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Come, Thou Fount of Every Blessing
Author: Robert Robinson, 1735-1790 Meter: 8.7.8.7 D Appears in 2,202 hymnals Topics: Blessing First Line: Come, thou Fount of ev'ry blessing Lyrics: 1 Come, thou Fount of ev'ry blessing,
Tune my heart to sing thy grace;
Streams of mercy, never ceasing,
Call for songs of loudest praise:
Teach me some melodious sonnet,
Sung by flaming tongues above;
Praise the mount! I'm fixed upon it,
Mount of thy redeeming love.
2 Here I raise mine Ebenezer;
Hither by thy help I'm come;
And I hope, by thy good pleasure,
Safely to arrive at home:
Jesus sought me when a stranger,
Wand'ring from the fold of God;
He, to rescue me from danger,
Interposed his precious blood.
3 O to grace how great a debtor
Daily I'm constrained to be!
Let thy grace, Lord, like a fetter,
Bind my wand'ring heart to thee:
Prone to wander, Lord, I feel it,
Prone to leave the God I love;
Here's my heart, Lord, take and seal it,
Seal it for thy courts above. Scripture: 1 Samuel 7:12 Used With Tune: NETTLETON
Come, Thou Fount of Every Blessing
Shall we not love thee, mother dear
Author: Henry Williams Baker, 1821-1877 Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 15 hymnals Topics: Saints' and Other Holy Days The Blessed Virgin Mary Lyrics: 1 Shall we not love thee, mother dear,
whom Jesus loves so well?
And, to his glory, year by year,
thy joy and honour tell?
2 Bound with the curse of sin and shame
we helpless sinners lay,
until in tender love he came
to bear the curse away.
3 And thee he chose from whom to take
true flesh his flesh to be;
in it to suffer for our sake,
by it to make us free.
4 Thy Babe he lay upon thy breast,
to thee he cried for food;
thy gentle nursing soothed to rest
th'Incarnate Son of God.
5 O wondrous depth of love divine,
that he should bend so low!
And, Mary, oh, what joy was thine
in his dear love to know;
6 joy to be mother of the Lord,
and thine the truer bliss,
in every thought, and deed, and word
to be for ever his.
7 And as he loves thee, mother dear,
we too will love thee well;
and, to his glory, year by year,
thy joy and honour tell.
8 Jesu, the virgin's holy Son,
we praise thee and adore,
who art with God the Father One
and Spirit evermore. Used With Tune: ST AGNES (DYKES)
Shall we not love thee, mother dear
Showers of Blessing
Author: Daniel W. Whittle, 1840-1901 Meter: 8.7.8.7 with refrain Appears in 317 hymnals Topics: Supplication For Blessings First Line: There shall be showers of blessing Lyrics: 1 "There shall be showers of blessing,"
this is the promise of love;
there shall be seasons refreshing,
sent from the Savior above.
Refrain:
Showers of blessing,
showers of blessing we need:
mercy drops round us are falling,
but for the showers we plead.
2 "There shall be showers of blessing,"
precious reviving again;
over the hills and the valleys,
sound of abundance of rain. [Refrain]
3 "There shall be showers of blessing,"
send them upon us, O Lord;
grant to us now a refreshing,
come and now honor your Word. [Refrain]
4 "There shall be showers of blessing,"
oh, that today they might fall,
now as to God we're confessing,
now as on Jesus we call! [Refrain]
Scripture: Ezekiel 34:26 Used With Tune: SHOWERS OF BLESSING
Showers of Blessing
NUN DANKET
Meter: 6.7.6.7.6.6.6.6 Appears in 541 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Johann Crüger; Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy Topics: Blessing Tune Sources: Praxis Pietatis Melica, 1647; Lobgesang, 1840 Tune Key: E Flat Major Incipit: 55566 53432 32155 Used With Text: Now thank we all our God
NUN DANKET
BLESSED BE THE NAME
Meter: 8.8.8.8 with refrain Appears in 255 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Anonymous; Ralph E. Hudson; William J. Kirkpatrick Topics: Bless the Lord Tune Key: A Flat Major Incipit: 55131 21765 55123 Used With Text: Blessed Be the Name
BLESSED BE THE NAME
He's Blessing Me
Author: Norris O. Garner Hymnal: Lead Me, Guide Me (2nd ed.) #428 (2012) Topics: Blessing First Line: The Lord is blessing me, blessing me right now Refrain First Line: He's blessing me over and over again Languages: English Tune Title: [The Lord is blessing me, blessing me right now]
He's Blessing Me
The Lord Is Blessing Me Right Now
Hymnal: Zion still Sings #125 (2007) Topics: Blessing Lyrics: The Lord is blessing me right now,
Oh, right now!
The Lord is blessing me right now,
Oh, right now!
He woke me up this morning,
and started me on my way;
the Lord is blessing me right now!
The Lord is blessing me right now,
Oh, right now!
The Lord is blessing me right now,
Oh, right now!
He woke me up this morning,
and started me on my way;
the Lord is blessing me right now! Languages: English Tune Title: [The Lord is blessing me right now]
The Lord Is Blessing Me Right Now
Grant Me a Blessing
Author: Joseph N. Heard Hymnal: One Lord, One Faith, One Baptism #168 (2018) Topics: Blessing First Line: Lord, my soul is thirsting for a blessing today Languages: English Tune Title: [Lord, my soul is thirsting for a blessing today]
Grant Me a Blessing
Sarah Flower Adams
1805 - 1848 Person Name: Mrs. Sarah Flower Adams (1805-1848) Topics: Afflictions Blessings of Author of "Nearer, my God, to Thee" in Songs of Praise with Tunes Adams, Sarah, nee Flower. born at Harlow, Essex, Feb. 22nd, 1805; died in London, Aug. 14, 1848, and was buried at Harlow, Aug. 21,1848. She was the younger daughter of Mr. Benjamin Flower, editor and proprietor, of The Cambridge Intelligencer; and was married, in 1834, to William B. Adams, a civil engineer. In 1841 she published Vivia Perpetua, a dramatic poem dealing with the conflict of heathenism and Christianity, in which Vivia Perpetua suffered martyrdom; and in 1845, The Flock at the Fountain; a catechism and hymns for children. As a member of the congregation of the Rev. W. J. Fox, an Unitarian minister in London, she contributed 13 hymns to the Hymns and Anthems, published by C. Fox, Lond., in 1841, for use in his chapel. Of these hymns the most widely known are— "Nearer,my God,to Thee," and "He sendeth sun, He sendeth shower." The remaining eleven, most of which have come into common use, more especially in America, are:—
Creator Spirit! Thou the first. Holy Spirit.
Darkness shrouded Calvary. Good Friday.
Gently fall the dews of eve. Evening.
Go, and watch the Autumn leaves. Autumn.
O hallowed memories of the past. Memories.
O human heart! thou hast a song. Praise.
O I would sing a song of praise. Praise.
O Love! thou makest all things even. Love.
Part in Peace! is day before us? Close of Service.
Sing to the Lord! for His mercies are sure. Praise.
The mourners came at break of day. Easter.
Mrs. Adams also contributed to Novello's musical edition of Songs for the Months, n. d. Nearly all of the above hymns are found in the Unitarian collections of Great Britain, and America. In Martineau's Hymns of Praise & Prayer, 1873, No. 389, there is a rendering by her from Fenelon: —" Living or dying, Lord, I would be Thine." It appeared in the Hymns and Anthems, 1841.
-John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)
Sarah Flower Adams
John Cennick
1718 - 1755 Topics: Righteousness Blessings of Author of "Children of the heavenly King" in Book of Worship with Hymns and Tunes 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
Jeremiah Eames Rankin
1828 - 1904 Person Name: Jeremiah E. Rankin Topics: Elements of Worship Charge and Blessing Author of "God Be with You Till We Meet Again" in Lift Up Your Hearts Pseudonym: R. E. Jeremy.
Rankin, Jeremiah Eames, D.D., was born at Thornton, New Haven, Jan. 2, 1828, and educated at Middleburg College, Vermont, and at Andover. For two years he resided at Potsdam, U.S. Subsequently he held pastoral charges as a Congregational Minister at New York, St. Albans, Charlestown, Washington ( District of Columbia), &c. In 1878 he edited the Gospel Temperance Hymnal, and later the Gospel Bells. His hymns appeared in these collections, and in D. E. Jones's Songs of the New Life, 1869. His best known hymn is "Labouring and heavy laden" (Seeking Christ). This was "written [in 1855] for a sister who was an inquirer," was first printed in the Boston Recorder, and then included in Nason's Congregational Hymn Book, 1857. Another of his hymns is "Rest, rest, rest, brother rest." He died in 1904. [Rev. F. M. Bird, M.A.]
--John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)
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Rankin, J. 33., p. 951, ii. Dr. Rankin, b. in N. H. (not New Haven), and received his D.D. 1869, LL.D. 1889 from his Alma Mater. He was President for several years of Howard University, Washington, D.C. His publications included several volumes of Sermons, German-English Lyrics, Sacred and Secular, 1897; 2nd ed. 1898, &c. In addition to his hymns noted on p. 951, ii., he has written and published mainly in sheet form many others, the most important and best-known being:—
1. God be with you till we meet again. [Benediction.] Dr. Rankin's account of this hymn, supplied to us, in common with Mr. Brownlie, for his Hymns and H. Writers of The Church Hymnary, 1899, is: "It was written as a Christian good-bye, and first sung in the First Congregational Church, of which I was minister for fifteen years. We had Gospel meetings on Sunday nights, and our music was intentionally of the popular kind. I wrote the first stanza, and sent it to two gentlemen for music. The music which seemed to me to best suit the words was written by T. G. Tomer, teacher of public schools in New Jersey, at one time on the staff of General 0. 0. Howard. After receiving the music (which was revised by Dr. J. W. Bischoff, the organist of my church), I wrote the other stanzas." The hymn became at once popular, and has been translated into several languages. In America it is in numerous collections; and in Great Britain, in The Church Hymnary, 1898, Horder's Worship Song, 1905, The Methodist Hymn Book, 1904, and others. It was left undated by Dr. Rankin, but I.D. Sankey gives it as 1882.
2. Beautiful the little hands. [Little ones for Jesus.] Given without date in Gloria Deo, New York, 1900.
Dr. Rankin's translations include versions of German, French, Latin, and Welsh hymns. His contributions to the periodical press have been numerous.
--John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, New Supplement (1907)
Jeremiah Eames Rankin
