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The Past yet lives in all its truth, O God!

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PAX DEI

Appears in 125 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: John Bacchus Dykes Incipit: 13554 31321 17135 Used With Text: The past yet lives in all its truth, O God!

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The Past yet lives in all its truth, O God!

Hymnal: National Hymn and Tune Book #252 (1875) Languages: English

The past yet lives in all its truth, O God!

Author: Francis Parker Appleton Hymnal: Services for Congregational Worship. The New Hymn and Tune Book #442 (1914) Languages: English Tune Title: PAX DEI

The Past yet lives in all its truth, O God!

Hymnal: Hymns of the Spirit #667 (1864) Languages: English

1823 - 1876 Composer of "PAX DEI" in Services for Congregational Worship. The New Hymn and Tune Book 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

Frank P. Appleton

1822 - 1903 Person Name: Francis Parker Appleton Author of "The past yet lives in all its truth, O God!" in Services for Congregational Worship. The New Hymn and Tune Book Appleton, F. P. In the American Unitarian Hymns of the Spirit, 1864, two hymns are attributed to this author: (1) "The past yet lives in all its truth, O God." (Past and Present); (2) "Thirsting for a living spring," (Seeking Good). The latter is also in the Unitarian Book of Hymns, 1846, but anonymous. --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, Appendix, Part II (1907) =================== Appleton, Francis Parker, p. 1551, i., was born in 1822, and died in 1903. --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, New Supplement (1907)