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Thy ways, O Lord! with wise design
Author: Ambrose Serle Appears in 85 hymnals Topics: First Sunday after Trinity Lyrics: 1 Thy ways, O Lord, with wise design,
Are framed upon Thy throne above,
And every dark or bending line,
Meets in the center of Thy love.
2 With feeble light, and half obscure,
Poor mortals Thine arrangements view;
Not knowing that they least are sure,
And the mysterious just and true.
3 Thy flock, Thine own peculiar care,
Though now they seem to roam uneyed,
Are led or driven only where
They best and safest may abide.
4 They neither know nor trace the way:
But whilst they trust Thy guardian eye,
Their feet shall ne'er to ruin stray,
Nor shall the weakest fail or die.
5 My favored soul shall meekly learn,
To lay her reason at Thy throne;
Too weak Thy secrets to discern,
I'll trust Thee for my guide alone. Used With Tune: ROCKINGHAM (Old)
Thy ways, O Lord! with wise design
O for a Faith that will not shrink
Author: William Hiley Bathurst Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 707 hymnals Topics: Twenty First Sunday after Trinity Lyrics: 1 O for a Faith that will not shrink,
Though prest by many a foe;
That will not tremble on the brink
Of poverty or woe;
2 That will not murmur nor complain
Beneath the chastening rod:
But in the hour of grief or pain
Can lean upon its God.
3 A Faith that shines more bright and clear
When tempests rage without;
That when in danger knows no fear,
In darkness feels no doubt:
4 That bears unmoved the world's dread frown,
Nor heeds its scornful smile;
That sin's wild ocean cannot drown,
Nor Satan's arts beguile:
5 A Faith that keeps the narrow way
Till life's last hour is fled,
And with a pure and heavenly ray
Lights up a dying bed.
6 Lord, give us such a Faith as this,
And then whate'er may come,
We'll taste e'en here the hallowed bliss
Of an eternal home. Used With Tune: ABRIDGE
O for a Faith that will not shrink
Bort Verden, af mit Sind og Øie
Author: Joh. Scheffler; Brorson Appears in 7 hymnals Topics: First Sunday after Trinity Sunday; First Sunday after Trinity Sunday; First Sunday after Trinity Sunday Lyrics: 1 Bort, Verden, af mit Sind og Øie,
Din Lyst du selv beholde maa,
Som mig ei mere kan fornøie
End Støvet, som jeg træder paa!
Hver elske, hvad hans Hu staar til,
Jeg kun min Jesus elske vil.
2 Han er min Rigdom og min Ære,
Min Hjertens Lyst og Tidsfordriv,
I ham jeg ret kan salig være,
Thi Jesus han er selv mit Liv.
Hver elske, hvad hans Hu staar til,
Jeg kun min Jesus elske vil.
3 Naar Munden Smag og Mæle mister,
Og mumler mod den mørke Grav,
Naar Øinene i Døden brister,
Hvor bliver Verdens Lyst da af?
Hver elske, hvad hans Hu staar til,
Jeg kun min Jesus elske vil.
4 I Svaghed bliver han min Styrke,
Og gjør mig al min Trængsel sød,
Han er mit Lys i Dødens Mørke,
Han sviger ei i Liv og Død.
Hver elske, hvad hans Hu staar til,
Jeg kun min Jesus elske vil.
5 Han hersker over alle Himle,
Hans Throne i det Høie staar,
Saa vidt som Skabninger de vrimle,
Hans Herredom og Rige naar,
Hver elske, hvad hans hu staar til,
Jeg kun min Jesus elske vil.
6 Hans Slot kan ingen Magt bestride,
det staar paa Evighedens Grund,
Hans Fiender maa i Græsset bide,
Naar han kun taler med sin Mund.
Hver elske, hvad hans Hu staar til,
Jeg kun min Jesus elske vil.
7 Hans Liflighed er uden Lige,
Som Verden dog ei kjende vil,
Hans Rigdom ingen kan udsige,
Og, hvad han har, mig hører til.
Hver elske, hvad hans Hu staar til,
Jeg kun min Jesus elske vil.
8 Lad mig kun her foragtet være,
Og leve i en ringe Stand,
Jeg skal i Himlen Kronen bære,
Og herske med min Frelsermand.
Hver elske, hvad hans Hu staar til,
Jeg kun min Jesus elske vil.
Bort Verden, af mit Sind og Øie
[Vor Gud han er saa fast en Borg]
Appears in 702 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Luther Topics: Twenty-first Sunday after Trinity Sunday For Evening Tune Key: D Major Incipit: 11156 71765 17656 Used With Text: Vor Gud han er saa fast en Borg
[Vor Gud han er saa fast en Borg]
ROCKINGHAM (Old)
Appears in 533 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Edward Miller, Mus. Doc. Topics: First Sunday after Trinity Tune Key: E Flat Major Incipit: 13421 35655 17655 Used With Text: Thy ways, O Lord! with wise design
ROCKINGHAM (Old)
Bort Verden, af mit Sind og Øie
Author: Joh. Scheffler; Brorson Hymnal: Salmebog for Lutherske Kristne i Amerika #415 (1919) Topics: First Sunday after Trinity Sunday; First Sunday after Trinity Sunday; First Sunday after Trinity Sunday Lyrics: 1 Bort, Verden, af mit Sind og Øie,
Din Lyst du selv beholde maa,
Som mig ei mere kan fornøie
End Støvet, som jeg træder paa!
Hver elske, hvad hans Hu staar til,
Jeg kun min Jesus elske vil.
2 Han er min Rigdom og min Ære,
Min Hjertens Lyst og Tidsfordriv,
I ham jeg ret kan salig være,
Thi Jesus han er selv mit Liv.
Hver elske, hvad hans Hu staar til,
Jeg kun min Jesus elske vil.
3 Naar Munden Smag og Mæle mister,
Og mumler mod den mørke Grav,
Naar Øinene i Døden brister,
Hvor bliver Verdens Lyst da af?
Hver elske, hvad hans Hu staar til,
Jeg kun min Jesus elske vil.
4 I Svaghed bliver han min Styrke,
Og gjør mig al min Trængsel sød,
Han er mit Lys i Dødens Mørke,
Han sviger ei i Liv og Død.
Hver elske, hvad hans Hu staar til,
Jeg kun min Jesus elske vil.
5 Han hersker over alle Himle,
Hans Throne i det Høie staar,
Saa vidt som Skabninger de vrimle,
Hans Herredom og Rige naar,
Hver elske, hvad hans hu staar til,
Jeg kun min Jesus elske vil.
6 Hans Slot kan ingen Magt bestride,
det staar paa Evighedens Grund,
Hans Fiender maa i Græsset bide,
Naar han kun taler med sin Mund.
Hver elske, hvad hans Hu staar til,
Jeg kun min Jesus elske vil.
7 Hans Liflighed er uden Lige,
Som Verden dog ei kjende vil,
Hans Rigdom ingen kan udsige,
Og, hvad han har, mig hører til.
Hver elske, hvad hans Hu staar til,
Jeg kun min Jesus elske vil.
8 Lad mig kun her foragtet være,
Og leve i en ringe Stand,
Jeg skal i Himlen Kronen bære,
Og herske med min Frelsermand.
Hver elske, hvad hans Hu staar til,
Jeg kun min Jesus elske vil.
Languages: Norwegian
Bort Verden, af mit Sind og Øie
O hvilken Ære
Author: Brorson Hymnal: Salmebog for Lutherske Kristne i Amerika #166 (1919) Topics: First Sunday after Trinity Sunday Lyrics: 1 O hvilken Ære,
For Tanken alt for stor,
Hans Barn at være,
Som i det Høie bor!
Naar man er bleven
Til Herren ret omvendt,
Fra Verden reven,
Med Jesus ret bekjendt,
I Himlen skreven
Med Lammets røde Prent!
2 O hvilket Smykke
Fra Himlene er det,
O hvilken Lykke
Er denne Barneret!
Naar, hvad os skader,
Vi kan for Thronen gaa,
Og sige: Fader,
dit Barn du hjælpe maa!
O Gud, hvor lader
Det deilig der at staa!
3 Hvo kan udsige,
Hvad Kristi Kraft formaar,
Naar Himlens Rige
I Sjælen ret opgaar!
Naar i mig brænder
Men Jesu Kjærlighed,
Og mig omspender
Som Himlen selv saa bred,
Hvor jeg mig vender
Og tænker op og ned!
4 O, jeg har fundet
Lyksalighedens Stand,
Og sødt forvundet
Min første Jødsels Band!
O hvor fornøiet
Er nu min arme Sjæl,
Før dybt nedbøiet
Til Jorden som en Træl,
Nu høit ophøiet
Med sin Immanuel!
5 O surt fortjente
Min Sjæles Frydestund!
O søde Rente
Af Jesu Pinsels Pund!
Er Førstegrøden
Saa meget sød og kjær,
Hvad Engle-Føden,
Som mig skal times der,
Naar efter Døden
Jeg rigtig hjemme er!
6 Naar jeg skal tage
Mod Dødens sidste Bud,
Da kan jeg drage
Med Glæde til min Gud,
Hans Haand skal lindre
Mig Dødens Kamp og Sved,
Hvad kan det hindre,
At Støvet falder ned,
Hist skal det tindre
I evig Herlighed!
Languages: Norwegian
O hvilken Ære
O kjære Sjæl, som vanker
Author: Brorson Hymnal: Salmebog for Lutherske Kristne i Amerika #498 (1919) Topics: First Sunday after Trinity Sunday; First Sunday after Trinity Sunday Lyrics: 1 O kjære Sjæl, som vanker
I Verdens Mørke om,
Og har saa ringe Tanker
Om Herrens strenge Dom,
O tænk dig om engang!
For Jesu Død og Smerte
Læg denne Sag paa Hjerte,
At Evighed er lang.
2 Her skal dit Sind forandres
I Bøn og Kamp og Strid,
Og anderledes vandres,
End hid til denne Tid;
Din Jesu Leve-Art
Guds Ord dig ikke dølger,
Saa lær, at du ham følger
Sandfærdig, frisk og snart!
3 Den Vei, i Synd at glædes,
Den Satans egen Sti,
Den Vei skal ret begrædes
Hver stund, man gik deri.
Du vellystfulde Vei,
Farvel med dine Gange,
Om andre paa dig prange,
Jeg siger evig nei.
4 Den rette Vei jeg ynder,
Som gaar til Himlens Land,
Paa den jeg og begynder
At vandre, hvad jeg kan,
At dræbe Kjød og Blod,
Og syndens Lyst forsage,
Og har det end sin Plage,
Saa er dog Enden god.
5 O Jesus, se, hvor farlig
Er vores Vandringsfærd,
Hjælp, at vi vandre varlig,
Og vær os altid nær!
Viis os, hvordan vi skal
I dine Fodspor træde,
Saa kan vi snart os glæde
I Himlens Brudesal! Languages: Norwegian
O kjære Sjæl, som vanker
Edward Miller
1735 - 1807 Person Name: Edward Miller, Mus. Doc. Topics: First Sunday after Trinity Composer of "ROCKINGHAM (Old)" in Evangelical Lutheran hymnal Edward Miller, Born in the United Kingdom. The son of a pavior (stone paver), Miller left home to study music at King's Lynn. He was a flautist in Handel's orchestra. In 1752 he published “Six Solos for the German Flute”. In 1756 he was appointed organist of St. George Minster Doncaster, continuing in that post for 50 years. He also gave pianoforte lessons. He published hymns and sonatas for harpsichord, 16 editions of “The Institues of Music”, “Elegies for Voice & Pianoforte”, and Psalms of David set to music, arranged for each Sunday of the year. That work had over 5000 subscribers. He published his thoughts on performance of Psalmody in the Church of England, addressed to clergy. In 1801 he published the Psalms of Watts and Wesley for use by Methodists, and in 1804 the history and antiques of Doncaster with a map.
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Edward Miller
Martin Luther
1483 - 1546 Person Name: Luther Topics: Twenty-first Sunday after Trinity Sunday For Evening Author of "Vor Gud han er saa fast en Borg" in M. B. Landstads Kirkesalmebog og "Nokre Salmar" ved Professor Dr. E. Blix, samt følgende tillæg Luther, Martin, born at Eisleben, Nov. 10, 1483; entered the University of Erfurt, 1501 (B.A. 1502, M.A.. 1503); became an Augustinian monk, 1505; ordained priest, 1507; appointed Professor at the University of Wittenberg, 1508, and in 1512 D.D.; published his 95 Theses, 1517; and burnt the Papal Bull which had condemned them, 1520; attended the Diet of Worms, 1521; translated the Bible into German, 1521-34; and died at Eisleben, Feb. 18, 1546. The details of his life and of his work as a reformer are accessible to English readers in a great variety of forms. Luther had a huge influence on German hymnody.
i. Hymn Books.
1. Ellich cristlich lider Lobgesang un Psalm. Wittenberg, 1524. [Hamburg Library.] This contains 8 German hymns, of which 4 are by Luther.
2. Eyn Enchiridion oder Handbuchlein. Erfurt, 1524 [Goslar Library], with 25 German hymns, of which 18 are by Luther.
3. Geystliche Gesangk Buchleyn. Wittenberg, 1524 [Munich Library], with 32 German hymns, of which 24 are by Luther.
4. Geistliche Lieder auffs new gebessert. Wittenberg. J. Klug, 1529. No copy of this book is now known, but there was one in 1788 in the possession of G. E. Waldau, pastor at Nürnberg, and from his description it is evident that the first part of the Rostock Gesang-Buch, 1531, is a reprint of it. The Rostock Gesang-Buch, 1531, was reprinted by C. M. Wiechmann-Kadow at Schwerin in 1858. The 1529 evidently contained 50 German hymns, of which 29 (including the Litany) were by Luther.
5. Geistliche Lieder auffs new gebessert. Erfurt. A. Rauscher, 1531 [Helmstädt, now Wolfenbüttel Library], a reprint of No. 4.
6. Geistliche Lieder. Wittenberg. J. Klug, 1535 [Munich Library. Titlepage lost], with 52 German hymns, of which 29 are by Luther.
7. Geistliche Lieder auffs new gebessert. Leipzig. V. Schumann, 1539 [Wernigerode Library], with 68 German hymns, of which 29 are by Luther.
8. Geistliche Lieder. Wittenberg. J. Klug, 1543 [Hamburg Library], with 61 German hymns, of which 35 are by Luther.
9. Geystliche Lieder. Leipzig. V. Babst, 1545 [Gottingen Library]. This contains Luther's finally revised text, but adds no new hymns by himself. In pt. i. are 61 German hymns, in pt. ii. 40, of which 35 in all are by Luther.
For these books Luther wrote three prefaces, first published respectively in Nos. 3, 4, 9. A fourth is found in his Christliche Geseng, Lateinisch und Deudsch, zum Begrebnis, Wittenberg, J. Klug, 1542. These four prefaces are reprinted in Wackernagel’s Bibliographie, 1855, pp. 543-583, and in the various editions of Luther's Hymns. Among modern editions of Luther's Geistliche Lieder may be mentioned the following:—
Carl von Winterfeld, 1840; Dr. C. E. P. Wackernagel, 1848; Q. C. H. Stip, 1854; Wilhelm Schircks, 1854; Dr. Danneil, 1883; Dr. Karl Gerok, 1883; Dr. A. F. W. Fischer, 1883; A. Frommel, 1883; Karl Goedeke, 1883, &c. In The Hymns of Martin Luther. Set to their original melodies. With an English version. New York, 1883, ed. by Dr. Leonard Woolsey Bacon and Nathan H. Allen, there are the four prefaces, and English versions of all Luther's hymns, principally taken more or less altered, from the versions by A. T. Russell, R. Massie and Miss Winkworth [repub. in London, 1884]. Complete translations of Luther's hymns have been published by Dr. John Anderson, 1846 (2nd ed. 1847), Dr. John Hunt, 1853, Richard Massie, 1854, and Dr. G. Macdonald in the Sunday Magazine, 1867, and his Exotics, 1876. The other versions are given in detail in the notes on the individual hymns.
ii. Classified List of Luther's Hymns. Of Luther's hymns no classification can be quite perfect, e.g. No. 3 (see below) takes hardly anything from the Latin, and No. 18 hardly anything from the Psalm. No. 29 is partly based on earlier hymns (see p. 225, i.). No. 30 is partly based on St. Mark i. 9-11, and xvi., 15, 16 (see p. 226, ii.). No. 35 is partly based on St. Luke ii. 10-16. The following arrangement, however, will answer all practical purposes.
A. Translations from the Latin.
i. From Latin Hymns:
1. Christum wir sollen loben schon. A solis ortus cardine
2. Der du bist drei in Einigkeit. O Lux beata Trinitas.
3. Jesus Christus unser Heiland, Der von. Jesus Christus nostra salus
4. Komm Gott Schopfer, heiliger Geist. Veni Creator Spiritus, Mentes.
5. Nun komm der Beidenheiland. Veni Redemptor gentium
6. Was flirchst du Feind Herodes sehr. A solis ortus cardine
ii. From Latin Antiphons, &c.:
7. Herr Gott dich loben wir. Te Deum laudamus.
8. Verleih uns Frieden gnädiglich. Dapacem, Domine
9. Wir glauben all an einen Gott.
iii. Partly from the Latin, the translated stanzas being adopted from Pre-Reformation Versions:
10. Komm, heiliger Geist, Herre Gott.
11. Mitten wir im Leben sind. Media vita in morte sumus.
B. Hymns revised and enlarged from Pre-Reformation popular hymns.
12. Gelobet seist du Jesus Christ.
13. Gott der Vater wohn uns bei.
14. Gott sei gelobet und gebenedeiet.
15. Nun bitten wir den heiligen Geist.
C. Psalm versions.
16. Ach Gott vom Himmel, sieh darein.
17. Aus tiefer Noth schrei ich zu dir.
18. Ein' feste Burg ist unser Gott.
19. Es spricht der Unweisen Mund wohl.
20. Es wollt uns Gott genädig sein.
21. War Gott nicht mit uns diese Zeit.
22. Wohl dem, der in Gotten Furcht steht.
D. Paraphrases of other portions of Holy Scripture.
23. Diess sind die heilgen zehn Gebot.
24. Jesaia dem Propheten das geschah.
25. Mensch willt du leben seliglich.
26. Mit Fried und Freud ich fahr dahin.
27. Sie ist mir lieb die werthe Magd.
28. Vater unser im Himmelreich.
E. Hymns mainly Original.
29. Christ lag in Todesbanden.
30. Christ unser Herr zum Jordan kam.
31. Ein neues Lied wir heben an.
32. Erhalt uns Herr bei deinem Wort.
33. Jesus Christus unser Heiland, Der den,
34. Nun freut euch lieben Christengemein.
35. Vom Himmel hoch da komm ich her.
36. Vom Himmel kam der Engel Schaar.
In addition to these —
37. Fur alien Freuden auf Erden.
38. Kyrie eleison.
In the Blätter fur Hymnologie, 1883, Dr. Daniel arranges Luther's hymns according to what he thinks their adaptation to modern German common use as follows:—
i. Hymns which ought to be included in every good Evangelical hymn-book: Nos. 7-18, 20, 22, 28, 29, 30, 32, 34, 35, 36, 38.
ii. Hymns the reception of which into a hymn-book might be contested: Nos. 2, 3, 4, 19, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 33.
iii. Hymns not suited for a hymn-book: Nos. 1, 5, 6, 27, 31, 37.
[Rev. James Mearns, M.A.]
--John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)
Martin Luther
Joseph Medlicott Scriven
1819 - 1886 Person Name: Joseph Scriven Topics: The Church Year Twenty-first Sunday after Trinity; The Church Year Twenty-first Sunday after Trinity Author of "What a friend we have in Jesus" in The Lutheran Hymnary Joseph M. Scriven (b. Seapatrick, County Down, Ireland, 1819; d. Bewdley, Rice Lake, ON, Canada, 1886), an Irish immigrant to Canada, wrote this text near Port Hope, Ontario, in 1855. Because his life was filled with grief and trials, Scriven often needed the solace of the Lord as described in his famous hymn.
Educated at Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland, he enrolled in a military college to prepare for an army career. However, poor health forced him to give up that ambition. Soon after came a second blow—his fiancée died in a drowning accident on the eve of their wedding in 1844. Later that year he moved to Ontario, where he taught school in Woodstock and Brantford. His plans for marriage were dashed again when his new bride-to-be died after a short illness in 1855. Following this calamity Scriven seldom had a regular income, and he was forced to live in the homes of others. He also experienced mistrust from neighbors who did not appreciate his eccentricities or his work with the underprivileged. A member of the Plymouth Brethren, he tried to live according to the Sermon on the Mount as literally as possible, giving and sharing all he had and often doing menial tasks for the poor and physically disabled. Because Scriven suffered from depression, no one knew if his death by drowning in Rice Lake was suicide or an accident.
Bert Polman
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Scriven, Joseph. Mr. Sankey, in his My Life and Sacred Songs, 1906, p. 279, says that Scriven was b. in Dublin in 1820, was a graduate of Trinity College, Dublin, and went to Canada when he was 25, and died there at Port Hope, on Lake Ontario, in 1886. His hymn:—
What a Friend we have in Jesus. [Jesus our Friend] was, according to Mr. Sankey, discovered to be his in the following manner: "A neighbour, sitting up with him in his illness, happened upon a manuscript of 'What a Friend we have in Jesus.' Reading it with great delight, and questioning Mr. Scriven about it, he said he had composed it for his mother, to comfort her in a time of special sorrow, not intending any one else should see it." We find the hymn in H. 1... Hastings's Social Hymns, Original and Selected, 1865, No. 242; and his Song of Pilgrimage, 1886, No. 1291, where it is attributed to "Joseph Scriven, cir. 1855." It is found in many modern collections.
--John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, New Supplement (1907)
Joseph Medlicott Scriven
