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The Lord is rich and merciful

Author: Thomas T. Lynch Meter: 8.6.8.6 D Appears in 40 hymnals Topics: God Compassion of ; Grace Fullness of; Praise to God the Father in His Fatherhood Used With Tune: RIPON

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VOX DILECTI

Appears in 299 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: John B. Dykes Incipit: 55112 33221 1177 Used With Text: The Lord Is Rich and Merciful
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RIPON

Meter: 8.6.8.6 D Appears in 203 hymnals Tune Sources: W. Gawler's Hymns and Psalms, 1789 Tune Key: G Major Incipit: 55435 43243 16217 Used With Text: The Lord is rich and merciful
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PETERSHAM

Meter: 8.6.8.6 D Appears in 39 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Clement William Poole (1828-1924) Tune Key: D Major Incipit: 13516 54332 5665 Used With Text: The Lord is rich and merciful

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The Lord Is Rich and Merciful

Author: Thomas T. Lynch Hymnal: The Cyber Hymnal #3956 Meter: 8.6.8.6 D Lyrics: 1. The Lord is rich and merciful, The Lord is very kind; O come to Him, come now to Him, With a believing mind! His comforts, they shall strengthen thee, Like flowing waters cool; And He shall for thy spirit be A fountain ever full. 2. The Lord is glorious and strong Our God is very high; O trust in Him, trust now in Him, And have security; He shall be to thee like the sea, And thou shalt surely feel His wind, that bloweth healthily Thy sicknesses to heal. 3. The Lord is wonderful and wise, As all the ages tell; O learn of Him, learn now of Him, Then with thee it is well; And with His light thou shalt be blest, Therein to work and live; And He shall be to thee a rest When evening hours arrive. Languages: English Tune Title: LAND OF REST
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The Lord is Rich and Merciful

Author: Rev. T. T. Lynch Hymnal: The Friends' Hymnal, a Collection of Hymns and Tunes for the Public Worship of the Society #a297 (1908) Languages: English Tune Title: LYNCH
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The Lord Is Rich and Merciful

Author: Thomas T. Lynch Hymnal: The Book of Worship of the Church School #101 (1915) Languages: English Tune Title: VOX DILECTI

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John Bacchus Dykes

1823 - 1876 Person Name: John B. Dykes Composer of "VOX DILECTI" in Elmhurst Hymnal 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

Thomas T. Lynch

1818 - 1871 Author of "The Lord is rich and merciful" in Elmhurst Hymnal Lynch, Thomas Toke, was born at Dunmow, Essex, July 5, 1818, and educated at a school at Islington, in which he was afterwards an usher. For a few months he was a student at the Highbury Independent College; but withdrew, partly on account of failing health, and partly because his spirit was too free to submit to the routine of College life. From 1847 to 1849 he was Minister of a small charge at Highgate, and from 1849 to 1852 of a congregation in Mortimer Street, which subsequently migrated to Grafton Street, Fitzroy Square. From 1856 to 1859 he was laid aside by illness. In 1860 he resumed his ministry with his old congregation, in a room in Gower Street, where he remained until the opening of his new place of worship, in 1862, (Mornington Church), in Hampstead Road, London. He ministered there till his death, on the 9th of May, 1871. The influence of Lynch's ministry was great, and reached far beyond his own congregation (which was never large), since it included many students from the Theological Colleges of London, and thoughtful men from other churches, who were attracted to him by the freshness and spirituality of his preaching. His prose works were numerous, beginning with Thoughts on a Day, 1844, and concluding with The Mornington Lecture, 1870. Several of his works were published after his death. His Memoir, by W. White, was published in 1874. Lynch's hymns were published in:— The Rivulet: a Contribution to Sacred Song, London., Longman, 1855, 2nd ed., 1856. This was enlarged by an addition of 67 hymns in 1868. From the first edition of The Rivulet, 1855, the following hymns have come into common use:— 1. All faded is the glowing light. Second Advent. 2. Be Thy word with power fraught. Before Sermon. 3. Christ in His word draws near. Holy Scripture. 4. Dismiss me not Thy service, Lord. Work for Christ. 5. Gracious Spirit, dwell with me. Holy Spirit's presence desired. 6. How calmly the evening once more is descending. Evening. Sometimes "How calmly once more the night is descending." 7. I give myself to prayer. Prayer in Trouble. 8. Lord, on Thy returning day. Public Worship. 9. Lord, when in silent hours I muse. Resignation. 10. Love me, O Lord, forgivingly. Resignation. 11. Mountains by the darkness hidden. Resignation. 12. Now have we met that we may ask. Public Worship. 13. O, break my heart; but break it as a field. Penitence desired. 14. O Lord, Thou art not fickle. Sympathy. 15. O where is He that trod the sea. Christ Walking on the Sea. 16. Oft when of God we ask. Trust in Trial. 17. Rise, He calleth thee, arise. Blind Bartimaeus. 18. Say not, my soul, from whence. Resignation. 19. Where is thy God, my soul? Resignation and Hope. There are also from the 1856 and 1868 eds. the following:— 20. A thousand years have come and gone. Christmas. 21. Lift up your heads, rejoice; (1856.) Advent. 22. Praying by the river side. Holy Baptism. 23. The Lord is rich and merciful. Have Faith in God. 24. There is purpose in this waste. Easter. Lynch's hymns are marked by intense individuality, gracefulness and felicity of diction, picturesqueness, spiritual freshness, and the sadness of a powerful soul struggling with a weak and emaciated body. Although The Rivulet was published for use by his own congregation as a supplement to Watts, more than one half of the hymns were designed for private use only, but were not so distinguished in the work. Its publication caused one of the most bitter hymnological controversies known in the annals of modern Congregationalism. Time, however, and a criticism, broader and more just, have declared emphatically in favour of his hymns as valuable contributions to cultured sacred song. [Rev. W. Garrett Horder] --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907) ================== Lynch, T. T., p. 705, ii. Other hymns by him in recent books are:— 1. My faith it is an oaken staff. Faith in Christ. In the Rivulet, 1855, p. 78. 2. Together for our country now we pray. National, In the Rivulet, 1868, p. 170. [Rev. James Mearns, M.A.] --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, New Supplement (1907)

William Croft

1678 - 1727 Person Name: W. Croft Composer of "ST. MATTHEW" in Common Praise William Croft, Mus. Doc. was born in the year 1677 and received his musical education in the Chapel Royal, under Dr. Blow. In 1700 he was admitted a Gentleman Extraordinary of the Chapel Boyd; and in 1707, upon the decease of Jeremiah Clarke, he was appointed joint organist with his mentor, Dr. Blow. In 1709 he was elected organist of Westminster Abbey. This amiable man and excellent musician died in 1727, in the fiftieth year of his age. A very large number of Dr. Croft's compositions remain still in manuscript. Cathedral chants of the XVI, XVII & XVIII centuries, ed. by Edward F. Rimbault, London: D. Almaine & Co., 1844
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