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Author: James Montgomery Meter: 7.6 Appears in 843 hymnals Topics: Advent, Third Sunday Lyrics: 1 Hail to the Lord's Anointed, Great David's greater Son! Hail, in the time appointed, His reign on earth begun! He comes to break oppression, To set the captive free; To take away transgression, And rule in equity. 2 He comes with succor speedy To those who suffer wrong; To help the poor and needy, And bid the weak be strong; To give them songs for sighing; Their darkness turn to light, Whose souls, condemned and dying, Were precious in His sight. 3 He shall come down like showers Upon the fruitful earth; And love, joy, hope, like flowers, Spring in His path to birth. Before Him, on the mountains, Shall peace, the herald, go; And righteousness, in fountains, From hill to valley flow. 4 For Him shall prayer unceasing And daily vows ascend; His kingdom still increasing, A kingdom without end. The tide of time shall never His covenant remove; His Name shall stand forever; That Name to us is Love. Scripture: Psalm 72 Used With Tune: AURELIA

Love Divine, All Loves Excelling

Author: Charles Wesley Meter: 8.7.8.7 D Appears in 1,863 hymnals Topics: Adoration; Meditation; Christ Love of; Love God's Love; Righteousness First Line: Love divine, all loves excelling, Joy of heaven, to earth come down

Sweet Hour of Prayer

Author: W. W. Walford Meter: 8.8.8.8 D Appears in 1,293 hymnals Topics: Intercession; Prayer Hymns about; liturgical Prayer Songs First Line: Sweet hour of prayer, sweet hour of prayer Lyrics: 1 Sweet hour of prayer! sweet hour of prayer! that calls me from a world of care, and bids me at my Father's throne make all my wants and wishes known. In seasons of distress and grief, my soul has often found relief, and oft escaped the tempter's snare by thy return, sweet hour of prayer! 2 Sweet hour of prayer! sweet hour of prayer! the joys I feel, the bliss I share of those whose anxious spirits burn with strong desires for thy return! With such I hasten to the place where God my Savior shows his face, and gladly take my station there, and wait for thee, sweet hour of prayer! 3 Sweet hour of prayer! sweet hour of prayer! thy wings shall my petition bear to him whose truth and faithfulness engage the waiting soul to bless. And since he bids me seek his face, believe his word, and trust his grace, I'll cast on him my every care, and wait for thee, sweet hour of prayer! United Methodist Hymnal, 1989

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DUKE STREET

Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 1,443 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: John L. Hatton (d. 1793) Topics: The Third Sunday before Advent Year C Tune Sources: Boyd's Psalm and Hymn Tunes, 1793 Tune Key: D Major Incipit: 13456 71765 55565 Used With Text: Forth in the peace of Christ we go

KINGSFOLD

Meter: 8.6.8.6 D Appears in 276 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958); John Alexander Fuller Maitland (1856-1936) Topics: The Third Sunday before Advent Year C Tune Sources: Melody from English County Songs 1893 Tune Key: e minor Incipit: 32111 73343 45543 Used With Text: If Christ had not been raised from death

O WALY WALY

Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 205 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Colin Hand Topics: Year B Third Sunday Before Advent Tune Sources: Somerset folk song collected by Cecil Sharp, 1859-1924 Tune Key: G Major Incipit: 51232 16551 71234 Used With Text: When God Almighty came to earth (God on earth)

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Instances

Published text-tune combinations (hymns) from specific hymnals

Vær i Korset tro og stille

Author: Benj. Prætorius; Brorson Hymnal: Salmebog for Lutherske Kristne i Amerika #270 (1919) Topics: Third Sunday in Advent; Third Sunday in Advent Lyrics: 1 Vær i Korset tro og stille, Tænk, hvad Jesus for dig led, Lad dig ingen Jammer skille Fra hans store Kjærlighed! Tænk, hvor mangen Vei han gik, Før han dig tilbage fik! Da fra ham du vendte Hjertet, Om det ikke ham har smertet! 2 Vær dog tro i Troens Stride, Uforandret, uforsagt, (Fast paa Jesus kan du lide) At du fra den visse Pagt, Som du har i Daaben gjort, Aldrig, aldrig viger bort, Men arbeider alle Dage Til din Jesus at behage! 3 Vær dog tro i Kjærligheden Til din Gud af ganske Sjæl, Elsk din Næste og isteden For hans Brede und han vel! Tænk, hvor Jesus bad for dem, Som ham pinte hvert et Lem! Tænk, Gud vil din synd tilgive! Saadan maa du ogsaa blive. 4 Vær dog tro i Haab at vinde! Kon du ingen Udgang se, Gud kan snart et Middel finde Til at ende al din Ve. Haab kun stadig, Gud er her, Som dig har af Hjertet kjær, Haab, at Gud din Sag vil fremme, Haabet skal dig ei beskjæmme! 5 Vær dog tro i Dødsens Dale, Det er dog den sidste Strid, Det er dog saa kort en Dvale, Og saa stor en Seiers Tid! Hvo med Gud i Kampen gaar, Og med Jakob mandig staar, Han er evig Seier vinder, Og den Livsens Krone finder. 6 Vær dag tro til sidste Ende, Før til Seier hver en Kamp, Lad det bide, lad det brænde, Koste blodig Sved og Damp; Al vor Trængsel er dog her Ikke Herligheden værd, Som dig Jesus hisset giver, Naar du hans Medarving bliver. 7 I Guds Navn saa vil jeg lide, Elske, tro og haabe fast, Jesus hjælper mig at stride, Aldrig har han den forkast', Som i Korset stødig stod, Og paa ham sig fast forlod; Ham vil jeg mig overgive, Han skal al min Nød fordrive. Languages: Norwegian

Kom, Brødre, lad os haste

Author: Gerh. Terstegen; Schwarzkopf Hymnal: Salmebog for Lutherske Kristne i Amerika #252 (1919) Topics: Third Sunday in Advent Lyrics: 1 Kom Brødre! lad os haste, Vor Aften kommer nær, Vi Verden fra os kaste, Og alt, som hefter her; Kom, lad os fatte Mod I Aandens Kraft at vandre Til Himlen med hverandre, Saa blir vor Ende god! 2 Det skal os ei fortryde, Den trange Vei at gaa, Gud vil sig selv tilbyde, Og trofast med os staa; Hann giver Liv og Lyst, Han lokker, vederkvæger, Han styrker, føder, læger Vor Sjal med Ordets Trøst. 3 Kom, lad os kjærlig vandre Og lægge Haand i Haand, Og holde af hverandre I dette Trængsels Land! Som Børn vi være maa, Paa Veien ikke stride, Guds Engle ved vor Side Som vore Brødre gaa. 4 De Stærkere de Svage Skal hjælpe frem, vi saa Hverandre bære, drage I kjærligt Samlag maa. Fremad da fort, enhver Sig selv for intet agte, Men kun derefter tragte, At Gud ham alting er! 5 Nu frisk dertil, I Fromme! Vor Vei den knapper af, Den Dag saa snart kan komme, Man bær os til vor Grav; Endnu lidt mere tro, Endnu lidt mere vakker, Det ud ad Aften lakker, Saa faar, saa faar vi Ro! 6 Det kan ei længe vare, Hold kun et Lidet ud, Saa skal vi hjemad fare Til Himlen, til vor Gud. Vær glad og vel bered! Naar vi med alle Fromme Hjem til vor Fader komme, Tænk, hvilken Salighed! 7 O Ven, o du Udkaarne, Vor Sjæles Himmerig, Du evige Enbaarne! Vi længes efter dig, Vi rose os i dig, Vor Lyst, vor sol, vor Ære, Vi ønske kun at være Hos dig evindelig! Languages: Norwegian

Halleluja, jeg har Min Jesus fundet!

Author: Brorson Hymnal: Salmebog for Lutherske Kristne i Amerika #251 (1919) Topics: Third Sunday in Advent Lyrics: 1 Halleluja, jeg har Min Jesus fundet! Hans Naades Glans er klar I mig oprundet; Nu ser jeg Veien til Guds Fryde-Bolig Nu kan, nu skal, nu vil, Nu kan, nu skal, nu vil, Jeg vandre trolig. 2 Fremad! min Tid er knap, Jeg faar at rende, Hvor løbe de omkap, Som Kronen kjende! Al Verden vil jeg først Bort fra mig kaste, Og som,en Hjort i Tørst, Og som er Hjort i Tørst, Til Himlen haste. 3 Kun fort paa Livets Vei, Oplyste Sjæle! I maa i Sandhed ei Ved Verden dvæle; Enhver for Gud sig til Den Sag forpligte, At vi til Himlen vil, At vi til Himlen vil, Alene sigte. 4 Kun fort, og strider mod De ande Tanker, Som sig i Kjød og Blod Om Sjælen sanker! Endog den mindste Lyst Ret at bekrige, Det løfter Haabets Trøst, Det løfter Haabets Trøst, Til Himmerige. 5 Det er en liden Tid, Saa har jeg vundet, Saa er den ganske Strid Med Et forsvundet, Saa kan jeg hvile mig I Rosendale, Og uafladelig Og uafladelig, Med Jesus tale. 6 Mig tykkes, at jeg ser, Hvor Gud sig fryder, Naar Jesu Stridsmænd mer Igjennem bryder, At det kan Ende faa Med deres Plage Og hver sin Krone maa, Og hver sin Krone maa, Af Jesus tage. 7 Jeg ser dig nok, min Krans I Himmerige! For dine Perlers Glans Maa Solen vige, Og naar jeg tænker paa, Hvo dig fortjente, Saa veed jeg, at jeg maa, Saa veed jeg, at jeg maa, Dit vist forvente. Languages: Norwegian

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Henri F. Hemy

1818 - 1888 Person Name: Henri Fredrick Hemy Topics: Advent, Third Sunday Composer of "ST. CATHERINE" in The Hymnal and Order of Service Henri F. Hemy, born in the United Kingdom. Hemy spent time at sea as a young man, emigrating to Australia in 1850 with his family. Unable to make a decent living in Melbourne, he returned to Newcastle England. He was organist at St. Andrews Roman Catholic Church in Newcastle, later teaching professor of music at Tynemouth and at St. Cuthbert's College in Durham. He was pianist to Lord Ravensworth, Music Director of Ushaw College, and his orchestra played at fashionable venues in the region. He sang baritone as well. He composed waltzes, polkas, quadrilles, and galops. 3 music works: Easy Hymn Tunes for Catholic Schools; Royal Modern Tutor for Pianoforte; Crown of Jesus. He was active in local politics and published a manifesto in the daily newspaper. He lost a ward election. He also painted artwork. He set most of Longfellow's works to music. John Perry

Samuel Sebastian Wesley

1810 - 1876 Topics: Advent, Third Sunday Composer of "AURELIA" in The Hymnal and Order of Service 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

Edward Mote

1797 - 1874 Topics: Advent, Third Sunday Author of "My Hope Is Built on Nothing Less" in The Hymnal and Order of Service Mote, Edward, was born in Upper Thames Street, London, Jan. 21, 1797. Through the preaching of the Rev. J. Hyatt, of Tottenham Court Road Chapel, he underwent a great spiritual change; and ultimately he became a Baptist minister. For the last 26 years of his life he was pastor at Horsham, Sussex, where he died Nov. 13, 1874. Mr. Mote published several small pamphlets; and also:- Hymns of Praise. A New Selection of Gospel Hymns, combining all the Excellencies of our spiritual Poets, with many Originals. By E. Mote. London. J. Nichols, 1836. The Originals number nearly 100. Concerning the authorship of one of these original hymns much uncertainty has existed. The hymn is:— 1. Nor earth, nor hell my soul can move. [Jesus All in All.] In 6 stanzas of 4 lines, with a refrain. Mr. Mote's explanation, communicated to the Gospel Herald, is:— "One morning it came into my mind as I went to labour, to write an hymn on the ‘Gracious Experience of a Christian.' As I went up Holborn I had the chorus, ‘On Christ the solid Rock I stand, All other ground is sinking sand.’ In the day I had four first verses complete, and wrote them off. On the Sabbath following I met brother King as I came out of Lisle Street Meeting . . . who informed me that his wife was very ill, and asked me to call and see her. I had an early tea, and called afterwards. He said that it was his usual custom to sing a hymn, read a portion, and engage in prayer, before he went to meeting. He looked for his hymnbook but could find it nowhere. I said, ‘I have some verses in my pocket; if he liked, we would sing them.' We did; and his wife enjoyed them so much, that after service he asked me, as a favour, to leave a copy of them for his wife. 1 went home, and by the fireside composed the last two verses, wrote the whole off, and took them to sister King. . . As these verses so met the dying woman's case, my attention to them was the more arrested, and I had a thousand printed for distribution. I sent one to the Spiritual Magazine, without my initials, which appeared some time after this. Brother Rees, of Crown Street, Soho, brought out an edition of hymns [1836], and this hymn was in it. David Denham introduced it [1837] with Rees's name, and others after... . Your inserting this brief outline may in future shield me from the charge of stealth, and be a vindication of truthfulness in my connection with the Church of God." The form in which the hymn is usually found is:— 2. My hope is built on nothing less (st. ii.), sometimes in 4 stanzas, and at others in 5 st., and usually without the refrain. The original in the author's Hymns of Praise, 1836, is No. 465, and entitled, "The immutable Basis of a Sinner's hope." Bishop Bickersteth calls it a "grand hymn of faith." It dates circa 1834, and is in extensive use. [Rev. W. R. Stevenson, M.A.] --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)

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