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Give Me the Wings of Faith
Author: Isaac Watts Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 514 hymnals Topics: Edification and Encouragement First Line: Give me the wings of faith to rise Scripture: Revelation 12:11 Used With Tune: WILTSHIRE
Give Me the Wings of Faith
So Let Our Lives and Lips Express
Author: Isaac Watts Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 491 hymnals Topics: Edification and Encouragement Scripture: Titus 2:10-14 Used With Tune: UXBRIDGE
So Let Our Lives and Lips Express
My Soul, Be On Thy Guard
Author: George Heath, d. 1822 Meter: 6.6.8.6 Appears in 1,364 hymnals Topics: Edification and Encouragement Scripture: 1 Peter 5:8 Used With Tune: LABAN
My Soul, Be On Thy Guard
MY REDEEMER
Meter: 8.7.8.7 with refrain Appears in 201 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: James McGranahan (1840-1907) Topics: Christian Commission Edification, Encouragement, Testimony Tune Key: A Flat Major Incipit: 51233 32122 57244 Used With Text: I Will Sing of My Redeemer
MY REDEEMER
HIGHER GROUND
Meter: 8.8.8.8 D Appears in 250 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Charles H. Gabriel Topics: Edification and Encouragement Tune Key: A Flat Major Incipit: 55133 21621 65131 Used With Text: I'm Pressing On the Upward Way
HIGHER GROUND
Who Are These in Bright Array
Author: James Mongtomery Hymnal: Church Hymnal, Mennonite #470 (1927) Meter: 7.7.7.7 D Topics: Edification and Encouragement Scripture: Revelation 7:13-14 Languages: English Tune Title: RAPTURE
Who Are These in Bright Array
Who Are These in Bright Array
Author: James Mongtomery Hymnal: Church Hymnal, Mennonite #470 (2017) Meter: 7.7.7.7 D Topics: Edification and Encouragement Scripture: Revelation 7:13-14 Languages: English Tune Title: RAPTURE
Who Are These in Bright Array
Come, We That Love the Lord
Author: Isaac Watts Hymnal: Church Hymnal, Mennonite #471 (1927) Meter: 6.6.8.8.6.6 with refrain Topics: Edification and Encouragement First Line: Come,we that love the Lord, And let our joys Refrain First Line: We're marching to Zion Scripture: Psalm 55:14 Languages: English Tune Title: WE'RE MARCHING TO ZION
Come, We That Love the Lord
H. W. Baker
1821 - 1877 Person Name: Henry W. Baker Topics: Edification and Encouragement Author of "Almighty God, Whose Only Son" in Church Hymnal, Mennonite Baker, Sir Henry Williams, Bart., eldest son of Admiral Sir Henry Loraine Baker, born in London, May 27, 1821, and educated at Trinity College, Cambridge, where he graduated, B.A. 1844, M.A. 1847. Taking Holy Orders in 1844, he became, in 1851, Vicar of Monkland, Herefordshire. This benefice he held to his death, on Monday, Feb. 12, 1877. He succeeded to the Baronetcy in 1851. Sir Henry's name is intimately associated with hymnody. One of his earliest compositions was the very beautiful hymn, "Oh! what if we are Christ's," which he contributed to Murray's Hymnal for the Use of the English Church, 1852. His hymns, including metrical litanies and translations, number in the revised edition of Hymns Ancient & Modern, 33 in all. These were contributed at various times to Murray's Hymnal, Hymns Ancient & Modern and the London Mission Hymn Book, 1876-7. The last contains his three latest hymns. These are not included in Hymns Ancient & Modern. Of his hymns four only are in the highest strains of jubilation, another four are bright and cheerful, and the remainder are very tender, but exceedingly plaintive, sometimes even to sadness. Even those which at first seem bright and cheerful have an undertone of plaintiveness, and leave a dreamy sadness upon the spirit of the singer. Poetical figures, far-fetched illustrations, and difficult compound words, he entirely eschewed. In his simplicity of language, smoothness of rhythm, and earnestness of utterance, he reminds one forcibly of the saintly Lyte. In common with Lyte also, if a subject presented itself to his mind with striking contrasts of lights and shadows, he almost invariably sought shelter in the shadows. The last audible words which lingered on his dying lips were the third stanza of his exquisite rendering of the 23rd Psalm, "The King of Love, my Shepherd is:"—
Perverse and foolish, oft I strayed,
But yet in love He sought me,
And on His Shoulder gently laid,
And home, rejoicing, brought me."
This tender sadness, brightened by a soft calm peace, was an epitome of his poetical life.
Sir Henry's labours as the Editor of Hymns Ancient & Modern were very arduous. The trial copy was distributed amongst a few friends in 1859; first ed. published 1861, and the Appendix, in 1868; the trial copy of the revised ed. was issued in 1874, and the publication followed in 1875. In addition he edited Hymns for the London Mission, 1874, and Hymns for Mission Services, n.d., c. 1876-7. He also published Daily Prayers for those who work hard; a Daily Text Book, &c. In Hymns Ancient & Modern there are also four tunes (33, 211, 254, 472) the melodies of which are by Sir Henry, and the harmonies by Dr. Monk. He died Feb. 12, 1877.
--John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)
H. W. Baker
W. Howard Doane
1832 - 1915 Person Name: W. H. Doane Topics: Edification and Encouragement Composer of "[Take the name of Jesus with you]" in Church Hymnal, Mennonite An industrialist and philanthropist, William H. Doane (b. Preston, CT, 1832; d. South Orange, NJ, 1915), was also a staunch supporter of evangelistic campaigns and a prolific writer of hymn tunes. He was head of a large woodworking machinery plant in Cincinnati and a civic leader in that city. He showed his devotion to the church by supporting the work of the evangelistic team of Dwight L. Moody and Ira D. Sankey and by endowing Moody Bible Institute in Chicago and Denison University in Granville, Ohio. An amateur composer, Doane wrote over twenty-two hundred hymn and gospel song tunes, and he edited over forty songbooks.
Bert Polman
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Doane, William Howard, p. 304, he was born Feb. 3, 1832. His first Sunday School hymn-book was Sabbath Gems published in 1861. He has composed about 1000 tunes, songs, anthems, &c. He has written but few hymns. Of these "No one knows but Jesus," "Precious Saviour, dearest Friend," and "Saviour, like a bird to Thee," are noted in Burrage's Baptist Hymn Writers. 1888, p. 557.
--John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, Appendix, Part II (1907)
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Doane, W. H. (William Howard), born in Preston, Connecticut, 1831, and educated for the musical profession by eminent American and German masters. He has had for years the superintendence of a large Baptist Sunday School in Cincinnati, Ohio, where he resides. Although not a hymnwriter, the wonderful success which has attended his musical setting of numerous American hymns, and the number of his musical editions of hymnbooks for Sunday Schools and evangelistic purposes, bring him within the sphere of hymnological literature. Amongst his collections we have:—
(1) Silver Spray, 1868; (2) Pure Gold, 1877; (3) Royal Diadem, 1873; (4) Welcome Tidings, 1877; (5) Brightest and Best, 1875; (6) Fountain of Song; (7) Songs of Devotion, 1870; (8) Temple Anthems, &c.
His most popular melodies include "Near the Cross," "Safe in the Arms of Jesus," "Pass me Not," "More Love to Thee," "Rescue the Perishing," "Tell me the Old, Old Story," &c.
- John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)
W. Howard Doane
Kate Hankey
1834 - 1911 Person Name: Catherine Hankey Topics: Edification and Encouragement Author of "I Love to Tell the Story" in Church Hymnal, Mennonite Arabella Katherine Hankey (b. Clapham, England, 1834; d. Westminster, London, England, 1911) was the daughter of a wealthy banker and was associated with the Clapham sect of William Wilberforce, a group of prominent evangelical Anglicans from the Clapham area. This group helped to establish the British and Foreign Bible Society, promoted the abolition of slavery, and was involved in improving the lot of England's working classes. Hankey taught Bible classes for shop girls in London, visited the sick in local hospitals, and used the proceeds of her writings to support various mission causes. Her publications include Heart to Heart (1870) and The Old, Old Story and Other Verses (1879).
Bert Polman
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Hankey, Katharine, has published several hymns of great beauty and simplicity which are included in her:—
(1) The Old, Old Story, 1866; (2) The Old, Old Story, and other Verses, 1879; (3) Heart to Heart, 1870, enlarged in 1873 and 1876. In 1878 it was republished with music by the author.
Miss Hankey's hymns which have come into common use are:—
1. Advent tells us, Christ is near. The Christian Seasons. Written for the Sunday School of St. Peter's, Eaton Square, London, and printed on a card with music by the author.
2. I love to tell the story Of unseen things above. The love of Jesus. This is a cento from No. 3, and is given in Bliss's Gospel Songs, Cincinnati, 1874, and other American collections.
3. I saw Him leave His Father's throne. Lovest than Me? Written in 1868. It is No. 33 of the Old, Old Story, and other Verses, 1879.
4. Tell me the old, old story. This Life of Jesus in verse was written in two parts. Pt. i., "The Story Wanted," Jan. 29; and Pt. ii., "The Story Told," Nov. 18, 1866. It has since been published in several forms, and sometimes with expressive music by the author, and has also been translated into various languages, including Welsh, German, Italian, Spanish, &c. The form in which it is usually known is that in I. P. Sankey's Sacred Songs & Solos. This is Part i. slightly altered.
Miss Hankey's works contain many suitable hymns for Mission Services and Sunday Schools, and may be consulted both for words and music with advantage.
--John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)
Kate Hankey
