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O for a thousand tongues to sing

Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 1,736 hymnals Topics: Prophecies concerning Christ Ministry and Miracles of Christ

Lo! He Comes With Clouds Descending

Author: John Cennick; John Wesley; Martin Madan Appears in 768 hymnals Topics: Prophecy Scripture: Revelation 1:7 Used With Tune: REGENT SQUARE

Author: Daniel Ben Judah, Fourteenth Century Appears in 65 hymnals Topics: Gift of Prophecy Scripture: 1 Corinthians 8:6 Used With Tune: LEONI Text Sources: Revised version of the Yigdal

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DIVINUM MYSTERIUM

Meter: 8.7.8.7.8.7.7 Appears in 166 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Charles Winfred Douglas Topics: Prophecy Fulfilled Tune Sources: Plainsong, 12th cent. Tune Key: E Flat Major Incipit: 12343 23213 45653 Used With Text: Of the Father's Love Begotten

TRURO

Appears in 511 hymnals Topics: Prophecy Tune Sources: Thomas Williams' Psalmodia Evangelica, 1789 Tune Key: D Major Incipit: 13455 67151 54321 Used With Text: Lift Up Your Heads, Ye Mighty Gates

ES IST EIN' ROS' ENTSPRUNGEN

Meter: 7.6.7.6.6.7.6 Appears in 171 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Michael Praetorius Topics: Prophecy Fulfilled Tune Sources: German melody, 15th cent. Tune Key: F Major Incipit: 55565 53432 17155 Used With Text: Lo, How a Rose E'er Blooming

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All in All; or, the Testimony concerning Jesus, the soil of prophecy

Hymnal: A Selection of Hymns #CCV (1792) Topics: Christ the substance of Prophecy First Line: The bible is justly esteem'd Lyrics: 1 The bible is justly esteem'd The glory supreme of the land, Which shows how a sinner's redeem'd And brought to Jehovah's right hand. With pleasure we freely confess The bible all books does outshine, But Jesus, his person and grace, Affords it that lustre divine. 2 In every prophetical book Where God his decrees hath unseal'd, With joy we behold as we look, The wonderful savioyr reveal'd: His glories project to the eye, And prove it was not his design, Those glories concealed should lie, But there in full majesty shine. 3 The first gracious promise to man, A blessed prediction appears, His work is the soul of the plan, And gives it the glory it wears. How cheering the truth must have been, That Jesus the promised seed, Should triumph o'er Satan and sin, And hell in captivity lead! 4 The ancient Levitical law Was prophecy after its kind, In types there the faithful foresaw The savior that ransom'd mankind. The altar, the lamb, and the priest, The blood that was sprinkled of old Had life, when the people could taste, The blessing those shadows foretold. 5 Review each prophetical song, Which shines in prediction's rich train, The sweetest to Jesus belong, And point out his sufferings and reign: Sure David his harp never strung, With more of true sacred delight, Than when of the savior he sung, And he was reveal'd to his sight. 6 May Jesus more precious become— His word be a lamp to our feet, While we in the wilderness roam, 'Till brought in his presence to meet! Then, then will we gaze on thy face, Our prophet, our priest, and our king; Recount all thy wonders of grace, Thy praises eternally sing. Scripture: Revelation 19:10 Languages: English

Prophecy fulfilled

Author: Samuel Stennett Hymnal: Hymnal of the Methodist Episcopal Church #218 (1891) Meter: 8.8.8.8 Topics: Prophecy Fulfilled First Line: "'Tis finished!" so the Saviour cried Scripture: John 19:30 Languages: English

Messiah

Author: Needham Hymnal: A Selection of Hymns #CLXXXV (1792) Meter: 8.8.8.8 Topics: Prophecy Fulfilled First Line: Glory to God who reigns above Lyrics: 1 Glory to God who reigns above, Who dwells in light, whose name is love; Ye saints and angels, if ye can, Declare the love of God to man. 2 O what can more his love commend His dear, his only Son to send! That man, condemn'd to die, might live, And God be glorious to forgive? 3 Messiah's come—with joy behold The days by prophets long foretold: Judah, thy royal sceptre's broke, And time still prove's what Jacob spoke. 4 Daniel, thy weeks are all expir'd, The time prophetic Seals requir'd; Cut off for sins, but not his own, Thy prince Messiah did atone. 5 Thy famous temple, Solomon, Is by the latter far out-shine: It wanted not they glittering store, Messiah's presence grac'd it more. 6 We see the prophecies fulfil'd In Jesus, that most wondrous child: His birth, his life, his death combine To prove his character divine. 7 Jesus, thy gospel firmly stands A blessing to these favour'd lands: No infidel shall be our dread, Since thou art risen from the dead. Scripture: Genesis 49:10 Languages: English

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Johann Sebastian Bach

1685 - 1750 Person Name: J. S. Bach Topics: Prophecy Harmonizer of "WACHET AUF" in Great Songs of the Church (Revised) Johann Sebastian Bach was born at Eisenach into a musical family and in a town steeped in Reformation history, he received early musical training from his father and older brother, and elementary education in the classical school Luther had earlier attended. Throughout his life he made extraordinary efforts to learn from other musicians. At 15 he walked to Lüneburg to work as a chorister and study at the convent school of St. Michael. From there he walked 30 miles to Hamburg to hear Johann Reinken, and 60 miles to Celle to become familiar with French composition and performance traditions. Once he obtained a month's leave from his job to hear Buxtehude, but stayed nearly four months. He arranged compositions from Vivaldi and other Italian masters. His own compositions spanned almost every musical form then known (Opera was the notable exception). In his own time, Bach was highly regarded as organist and teacher, his compositions being circulated as models of contrapuntal technique. Four of his children achieved careers as composers; Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven, Mendelssohn, Schumann, Brahms, and Chopin are only a few of the best known of the musicians that confessed a major debt to Bach's work in their own musical development. Mendelssohn began re-introducing Bach's music into the concert repertoire, where it has come to attract admiration and even veneration for its own sake. After 20 years of successful work in several posts, Bach became cantor of the Thomas-schule in Leipzig, and remained there for the remaining 27 years of his life, concentrating on church music for the Lutheran service: over 200 cantatas, four passion settings, a Mass, and hundreds of chorale settings, harmonizations, preludes, and arrangements. He edited the tunes for Schemelli's Musicalisches Gesangbuch, contributing 16 original tunes. His choral harmonizations remain a staple for studies of composition and harmony. Additional melodies from his works have been adapted as hymn tunes. --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)

John Milton

1608 - 1674 Topics: Prophecy Author of "The Lord Will Come and Not be Slow" in Great Songs of the Church (Revised) Milton, John, was born in London, Dec. 9, 1608, and died there Nov. 8, 1674. His poetical excellences and his literary fame are matters apart from hymnology, and are fully dealt with in numerous memoirs. His influence on English hymn-writing has been very slight, his 19 versions of various Psalms having lain for the most part unused by hymnal compilers. The dates of his paraphrases are:— Ps. cxiv. and cxxxvi., 1623, when he was 15 years of ago. These were given in his Poems in English and Latin 1645. Ps. lxxx.-lxxxviii., written in 1648, and published as Nine Psalmes done into Metre, 1645. Ps. i., 1653; ii., “Done August 8, 1653;" iii., Aug. 9, 1653; iv. Aug. 10, 1653; v., Aug. 12, 1653; vi., Aug. 13, 1653; vii.Aug. 14, 1653; viii., Aug. 14, 1653. These 19 versions were all included in the 2nd ed. of his Poems in English and Latin, 1673. From these, mainly in the form of centos, the following have come into common use:— 1. Cause us to see Thy goodness, Lord. Ps. lxxxv. 2. Defend the poor and desolate. Ps. lxxxii. 3. God in the great assembly stands. Ps. lxxxii. 4. How lovely are Thy dwellings fair. Ps. lxxxiv. From this, "They pass refreshed the thirsty vale," is taken. 5. Let us with a gladsome [joyful] mind. Ps. cxxxvi. 6. O let us with a joyful mind. Ps. cxxxvi. 7. The Lord will come and not be slow. Ps. lxxxv. Of these centos Nos. 4 and 5 are in extensive use. The rest are mostly in Unitarian collections. There are also centos from his hymn on the Nativity, "This is the month, and this the happy morn" (q.v.). --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)

John Cennick

1718 - 1755 Topics: Prophecy Author of "Lo! He Comes With Clouds Descending" in Great Songs of the Church (Revised) John Cennick was born at Reading, Berkshire, in the year 1717. He became acquainted with Wesley and Whitefield, and preached in the Methodist connection. On the separation of Wesley and Whitefield he joined the latter. In 1745, he attached himself to the Moravians, and made a tour in Germany to fully acquaint himself with the Moravian doctrines. He afterwards ministered in Dublin, and in the north of Ireland. He died in London, in 1755, and was buried in the Moravian Cemetery, Chelsea. He was the author of many hymns, some of which are to be found in every collection. --Annotations of the Hymnal, Charles Hutchins, M.A. 1872. ======================= Cennick, John, a prolific and successful hymnwriter, was descended from a family of Quakers, but brought up in the Church of England. He assisted J. Wesley and then G. Whitefield in their labours for a time, and then passed over to, and died as a minister of, the Moravian Church. Born at Reading, Dec. 12, 1718, he was for some time a land surveyor at Reading, but becoming acquainted with the Wesleys in 1739, he was appointed by J. Wesley as a teacher of a school for colliers' children at Kingswood in the following year. This was followed by his becoming a lay preacher, but in 1740 he parted from the Wesleys on doctrinal grounds. He assisted Whitefield until 1745, when he joined the Mora¬vians, and was ordained deacon, in London, in 1749. His duties led him twice to Germany and also to the North of Ireland. He died in London, July 4, 1755. In addition to a few prose works, and some sermons, he published:— (1) Sacred Hymns, for the Children of God in the Days of their Pilgrimage, Lond., J. Lewis, n.d. (2nd ed. Lond., B. Milles, 1741), Pts. ii., iii., 1742; (2) Sacred Hymns for the Use of Religious Societies, &c, Bristol, F. Farley, 1743; (3) A Collection of Sacred Hymns, &c, Dublin, S. Powell, 3rd ed., 1749; (4) Hymns to the honour of Jesus Christ, composed for such Little Children as desire to be saved. Dublin, S. Powell, 1754. Additional hymns from his manuscripts were published by his son-in-law, the Rev. J. Swertner, in the Moravian Hymn Book, 1789, of which he was the editor. There are also 16 of his hymns in his Sermons, 2 vols., 1753-4, some being old hymns rewritten, and others new. Many of Cennick's hymns are widely known, as, "Lo, He cometh, countless trumpets;" “Brethren, let us join to bless;" "Jesus, my all, to heaven is gone;" "Children of the heavenly King;" "Ere I sleep, for every favour;" "We sing to Thee, Thou Son of God;" and the Graces: " Be present at our table, Lord;" and "We thank Thee, Lord;" &c. Some of the stanzas of his hymns are very fine, but the hymns taken as a whole are most unequal. Some excellent centos might be compiled from his various works. His religious experiences were given as a preface to his Sacred Hymns, 1741. In addition to the hymns named, and others annotated under their first lines, the following are in common use:— 1. Be with me [us] Lord, where'er I [we] go. Divine Protection. [1741.] 2. Cast thy burden on the Lord. Submission. [1743.] 3. Not unto us, but Thee alone. Praise to Jesus. [1743.] 4. Thou dear Redeemer, dying Lamb. Priesthood of Christ. [1743.] 5. We sing to Thee, Thou Son of God. Praise to Jesus. [1743.] 6. When, 0 dear Jesus, when shall I? Sunday Evening. [1743.] --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)

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