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My Country, 'tis of Thee
Author: Samuel F. Smith Appears in 1,945 hymnals Topics: Christian Citizenship First Line: My country, ’tis of thee Used With Tune: AMERICA
My Country, 'tis of Thee
Before Thy throne, O God, we kneel
Author: William Boyd Carpenter, 1841-1918 Meter: 8.8.8.8.8.8 Appears in 13 hymnals Topics: Christian Citizenship Used With Tune: ST. PETERSBURG
Before Thy throne, O God, we kneel
Make Me a Channel of Blessing
Author: Harper G. Smyth Appears in 92 hymnals Topics: Christian Citizenship First Line: Is your life a channel of blessing Refrain First Line: Make me a channel of blessing today Used With Tune: EUCLID
Make Me a Channel of Blessing
EBENEZER (TON-Y-BOTEL)
Meter: 8.7.8.7 D Appears in 275 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Thomas John Williams Topics: Christian Citizenship Tune Key: f minor Incipit: 11232 12234 3215 Used With Text: Once to ev'ry man and nation
EBENEZER (TON-Y-BOTEL)
God the All-Terrible
Author: Henry F. Chorley Hymnal: The Endeavor Hymnal #209 (1901) Topics: Christian Citizenship First Line: God the all-terrible! Languages: English Tune Title: RUSSIAN HYMN
God the All-Terrible
Great King of Nations
Author: John Hampden Gurney Hymnal: The Endeavor Hymnal #210 (1901) Topics: Christian Citizenship First Line: Great King of nations, hear our pray'r Languages: English Tune Title: [Great King of nations, hear our pray'r]
Great King of Nations
O Lord of Hosts
Author: Oliver Wendell Holmes Hymnal: The Endeavor Hymnal #211 (1901) Topics: Christian Citizenship First Line: O Lord of hosts, almighty King Languages: English Tune Title: NEW CREATION
O Lord of Hosts
Thomas John Williams
1869 - 1944 Topics: Christian Citizenship Composer of "EBENEZER (TON-Y-BOTEL)" in The Hymnal of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America 1940 Although his primary vocation was in the insurance business, Thomas John Williams (b. Ynysmeudwy, Glamorganshire, Wales, 1869; d. Llanelly, Carmarthenshire, Wales, 1944) studied with David Evans at Cardiff and later was organist and choirmaster at Zion Chapel (1903-1913) and Calfaria Chapel (1913-1931), both in Llanelly. He composed a number of hymn tunes and a few anthems.
Bert Polman
Thomas John Williams
Hubert P. Main
1839 - 1925 Topics: Christian Citizenship Arranger of "ELLESDIE" in Christian Praise Hubert Platt Main DD USA 1839-1925. Born at Ridgefield, CT, he attended singing school as a teenager. In 1854 he went to New York City and worked as an errand boy in a wallpaper house. The next year he became an errand boy in the Bristow & Morse Piano Company. He was an organist, choir leader, and compiled books of music. He also helped his father edit the “Lute Songbook” by Isaac Woodbury. In 1866 he married Olphelia Louise Degraff, and they had two sons: Lucius, and Hubert. In 1867 he filled a position at William B Bradbury’s publishing house. After Bradbury’s death in 1868 the Bigelow & Main Publishers were formed as its successor. He also worked with his father until his father’s death in 1873. Contributors to their efforts were Fanny Crosby, Ira Sankey, Wilbur Crafts, and others. In addition to publishing, Main wrote 1000+ pieces of music, including part song, singing school songs, Sunday school music, hymns, anthems, etc. He also arranged music and collected music books. He 1891 he sold his collection of over 3500 volumes to the Newberry Library in Chicago, IL, where they were known as the Main Library. Some of his major publications include: “Book of Praise for the Sunday school” (1875), “Little pilgrim songs” (1884), “Hymns of Praise” (`1884), “Gems of song for the Sunday school” (1901), “Quartettes for men’s voices: Sacred & social selections” (1913). In 1922 Hope Publishing Company acquired Bigelow & Main. He was an editor, author, compiler, and composer, as well as publisher. He died in Newark, NJ.
John Perry
Hubert P. Main
Frederic Henry Hedge
1805 - 1890 Person Name: F. H. Hedge Topics: Christian Citizenship Translator of "A Mighty Fortress is Our God" in The Endeavor Hymnal Hedge, Frederick Henry, D.D., son of Professor Hedge of Harvard College, was born at Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1805, and educated in Germany and at Harvard. In 1829 he became pastor of the Unitarian Church, West Cambridge. In 1835 he removed to Bangor, Maine; in 1850 to Providence, and in 1856 to Brookline, Mass. He was appointed in 1857, Professor of Ecclesiastical History at Cambridge (U.S.), and in 1872, Professor of German Literature at Harvard. Dr. Hedge is one of the editors of the Christian Examiner, and the author of The Prose Writers of Germany, and other works. In 1853 he edited, with Dr. F. D. Huntington, the Unitarian Hymns for the Church of Christ, Boston Crosby, Nichols & Co. To that collection and the supplement (1853) he contributed the following translations from the German:—
1. A mighty fortress is our God. (Ein feste Burg.)
2. Christ hath arisen! joy to, &c. (Goethe's Faust.)
3. The sun is still for ever sounding. (Goethe's Faust.)
There is also in the Unitarian Hymn [& Tune] Book for The Church & Home, Boston, 1868, a translation from the Latin.
4. Holy Spirit, Fire divine. (“Veni Sancte Spiritus.")
Dr. Hedge's original hymns, given in the Hymns for the Church, 1853, are:—
5. Beneath Thine hammer, Lord, I lie. Resignation.
6. Sovereign and transforming grace. Ordination. Written for the Ordination of H. D. Barlow at Lynn, Mass., Dec. 9, 1829. It is given in several collections.
7. 'Twas in the East, the mystic East. Christmas.
8. 'Twas the day when God's anointed. Good Friday. Written originally for a Confirmation at Bangor, Maine, held on Good Friday, 1843. The hymn "It is finished, Man of Sorrows! From Thy cross, &c," in a few collections, including Martineau's Hymns, &c, 1873, is composed of st. iv.-vi. of this hymn. [Rev. F. M. Bird, M.A.]
--John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)
Frederic Henry Hedge
