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Ask the Savior to help you
Author: Horatio Richmond Palmer, 1834- Appears in 739 hymnals Topics: Companions First Line: Yield not to temptation Used With Tune: [Yield not to temptation]
Ask the Savior to help you
For the beauty of the earth
Author: Folliott Sandford Pierpoint, 1835-1917 Meter: 7.7.7.7.7.7 Appears in 642 hymnals Topics: Companion / Friend Lyrics: 1 For the beauty of the earth,
for the glory of the skies,
for the love which from our birth
over and around us lies,
Lord of all, to thee we raise
this our sacrifice of praise.
2 For the beauty of each hour
of the day and of the night,
hill and vale, and tree and flower,
sun and moon and stars of light,
Lord of all, to thee we raise
this our sacrifice of praise.
3 For the joy of ear and eye,
for the heart and mind's delight,
for the mystic harmony
linking sense to sound and sight,
Lord of all, to thee we raise
this our sacrifice of praise.
4 For the joy of human love,
brother, sister, parent, child,
friends on earth and friends above,
for all gentle thoughts and mild,
Lord of all, to thee we raise
this our sacrifice of praise.
5 For each perfect gift of thine,
to the church so freely given,
graces human and divine,
flowers of earth and buds of heaven,
Lord of all, to thee we raise
this our sacrifice of praise.
Scripture: James 1:17 Used With Tune: DIX
For the beauty of the earth
Lord, your word abiding
Author: Henry Williams Baker, 1821-77 Meter: 6.6.6.6 Appears in 204 hymnals Topics: Jesus Christ Friend and Companion Lyrics: 1 Lord, your word abiding,
and our footsteps guiding,
gives us joy for ever,
binds us all together.
2 Who can tell the pleasure,
who recount the treasure,
by your word imparted
to the simple-hearted?
3 Word of mercy, giving
nourishment for living;
word of life, supplying
comfort to the dying.
4 O that we, discerning
its most holy learning,
Lord, may love and fear you,
evermore be near you. Scripture: 1 Peter 1:22-25 Used With Tune: RAVENSHAW
Lord, your word abiding
THE BLIND MAN
Appears in 2 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Anonymous Topics: Jesus Christ Friend and Companion Tune Key: a minor Incipit: 51171 76765 5117 Used With Text: The blind man sat by the road and he cried
THE BLIND MAN
God the Portion of the Soul
Hymnal: The Psalter #328 (1912) Meter: 6.6.8.6 Topics: Companions Good First Line: Thou art my portion, Lord Lyrics: 1 Thou art my portion, Lord;
Thy words I ever heed;
With all my heart Thy grace I seek,
Thy promises I plead.
2 I thought upon my ways,
Thy testimonies learned;
With earnest haste, and waiting not,
To Thy commands I turned.
3 While snares beset my path,
Thy law I keep in view;
At midnight I will give Thee praise
For all Thy judgments true.
4 All those who fear Thy Name
Shall my companions be;
Thy mercy fills the earth, O Lord;
Thy statutes teach Thou me. Scripture: Psalm 119 Languages: English Tune Title: HOBART
God the Portion of the Soul
The Blessedness of the Godly
Hymnal: The Psalter #1 (1912) Meter: 8.6.8.6 Topics: Companions Evil First Line: That man is blest who, fearing God Lyrics: 1 That man is blest who, fearing God,
From sin restrains his feet,
Who will not stand with wicked men,
Who shuns the scorners' seat.
2 Yea, blest is he who makes God's law
His portion and delight,
And meditates upon that law
With gladness day and night.
3 That man is nourished like a tree
Set by the rivers' side;
Its leaf is green, its fruit is sure,
And thus his works abide.
4 The wicked like the driven chaff
Are swept from off the land;
They shall not gather with the just,
Nor in the judgment stand.
5 The Lord will guard the righteous well,
Their way to Him is known;
The way of sinners, far from God,
Shall surely be o'erthrown. Scripture: Psalm 1 Languages: English Tune Title: MEDITATION
The Blessedness of the Godly
The Blessedness of the Godly
Hymnal: Bible Songs #1 (1901) Topics: Companions Evil First Line: How blest and happy is the man Scripture: Psalm 1:1-4 Languages: English Tune Title: [How blest and happy is the man]
The Blessedness of the Godly
John Oxenham
1852 - 1941 Person Name: John Oxenham, 1852-1941 Topics: Companion / Friend Author of "In Christ there is no east or west" in The Book of Praise John Oxenham is a pseudonym for William Arthur Dunkerley, and is used as the name authority by the Library of Congress.
John Oxenham
Samuel Sebastian Wesley
1810 - 1876 Person Name: Samuel Sebastian Wesley, 1810-76 Topics: Jesus Christ Friend and Companion Composer of "HEREFORD" in Together in Song 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
Samuel Sebastian Wesley
Folliott Sandford Pierpoint
1835 - 1917 Person Name: Folliott Sandford Pierpoint, 1835-1917 Topics: Companion / Friend Author of "For the beauty of the earth" in The Book of Praise In the spring of 1863, Folliott S. Pierpoint (b. Bath, Somerset, England, 1835; d. Newport, Monmouthshire, England, 1917) sat on a hilltop outside his native city of Bath, England, admiring the country view and the winding Avon River. Inspired by the view to think about God's gifts in creation and in the church, Pierpont wrote this text. Pierpont was educated at Queen's College, Cambridge, England, and periodically taught classics at Somersetshire College. But because he had received an inheritance, he did not need a regular teaching position and could afford the leisure of personal study and writing. His three volumes of poetry were collected in 1878; he contributed hymns to The Hymnal Noted (1852) and Lyra Eucharistica (1864). "For the Beauty of the Earth" is the only Pierpont hymn still sung today.
Bert Polman
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Pierpoint, Folliott Sandford, M.A., son of William Home Pierpoint of Bath, was born at Spa Villa, Bath, Oct. 7, 1835, and educated at Queen's College, Cambridge, graduating in classical honours in 1871. He has published The Chalice of Nature and Other Poems, Bath, N.D. This was republished in 1878 as Songs of Love, The Chalice of Nature, and Lyra Jesu. He also contributed hymns to the Churchman's Companion (London Masters), the Lyra Eucharistica, &c. His hymn on the Cross, "0 Cross, O Cross of shame," appeared in both these works. He is most widely known through:—
"For the beauty of the earth." Holy Communion, or Flower Service. This was contributed to the 2nd edition of Orby Shipley's Lyra Eucharistica, 1864, in 8 stanzas of 6 lines, as a hymn to be sung at the celebration of Holy Communion. In this form it is not usually found, but in 4, or sometimes in 5, stanzas, it is extensively used for Flower Services and as a Children's hymn.
--John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)
Folliott Sandford Pierpoint
