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Take Thou our minds, dear Lord, we humbly pray
Author: Rev. William H. Foulkes Appears in 38 hymnals Used With Tune: HALL
Take Thou our minds, dear Lord, we humbly pray
Mi Mente Toma, Oh Dios
Author: William Hiram Foulkes; Geo. P. Simmonds Appears in 3 hymnals Topics: Vida En Cristo Dedicacion y Consagracion Used With Tune: HALL
Mi Mente Toma, Oh Dios
Lamente, santo Dios, damos a ti
Author: William H. Foulkes; G.P. Simmonds; Luis Olivieri Meter: 10.10.10.10 Appears in 2 hymnals First Line: La mente, santo Dios, damos a ti Topics: Consagración; Consagración Scripture: Matthew 22:37-38 Used With Tune: HALL
Lamente, santo Dios, damos a ti
Take Thou Our Minds, Dear Lord
Author: William H. Foulkes Hymnal: The Cyber Hymnal #6472 Meter: 10.10.10.10 First Line: Take Thou our minds, dear Lord, we humbly pray Lyrics: 1. Take Thou our minds, dear Lord, we humbly pray,
Give us the mind of Christ each passing day;
Teach us to know the truth that sets us free;
Grant us in all our thoughts to honor Thee.
2. Take Thou our hearts, O Christ—they are Thine own;
Come Thou within our souls and claim Thy throne;
Help us to shed abroad Thy deathless love;
Use us to make the earth like heaven above.
3. Take Thou our wills, Most High! Hold Thou full sway;
Have in our inmost souls Thy perfect way;
Guard Thou each sacred hour from selfish ease;
Guide Thou our ordered lives as Thou dost please.
4. Take Thou ourselves, O Lord, heart, mind, and will;
Through our surrendered souls Thy plans fulfill.
We yield ourselves to Thee—time, talents, all;
We hear, and henceforth heed, Thy sovereign call. Languages: English Tune Title: HALL (Laufer)
Take Thou Our Minds, Dear Lord
Take Thou our Minds
Author: William Hiram Foulkes Hymnal: Representative American Hymns of the Twentieth Century #5 (1953) Meter: 10.10.10.10 First Line: Take Thou our minds, dear Lord Tune Title: HALL
Take Thou our Minds
Take Thou our minds, dear Lord, we humbly pray
Author: Rev. William H. Foulkes Hymnal: The Church School Hymnal for Youth #11 (1928) Languages: English Tune Title: HALL
Take Thou our minds, dear Lord, we humbly pray
George P. Simmonds
1890 - 1991 Person Name: Geo. P. Simmonds Translator of "Mi Mente Toma, Oh Dios" in El Himnario Used pseudonyms G Paul S., J. Paul Simon, and J. Pablo Símon
George P. Simmonds
Calvin Weiss Laufer
1874 - 1938 Composer of "HALL (Laufer)" in The Cyber Hymnal Presbyterian minister and hymnographer Calvin Weiss Laufer was born today in Brodheadsville, Pennsylvania in 1874. Following his graduation from Union Seminary in 1900 he was ordained into the Presbyterian ministry and led congregations in New York and New Jersey for several years.
Laufer had a generally cheerful outlook on his Christian life, and his first two books, Key-Notes of Optimism (1911) and The Incomparable Christ (1914) expressed that viewpoint. A review of the first book spoke of the "crisp and stirring note in these sermonettes which is well calculated to rouse the mind of readers and banish dejection." His books were popular in their time but today are seen as somewhat superficial.
He later began to work with the Presbyterian Board of Christian Education and became its editor of musical publications, producing books such as The Junior Church School Hymnal (1927), The Church School Hymnal for Youth (1928) and When the Little Child Wants to Sing (1935). He was also the associate editor of the Presbyterian Hymnal of 1933, a very popular book which was used in many churches for more than fifty years.
In 1932, his book Hymn Lore was published, which contained the stories of fifty hymns from The Church School Hymnal for Youth, with information about their writers and composers (much like this blog). He chose a broad range of hymns, some quite modern and others well-known and loved for centuries. Several of them were by his mentor and friend Louis F. Benson, who had edited the Presbyterian Hymnal of 1895 and its 1911 revision (and also wrote The Best Church Hymns). In the preface to Hymn Lore, Laufer wrote:
To live with hymns and to make them one's own is the only sure way of appreciating their literary beauty and spiritual power. (...) That the reading and singing of hymns may become less mechanical, more thoughtful and intelligent, and emotionally more effective, this volume is released to the public.
Laufer wrote both hymn texts and tunes himself, most of which first appeared in the books he edited but also had some life outside Presbyterian circles. This tune was written while Laufer was attending a conference in Kansas, though with no particular text in mind. Not long after, he hummed it to a friend, William H. Foulkes, who then wrote the text "Take thou our minds, dear Lord."
Laufer's tune was originally called STONY BROOK, but he changed it to honor a friend, William Ralph Hall. Little is known about the writer May Pierpont Hoyt. Her text is generally sung to the tune BREAD OF LIFE by William F. Sherwin, but since that tune is more known with "Break thou the Bread of life," this text could use a different one.
--conjubilant.blogspot.com/2010/04/
Calvin Weiss Laufer
Luis Olivieri
1937 - 2017 Adapter of "Lamente, santo Dios, damos a ti" in El Himnario Puerto Rico, University and Seminary Professor, Baptist Minister
Sing a New Song No. 3 by Patrick Prescod (Bridgetown, Barbados: Cedar Press, 1981)
Luis Olivieri
Small Church Music
Editors: William Hiram Foulkes Description:
The SmallChurchMusic site was launched in 2006, growing out of the requests from those struggling
to provide suitable music for their services and meetings. Rev. Clyde McLennan was ordained in mid
1960’s and was a pastor in many small Australian country areas, and therefore was acutely aware of
this music problem. Having also been trained as a Pipe Organist, recordings on site (which are a subset
of the smallchurchmusic.com site) are all actually played by Clyde, and also include piano and piano
with organ versions. All recordings are in MP3 format.
Churches all around the world use the recordings, with downloads averaging over 60,000 per
month.
The recordings normally have an introduction, several verses and a slowdown on the last verse.
Users are encouraged to use software: Audacity (http://www.audacityteam.org) or Song Surgeon (http://songsurgeon.com) (see http://scm-audacity.weebly.com for more information) to adjust the MP3 number of verses, tempo
and pitch to suit their local needs.
Copyright notice: Rev. Clyde McLennan, performer in this collection, has assigned his performer rights in this collection to Hymnary.org. Non-commercial use of these recordings is permitted. For permission to use them for any other purposes, please contact manager@hymnary.org.
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