Ernest Edwin Ryden is a distinguished Lutheran clergyman who has been a life-long student of hymns. At present he is pastor of Emanuel Lutheran Church in North Grosvenordale, Connecticut. This is the latest of a long series of services he has rendered in the Lutheran Church. For twenty-seven years he was editor of "The Lutheran Companion," the official organ of the former Augustana Lutheran Church. His contributions to hymnody were many. He was a member of the Committee which created the Augustana Hymnal of 1925 to which he contributed eight original hymns and translations. He was co-editor of the Junior Hymnal for which he wrote a number of hymns. He was secretary of the committee which prepared the Service Book and Hymnal. Here again he h… Go to person page >
DUNDEE first appeared in the 1615 edition of the Scottish Psalter published in Edinburgh by Andro Hart. Called a "French" tune (thus it also goes by the name of FRENCH), DUNDEE was one of that hymnal's twelve "common tunes"; that is, it was not associated with a specific psalm. In the Psalter Hymnal…
Display Title: Didst Thou, Dear Jesus, Pray for Me?First Line: Didst Thou, dear Jesus, pray for meTune Title: GLORIA DEIAuthor: Ernest Edwin RydenMeter: C. M.Scripture: John 17:9-17Date: 1926Subject: Church Year | Sundays after Easter; Fourth Sunday after Easter | ; Prayer of Christ |
Display Title: Didst Thou, Dear Jesus, Pray For MeFirst Line: Didst Thou, dear Jesus, pray for meTune Title: DUNDEEAuthor: Ernest E. RydenMeter: C. M.Date: 1930Subject: The Church Year | Passion