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Savior, While My Heart Is Tender
Author: John Burton Meter: 8.7.8.7 Appears in 125 hymnals Topics: Sunday School Hymns Prayer Lyrics: 1 Savior, while my heart is tender,
I would yield that heart to Thee;
All my pow'rs to Thee surrender,
Thine and only Thine to be.
2 Take me now, Lord Jesus, take me,
Let my youthful heart be Thine:
Thy devoted servant make me,
Fill my soul with love divine.
3 Send me, Lord, where Thou wilt send me,
Only do Thou guide my way;
May Thy grace thro' life attend me,
Gladly then shall I obey.
4 Thine I am, O Lord, forever,
To Thy service set apart;
Suffer me to leave Thee never;
Seal Thine image on my heart.
5 Let me do Thy will or bear it,
I would know no will but Thine;
Should'st Thou take my life, or spare it,
I that life to Thee resign.
Used With Tune: [Savior, while my heart is tender]
Savior, While My Heart Is Tender
While Yet The Morn Is Breaking
Author: J. Muehlmann Appears in 29 hymnals Topics: Sunday School Hymns Divine Care and Providence Lyrics: 1 While yet the morn is breaking,
I thank my God once more,
Beneath whose care awaking,
I find the night is o'er;
I thank Him that He calls me
To life and health anew;
I know, whate'er befalls me,
His care will still be true.
2 Guardian of Israel, hear me,
Watch over me through the day;
In all I do be near me--
For others too I pray:
To Thee I would commend them,
Our church, our youth, our land;
Direct them and defend them,
When dangers are at hand.
3 Oh, gently grant Thy blessing,
That we may do Thy will,
No more Thy ways transgressing,
Our proper task fulfill:
With Peter's full affiance
Let down our nets again;
If Thou art our reliance,
Our toil will not be vain.
4 Thou art the Vine--oh, nourish
The branches graft in Thee,
And let them grow and flourish
A fair and fruitful tree.
Thy Spirit put within us,
And let His gifts of grace
To all good actions win us,
That best may show His praise. Used With Tune: [While yet the morn is breaking]
While Yet The Morn Is Breaking
What A Friend We Have In Jesus
Author: Joseph Scriven Appears in 1,692 hymnals Topics: Sunday School Hymns Prayer Lyrics: 1 What a friend we have in Jesus,
All our sins and griefs to bear;
What a privilege to carry
Everything to God in prayer!
O what peace we often forfeit,
O what needless pain we bear,
All because we do not carry
Everything to God in prayer.
2 Have we trials and temptations?
Is there trouble anywhere?
We should never be discouraged:
Take it to the Lord in prayer.
Can we find a friend so faithful,
Who will all our sorrows share?
Jesus knows our ev'ry weakness;
Take it to the Lord in prayer.
3 Are we weak and heavy laden,
Cumbered with a load of care?
Precious Savior, still our refuge;
Take it to the Lord in prayer.
Do thy friends despise, forsake thee?
Take it to the Lord in prayer!
In his arms He'll take and shield thee,
Thou wilt find a solace there. Used With Tune: [What a friend we have in Jesus]
What A Friend We Have In Jesus
[What a friend we have in Jesus]
Appears in 882 hymnals Topics: Sunday School Hymns Prayer Tune Key: F Major Incipit: 55653 11651 31532 Used With Text: What A Friend We Have In Jesus
[What a friend we have in Jesus]
[Shepherd of tender youth]
Meter: 6.6.4.6.6.6.4 Appears in 1,042 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Lowell Mason Topics: Sunday School Hymns Prayer Tune Key: E Flat Major Incipit: 13554 32244 32326 Used With Text: Shepherd Of Tender Youth
[Shepherd of tender youth]
[When He cometh, when He cometh]
Meter: 8.6.8.5 with chorus Appears in 247 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Geo. F. Root Topics: Sunday School Hymns Prayer Tune Key: E Major Incipit: 12333 45563 3211 Used With Text: When He Cometh
[When He cometh, when He cometh]
My Sunday School, The Happy Place
Hymnal: Hymnal for Church and Home #355 (1927) Meter: 8.6.8.6 Topics: Sunday School Hymns Sunday School Lyrics: 1 My Sunday school, the happy place,
Where I most gladly go,
Gives to my heart the joy and grace
That shatter grief and woe.
2 I learn about the blessed Lord,
His death and love for me,
The saving power of His Word,
Which from all sin sets free.
3 We children lift to Him our song
And turn to Him our eyes;
We sing: Our God is great and strong,
And holy, just and wise.
4 O help us, Jesus dear, we pray,
To keep our faith in Thee,
And do what we shall learn to-day
Until we Thee shall see. Languages: English Tune Title: [My Sunday school, the happy place]
My Sunday School, The Happy Place
My Sunday School, The Happy Place
Hymnal: Hymnal for Church and Home (2nd ed.) #355 (1928) Meter: 8.6.8.6 Topics: Sunday School Hymns Sunday School Lyrics: 1 My Sunday school, the happy place,
Where I most gladly go,
Gives to my heart the joy and grace
That shatter grief and woe.
2 I learn about the blessed Lord,
His death and love for me,
The saving power of His Word,
Which from all sin sets free.
3 We children lift to Him our song
And turn to Him our eyes;
We sing: Our God is great and strong,
And holy, just and wise.
4 O help us, Jesus dear, we pray,
To keep our faith in Thee,
And do what we shall learn to-day
Until we Thee shall see. Languages: English Tune Title: [My Sunday school, the happy place]
My Sunday School, The Happy Place
Now Sounding Over Hills and Lea
Hymnal: Hymnal for Church and Home #354 (1927) Meter: 8.6.8.6 Topics: Sunday School Hymns Sunday School Lyrics: 1 Now sounding over hills and lea,
I hear the pealing bells;
My Sunday school is calling me,
My heart with gladness fills.
2 Teach me to know Thee, dearest Lord,
And walk upon Thy way;
Take me in hand, lest from Thy Word
My feet should go astray.
3 Thou knowest from afar so well
What is within my soul,
But not a thought therein shall dwell
That Thou dost not control.
4 O Father, plant in me Thy seed
And set me free from sin;
But root Thou up each deadly weed
That swiftly grows within.
5 My purpose is to please but Thee
In spirit, soul, and mind,
I pray Thee, Father, lead Thou me
That I the way may find.
6 While over lea and dale and hills
The bells their peal prolong,
My heart the joy from heaven fills,
I lift to God my song.
Languages: English Tune Title: [Now sounding over hills and lea]
Now Sounding Over Hills and Lea
John Cennick
1718 - 1755 Person Name: J. Cennick Topics: Sunday School Hymns Prayer Author of "Children Of The Heavenly King" in Hymnal for Church and Home 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.
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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)
John Cennick
Joseph Medlicott Scriven
1819 - 1886 Person Name: Joseph Scriven Topics: Sunday School Hymns Prayer Author of "What A Friend We Have In Jesus" in Hymnal for Church and Home Joseph M. Scriven (b. Seapatrick, County Down, Ireland, 1819; d. Bewdley, Rice Lake, ON, Canada, 1886), an Irish immigrant to Canada, wrote this text near Port Hope, Ontario, in 1855. Because his life was filled with grief and trials, Scriven often needed the solace of the Lord as described in his famous hymn.
Educated at Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland, he enrolled in a military college to prepare for an army career. However, poor health forced him to give up that ambition. Soon after came a second blow—his fiancée died in a drowning accident on the eve of their wedding in 1844. Later that year he moved to Ontario, where he taught school in Woodstock and Brantford. His plans for marriage were dashed again when his new bride-to-be died after a short illness in 1855. Following this calamity Scriven seldom had a regular income, and he was forced to live in the homes of others. He also experienced mistrust from neighbors who did not appreciate his eccentricities or his work with the underprivileged. A member of the Plymouth Brethren, he tried to live according to the Sermon on the Mount as literally as possible, giving and sharing all he had and often doing menial tasks for the poor and physically disabled. Because Scriven suffered from depression, no one knew if his death by drowning in Rice Lake was suicide or an accident.
Bert Polman
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Scriven, Joseph. Mr. Sankey, in his My Life and Sacred Songs, 1906, p. 279, says that Scriven was b. in Dublin in 1820, was a graduate of Trinity College, Dublin, and went to Canada when he was 25, and died there at Port Hope, on Lake Ontario, in 1886. His hymn:—
What a Friend we have in Jesus. [Jesus our Friend] was, according to Mr. Sankey, discovered to be his in the following manner: "A neighbour, sitting up with him in his illness, happened upon a manuscript of 'What a Friend we have in Jesus.' Reading it with great delight, and questioning Mr. Scriven about it, he said he had composed it for his mother, to comfort her in a time of special sorrow, not intending any one else should see it." We find the hymn in H. 1... Hastings's Social Hymns, Original and Selected, 1865, No. 242; and his Song of Pilgrimage, 1886, No. 1291, where it is attributed to "Joseph Scriven, cir. 1855." It is found in many modern collections.
--John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, New Supplement (1907)
Joseph Medlicott Scriven
W. O. Cushing
1823 - 1902 Person Name: Rev. W. O. Cushing Topics: Sunday School Hymns Prayer Author of "When He Cometh" in Hymnal for Church and Home Rv William Orcutt Cushing USA 1823-1902. Born at Hingham, MA, he read the Bible as a teenager and became a follower of the Orthodox Christian school of thought. At age 18 he decided to become a minister, following in his parents theology. His first pastorate was at the Christian Church, Searsburg, NY. He married Hena Proper in 1854. She was a great help to him throughout his ministry. He ministered at several NY locations over the years, including Searsburg, Auburn, Brookley, Buffalo, and Sparta. Hena died in 1870, and he returned to Searsburg, again serving as pastor there. Working diligently with the Sunday school, he was dearly beloved by young and old. Soon after, he developed a creeping paralysis that caused him to lose his voice. He retired from ministry after 27 years. He once gave all his savings ($1000) to help a blind girl receive an education. He was instrumental in the erection of the Seminary at Starkey, NY. He gave material aid to the school for the blind at Batavia. He was mindful of the suffering of others, but oblivious to his own. After retiring, he asked God to give him something to do. He discovered he had a talent for writing and kept busy doing that. He authored about 300 hymn lyrics. The last 13 years of his life he lived with Rev. and Mrs. E. E Curtis at Lisbon Center, NY, and joined with the Wesleyan Methodist Church there. He died at Searsburg, NY.
John Perry
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Cushing, William Orcutt , born at Hingham, Massachusetts, Dec. 31, 1823, is the author of the following hymns which appear in I. D. Sankey's Sacred Songs and Solos:—
1. Beautiful valley of Eden. Heaven.
2. Down in the valley with my Saviour I would go. Trusting to Jesus.
3. Fair is the morning land. Heaven.
4. I am resting so sweetly in Jesus now. Rest and Peace in Jesus.
5. I have heard of a land far away. Heaven.
6. O safe to the Rock that is higher than I. The Rock of Ages.
1. Ring the bells of heaven, there is joy today. Heavenly Joy over repenting Sinners.
8. We are watching, we are waiting. Second Advent anticipated.
Mr. Cushing has also several additional hymns in some American Sunday School collections, and collections of Sacred Songs.
-- John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology
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Cushing, W. 0., p. 274, i. Other hymns are:—
1. O I love to think of Jesus . Thinking of Jesus.
2. There is joy in heaven! there is joy to-day. Angels joy over returning Sinners.
3. When He cometh, when He cometh. Advent.
--John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, Appendix, Part II (1907)
W. O. Cushing
