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The King of Love
Author: Rev. Sir Henry W. Baker Appears in 685 hymnals First Line: The King of love my shepherd is Used With Tune: [The King of love my shepherd is]
The King of Love
ST. COLUMBA
Meter: 8.7.8.7 Appears in 204 hymnals Tune Sources: Irish, c. 18th cent.; Service Book and Hymnal, 1958 (Setting) Tune Key: E Flat Major Incipit: 12345 45321 12345 Used With Text: The King of Love My Shepherd Is
ST. COLUMBA
DOMINUS REGIT ME
Meter: 8.7.8.7 Appears in 385 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: J. B. Dykes Tune Key: G Major Incipit: 35433 22155 67132 Used With Text: The King of Love My Shephered Is
DOMINUS REGIT ME
ICH DANK' DIR SCHON
Appears in 27 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Michael Prätorius Tune Key: D Flat Major Incipit: 11142 34556 71765 Used With Text: The King of Love My Shepherd Is
ICH DANK' DIR SCHON
The King of Love My Shepherd Is
Author: Rev. Sir H. W. Baker Hymnal: The Helper in Sacred Song #103 (1889) Lyrics: 1 The King of love my Shepherd is
Whose goodness faileth never;
I nothing lack if I am His
And He is mine forever.
Where streams of living water flow
My ransomed soul He leadeth,
And, where the verdant pastures grow,
With food celestial feedeth.
The King of Love my Shepherd is!
2 Thou spread'st a table in my sight,
Thy unction grace bestoweth,
And O the transport of delight
With which my cup o’erfloweth!
And so through all the length of days
Thy goodness faileth never;
Good Shepherd, may I sing Thy praise
Within Thy house forever!
The King of Love my Shepherd is! Tune Title: [The King of love my Shepherd is]
The King of Love My Shepherd Is
The King of Love My Shepherd Is
Author: Henry W. Baker Hymnal: Hymns of Faith #14 (1980) Lyrics: 1 The King of love my Shepherd is,
Whose goodness faileth never;
I nothing lack if I am His
And He is mine for ever.
2 Where streams of living water flow
My ransomed soul He leadeth,
And, where the verdant pastures grow,
With food celestial feedeth.
3 Perverse and foolish oft I strayed,
But yet in love He sought me,
And on His shoulder gently laid,
And home rejoicing brought me.
4 In death's dark vale I fear no ill
With Thee, dear Lord, beside me;
Thy rod and staff my comfort still,
Thy cross before to guide me.
5 And so through all the length of days
Thy goodness faileth never;
Good Shepherd, may I sing Thy praise
Within Thy house for ever.
Amen. Topics: Christ Shepherd; Christ Shepherd Scripture: Psalm 23 Languages: English Tune Title: [The King of love my Shepherd is]
The King of Love My Shepherd Is
The King of Love My Shepherd Is
Author: Rev. Sir H. W. Baker Hymnal: Joyful Songs #84 (1875) Lyrics: 1 The King of love my Shepherd is,
Whose goodness faileth never;
I nothing lack, if I am His,
And He is mine forever.
2 Where streams of living water flow
My ransom'd soul He leadeth;
And where the verdant pastures grow,
With food celestial feedeth.
3 Perverse and foolish, oft I stray'd
But yet in love He sought me,
And on His shoulder gently laid,
And home, rejoicing, brought me.
4 In death's dark vale I fear no ill,
With thee, dear Lord beside me;
Thy rod and staff my comfort still,
Thy cross before to guide me.
5 Thou spread'st a table in my sight,
Thy unction grace bestoweth,
And O, the transport of delight,
With which my cup o'erfloweth.
6 And so through all the length of days,
Thy goodness faileth never;
Good Shepherd may I sing Thy praise,
Within thy house forever. Languages: English Tune Title: [The King of love my Shepherd is]
The King of Love My Shepherd Is
H. W. Baker
1821 - 1877 Person Name: Henry W. Baker, 1821-1877 Author of "Psalm 23: The King of Love" in Renew! Songs and Hymns for Blended Worship Baker, Sir Henry Williams, Bart., eldest son of Admiral Sir Henry Loraine Baker, born in London, May 27, 1821, and educated at Trinity College, Cambridge, where he graduated, B.A. 1844, M.A. 1847. Taking Holy Orders in 1844, he became, in 1851, Vicar of Monkland, Herefordshire. This benefice he held to his death, on Monday, Feb. 12, 1877. He succeeded to the Baronetcy in 1851. Sir Henry's name is intimately associated with hymnody. One of his earliest compositions was the very beautiful hymn, "Oh! what if we are Christ's," which he contributed to Murray's Hymnal for the Use of the English Church, 1852. His hymns, including metrical litanies and translations, number in the revised edition of Hymns Ancient & Modern, 33 in all. These were contributed at various times to Murray's Hymnal, Hymns Ancient & Modern and the London Mission Hymn Book, 1876-7. The last contains his three latest hymns. These are not included in Hymns Ancient & Modern. Of his hymns four only are in the highest strains of jubilation, another four are bright and cheerful, and the remainder are very tender, but exceedingly plaintive, sometimes even to sadness. Even those which at first seem bright and cheerful have an undertone of plaintiveness, and leave a dreamy sadness upon the spirit of the singer. Poetical figures, far-fetched illustrations, and difficult compound words, he entirely eschewed. In his simplicity of language, smoothness of rhythm, and earnestness of utterance, he reminds one forcibly of the saintly Lyte. In common with Lyte also, if a subject presented itself to his mind with striking contrasts of lights and shadows, he almost invariably sought shelter in the shadows. The last audible words which lingered on his dying lips were the third stanza of his exquisite rendering of the 23rd Psalm, "The King of Love, my Shepherd is:"—
Perverse and foolish, oft I strayed,
But yet in love He sought me,
And on His Shoulder gently laid,
And home, rejoicing, brought me."
This tender sadness, brightened by a soft calm peace, was an epitome of his poetical life.
Sir Henry's labours as the Editor of Hymns Ancient & Modern were very arduous. The trial copy was distributed amongst a few friends in 1859; first ed. published 1861, and the Appendix, in 1868; the trial copy of the revised ed. was issued in 1874, and the publication followed in 1875. In addition he edited Hymns for the London Mission, 1874, and Hymns for Mission Services, n.d., c. 1876-7. He also published Daily Prayers for those who work hard; a Daily Text Book, &c. In Hymns Ancient & Modern there are also four tunes (33, 211, 254, 472) the melodies of which are by Sir Henry, and the harmonies by Dr. Monk. He died Feb. 12, 1877.
--John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)
H. W. Baker
Anonymous
Person Name: Unknown Author of "The King of love my Shepherd is" in Songs for the Lord's House 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 "DOMINUS REGIT ME" in Trinity Hymnal (Rev. ed.) 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
