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Lord Jesus Christ, Be Present Now

Author: C. Winkworth, 1827-78 Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 72 hymnals Topics: Invocation Lyrics: 1 Lord Jesus Christ, be present now, And let Thy Holy Spirit bow All hearts in love and fear today To hear the truth and keep Thy way. 2 Open our lips to sing Thy praise, Our hearts in true devotion raise, Our faith increase, our minds enlight That we may know Thy name aright 3 Until we join the host that cry "Holy art Thou, O Lord most High!" And 'mid the light of that blest place Shall gaze upon Thee face to face. 4 Glory to God, the Father, Son, And Holy Spirit, Three in One! To Thee, O blessed Trinity, Be praise throughout eternity! Used With Tune: HERR JESUS CHRIST, DICH ZU UNS WEND Text Sources: Lutherische Hand-Büchlein, 2nd ed., Altenburg, 1648
Lord Jesus Christ, Be Present Now
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This Is the Day the Lord Hath Made

Author: I. Watts, 1674-1748 Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 599 hymnals Topics: Invocation Lyrics: 1 This is the day the Lord hath made; He calls the hours His own, Let heav'n rejoice, let earth be glad And praise surround the throne. 2 Today He rose and left the dead, And Satan's empire fell; Today the saints His triumphs spread And all His wonders tell. 3 Hosanna to th'anointed King, To David's holy Son! Help us, O Lord; descend and bring Salvation from the throne. 4 Blest be the Lord, who comes to men With messages of grace, Who comes in God His Father's Name To save our sinful race. 5 Hosanna in the highest strains The Church on earth can raise; The highest heav'ns in which He reigns Shall give Him nobler praise. Scripture: Psalm 118 Used With Tune: NUN DANKET ALL
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Come, Holy Spirit, heavenly Dove

Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 1,229 hymnals Topics: Invocation Lyrics: 1 Come, Holy Spirit, heavenly Dove, With all Thy quickening powers; Kindle a flame of sacred love In these cold hearts of ours. 2 See how we grovel here below, Fond of these earthly toys; Our souls, how heavily they go, To reach eternal joys! 3 Dear Lord, and shall we ever live At this poor, dying rate? Our love so faint, so cold to Thee, And Thine to us so great? 5 Come, Holy Spirit, heavenly Dove, With all Thy quickening powers, Come, shed abroad a Saviour's love, And that shall kindle ours. Used With Tune: NORMANTON
Come, Holy Spirit, heavenly Dove

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INVOCATION

Appears in 28 hymnals Topics: Invocation Tune Sources: Old Tune. Tune Key: G Major Incipit: 11112 32355 3211 Used With Text: Lord, We Come Before Thee Now
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SLANE

Meter: 10.11.11.12 Appears in 269 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Jack Schrader, 1942- Topics: Invocation Tune Sources: Irish folk melody Tune Key: E Flat Major Incipit: 11216 56112 32222 Used With Text: Gather Your Children
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INVOCATION

Meter: 10.10.10.10.10.10 Appears in 3 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Carl W. Landahl, 1908-1961 Topics: Invocation Tune Key: G Major Incipit: 31655 11223 33213 Used With Text: Eternal God, before Your Thone
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Eternal God, before Your Thone

Author: Ernest E. Ryden, 1886-1981 Hymnal: Lutheran Book of Worship #354 (1978) Meter: 10.10.10.10.10.10 Topics: Invocation First Line: Eternal God, before your throne we bend Languages: English Tune Title: INVOCATION
Eternal God, before Your Thone

Lord, We Come Before Thee Now

Author: William Hammond, 1719-1783 Hymnal: Hymns of the Saints #10 (1982) Topics: Invocation Scripture: Isaiah 26:3-4 Languages: English Tune Title: INVOCATION
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Come, thou almighty King

Author: Anonymous Hymnal: Hymns for Christian Devotion #2 (1871) Meter: Irregular Topics: Invocation; Solemn Invocation Languages: English
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Theodore Baker

1851 - 1934 Person Name: Theodore Baker, 1851-1914 Topics: Invocation Translator of "We Gather Together" in Hymns of the Saints Theodore Baker (b. New York, NY, 1851; d. Dresden, Germany, 1934). Baker is well known as the compiler of Baker's Biographical Dictionary of Musicians (first ed. 1900), the first major music reference work that included American composers. Baker studied music in Leipzig, Germany, and wrote a dissertation on the music of the Seneca people of New York State–one of the first studies of the music of American Indians. From 1892 until his retirement in 1926, Baker was a literary editor and translator for G. Schirmer, Inc., in New York City. In 1926, he returned to Germany. Psalter Hymnal Handbook, 1987
Theodore Baker

William Gardiner

1770 - 1853 Person Name: William Gardiner, 1770-1853 Topics: Invocation Composer (attributed to) of "BELMONT" in Together in Song William Gardiner (b. Leicester, England, 1770; d. Leicester, 1853) The son of an English hosiery manufacturer, Gardiner took up his father's trade in addition to writing about music, composing, and editing. Having met Joseph Haydn and Ludwig van Beethoven on his business travels, Gardiner then proceeded to help popularize their compositions, especially Beethoven's, in England. He recorded his memories of various musicians in Music and Friends (3 volumes, 1838-1853). In the first two volumes of Sacred Melodies (1812, 1815), Gardiner turned melodies from composers such as Haydn, Mozart, and Beethoven into hymn tunes in an attempt to rejuvenate the singing of psalms. His work became an important model for American editors like Lowell Mason (see Mason's Boston Handel and Haydn Collection, 1822), and later hymnbook editors often turned to Gardiner as a source of tunes derived from classical music. Bert Polman
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Edwin Hatch

1835 - 1889 Topics: Holy Spirit Praise and Invocation Author of "Breathe on Me, Breath of God (Souffle du Dieu vivant)" in Voices United Hatch, Edwin, D.D., was born at Derby, Sep. 4, 1835, and educated at Pembroke College, Oxford, B.A., in honours, in 1857. After holding important appointments in Canada, he returned to England and became Vice-Principal of St. Mary Hall, Oxford, 1867; and Rector of Purleigh, 1883. (See also Crockford). He died Nov. 10, 1889. His hymn-writing was limited. One, and that a very spirited lyric, is in Allon's Congregational Psalmist Hymnal, 1886 "Breathe on me, Breath of God." (Whitsuntide.) Dr. Hatch's hymns were published in his posthumous Towards Fields of Light, London 1890. --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, Appendix, Part II (1907)
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