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Instantis adventum Dei

Author: C. Coffin, 1676-1749; S. P. Meter: 6.6.8.6 Appears in 10 hymnals First Line: The advent of our God Used With Tune: ST. THOMAS

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ST THOMAS

Meter: 6.6.8.6 Appears in 1,093 hymnals Tune Sources: A. Williams's New Universal Psalmodist, 1770 Tune Key: F Major Incipit: 51132 12345 43432 Used With Text: The advent of our God
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FESTAL SONG

Meter: 6.6.8.6 Appears in 208 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: William H. Walter (1825-1893) Tune Key: A Major Incipit: 51535 65671 76523 Used With Text: The Advent of Our God
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POTSDAM

Meter: 6.6.8.6 Appears in 72 hymnals Tune Sources: Church Psalter and Hymn Book, London, 1854, William Mercer, 1811-1871 Tune Key: C Major Incipit: 12432 15617 65346 Used With Text: The Advent of Our God

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The Advent of Our God

Author: Charles Coffin (1676-1749); John Chandler (1806-1876) Hymnal: Seventh-day Adventist Hymnal #117 (1985) Meter: 6.6.8.6 First Line: The advent of our God With eager prayers we greet Lyrics: 1 The advent of our God With eager prayers we greet, And singing haste upon His road His coming reign to meet. 2 The everlasting Son Was born to make us free; And He a servant's form put on To gain our liberty. 3 As Judge, on clouds of light, He soon will come again, His scattered people to unite With them in heaven to reign. 4 Praise to the incarnate Son Who comes to set us free, With Father, Spirit, ever one; To all eternity. Topics: Jesus Christ First Advent Tune Title: FESTAL SONG
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The Advent of Our God

Author: Charles Coffin, 1676-1749; John Chandler, 1806-1876 Hymnal: One in Faith #347 (2015) Meter: 6.6.8.6 Lyrics: 1 The advent of our God With eager prayers we greet; With humble hearts we shall go forth, God's glorious gift to meet. 2 The everlasting Son Incarnate deigns to be; Himself a servant's form puts on To set all people free. 3 O Zion's daughter, rise To meet your lowly King. Let not your faithless heart despise The peace he comes to bring. 4 As Judge, on clouds of light, Christ soon will come again, And all the scattered saints unite, In heav'n with Christ to reign. 5 Before the dawning day Let sin's dark deeds be gone; The old self all be put away, The new self all put on. 6 All glory to the Son, Who comes to set us free, With Father, Spirit, ever One, Through all eternity. Topics: Advent Languages: English Tune Title: POTSDAM
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The advent of our God

Author: Charles Coffin, 1676-1749; H. Putman, 1861-1935 Hymnal: The New English Hymnal #14 (1986) Meter: 6.6.8.6 Lyrics: 1 THE advent of our God With eager prayers we greet, And singing haste upon the road His glorious gift to meet. 2 The everlasting Son Scorns not the Virgin's womb; That we from bondage may be won He bears a bondsman's doom. 3 Daughter of Sion, rise To meet thy lowly King; Let not thy stubborn heart despise The peace he comes to bring. 4 On clouds of dazzling light, As judge he comes again, His scattered people to unite, With him in heaven to reign. 5 Let evil flee away, Ere that great hour shall dawn, Let this old Adam day by day The new Man all put on. 6 Praise to the incarnate Son, Who comes to set us free, With Father and with Spirit One, To all eternity. Amen. Languages: English Tune Title: ST THOMAS

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Charles Coffin

1676 - 1749 Person Name: C. Coffin, 1676-1749 Author of "Instantis adventum Dei" in Songs of Praise Coffin, Charles, born at Buzaney (Ardennes) in 1676, died 1749, was principal of the college at Beauvais, 1712 (succeeding the historian Rollin), and rector of the University of Paris, 1718. He published in 1727 some, of his Latin poems, for which he was already noted, and in 1736 the bulk of his hymns appeared in the Paris Breviary of that year. In the same year he published them as Hymni Sacri Auctore Carolo Coffin, and in 1755 a complete ed. of his Works was issued in 2 vols. To his Hymni Sacri is prefixed an interesting preface. The whole plan of his hymns, and of the Paris Breviary which he so largely influenced, comes out in his words. "In his porro scribendis Hymnis non tam poetico indulgendunv spiritui, quam nitoro et pietate consulendum esse existimavi. Pleraque igitur, argumentis convenientia e purissiinis Scripturae Sacrae fontibus deprompsi quac idoneis Ecclesiae cantui numeris alligarem." His hymns are described by a French critic as having less brilliancy than those of Santüil (q.v.), but more simplicity and unction. They number 100 in the edition of 1736. Translated into English by J. Chandler, I. Williams and others, are noted under their respective Latin first lines. [William T. Brooke] -- John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)

John Chandler

1806 - 1876 Person Name: John Chandler 1806-76 Translator of "Instantis adventum Dei" in The Australian Hymn Book with Catholic Supplement John Chandler, one of the most successful translators of hymns, was born at Witley in Surrey, June 16, 1806. He was educated at Corpus Christi College, Oxford, B.A. 1827, M.A. 1830. Ordained deacon in 1831 and priest in 1832, he succeeded his father as the patron and vicar of Whitley, in 1837. His first volume, entitled The Hymns of the Primitive Church, now first Collected, Translated and Arranged, 1837, contained 100 hymns, for the most part ancient, with a few additions from the Paris Breviary of 1736. Four years later, he republished this volume under the title of hymns of the Church, mostly primitive, collected, translated and arranged for public use, 1841. Other publications include a Life of William of Wykeham, 1842, and Horae sacrae: prayers and meditations from the writings of the divines of the Anglican Church, 1854, as well as numerous sermons and tracts. Chandler died at Putney on July 1, 1876. --The Hymnal 1940 Companion =============== Chandler, John, M.A.,one of the earliest and most successful of modern translators of Latin hymns, son of the Rev. John F. Chandler, was born at Witley, Godalming, Surrey, June 16, 1806, and educated at Corpus Christi College, Oxford, where he graduated in 1827. He took Holy Orders in 1831, and became Vicar of Witley in 1837. He died at Putney, July 1, 1876. Besides numerous Sermons and Tracts, his prose works include Life of William of Wykeham, 1842; and Horae Sacrae; Prayers and Meditations from the writings of the Divines of the Anglican Church, with an Introduction, 1844. His translations, he says, arose out of his desire to see the ancient prayers of the Anglican Liturgy accompanied by hymns of a corresponding date of composition, and his inability to find these hymns until he says, "My attention was a short time ago directed to some translations [by Isaac Williams] which appeared from time to time in the British Magazine, very beautifully executed, of some hymns extracted from the Parisian Breviary,with originals annexed. Some, indeed, of the Sapphic and Alcaic and other Horatian metres, seem to be of little value; but the rest, of the peculiar hymn-metre, Dimeter Iambics, appear ancient, simple, striking, and devotional—in a word in every way likely to answer our purpose. So I got a copy of the Parisian Breviary [1736], and one or two other old books of Latin Hymns, especially one compiled by Georgius Cassander, printed at Cologne, in the year 1556, and regularly applied myself to the work of selection and translation. The result is the collection I now lay before the public." Preface, Hymns of the Primitive Church, viii., ix. This collection is:— (1) The Hymns of the Primitive Church, now first Collected, Translated, and Arranged, by the Rev. J. Chandler. London, John W. Parker, 1837. These translations were accompanied by the Latin texts. The trsanslations rearranged, with additional translations, original hymns by Chandler and a few taken from other sources, were republished as (2) The Hymns of the Church, mostly Primitive, Collected, Translated, and Arranged/or Public Use, by the Rev. J. Chandler, M.A. London, John W. Parker, 1841. From these works from 30 to 40 translations have come gradually into common use, some of which hold a foremost place in modern hymnals, "Alleluia, best and sweetest;" "Christ is our Corner Stone;" "On Jordan's bank the Baptist's cry;" "Jesus, our Hope, our hearts' Desire;" "Now, my soul, thy voice upraising;" "Once more the solemn season calls;" and, "O Jesu, Lord of heavenly grace;" being those which are most widely used. Although Chandler's translations are somewhat free, and, in a few instances, doctrinal difficulties are either evaded or softened down, yet their popularity is unquestionably greater than the translations of several others whose renderings are more massive in style and more literal in execution. --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)

Anonymous

Author of "The Coming Of Our God" in Hymns of Faith and Life 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.
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