Words: William C. Dix, Altar Songs, Verses on the Holy Eucharist, 1867. Music: Hyfrydol, Rowland H. Prichard, 1830. Alternate tunes: Adoration (Luard-Selby), Bertram Luard-Selby, in Hymns Ancient and Modern, 1904 Alleluia (Wesley), Samuel S.Wesley, in the European Psalmist, 1872 Alleluia! sing to Jesus! His the scepter, His the throne. Alleluia! His the triumph, His the victory alone. Hark! the songs of peaceful Zion […]
Words: John Ellerton, A Liturgy for Missionary Meetings, 1870. Queen Victoria chose this hymn to be sung at the 60th anniversary of her reign in 1897; it was also sung at the ceremony when Britain returned control of Hong Kong to China in 1997. Music: St. Clement, Clement C. Scholefield, written for this text, and appearing in Church Hymns with […]
Words: Scottish Psalter, 1650. Music: Crimond, Jessie S. Irvine, 1872. Alternate tunes: Belmont, William Gardiner, 1812 Evan, William H. Havergal, 1847; arranged by Lowell Mason, 1850 Martyrdom, Hugh Wilson, 1800; arranged by Ralph E. Hudson, circa 1885 Orlington, John Campbell (1807-1860) (repeats third line of each verse) Wiltshire, George T. Smart, 1795 The Lord’s my Shepherd, I’ll not want. He makes me down to lie In pastures green; He […]
Words: Henry F. Lyte, Spirit of the Psalms, 1834. This hymn was sung at the wedding of the future Queen Elizabeth II of Britain, in Westminster Abbey, London, 1947. Music: Lauda Anima, John Goss, in Supplemental Hymn and Tune Book, third edition with new Appendix, by Robert Brown-Borthwick, 1869. Alternate tunes: Benediction (Haydn), Franz J. Haydn (1732-1809) Regent Square, Henry T. Smart, 1867 […]
Words: John Q. Adams (1767-1848). Music: Hamburg, Lowell Mason, 1824; first appeared in The Boston Handel and Haydn Society Collection of Church Music, third edition, 1825. O Lord my God! how great art Thou! With honor and with glory crowned; Light’s dazzling splendors veil Thy brow, And gird the universe around. Spirits and angels Thou hast made; Thy ministers a […]
Words & Music: George Bennard, 1913. The Old Rugged Cross was written in Albion, Michigan. Or Pokagon, Michigan. Or Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin. All three towns claim to be the birthplace of this hymn. On a hill far away stood an old rugged cross, The emblem of suffering and shame; And I love that old cross where […]
Words: John E. Bode, 1868, alt. Bode wrote the words for his daughter’s and two sons’ confirmation service. At the time, Bode was a pastor in Castle Camps parish, Cambridgeshire, England. It was published in the appendix of Psalms and Hymns of the Society for the Propagation of Christian Knowledge, 1869. Music: Angel’s Story, Arthur H. Mann, in The Methodist Sunday […]
Words: Mrs. L. D. Avery-Stuttle (1855-1933). Music: Morton, Edwin Barnes, 1886. O let me walk with Thee, my God, As Enoch walked in days of old; Place Thou my trembling hand in Thine, And sweet communion with me hold; E’en though the path I may not see, Yet, Jesus, let me walk with Thee. I cannot, dare not, walk […]
Words: Verses 1-5, Sarah F. Adams, in Hymns and Anthems, by William Johnson Fox, 1841; verse 6, Edward H. Bickersteth, Jr. Music: Bethany (Mason), Lowell Mason, 1856 : One night, sometime after lying awake in the dark, eyes wide open, through the stillness in the house the melody came to me, and the next morning I wrote down the notes. Alternate tunes: […]
Words: Julia W. Howe, 1861, alt. This hymn was born during the American civil war, when Howe visited a Union Army camp on the Potomac River near Washington, D. C. She heard the soldiers singing the song “John Brown’s Body,” and was taken with the strong marching beat. She wrote the words the next day: I […]
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