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O Worship the King, All-Glorious Above

Author: Sir Robert Grant Meter: 10.10.11.11 Appears in 1,173 hymnals Topics: Praise in Worship Lyrics: 1 O worship the King, all-glorious above, O gratefully sing His power and His love; Our Shield and Defender, the Ancient of Days, Pavilioned in splendor, and girded with praise. 2 O tell of His might, O sing of His grace, Whose robe is the light, whose canopy space. His chariots of wrath the deep thunderclouds form, And dark is His path on the wings of the storm. 3 Thy bountiful care, what tongue can recite? It breathes in the air, it shines in the light; It streams from the hills, it descends to the plain, And sweetly distils in the dew and the rain. 4 Frail children of dust, and feeble as frail, In Thee do we trust, nor find Thee to fail. Thy mercies how tender, how firm to the end! Our Maker, Defender, Redeemer, and Friend! Used With Tune: LYONS

Now with Joyful Exultation

Meter: 8.7.8.7 D Appears in 15 hymnals Topics: Praise in Worship Lyrics: 1 Now with joyful exultation Let us sing Jehovah's praise. To the Rock of our salvation Loud hosannas let us raise; Thankful tribute gladly bringing, Let us come before Him now, And, with psalms His praises singing, Joyful in His presence bow. 2 For how great a God, and glorious, Is Jehovah Whom we sing; Over idol-gods victorious, Great is He, our God and King. In His hand are earth's deep places, His the strength of all the hills, His the sea whose bounds He traces, His the land His bounty fills. 3 To the Lord, such might revealing, Let us come with reverence meet, And, before our Maker kneeling, Let us worship at His feet. He is our own God who leads us, We the people of His care; With a shepherd's hand He feeds us As His flock in pastures fair. 4 While He proffers peace and pardon Let us hear His voice today, Lest, if we our hearts should harden, We should perish in the way; Lest to us, so unbelieving, He in judgment shall declare: Ye, so long my Spirit grieving, Never in My rest can share. Scripture: Psalm 95 Used With Tune: BEECHER

Ye Who His Temple Throng

Meter: 6.6.4.6.6.6.4 Appears in 11 hymnals Topics: Praise in Worship Lyrics: 1 Ye who His temple throng, Jehovah's praise prolong, New anthems sing; Ye saints, with joy declare Your Maker's loving care, And let the children there Joy in their King. 2 O let His Name employ Your every note of joy, His praises speak; He looks with loving face Upon His chosen race, And will with every grace Adorn the meek. 3 Ye saints, your joy proclaim And glory in the Name Of God above; And when the daylight dies, Ere sleep shall close your eyes, Let praise to God arise For all His love. Scripture: Psalm 149 Used With Tune: TRINITY (ITALIAN HYMN)

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SPANISH HYMN

Meter: 6.6.6.6 D Appears in 562 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Benjamin Carr; Austin C. Lovelace Topics: The Grace of Jesus Christ In Praise of Christ; Children's Choir Selections; Christian Year Easter; Eternal Life; Funerals and Memorial Services; Jesus Christ; Morning Prayer; Music and Singing; Opening Hymns; Service Music Greeting/Call to Worship Tune Key: A Flat Major Incipit: 17161 53142 17117 Used With Text: Come, Christians, Join to Sing

EIN' FESTE BURG

Meter: 8.7.8.7.6.6.6.6.7 Appears in 702 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Martin Luther Topics: The Glory of the Triune God God's Nature; The Glory of the Triune God God's Nature; Sanctifiying and Perfecting Grace Strength in Triublation; Particular Times of Worship Special Days; Adoration and Praise; Funerals and Memorial Services; Heritage; Kingdom of God; Presence (Holy Spirit) Tune Sources: The New Hymnal for American Youth, 1930 (harm.) Tune Key: C Major Incipit: 11156 71765 17656 Used With Text: A Mighty Fortress Is Our God

IN CHRIST ALONE

Meter: 8.8.8.8 D Appears in 38 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Keith Getty; Stuart Townend Topics: Church Year Easter/Season of Easter; Powers of Darkness; Humility; Jesus Christ Confidence in; Jesus Christ Confidence in; Jesus Christ Hope; Jesus Christ Solid Rock; Praise of Christ; Victory; Elements of Worship Profession of Faith Tune Key: D Major Incipit: 56115 61232 16321 Used With Text: In Christ Alone

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Unto God Our Savior

Hymnal: Psalter Hymnal (Red) #201 (1934) Meter: 6.5.6.5 D Topics: Praise in Worship; Praise in Worship Lyrics: 1 Unto God our Savior Sing a joyful song; Wondrous are His doings, For His arm is strong. He has wrought salvation, He has made it known, And before the nations Is His justice shown. 2 Joyful, all ye people, Sing before the Lord; Shout and sing His praises Now in glad accord; With the harp and trumpet Joyful praises bring; Come, rejoice before Him, God, the Lord, your King. 3 Waves of mighty ocean, Earth with fullness stored, Floods and fields and mountains, Sing before the Lord; For He comes with justice, Evil to redress, And to judge the nations In His righteousness. Scripture: Psalm 98 Languages: English Tune Title: REPOSE

Jehovah Reigns in Majesty

Hymnal: Psalter Hymnal (Red) #203 (1934) Topics: Praise in Worship First Line: God Jehovah reigns Lyrics: 1 Jehovah reigns in majesty, Let all the nations quake; He dwells between the cherubim, Let earth's foundations shake. Supreme in Zion is the Lord, Exalted gloriously; Ye nations, praise His Name with awe, The Holy One is He. 2 The mighty King loves justice well, And equity ordains; He rules His people righteously And faithfulness maintains. O magnify the Lord our God, Let Him exalted be; In worship at His footstool bow, The Holy One is He. 3 When priests and prophets called on God, He their petitions heard; His cloudy pillar led them on, And they obeyed His word. Though sending judgments for their sins, He pardoned graciously; Exalt the Lord and worship Him, The Holy One is He. Scripture: Psalm 99 Languages: English Tune Title: ELLACOMBE

All Ye That Fear Jehovah's Name

Hymnal: Psalter Hymnal (Red) #37 (1934) Meter: 8.8.8.8 Topics: Praise in Worship Lyrics: 1 All ye that fear Jehovah's Name, His glory tell, His praise proclaim; Ye children of His chosen race, Stand ye in awe before His face, Stand ye in awe before His face. 2 The suffering One He has not spurned Who unto Him for succor turned; From Him He has not hid His face, But answered His request in grace, But answered His request in grace. 3 O Lord, Thy goodness makes Me raise Amid Thy people songs of praise; Before all them that fear Thee, now I worship Thee and pay My vow, I worship Thee and pay My vow. 4 For all the meek Thou wilt provide, They shall be fed and satisfied; All they that seek the Lord shall live And never-ending praises give, And never-ending praises give. 5 The ends of all the earth shall hear And turn unto the Lord in fear; All kindreds of the earth shall own And worship Him as God alone, And worship Him as God alone. 6 For His the kingdom, His of right, He rules the nations by his might; All earth to Him her homage brings, The Lord of lords, the King of kings, The Lord of lords, the King of kings. 7 Both rich and poor, both bond and free, Shall worship Him with bended knee, And children's children shall proclaim The glorious honor of His Name, The glorious honor of His Name. 8 The Lord's unfailing righteousness All generations shall confess, From age to age shall men be taught What wondrous works the Lord has wrought, What wondrous works the Lord has wrought. Scripture: Psalm 22 Languages: English Tune Title: PARK STREET

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Michael Haydn

1737 - 1806 Person Name: J. Michael Haydn Topics: Praise in Worship Composer of "LYONS" in Psalter Hymnal (Red) Johann Michael Haydn Austria 1737-1806. Born at Rohrau, Austria, the son of a wheelwright and town mayor (a very religious man who also played the harp and was a great influence on his sons' religious thinking), and the younger brother of Franz Joseph Haydn, he became a choirboy in his youth at the Cathedral of St. Stephen in Vienna, as did his brother, Joseph, an exceptional singer. For that reason boys both were taken into the church choir. Michael was a brighter student than Joseph, but was expelled from music school when his voice broke at age 17. The brothers remained close all their lives, and Joseph regarded Michael's religious works superior to his own. Michael played harpsichord, violin, and organ, earning a precarious living as a freelance musician in his early years. In 1757 he became kapellmeister to Archbishop, Sigismund of Grosswardein, in Hungary, and in 1762 concertmaster to Archbishop, Hieronymous of Salzburg, where he remained the rest of his life (over 40 years), also assuming the duties of organist at the Church of St. Peter in Salzburg, presided over by the Benedictines. He also taught violin at the court. He married the court singer, Maria Magdalena Lipp in 1768, daughter of the cathedral choir-master, who was a very pious women, and had such an affect on her husband, trending his inertia and slothfulness into wonderful activity. They had one daughter, Aloysia Josepha, in 1770, but she died within a year. He succeeded Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, an intimate friend, as cathedral organist in 1781. He also taught music to Carl Maria von Weber. His musical reputation was not recognized fully until after World War II. He was a prolific composer of music, considered better than his well-known brother at composing religious works. He produced some 43 symphonies,12 concertos, 21 serenades, 6 quintets, 19 quartets, 10 trio sonatas, 4 due sonatas, 2 solo sonatas, 19 keyboard compositions, 3 ballets, 15 collections of minuets (English and German dances), 15 marches and miscellaneous secular music. He is best known for his religious works (well over 400 pieces), which include 47 antiphons, 5 cantatas, 65 canticles, 130 graduals, 16 hymns, 47 masses, 7 motets, 65 offertories, 7 oratorios, 19 Psalms settings, 2 requiems, and 42 other compositions. He also composed 253 secular vocals of various types. He did not like seeing his works in print, and kept most in manuscript form. He never compiled or cataloged his works, but others did it later, after his death. Lothar Perger catalogued his orchestral works in 1807 and Nikolaus Lang did a biographical sketch in 1808. In 1815 Anton Maria Klafsky cataloged his sacred music. More complete cataloging has been done in the 1980s and 1990s by Charles H Sherman and T Donley Thomas. Several of Michael Haydn's works influenced Mozart. Haydn died at Salzburg, Austria. John Perry

Louis Bourgeois

1510 - 1561 Person Name: L. Bourgeois Topics: Praise in Worship Composer of "OLD HUNDREDTH" in Psalter Hymnal (Red) Louis Bourgeois (b. Paris, France, c. 1510; d. Paris, 1561). In both his early and later years Bourgeois wrote French songs to entertain the rich, but in the history of church music he is known especially for his contribution to the Genevan Psalter. Apparently moving to Geneva in 1541, the same year John Calvin returned to Geneva from Strasbourg, Bourgeois served as cantor and master of the choristers at both St. Pierre and St. Gervais, which is to say he was music director there under the pastoral leadership of Calvin. Bourgeois used the choristers to teach the new psalm tunes to the congregation. The extent of Bourgeois's involvement in the Genevan Psalter is a matter of scholarly debate. Calvin had published several partial psalters, including one in Strasbourg in 1539 and another in Geneva in 1542, with melodies by unknown composers. In 1551 another French psalter appeared in Geneva, Eighty-three Psalms of David, with texts by Marot and de Beze, and with most of the melodies by Bourgeois, who supplied thirty four original tunes and thirty-six revisions of older tunes. This edition was republished repeatedly, and later Bourgeois's tunes were incorporated into the complete Genevan Psalter (1562). However, his revision of some older tunes was not uniformly appreciated by those who were familiar with the original versions; he was actually imprisoned overnight for some of his musical arrangements but freed after Calvin's intervention. In addition to his contribution to the 1551 Psalter, Bourgeois produced a four-part harmonization of fifty psalms, published in Lyons (1547, enlarged 1554), and wrote a textbook on singing and sight-reading, La Droit Chemin de Musique (1550). He left Geneva in 1552 and lived in Lyons and Paris for the remainder of his life. Bert Polman

Clement of Alexandria

170 - 215 Person Name: Clement of Alexandria, 220 A.D. Topics: Praise in Worship Author of "Shepherd of Tender Youth" in Psalter Hymnal (Red) Clemens, Titus Flavins (Clemens Alexandrinus), St. Clement of Alexandria, was born possibly at Athens (although on this point there is no certain information) about A.D. 170. His full name, Titus Flavins Clemens, is given by Eusebius (H. E., vi. 13) and Photius (Cod. Ill), but of his parentage there is no record. Studious, and anxious to satisfy his mind on the highest subjects, he is said to have been a Stoic and Eclectic, and a seeker after truth amongst Greek, Assyrian, Egyptian, and Jewish teachers. He himself enumerates six teachers of eminence under whom he studied the "true tradition of the blessed doctrine of the holy apostles." At Alexandria he came under the teaching of Pantsenus, and embraced Christianity, Pantsenus being at the time the master of the Catechetical School in that city. On the retirement of Pantsenus from the school for missionary work, Clement became its head, cir. 190, and retained the position to 203. His pupils were numerous, and some of them of note, including Origen, and Alexander, afterwards Bishop of Jerusalem. Driven from Alexandria by the persecution under Severus (202-203), he wandered forth, it is not known whither. The last notice wo have of him in history is in a letter of congratulation by his old pupil, Alexander, then Bp. of Cappadocia, to the Church of Antioch, on the appointment of Asclepiades to the bishopric of that city. This letter, dated 211, seems to have been conveyed to Antioch by Clement. Beyond this nothing is known, either concern¬ing his subsequent life or death, although the latter is sometimes dated A.D. 220. The works of Clement are ten in all. Of these, the only work with which we have to do is The Tutor, in three books. The first book describes the Tutor, who is the Word Himself, the children whom He trains (Christian men and women), and his method of instruction. The second book contains general instructions as to daily life in eating, drinking, furniture, sleep, &c.; and the third, after an inquiry into the nature of true beauty, goes onto condemn extravagance in dress, &c, both in men and women. Appended to this work, in the printed editions, are two poems; the first, "A Hymn of the Saviour), and the second, an address "To the Tutor". The first, beginning is attributed to Clement in those manuscripts in which it is found; but it is supposed by some to be of an earlier date: the second is generally regarded as by a later hand . The “Hymn of the Saviour," the earliest known Christian hymn, has been translated into English: The earliest translation is "Shepherd of tender youth.” This is by Dr. H. M. Dexter (q. v.). It was written in 1846, first published in The Congregationalist [of which Dexter was editor], Dec. 21, 1849, and is in extensive use in the United States. In Great Britain it is also given in several collections, including the New Congregational Hymn Book, 1859; Baptist Psalms & Hymns, 1858; the R. T. Society's Collection, &c. There are also translations not in common use, viz.: (1) "Bridle of colts untamed," by Dr. W. L. Alexander, in the Ante-Nicene Christian Library, vol. iv. p. 343; (2) "Bridle of colts untaught," by Dr. H. Bonar, in The Sunday at Home, 1878, p. 11. (3) Another translation is by the Rev. A. W. Chatfield, in his Songs and Hymns of the Earliest Greek Christian Poets, 1876. Mr. Chatfield, following the Anth. Graeca Car. Christ., 1871, p. 37, begins with the eleventh line: "O Thou, the King of Saints, all-conquering Word." His translation extends to 40 lines. --Excerpts from John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)

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