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Hark! the herald-angels sing
Author: Charles Wesley, 1707-88 Meter: 7.7.7.7 D with refrain Appears in 1,360 hymnals Topics: Seasons of the Christian Year Advent and Christmas Used With Tune: MENDELSSOHN
Hark! the herald-angels sing
Holy Fortitude
Author: Isaac Watts Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 1,997 hymnals Topics: Warfare, Spiritual; Warfare, Christian First Line: Am I a soldier of the cross
Holy Fortitude
Hail, Thou once despiséd Jesus
Author: John Bakewell, 1721-1819 Meter: 8.7.8.7 D Appears in 628 hymnals Topics: Seasons of the Christian Year Easter and Holy Week; Seasons of the Christian Year Ascension Used With Tune: LUX EOI
Hail, Thou once despiséd Jesus
MY SAVIOUR'S LOVE
Meter: 8.7.8.7 irregular Appears in 177 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Charles Hutchinson Gabriel, 1858-1932 Topics: Seasons of the Christian Year Easter and Holy Week Tune Key: A Flat Major Incipit: 55351 23177 71215 Used With Text: I stand amazed in the presence
MY SAVIOUR'S LOVE
MENDELSSOHN
Meter: 7.7.7.7 D with refrain Appears in 695 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, 1809-47; William H. Cummings, 1831-1915 Topics: Seasons of the Christian Year Advent and Christmas Tune Key: F Major or modal Incipit: 51171 33255 54323 Used With Text: Hark! the herald-angels sing
MENDELSSOHN
I cannot tell
Author: William Young Fullerton, 1857-1932 Hymnal: Complete Mission Praise #266 (1999) Meter: Irregular Topics: Seasons of the Christian Year Advent and Christmas; Seasons of the Christian Year Easter and Holy Week; Seasons of the Christian Year The Return of Christ First Line: I cannot tell why He, whom angels worship Languages: English Tune Title: LONDONDERRY AIR
I cannot tell
Once in royal David's city
Author: Cecil Frances Alexander, 1818-95; Horrobin; Leavers Hymnal: Complete Mission Praise #539 (1999) Meter: 8.7.8.7.7.7 Topics: Seasons of the Christian Year Advent and Christmas; Seasons of the Christian Year Lent Languages: English Tune Title: IRBY
Once in royal David's city
He is Lord
Author: Marvin Frey Hymnal: Complete Mission Praise #220 (1999) Topics: Seasons of the Christian Year Easter and Holy Week; Seasons of the Christian Year The Return of Christ First Line: He is Lord, He is Lord Languages: English Tune Title: [He is Lord, He is Lord]
He is Lord
Cecil Frances Alexander
1818 - 1895 Person Name: Cecil Frances Alexander, 1818-95 Topics: Seasons of the Christian Year Advent and Christmas; Seasons of the Christian Year Lent Author of "Once in royal David's city" in Complete Mission Praise As a small girl, Cecil Frances Humphries (b. Redcross, County Wicklow, Ireland, 1818; Londonderry, Ireland, 1895) wrote poetry in her school's journal. In 1850 she married Rev. William Alexander, who later became the Anglican primate (chief bishop) of Ireland. She showed her concern for disadvantaged people by traveling many miles each day to visit the sick and the poor, providing food, warm clothes, and medical supplies. She and her sister also founded a school for the deaf. Alexander was strongly influenced by the Oxford Movement and by John Keble's Christian Year. Her first book of poetry, Verses for Seasons, was a "Christian Year" for children. She wrote hymns based on the Apostles' Creed, baptism, the Lord's Supper, the Ten Commandments, and prayer, writing in simple language for children. Her more than four hundred hymn texts were published in Verses from the Holy Scripture (1846), Hymns for Little Children (1848), and Hymns Descriptive and Devotional ( 1858).
Bert Polman
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Alexander, Cecil Frances, née Humphreys, second daughter of the late Major John Humphreys, Miltown House, co. Tyrone, Ireland, b. 1823, and married in 1850 to the Rt. Rev. W. Alexander, D.D., Bishop of Derry and Raphoe. Mrs. Alexander's hymns and poems number nearly 400. They are mostly for children, and were published in her Verses for Holy Seasons, with Preface by Dr. Hook, 1846; Poems on Subjects in the Old Testament, pt. i. 1854, pt. ii. 1857; Narrative Hymns for Village Schools, 1853; Hymns for Little Children, 1848; Hymns Descriptive and Devotional, 1858; The Legend of the Golden Prayers 1859; Moral Songs, N.B.; The Lord of the Forest and his Vassals, an Allegory, &c.; or contributed to the Lyra Anglicana, the S.P.C.K. Psalms and Hymns, Hymns Ancient & Modern, and other collections. Some of the narrative hymns are rather heavy, and not a few of the descriptive are dull, but a large number remain which have won their way to the hearts of the young, and found a home there. Such hymns as "In Nazareth in olden time," "All things bright and beautiful," "Once in Royal David's city," "There is a green hill far away," "Jesus calls us o'er the tumult," "The roseate hues of early dawn," and others that might be named, are deservedly popular and are in most extensive use. Mrs. Alexander has also written hymns of a more elaborate character; but it is as a writer for children that she has excelled.
- John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)
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Alexander, Cecil F., née Humphreys, p. 38, ii. Additional hymns to those already noted in this Dictionary are in common use:—
1. Christ has ascended up again. (1853.) Ascension.
2. His are the thousand sparkling rills. (1875.) Seven Words on the Cross (Fifth Word).
3. How good is the Almighty God. (1S48.) God, the Father.
4. In [a] the rich man's garden. (1853.) Easter Eve.
5. It was early in the morning. (1853.) Easter Day.
6. So be it, Lord; the prayers are prayed. (1848.) Trust in God.
7. Saw you never in the twilight? (1853.) Epiphany.
8. Still bright and blue doth Jordan flow. (1853.) Baptism of Our Lord.
9. The angels stand around Thy throne. (1848.) Submission to the Will of God.
10. The saints of God are holy men. (1848.) Communion of Saints.
11. There is one Way and only one. (1875.) SS. Philip and James.
12. Up in heaven, up in heaven. (1848.) Ascension.
13. We are little Christian children. (1848.) Holy Trinity.
14. We were washed in holy water. (1848.) Holy Baptism.
15. When of old the Jewish mothers. (1853.) Christ's Invitation to Children.
16. Within the Churchyard side by side. (1848.) Burial.
Of the above hymns those dated 1848 are from Mrs. Alexander's Hymns for Little Children; those dated 1853, from Narrative Hymns, and those dated 1875 from the 1875 edition of Hymns Ancient & Modern.
Several new hymns by Mrs. Alexander are included in the 1891 Draft Appendix to the Irish Church Hymnal.
--John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, Appendix, Part II (1907)
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Alexander, Cecil F. , p. 38, ii. Mrs. Alexander died at Londonderry, Oct. 12, 1895. A number of her later hymns are in her Poems, 1896, which were edited by Archbishop Alexander.
--John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, New Supplement (1907)
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Cecil Frances Alexander
E. S. Elliott
1836 - 1897 Person Name: Emily Elizabeth Steele Elliott, 1836-97 Topics: Seasons of the Christian Year Advent and Christmas; Seasons of the Christian Year Easter and Holy Week Author of "Thou didst leave Thy thorne" in Complete Mission Praise Elliott, Emily Elizabeth Steele, third daughter of the late Rev. E. B. Elliott, of Brighton, author of the Horae Apocalypticae was born at Brighton, and now [1887] lives in London. She has contributed hymns, some of which have obtained wide acceptance, to the choir manuals, and Additional Hymns, 1866 (Nos. 8, 34) for use in St. Mark's Church, Brighton; to the Church Missionary Juvenile Instructor, which she edited for six years. Her Chimes of Consecration, a volume of 70 hymns and poems, was published in 1873, and her Chimes for Daily Service in 1880. The latter contains 71 hymns in two parts. The second part of 48 hymns is also published separately as Under the Pillow, for use as a cheap large type hymn-book (with corresponding tune-book) for hospitals and infirmaries and the sick generally. Her hymn, “Let us keep the feast" (Holy Communion), was first published in The Feast of Sacrifice and The Feast of 'Remembrance, 1865, in 5 stanzas of 5 lines. [Rev. James Mearns, M.A.]
-- John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)
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Elliott, Emily E. 8., p. 328, ii. The following additional hymns by Miss Elliott have recently come into common use:—
1. Brothers, sisters, pray for us. [Missionaries' Farewell.] Appeared in the C. M. Gleaner, Sept. 1896, p. 14?, and entitled "The Missionaries' Departing Petition." In the Church Miss. Hymn Book, 1899.
2. Rabboni, Master, we have heard. [Consecration of Self to Duty.] In theC. M. Gleaner, Dec. 1895, p. 195. It was sung for the first time at the Gleaners' Union Anniversary, 1895. In the Church Miss. Hymn Book, 1899.
3. Full consecration! heart and spirit yielded. [Full Consecration.] Given in Hymns of Consecration and Faith, 1902.
4. They come and go, the seasons fair, [Second Advent.] In the C. M. Gleaner, Nov. 1891, p. 172, as "What will be when the King comes?" It was sung for the first time at the Gleaners' Union Anniversary, Oct. 30, 1891. In the Church Miss. Hymn Book, 1899.
Miss Elliott was born at Brighton, July 22, 1836, and died at Mildmay, London, Aug. 3, 1897.
--John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, New Supplement (1907)
E. S. Elliott
George Matheson
1842 - 1906 Person Name: George Matheson, 1842-1906 Topics: Seasons of the Christian Year Easter and Holy Week Author of "O Love that wilt not let me go" in Complete Mission Praise Matheson, George, D.D., was born at Glasgow, March 27, 1842, and although deprived of his eyesight in youth he passed a brilliant course at the University of Edinburgh, where he graduated M.A. in 1862. In 1868 he became the parish minister at Innellan; and subsequently of St. Bernard's, Edinburgh. He was the Baird Lecturer in 1881, and St. Giles Lecturer in 1882. He has published several important prose works. His poetical pieces were collected and published in 1890 as Sacred Songs, Edinburgh: W. Blackwood. In addition to his hymn "O Love that wilt not let me go" (q. v.), four others from his Sacred Songs are in Dr. A. C. Murphey's Book of Common Song, Belfast, 1890.
--John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, Appendix, Part II (1907)
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Matheson, G., p. 1579, i. In addition to Dr. Matheson's hymn, "O Love, that wilt not let me go," p. 1583, i,, the following from his Sacred Songs, 1890, have come into common use since 1892:—
1. Come, let us raise a common song. Brotherhood.
2. Father divine, I come to Thee. Strength for Life. This, in Horder's Worship Song, 1905, is altered to”Saviour divine, I come to Thee."
3. Gather us in, Thou Love that fillest all. One in Christ.
4. Jesus, Fountain of my days. Christian's Polestar.
5. Lend me, O Lord, Thy softening cloud. The Fire and the Cloud. In the Sunday Magazine, 1875.
6. Lord, Thou hast all my frailty made. Strength for the Day.
7. Make me a captive, Lord. Christian Freedom.
8. There are coming changes great. The Glad New Time.
9. Three doors there are in the temple. Prayer.
Dr. Matheson informed us that these hymns, together with the rest of his Sacred Songs, 1890, were written at Bow, Dumbartonshire, in 1890. The 3rd ed. of the Sacred Songs was published in 1904. He died suddenly at Avenelle, North Berwick, Aug. 28, 1906.
--John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, New Supplement (1907)
George Matheson
