he married Sarah Lovett, and they had four sons and five daughters. He was closely associated with the Bach Society and was organist for the first English performances of Bach’s St. Matthew Passion. In 1855 he collaborated with Edward Rimbault publishing “The organ, its history and construction” (3 editions 1855-70-77). In 1864 he was one of the founders of the “College of organists”. In 1882 he received an honorary Doctorate of Music from the Archbishop of Canterbury. He composed 30+ hymn tunes and some psalm chants, used by the Church of England. He died in London, England.
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E. J. Hopkins
Johann Sebastian Bach
1685 - 1750 Person Name: J. S. Bach Hymnal Title: Hymns of the Kingdom of God Arranger of "ST. ALBAN" in Hymns of the Kingdom of God 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)
Johann Sebastian Bach
