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Meter: 8.8.4.4.8.8 with refrain Appears in 482 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Ralph Vaughan Williams, 1872-1958 Tune Key: D Major Incipit: 11231 34511 23134 Used With Text: O praise him, O praise him

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A Hymn of Glory Let Us Sing

Author: The Venerable Bede, 673-735; Benjamin Webb Meter: 8.8.8.8 with alleluias Appears in 46 hymnals Refrain First Line: Alleluia! Alleluia! Lyrics: 1 A hymn of glory let us sing; new songs thro'out the world shall ring: Alleluia! Alleluia! Christ, by a road before untrod, ascendeth to the throne of God. Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia! 2 The holy apostolic band Upon the Mount of Olives stand; Alleluia! Alleluia! and with his followers they see Jesus' resplendent majesty. Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia! 3 To whom the angels, drawing nigh, "Why stand and gaze upon the sky? Alleluia! Alleluia! This is the Savior," thus they say, "this is his noble triumph day." Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia! 4 "Again shall ye behold him so as ye today have seen him go, Alleluia! Alleluia! in glorious pomp ascending high, up to the portals of the sky." Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia! Topics: Jesus Christ His Ascension; Christ Praise of; Christ Second Coming and Judgment of Scripture: Acts 1:9-11 Used With Tune: LASST UNS ERFREUEN

Praise God from Whom All Blessings Flow

Author: Thomas Ken Appears in 1,225 hymnals Lyrics: Praise God from whom all blessings flow. Praise Him, all creatures here below. Alleluia! Alleluia! Praise Him above, ye heav'nly host. Praise Father, Son and Holy Ghost. Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia! Topics: Give Thanks to the Lord; Adoration and Praise God Our Father Used With Tune: LASST UNS ERFREUEN

O praise him, O praise him

Author: Francis of Assisi, 1182-1226; William H. Draper, 1855-1933 Meter: 8.8.4.4.8.8 with refrain Appears in 265 hymnals First Line: All creatures of our God and King Lyrics: 1 All creatures of our God and King, lift up your voices, let us sing: Alleluia, alleluia! Bright burning sun with golden beams, pale silver moon that gently gleams, Refrain: O praise him, O praise him, Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia! 2 Great rushing winds and breezes soft, you clouds that ride the heavens aloft, O praise him, Alleluia! Fair rising morn, with praise rejoice, stars nightly shining, find a voice: [Refrain] 3 Swift flowing water, pure and clear, make music for your Lord to hear, Alleluia, alleluia! Fire, so intense and fiercely bright, you give to us both warmth and light, [Refrain] 4 Dear mother earth, you day by day unfold your blessings on our way, O praise him, Alleluia! All flowers and fruits that in you grow, let them his glory also show: [Refrain] 5 All you with mercy in your heart, forgiving others, take your part, O sing now: Alleluia! All you that pain and sorrow bear, praise God, and cast on him your care: [Refrain] 6 And even you, most gentle death, waiting to hush our final breath, O praise him, Alleluia! You lead back home the child of God, for Christ our Lord that way has trod: [Refrain] 7 Let all things their creator bless, and worship him in humbleness, O praise him, Alleluia! Praise God the Father, praise the Son, and praise the Spirit, Three in One: [Refrain] Topics: Praise to God Used With Tune: LASST UNS ERFREUEN

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Lasst uns erfreuen herzlich sehr

Hymnal: Unser Liederbuch #98 (1893) Languages: German Tune Title: [Lasst uns erfreuen herzlich sehr]

Laßt uns erfreuen herzlich sehr

Hymnal: Sonntagschulbuch #109 (1896) Languages: German Tune Title: [Laßt uns erfreuen herzlich sehr]

Thro' north and south and east and west

Hymnal: Hymns of Hope and Courage #0 (1937) Languages: English Tune Title: LASST UNS ERFREUEN

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Albert Lehenbauer

Person Name: Albert Lehenbauer, 1891-1955 Translator of "Naciones todas, alabad" in Culto Cristiano

Norman E. Johnson

1928 - 1983 Person Name: Norman Johnson Arranger of "LASST UNS ERFREUEN" in The New National Baptist Hymnal

John Wesley

1703 - 1791 Person Name: J. Wesley, 1703-1791 Author of "From all that dwell below the skies" in Methodist Hymn and Tune 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

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Small Church Music

Editors: Isaac Watts 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. Home/Music(smallchurchmusic.com) List SongsAlphabetically List Songsby Meter List Songs byTune Name About