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We love the place, O God

Author: William Bullock Meter: 6.6.6.6 Appears in 103 hymnals

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QUAM DILECTA

Meter: 6.6.6.6 Appears in 85 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Henry L. Jenner Tune Key: F Major Incipit: 34332 15632 12235 Used With Text: We love the place, O God
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[We love the place, O God]

Meter: 6.7.6.7.6.6.6.6 Appears in 65 hymnals Tune Sources: Meiningisches Gesangbuch, 1693 Tune Key: F Major Incipit: 33654 33512 32133 Used With Text: We love the place, O God
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BEDMINSTER

Appears in 2 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Samuel Sebastian Wesley (1810-1876) Incipit: 32122 34517 65311 Used With Text: We love the place, O God

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We Love The Place, O God

Author: Sir H. W. Baker; W. Bullock Hymnal: Hymnal for Church and Home #142 (1927) Meter: 6.7.6.7.6.6.6.6 Lyrics: 1 We love the place, O God, Wherein Thine honor dwelleth; The joy of Thine abode All earthly joy excelleth; It is the house of pray'r, Wherein Thy servants meet; And Thou, O Lord, art there Thy chosen flock to greet. 2 We love Thine altar, Lord; O what on earth is dearer? For there, in faith ador'd, We draw Thy presence nearer; We love the word of life, The word that tells of peace, Of comfort in the strife, And joys that never cease. 3 We love to sing below For mercies freely given; But most we long to know The triumph song of heaven. Lord Jesus, give us grace On earth to love Thee more, In heav'n to see Thy face, And with Thy saints adore. Topics: The Church Languages: English Tune Title: [We love the place, O God]
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We Love The Place, O God

Author: Sir H. W. Baker; W. Bullock Hymnal: Hymnal for Church and Home (2nd ed.) #142 (1928) Meter: 6.7.6.7.6.6.6.6 Lyrics: 1 We love the place, O God, Wherein Thine honor dwelleth; The joy of Thine abode All earthly joy excelleth; It is the house of prayer, Wherein Thy servants meet; And Thou, O Lord, art there Thy chosen flock to greet. 2 We love Thine altar, Lord; O what on earth is dearer? For there, in faith adored, We find Thy presence nearer; We love the word of life, The word that tells of peace, Of comfort in the strife, Of joys that never cease. 3 We love to sing below For mercies freely given; But most we long to know The triumph song of heaven. Lord Jesus, give us grace On earth to love Thee more, In heaven to see Thy face, And with Thy saints adore. Topics: The Church Languages: English Tune Title: [We love the place, O God]
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We love the place, O God

Author: Dr. Wm. Bullock Hymnal: The Hymnal, Revised and Enlarged, as adopted by the General Convention of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America in the year of our Lord 1892 #484 (1894) Lyrics: 1 We love the place, O God, Wherein Thine honor dwells; The joy of Thine abode All other joys excels. 2 We love the house of prayer, Wherein Thy servants meet; For Thou, O Lord, art there Thy chosen ones to greet. 3 We love the sacred font, Wherein the holy Dove Bestows, as ever wont, His blessing from above. 4 We love Thine altar,Lord, Its mysteries revere; For there in faith adored, We find Thy presence near. 5 We love Thy holy word, The lamp Thou gav'st to guide All wanderers home, O Lord, Home to their Father's side. 6 Then let us sing the love To us so freely given, Until we sing above The triumph-song of heaven! Amen. Topics: Consecration of Churches; Processional; House of God Languages: English Tune Title: [We love the place, O God]

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H. W. Baker

1821 - 1877 Person Name: Henry Williams Baker Alterer of "We love the place, O God" in The Evangelical Hymnal with Tunes 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)

Anonymous

Person Name: Unknown Composer of "QUAM DILECTA" in The Church Hymnal 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.

Samuel Sebastian Wesley

1810 - 1876 Person Name: Samuel Sebastian Wesley (1810-1876) Composer of "BEDMINSTER" in The Oxford Hymn Book Samuel Sebastian Wesley (b. London, England, 1810; d. Gloucester, England, 1876) was an English organist and composer. The grandson of Charles Wesley, he was born in London, and sang in the choir of the Chapel Royal as a boy. He learned composition and organ from his father, Samuel, completed a doctorate in music at Oxford, and composed for piano, organ, and choir. He was organist at Hereford Cathedral (1832-1835), Exeter Cathedral (1835-1842), Leeds Parish Church (1842­-1849), Winchester Cathedral (1849-1865), and Gloucester Cathedral (1865-1876). Wesley strove to improve the standards of church music and the status of church musicians; his observations and plans for reform were published as A Few Words on Cathedral Music and the Music System of the Church (1849). He was the musical editor of Charles Kemble's A Selection of Psalms and Hymns (1864) and of the Wellburn Appendix of Original Hymns and Tunes (1875) but is best known as the compiler of The European Psalmist (1872), in which some 130 of the 733 hymn tunes were written by him. Bert Polman