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Vær trøstig, mit Hjerte, bedrøv dig ei meer

Author: Brorson; Ukj. Appears in 4 hymnals Topics: Third Sunday after Trinity Sunday Evening Lyrics: 1 Vær trøstig, mit Hjerte, bedrøv dig ei mer, Tænk, at dig til Bedste dog alle ting sker! Vil Gud det forordne, Lad lyne og tordne, Saa kommer dog Solen omsider igjen, Kun derfor frimodig og Sorgen kast hen! 2 Man vinder dog intet med Suk og med Sorg, Tilfreds sig at give, er tryggeste Borg; At lade sig nøie, Som Gud det vil føie, Det kalder man Himlen paa Jorden med Skjel, Hvad Herren behager, det tjener os vel. 3 Vor Troes Frimodighed deri bestaar, At man er fornøiet, hvorledes det gaar, I Medgang og Glæde Tør mangen fremtræde Og tale om: Altid frimodig i Gud! Vær ogsaa fornøiet, naar Glæden gaar ud. 4 Frimodigheds Rigdom er bedre end Guld Og Krone af Perler og Demanter fuld. En Himmel den finder Paa Jorden som vinder, Og mandig i Striden og Prøven bestaar, Frimodighed vinder og alting formaar. 5 Gud lade os finde Frimodigheds Borg, At vi kan paa herren ret kaste vor Sorg! Den Sukken og Klagen Gjør intet til Sagen, Man svækker sin Sundhed og plager sin Sjæl, Vær glad iv or Herre og tro ham kun vel! 6 Ja, jeg er i Jesu fornøiet og fro, I Trængsel og Glæde han bliver min Ro; Hvad Herren behager, Jeg gjerne modtager, Han veed, havd mig tjener, han søger min Fred, Thi er jeg frimodig, og bliver derved. Used With Tune: [Vær trøstig, mit Hjerte, bedrøv dig ei meer]

Vor Jesus over os nu staar

Author: Brorson Appears in 4 hymnals Topics: Third Sunday after Trinity Sunday Lyrics: 1 Vor Jesus over os nu staar, Og Fred og Frelse lyser, Os rører Satan ei et Haar, Hvor heftig han end snyser; Thi Jesus ned har lagt Hans hele Vold og Magt. Prøv al den Kunst, du veed, Vor Jesus slaar dig ned Med al di List og Vælde. 2 Du bruger baade Magt og Svig, Snart viser dine Tænder, Snart er du Lysets Engel lig For den, dig ikke kjender; Du skræmmer os med Nød. Synd, Helvede og Død, Snart er du fag'r og fin, Og skjænker sødest Vin Af Verdens syndig' Glæde. 3 Er nogen tryg paa Syndens Vei, Har du ham overvundet, Har gjort ham ræd og lad og lei, Har fanget ham og bundet; Hvo Verden kun har kjær, Maa falde for dit Sværd; Den dovne Kristenflok, Som ei vil stride nok, Den kan du let besnære. 4 Men den, som følger frisk og fri, Som Ordet ham ledsager, Og altid ad den snævre Sti Fra Verdens Lyster drager, I Troen fæstet staar, Den falske Fred forsmaar, Og al sin Agt har sat Til Himlen Dag og Nat, Ham skal du ei forføre. 5 Thi Gud ved Ordets klare Glans Oplyser os herinde, At du vor arme Sind og Sans Ei mere skal forblinde. Guds Ord og Aandens Ild Vi har, og følge vil, At lyses til det Sted, Hvor du os vel i Fred Til evig Tid skal lade. 6 Tag med dig al din Helved-Magt, Og slaa til begge Sider, Med os er Herrens stærke Vagt, Vor Jesus for os strider: Han vender helt vort Sind, Og tager Hjertet ind; Den Del, du stoler paa, Vort Hjertes mørke Vraa, Oplyser han med Naade. 7 O Jesus, som er kommen at Forstyrre Satans Rige, Hjælp, at vi aldrig Dag og Nat Fra Ordets Veie vige! Og gjør os alle fri Fra Stans Tyranni, Vær hos os, hvor vi gaa, Staa med os, nar vi slaa, Og lad os altid vinde! Text Sources: Ukj. (tysk?) Forfatter

Saa sandt jeg lever, siger Gud

Author: Joh. Heermann; Augustin; Ukjendt Appears in 6 hymnals Topics: Third Sunday after Trinity Sunday Lyrics: 1 Saa sandt jeg lever, siger Gud, Jeg ingen Synder støder ud Fra Salighed, men gjerne vil, At han forlader Syndens Spil, Bodfærdig vender sig til mig, Og lever saa evindelig. 2 Det Ord betænk, o Menneske, Fortvil ei i din Fristelse! Du finder her en kraftig Trøst, Som lindre kan al Sorg og Brøst; Gud selv i Ordet den besvor, Du salig er, om du den tror. 3 Dog vogt dig vel for Sikkerhed, Opsæt ei din Bodfærdighed! Tænk ei: jeg vil først synde ud, Og naar da kommer Dødens Bud, Vil jeg og Jesus kalde paa, Saa skal hans Naade aaben staa. 4 Sandt er det, at Gud ikke vil For os sin Naade lukke til, Men den, som Naaden tugter ei Til at forlade Syndens Vei, Han tænke paa, at Naaden sød Faar engang Ende i hans Død. 5 Gud har dig Naade lovet vist Ved Verdens Frelser Jesus Krist, Dog har han ei forsikret, at Du leve skal i denne Nat; Du veed, du gaar al Kjødets Vei, Men Dødens Time veed du ei. 6 Nu lever du, brug denne Tid! Hvo veed, om du ser Morgen blid? Thi den i Dag er sund og rød, Som Morgendag er bleg og død, Dør du i Ubodfærdighed, Dig Helvede er vist bered. 7 Hjælp, o min Jesus, hjælp du mig, At jeg maa blive fast ved dig, Og altid staa paa Troens Pagt Mod Sikkerhed og Lysters Magt! O Gud, gjor mig her vel bered At bo hos dig i Evighed!

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[O Helligaand du Skat saa skjøn]

Appears in 1 hymnal Topics: Twenty-third Sunday after Trinity Sunday High Mass Tune Sources: Teutsch Kirchenampt 1525 Tune Key: C Major Incipit: 54566 56717 65565 Used With Text: O Helligaand du Skat saa skjøn

JESUS, MEINE ZUVERSICHT

Meter: 7.8.7 Appears in 195 hymnals Topics: Easter; Lent, Third Sunday; Easter Sunday; Easter Season, Second Sunday; Easter Season, Fourth Sunday; Sixteenth Sunday after Trinity; Twenty Fourth Sunday after Trinity Tune Key: C Major Incipit: 54367 11767 15434 Used With Text: Jesus Christ, my sure defence

NEARER, MY GOD, TO THEE

Meter: 6.4 Appears in 4 hymnals Topics: Twenty Third Sunday after Trinity Tune Key: E Major Incipit: 31233 65132 31233 Used With Text: Nearer, my God, to Thee

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O hvilken Ære

Author: Brorson Hymnal: Salmebog for Lutherske Kristne i Amerika #166 (1919) Topics: Twenty third 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

Kom, Brødre, lad os haste

Author: Gerh. Terstegen; Schwarzkopf Hymnal: Salmebog for Lutherske Kristne i Amerika #252 (1919) Topics: Twenty third Sunday after Trinity Sunday Lyrics: 1 Kom Brødre! lad os haste, Vor Aften kommer nær, Vi Verden fra os kaste, Og alt, som hefter her; Kom, lad os fatte Mod I Aandens Kraft at vandre Til Himlen med hverandre, Saa blir vor Ende god! 2 Det skal os ei fortryde, Den trange Vei at gaa, Gud vil sig selv tilbyde, Og trofast med os staa; Hann giver Liv og Lyst, Han lokker, vederkvæger, Han styrker, føder, læger Vor Sjal med Ordets Trøst. 3 Kom, lad os kjærlig vandre Og lægge Haand i Haand, Og holde af hverandre I dette Trængsels Land! Som Børn vi være maa, Paa Veien ikke stride, Guds Engle ved vor Side Som vore Brødre gaa. 4 De Stærkere de Svage Skal hjælpe frem, vi saa Hverandre bære, drage I kjærligt Samlag maa. Fremad da fort, enhver Sig selv for intet agte, Men kun derefter tragte, At Gud ham alting er! 5 Nu frisk dertil, I Fromme! Vor Vei den knapper af, Den Dag saa snart kan komme, Man bær os til vor Grav; Endnu lidt mere tro, Endnu lidt mere vakker, Det ud ad Aften lakker, Saa faar, saa faar vi Ro! 6 Det kan ei længe vare, Hold kun et Lidet ud, Saa skal vi hjemad fare Til Himlen, til vor Gud. Vær glad og vel bered! Naar vi med alle Fromme Hjem til vor Fader komme, Tænk, hvilken Salighed! 7 O Ven, o du Udkaarne, Vor Sjæles Himmerig, Du evige Enbaarne! Vi længes efter dig, Vi rose os i dig, Vor Lyst, vor sol, vor Ære, Vi ønske kun at være Hos dig evindelig! Languages: Norwegian

Lad dit Rige allevegne

Author: Brorson Hymnal: Salmebog for Lutherske Kristne i Amerika #391 (1919) Topics: Twenty third Sunday after Trinity Sunday; Twenty third Sunday after Trinity Sunday; Twenty third Sunday after Trinity Sunday Lyrics: 1 Lad dit Rige allevegne Vredes ud paa denne Jord! Gjør det lyst i vore Egne Ved dit klare Livsens Ord! Dem, som Ordet lære, giv Visdom og et helligt Liv, Aand og Naade, Mund og Mæle Til at redde mange Sjæle! 2 Gud velsigne Øvrigheden, Alle, hver udi sin Stand, Som i Fare og i Freden Vaage over Folk og Land! Giv dem Visdom, Magt og Mod Ret af ganske Hjerte-Rod Til din Ære kun at søge, Derved Landets Gavn forøge! 3 Ægtefolk i deres Bolig Sig forene ret i Gud Til at følge fromt og trolig Med hinanden Herrens Bud! Signe deres Livsens Frugt, Signe deres Børne-Tugt, At de, Smaa og Store, vandre Alt til Himlen med hverandre! 4 Vær de Gamles Lys og Glæde, Vær de Unges Fryd og Lyst! Giv enhver i Enkesæde Og de Faderløse Trøst! Giv de Arme Opholds-Brod, Sval de bange Sjæles Nød, Giv de Uomvendte baade Ret at se og søge Naade! 5 Læg de Syge, læsk de Svage, Løs, o Gud, de Bundnes Baand! Hjælp enhver sit Kors at tage, Styrk os med din gode Aand! Lad os, hvor vi staar og gaar, Naar vor sidste Time slaar, Salig gjennem Døden stige Ind til dig i Himmerige! Languages: Norwegian

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Nikolaus Herman

1500 - 1561 Person Name: Nikol. Herman Topics: Twenty third Sunday after Trinity Sunday Author of "O Herre Gud! din Sol saa skjøn" in Salmebog for Lutherske Kristne i Amerika Herman, Nicolaus, is always associated with Joachimsthal in Bohemia, just over the mountains from Saxony. The town was not of importance till the mines began to be extensively worked about 1516. Whether Herman was a native of this place is not known, but he was apparently there in 1518, and was certainly in office there in 1524. For many years he held the post of Master in the Latin School, and Cantor or Organist and Choirmaster in the church. Towards the end of his life he suffered greatly from gout, and had to resign even his post as Cantor a number of years before his death. He died at Joachimsthal, May 3, 1561. (Koch, i. 390-398; Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie, xii. 186-188, &c.) He was a great friend and helper of J. Mathesius (q.v.) (who in 1532 became rector of the school, but in 1541 diaconus and in 1545 pastor of the church), and it was said that whenever Mathesius preached a specially good sermon Herman straightway embodied its leading ideas in a hymn. His hymns, however, were not primarily written for use in church, but were intended for the boys and girls in the schools, to supplant profane songs in the mouths of the young men and women, or for the daily life of the “housefathers and housemothers" in Joachimsthal, at home, and in their work in the mines. He is a poet of the people, homely, earnest, and picturesque in style; by his naiveté reminding us of Hans Sachs. He was an ardent lover of music and a very good organist. The chorales which he published with his hymns are apparently all of his own composition, and are among the best of the Reformation period. Many of Herman's hymns soon passed into Church use in Germany, and a number are found in almost all books in present use. About 190 in all, they appeared principally in:— (1) Die Sontags Evangelia uber des gantze Jar, in Gesenge verfasset, für die Kinder und christlichen Haussvetter, &c, Wittenberg, 1560 (dedication by Herman dated Trinity Sunday, 1559), with 101 hymns and 17 melodies. The best are those interspersed specially meant for children and not directly founded on the Gospel for the day. (2) Die Historien von der Sindfludt, Joseph, Mose, Helia, Elisa und der Susanna, sampt etlichen Historien aus den Evangelisten, &c., Wittenberg, 1562 (preface by Herman dated St. Bartholomew's Day, 1560), with 73 hymns and 20 melodies. In this case also the general hymns are the best. A selection of 60 (really 61) of his hymns, with a memoir by K. F. Ledderhose, was published at Halle, 1855. One of Herman's hymns is noted under “Wenn mein Stündlein vorhanden ist." The others which have passed into English are:— i. Bescher uns, Herr, das täglioh Brod. Grace before Meat. 1562, as above, and thence in Wackernagel, iii. p. 1228, in 6 stanzas of 4 lines; in Ledderhose, p. 70; and in the Berlin Geistliche Lieder, ed. 1863, No. 1133. Translated as:— 1. Thou art our Father and our God. This, by P. H. Molther, a translation of stanza vi., as No. 180 in the Moravian Hymn Book, 1789 (1849, No. 220, st. v.). 2. As children we are owned by Thee, a translation of stanza vi., as st. iii. of No. 191 in the Moravian Hymn Book, 1801 (1849, No. 220, stanza iii.). ii. Die helle Sonn leucht jetzt herfür. Morning. 1560, as above, and thence in Wackernagel, iii. p. 1184, in 4 stanzas of 4 lines, in Ledderhose, p. 87; and in the Unverfälschter Liedersegen, 1851, No. 450. Translated as:— The morning beam revives our eyes, a good and full translation by. A. T. Russell, as No. 71 in the Dalston Hospital Hymn Book 1848. iii. Erschienen ist der herrliche Tag. Easter. 1560, as above, in 14 stanzas of 4 lines, entitled, "A new Spiritual Song of the Joyful Resurrection of our Saviour Jesus Christ; for the maidens of the girls' school in Joachimsthal”; and thence in Wackernagel, iii. p. 1175; in Ledderhose p. 23, and Unverfälschter Liedersegen, 1851, No. 134. It has reminiscences of the "Erstanden ist der heil'ge Christ". Translated as:— The day hath dawn'd—-the day of days, a good translation by A. T. Russell of stanzas i., ii., xiii., xiv., as No. 113 in his Psalms & Hymns, 1851. Another tr. is, "At length appears the glorious day," by Dr. G. Walker, 1860, p. 28. iv. Hinunter ist der Sonnen Schein. Evening. 1560, as above, and thence in Wackernagel, iii. p. 1184, in 4 stanzas of 4 lines; in Ledderhose, p. 88; and in the Unverfälschter Liedersegen1851, No. 523. Some of the phrases may have been suggested by the "Christe qui lux es et dies" (q. v.). Translated as:— 1. Sunk is the sun's last beam of light, a full and good translation by Miss Cox in her Sacred Hymns from the German, 1841, p. 57. Included in Alford's Psalms & Hymns, 1844, and Tear of Praise, 1867; in Dale's English Hymn Book, 1875; in the Pennsylvania Lutheran Church Book, 1868, and others. It is also given considerably altered and beginning, "Sunk is the Sun! the daylight gone," in W. J. Blew's Church Hymn and Tune Book, 1851-55. 2. The happy sunshine all is gone, in full, by Miss Winkworth in her Lyra Germanica, 1st Ser., 1855, p. 225; repeated in her Chorale Book for England, 1863, and the Ohio Lutheran Hymnal, 1880. Other translations are: (1) "Did I perhaps Thee somewhat grieve," a translation of stanza iii. in the Moravian Hymn Book, 1789, No. 756. In the 1801 and later eds. (1886, No. 1181, st. iii.), it begins, "Where'er I Thee this day did grieve." (2) "The sun’s fair sheen is past and gone," by H. J. Buckoll, 1842, p. 68. (3) "The sun hath run his daily race," by Lady E. Fortescue, 1843, p. 14. v. Lobt Gott, ihr Christen alle gleich. Christmas. Written c. 1554, but first published 1560 as above, as the first of "Three Spiritual Christmas Songs of the new-born child Jesus, for the children in Joachimsthal." Thence in Wackernagel iii. p. 1169, in 8 stanzas of 4 lines; in Ledderhose, p. 1; and in the Unverfälschter Liedersegen, 1851, No. 47. It is one of the most popular German Christmas hymns. The melody set to it in 1560 is also by Herman; in 1554 to his "Kommt her ihr liebsten Schwesterlein" [in the Hymnal Companioncalled "St. George's (old)"]. Translated as :— 1. Let all together praise our God, a good translation of stanzas i., iii., vi., viii., by A. T. Russell, as No. 52 in his Psalms & Hymns, 1851. Repeated in Kennedy, 1863, adding a translation of st. ii., and beginning, "Let all creation praise our God." 2. Praise ye the Lord, ye Christians I yea, in full, by E. Cronenwett, as No. 31 in the Ohio Lutheran Hymnal 1880. Other translations are: (1) "A wondrous change He with us makes," a tr. of stanza viii., ix. as No. 438 in pt. i. of the Moravian Hymn Book, 1754, repeated 1789-1826. (2) "Come, brethren, lets the song arise," by Dr. G. Walker, 1860, p. 26. (3) "Praise God, now Christians, all alike," by Miss Manington, 1864, p. 9. (4) "Praise God, upon His throne on high," in the Sunday Magazine, 1874, p. 384, signed "P. J." The hymn “Shepherds rejoice, lift up your eyes," given by J. C. Jacobi in his Psalmodia Germanica, 1722, p. 8, to Herman's melody (which was first published 1554) is, as stated in his Preface, taken from Bk. i. of Isaac Watts's Horse Lyricae vi. So wahr ich leb, spricht Gott der Herr. Absolution. 1560, as above, in 11 stanzas of 4 lines, entitled "A hymn on the power of the keys and the virtue of holy absolution; for the children in Joachimsthal." Thence in Wackernagel, iii. p. 1183; in Ledderhose, p. 47; and the Unverfälschter Liedersegen, 1851, No. 429. It probably suggested the better known hymn, "So wahr ich lebe," q. v., by Johann Heermann. Translated as:— Yea, as I live, Jehovah saith, I do not wish the sinner's death, in full, by Dr. M. Loy, as No. 245, in the Ohio Lutheran Hymnal, 1880. [Rev. James Mearns, M.A.] --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)

John Wesley

1703 - 1791 Topics: Twenty Third Sunday after Trinity Alterer of "Teach me, my God and King" in Church Book John Wesley, the son of Samuel, and brother of Charles Wesley, was born at Epworth, June 17, 1703. He was educated at the Charterhouse, London, and at Christ Church, Oxford. He became a Fellow of Lincoln College, Oxford, and graduated M.A. in 1726. At Oxford, he was one of the small band consisting of George Whitefield, Hames Hervey, Charles Wesley, and a few others, who were even then known for their piety; they were deridingly called "Methodists." After his ordination he went, in 1735, on a mission to Georgia. The mission was not successful, and he returned to England in 1738. From that time, his life was one of great labour, preaching the Gospel, and publishing his commentaries and other theological works. He died in London, in 1791, in his eighty-eighth year. His prose works are very numerous, but he did not write many useful hymns. It is to him, however, and not to his brother Charles, that we are indebted for the translations from the German. --Annotations of the Hymnal, Charles Hutchins, M.A., 1872 ====================== John Wesley, M.A., was born at Epworth Rectory in 1703, and, like the rest of the family, received his early education from his mother. He narrowly escaped perishing in the fire which destroyed the rectory house in 1709, and his deliverance made a life-long impression upon him. In 1714 he was nominated on the foundation of Charterhouse by his father's patron, the Duke of Buckingham, and remained at that school until 1720, when he went up, with a scholarship, from Charterhouse to Christ Church, Oxford. Having taken his degree, he received Holy Orders from the Bishop of Oxford (Dr. Potter) in 1725. In 1726 he was elected Fellow of Lincoln College, and remained at Oxford until 1727, when he returned into Lincolnshire to assist his father as curate at Epworth and Wroot. In 1729 he was summoned back to Oxford by his firm friend, Dr. Morley, Rector of Lincoln, to assist in the College tuition. There he found already established the little band of "Oxford Methodists" who immediately placed themselves under his direction. In 1735 he went, as a Missionary of the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel, to Georgia, where a new colony had been founded under the governorship of General Oglethorpe. On his voyage out he was deeply impressed with the piety and Christian courage of some German fellow travellers, Moravians. During his short ministry in Georgia he met with many discouragements, and returned home saddened and dissatisfied both with himself and his work; but in London he again fell in with the Moravians, especially with Peter Bohler; and one memorable night (May 24, 1738) he went to a meeting in Aldersgate Street, where some one was reading Luther's preface to the Epistle to the Romans. There, "About a quarter before nine, while he was describing the change which God works in the heart through faith in Christ, I felt my heart strangely warmed. I felt I did trust in Christ, Christ alone, for salvation; and an assurance was given me, that He had taken away my sins, even mine, and saved me from the law of sin and death." From that moment his future course was sealed; and for more than half a century he laboured, through evil report and good report, to spread what he believed to be the everlasting Gospel, travelling more miles, preaching more sermons, publishing more books of a practical sort, and making more converts than any man of his day, or perhaps of any day, and dying at last, March 2, 1791, in harness, at the patriarchal age of 88. The popular conception of the division of labour between the two brothers in the Revival, is that John was the preacher, and Charles the hymnwriter. But this is not strictly accurate. On the one hand Charles was also a great preacher, second only to his brother and George Whitefield in the effects which he produced. On the other hand, John by no means relegated to Charles the exclusive task of supplying the people with their hymns. John Wesley was not the sort of man to depute any part of his work entirely to another: and this part was, in his opinion, one of vital importance. With that wonderful instinct for gauging the popular mind, which was one element in his success, he saw at once that hymns might be utilized, not only for raising the devotion, but also for instructing, and establishing the faith of his disciples. He intended the hymns to be not merely a constituent part of public worship, but also a kind of creed in verse. They were to be "a body of experimental and practical divinity." "In what other publication," he asks in his Preface to the Wesleyan Hymn Book, 1780 (Preface, Oct. 20,1779), "have you so distinct and full an account of Scriptural Christianity; such a declaration of the heights and depths of religion, speculative and practical; so strong cautions against the most plausible errors, particularly those now most prevalent; and so clear directions for making your calling and election sure; for perfecting holiness in the fear of God?" The part which he actually took in writing the hymns, it is not easy to ascertain; but it is certain that more than thirty translations from the German, French and Spanish (chiefly from the German) were exclusively his; and there are some original hymns, admittedly his composition, which are not unworthy to stand by the side of his brother's. His translations from the German especially have had a wide circulation. Although somewhat free as translations they embody the fire and energy of the originals. It has been the common practice, however for a hundred years or more to ascribe all translations from the German to John Wesley, as he only of the two brothers knew that language; and to assign to Charles Wesley all the original hymns except such as are traceable to John Wesley through his Journals and other works. The list of 482 original hymns by John and Charles Wesley listed in this Dictionary of Hymnology have formed an important part of Methodist hymnody and show the enormous influence of the Wesleys on the English hymnody of the nineteenth century. -- Excerpts from John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907) =================== See also in: Hymn Writers of the Church

George Herbert

1593 - 1633 Topics: Twenty Third Sunday after Trinity Author of "Teach me, my God and King" in Church Book Herbert, George, M.A., the fifth son of Richard Herbert and Magdalen, the daughter of Sir Richard Newport, was born at his father's seat, Montgomery Castle, April 3, 1593. He was educated at Westminster School, and at Trinity College, Cambridge, graduating B.A. in 1611. On March 15, 1615, he became Major Fellow of the College, M.A. the same year, and in 1619 Orator for the University. Favoured by James I., intimate with Lord Bacon, Bishop Andrewes, and other men of influence, and encouraged in other ways, his hopes of Court preferment were somewhat bright until they were dispelled by the deaths of the Duke of Richmond, the Marquis of Hamilton, and then of King James himself. Retiring into Kent, he formed the resolution of taking Holy Orders. He was appointed by the Bishop of Lincoln to the Prebend of Lcighton Ecclesia and to the living of Leighton Bromswold, Hunts, July 15, 1626. He remained until 1629, when an attack of ague obliged him to remove to his brother's, house at Woodford, Essex. Not improving in health at Woodford, he removed to Dantsey, in Wiltshire, and then as Rector to Bemerton, to which he was inducted, April 26, 1630, where he died Feb. 1632. The entry in the register of Bemerton is "Mr. George Herbert, Esq., Parson of Foughleston and Bemerton, was buried 3 day of March 1632." His life, by Izaak Walton, is well known; another Memoir, by Barnabas Oley, is forgotten. Herbert's prose work, Priest to the Temple, appeared several years after his death: but The Temple, by which he is best known, he delivered to Nicholas Ferrar (q.v.), about three weeks before his death, and authorized him to publish it if he thought fit. This was done iu 1633. The work became popular, and the 13th edition was issued in 1709. It is meditative rather than hymnic in character, and was never intended for use in public worship. In 1697 a selection from The Temple appeared under the title Select Hymns Taken out of Mr. Herbert's Temple & turned into the Common Metre To Be Sung In The Tunes Ordinarily us'd in Churches. London, Parkhurst, 1697. In 1739, J. & C. Wesley made a much more successful attempt to introduce his hymns into public worship by inserting over 40 in a much-altered form in their Hymns & Sacred Poems. As some few of these came into their collection of Psalms & Hymns, 1741, revised 1743, they were long sung by the Methodists, but do not now form part of the Wesleyan Hymn Book. No further attempt seems to have been made to use the Temple poems as hymns until 1853, when some altered and revised by G. Rawson were given in the Leeds Hymn Book of that year. From that time onward more attention was paid to Herbert alike by Churchmen and Nonconformists, and some of his hymns are now widely accepted. Many editions of his works have been published, the most popular being that of the Rev. Robert Aris Wilmott, Lond., Geo. Routledge & Son, 1857; but Dr. Grosart's privately printed edition issued in his Fuller Worthies Library in 1874, in three volumes, is not only the most complete and correct, but included also his psalms not before reprinted, and several poems from a ms. in the Williams Library, and not before published. The Temple has also been pub¬lished in facsimile by Elliott Stock, 1876, with preface by Dr. Grosart; and in ordinary type, 1882, by Wells Gardner, with preface by J. A. Shorthouse. The quaintness of Herbert's lyrics and the peculiarity of several of their metres have been against their adoption for congregational purposes. The best known are: "Let all the world in every corner sing"; "My stock lies dead, and no increase"; "Throw away Thy rod"; "Sweet day, so cool, so calm"; and "Teach me, my God, and King." [William T. Brooke] --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)

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