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[Lead, kindly Light, amid th' encircling gloom]
Appears in 5 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Uzziah C. Burnap, (1834- ) Incipit: 32356 77653 32623 Used With Text: Lead, Kindly Light
[Lead, kindly Light, amid th' encircling gloom]
Lead, Kindly Light
Author: Rev. John Henry Newman, 1801- Appears in 1,265 hymnals First Line: Lead, kindly Light, amid th' encircling gloom Used With Tune: [Lead, kindly Light, amid th' encircling gloom]
Lead, Kindly Light
Light of the world, whose kind and gentle care
Author: Henry Bateman Appears in 14 hymnals Topics: The Christian Life Aspiration and Prayer Used With Tune: COCHRAN
Light of the world, whose kind and gentle care
Light of the world, whose kind and gentle care
Author: Henry Bateman Hymnal: The Hymnal of Praise #244 (1913) Topics: The Christian Life Aspiration and Prayer Tune Title: COCHRAN
Light of the world, whose kind and gentle care
Light of the world, whose kind and gentle care
Author: Henry Bateman Hymnal: The Methodist Hymnal #505 (1905) Languages: English Tune Title: COCHRAN
Light of the world, whose kind and gentle care
Light of the world, whose kind and gentle care
Author: Henry Bateman Hymnal: The New Laudes Domini #924 (1892) Topics: Christian Experience Discipline and Sorrow Languages: English Tune Title: COCHRAN
Light of the world, whose kind and gentle care
John Henry Newman
1801 - 1890 Person Name: Rev. John Henry Newman, 1801- Author of "Lead, Kindly Light" in The Alleluia Newman, John Henry , D.D. The hymnological side of Cardinal Newman's life and work is so small when compared with the causes which have ruled, and the events which have accompanied his life as a whole, that the barest outline of biographical facts and summary of poetical works comprise all that properly belongs to this work. Cardinal Newman was the eldest son of John Newman, and was born in London, Feb. 21, 1801. He was educated at Ealing under Dr. John Nicholas, and at Trinity College, Oxford, where he graduated in honours in 1820, and became a Fellow of Oriel in 1822. Taking Holy Orders in 1824, he was for a short time Vice-Principal of St. Alban's Hall, and then Tutor of Oriel. His appointment to St. Mary's, Oxford, was in the spring of 1828. In 1827 he was Public Examiner, and in 1830 one of the Select University Preachers. His association with Keble, Pusey, and others, in what is known as "The Oxford Movement," together with the periodical publication of the Tracts for the Times, are matters of history. It is well known how that Tract 90, entitled Bernards on Certain Passages in the Thirty-nine Articles, in 1841, was followed by his retirement to Littlemore; his formal recantation, in February, 1843, of all that he had said against Rome; his resignation in September of the same year of St. Mary's and Littlemore; and of his formal application to be received into the communion of the Church of Rome, Oct. 8, 1845. In 1848 he became Father Superior of the Oratory of St. Philip Neri, at Birmingham; in 1854 Rector of the newly founded Roman Catholic University at Dublin; and in 1858 he removed to the Edgbaston Oratory, Birmingham. In 1879 he was created a Cardinal, and thus received the highest dignity it is in the power of the Pope to bestow. Cardinal Newman's prose works are numerous, and his Parochial Sermons especially being very popular. His Apologia pro Vita Sua, 1864, is a lucid exposition and masterly defence of his life and work.
Cardinal Newman's poetical work began with poems and lyrical pieces which he contributed to the British Magazine, in 1832-4 (with other pieces by Keble and others), under the title of Lyra Apostolica. In 1836 these poems were collected and published under the same title, and Greek letters were added to distinguish the authorship of each piece, his being δ. Only a few of his poems from this work have come into use as hymns. The most notable is, "Lead, kindly Light". His Tract for the Times, No. 75, On the Roman Breviary, 1836, contained translations of 14 Latin hymns. Of these 10 were repeated in his Verses on Religious Subjects, 1853, and his Verses on Various Occasions, 1865, and translations of 24 additional Latin hymns were added. Several of these translations are in common use, the most widely known being "Nunc Sancte nobis" ("Come, Holy Ghost, Who ever One"). His collection of Latin hymns from the Roman and Paris Breviaries, and other sources was published as Hymni Ecclesiae, in 1838, and again in 1865. His Dream of Gerontius, a poem from which his fine hymn, "Praise to the Holiest in the height," is taken, appeared in his Verses on Various Occasions, in 1868. Cardinal Newman's influence on hymnology has not been of a marked character. Two brilliant original pieces, and little more than half a dozen translations from the Latin, are all that can claim to rank with his inimitable prose.
--John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)
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Newman, John Henry, p. 822, ii. He died at Edgbaston, Birmingham, Aug. 11, 1890.
--John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, Appendix, Part II (1907)
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Newman, Card. J. H., pp. 802, ii.; 1581, ii. The following are also in use at the present time, but, except No. 13, almost exclusively in R. C. collections. The dates in brackets are those given in Newman's Verses, 1868; all thus marked were composed in the Birmingham Oratory at these dates:—
i. In the Rambler, 1850.
1. In the far North our lot is cast. [S. Philip Neri.] (1850.) March, 1850, p. 250. In the Birmingham Oratory Hymn Book, 1857 and 1906, it begins, " On Northern coasts," and in the Parochial Hymn Book, 1880, with st. ii. " Founder and Sire! to mighty Rome."
2. The Angel-lights of Christmas morn. [Candlemas.] (1849.) March, 1850, p. 251.
3. There sat a Lady all on the ground. [B. V. M.] (1849.) May, 1850, p. 425.
ii. Verses, 1853.
4. All is Divine which the Highest has made. [For an inclement May.] (1850.) 1853, p. 128.
5. Green are the leaves, and sweet the flowers. [May.] (1850.) 1853, p. 125.
6. My oldest friend, mine from the hour. [Guardian Angel] (1853.) 1853, p. 12.
7. The holy monks conceal'd from men. [S. Philip Neri.] (1850.) 1853, p. 134.
8. The one true Faith, the ancient Creed. [The Catholic Faith.] 1853, p. 140.
9. This is the saint of sweetness and compassion. [S. Philip Neri.] 1853, p. 136. Rewritten (1857) as "This is the saint of gentleness and kindness" in the Birmingham Oratory Hymn Book, 1857, No. 49.
iii. Birmingham Oratory Hymn Book, 1857.
10. Help, Lord, the souls which Thou hast made. [The Faithful Departed.] (1857.) 1857, No. 76.
iv. Birmingham Oratory H. Book, 1862.
11. I ask not for fortune, for silken attire. [S. Philip Neri.] (1857.) 1862, No. 54.
12. Thou champion high. [S. Michael.] (1862.) 1862, No. 41.
v. Dream of Gerontius, 1866.
13. Firmly I believe and truly. [The Faith of a Christian.] 1866, p. 9; Verses, 1868, p. 318; The English Hymnal 1906. [Rev. James Mearns, M.A.]
--John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, New Supplement (1907)
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John Henry Newman was born in London, in 1801. He studied at Trinity College, Oxford, graduating B.A. in 1820, and was subsequently Fellow of Oriel College. In 1825, he became Vice Principal of S. Alban's Hall, and was Tutor of his college for several years. In 1828, he became incumbent of S. Mary's, Oxford, with the chaplaincy of Littlemore. In 1842, he went to preside over a Brotherhood he had established at Littlemore. He was the author of twenty-four of the "Tracts for the Times," amongst them the celebrated Tract No. 90, which brought censure upon its author. In 1845, he left the Church of England and entered the Church of Rome. He was appointed Father Superior of the Oratory of S. Philip Neri, at Birmingham, and in 1854, Rector of the new Roman Catholic University at Dublin, an office he filled till 1858. He has published a large number of works.
--Annotations of the Hymnal, Charles Hutchins, M.A. 1872.
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John Henry Newman
U. C. Burnap
1834 - 1900 Person Name: Uzziah C. Burnap, (1834- ) Composer of "[Lead, kindly Light, amid th' encircling gloom]" in The Alleluia Burnap ran a dry goods business in Brooklyn, though he graduated from the University of Paris with a music degree, and for 37 years played the organ at the Reformed Church in Brooklyn Heights. He was a prolific composer, and helped edit the following:
Hymns of the Church, 1869
Hymns of Prayer and Praise, 1871
Hymns and Songs of Praise, 1874
--The Cyber Hymnal™
There is uncertainty about his middle name. Reynolds and the Library of Congress say it was Christopher. A contemporary obituary relied on by "The Cyber Hymnal™" says it was Cicero. It appears that there was another Uzziah C[icero] Burnap who lived (per LOC) 1794-1854.
U. C. Burnap
Henry Bateman
1802 - 1872 Author of "Light of the World! Whose Kind and Gentle Care" in The Cyber Hymnal Bateman, Henry, a popular writer of hymns for children, was descended from the De Voeux, a Huguenot family. Born on March 6, 1802, in Bunhill Row, Finsbury, he was educated for commercial pursuits, and followed the trade of a timber merchant. He died in 1872. During the greater part of his life he was addicted to the writing of poetry, but his hymns were mostly written between 1856 and 1864. His published works are:—
(1) Belgium and Up and Down the Rhine, 1858; (2) Sunday Sunshine: New Hymns and Poems for the Young, 1858; (3) Home Musings: Metrical Lay Sermons, 1862; (4) Heart Melodies: Being 365 New Hymns and Psalms, 1862; (5) Fret Not, and Other Poems, including Hymns with music, 1869.
From his Sunday Sunshine (Lond., Nisbet & Co., 1858) the following hymns have come into common use:—
1. A holy and a happy youth. Youthful Piety.
2. A noble river, wide and deep. Finding of Moses.
3. A sparrow with its plain brown coat. Providence.
4. A thought is but a little thing. Little Things.
5. A tranquil heart and pleasant thought. Peace.
6. A pebble in the water. Little Things.
7. Always by day, always by night. Omniscience.
8. And is it true that Jesus came? Good Shepherd.
9. At Jordan John baptizing taught. Whitsuntide.
10. Cross purposes, how sad they are. Duty.
11. Daniel was right as right could be. Duty.
12. From grassy nest on fluttering wing. Providence.
13. God does not judge as we must do. Charity.
14. God made the sea, the wide, deep sea. Providence.
15. Good night, good night, the day is done. Evening.
16. Great God, the world is full of Thee. Omnipresence.
17. How joyously amongst the flowers. Cain & Abel.
18. I always love those friends the best. Jesus the Truth.
19. If anything seems too hard to do. Perseverance.
20. In Eden's garden, fair and bright. Holiness.
21. In my soft, bed when quite alone. Omniscience.
22. In the wild desert, far from home. Providence.
23. It is but little that I know. Faith.
24. May I touch His garment's hem. Faith.
25. No tears in heaven! ah, then 1 know. Heaven.
26. O lead me not, O lead me not. The Lord's Prayer.
27. On the green grass five thousand men. Providence.
28. Over the fields in hedgerows green. Duty.
29. Sometimes I do not like to feel. Solitude.
30. There is one thing quite sure to make. Good Temper.
31. Thou blessed Jesus, pity me. Jesus the Guide.
32. Through all the way, the little way. Providence.
33. 'Tis very wonderful, I'm sure. Trust.
34. Tramp, tramp upon their unknown way. The Red Sea.
35. When God bade Abraham sacrifice. Resignation.
36. When Jairus's daughter was so ill. Power of Christ.
37. When morning, fresh and bright and new. Morning.
38. The good old book! with histories. Holy Scriptures.
39. Year after year, with patient love. A Parent's Love.
In addition to the foregoing the following from his Heart Melodies, &c. (Lond., Snow, 1862), are also in common use, and have attained to some popularity:—
40. Gracious Saviour, gentle Shepherd [thus before Thee]. Evening.
41. Let us pray, the Lord is willing. Prayer.
42. Was it for me, dear Lord, for me? Good Friday.
As will be gathered from the above list of hymns in common use, the Sunday Sunshine has been the most successful of Mr. Bateman's works. This success is due mainly to the fact that the hymns deal with subjects easily treated of in hymns for children. His hymns are hearty and natural in tone. Some of the best of those published in the Sunday Sunshine were given in the Book of Praise for Children, 1875, edited by W. Garrett Holder, and from thence have passed into many collections for children. His best hymn is "Light of the world! Whose kind and gentle care" (q. v.). It is a prayer of more than usual merit for Divine guidance. [Rev. W. Garrett Holder]
-- John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)
Henry Bateman
