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Pleasant are Thy courts above
Author: H. F. Lyte Meter: 7.7.7.7 D Appears in 248 hymnals Topics: Consecration of Churches Used With Tune: ST. GEORGE'S WINDSOR
Pleasant are Thy courts above
Jesu! where'er Thy people meet
Author: W. Cowper Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 515 hymnals Topics: Consecration of Churches Lyrics: 1 Jesu! where'er Thy people meet,
There they behold Thy mercy-seat;
Where'er they seek Thee, Thou art found,
And ev'ry place is hallowed ground.
2 And since within no walls confined,
Thou dwellest in the humble mind:
Let all within Thy house who come,
Departing, take Thee to their home.
3 Yet everywhere Thou guid'st Thine own
To raise for Thee an earthly throne;
And where Thy Name Thou dost record,
There Thou wilt come and bless them, Lord!
[4* Behold at Thy commanding word,
We stretch the curtain and the cord;
Come Thou and fill this wider space,
And bless us with a large increase.]
5 Great Shepherd of Thy chosen few,
Thy former mercies here renew;
And here to wayward hearts proclaim
The sweetness of Thy saving Name!
6 Here may we prove the might of prayer,
To strengthen faith and sweeten care:
To teach our faint desires to rise,
And bring all heaven before our eyes!
7 Here to the babe new-born on earth,
Grant Thou the newer, better birth;
By water and the Holy Ghost
Restoring all that Adam lost.
8 Here to the weary, hungry, soul,
Give Thou the gift that maketh whole;
The bread that is Christ's flesh, for food,
The wine that is the Saviour's blood.
9 Lord, we are few, but Thou art near;
Nor short Thine arm, nor deaf Thine ear;
Oh, rend the heavens, come quickly down,
And make a thousand hearts Thine own!
Amen.
* For enlargement of the Church Used With Tune: HEBRON
Jesu! where'er Thy people meet
Christ is made the sure foundation
Meter: 8.7.8.7.8.7 Appears in 289 hymnals Topics: Consecration of Churches and Chapels Used With Tune: TILLEARD
Christ is made the sure foundation
AUSTRIAN HYMN
Meter: 8.7.8.7 D Appears in 712 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Franz Joseph Haydn Topics: Aspiration and Consecration; The Living Church Family of Believers Tune Key: E Flat Major Incipit: 12324 32716 54323 Used With Text: We Are Called to Be God's People
AUSTRIAN HYMN
MOZART
Meter: 7.7.7.7 Appears in 198 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Unknown; John T. Wilkinson Topics: The Church at Worship Profession of Faith, Ordination, Commissioning, Installation; Acceptance of Christ; Commissioning; Commitment; Confirmation; Consecration; Decision; Discipleship and Service; Installation Services; Jesus Christ Love For; Love; Love for God/Christ; Ministry; Obedience; Ordination; Stewardship; Surrender; Witness; Youth; Proper 16 Year A; Proper 24 Year A; Epiphany 2 Year B; Proper 13 Year B; Proper 19 Year B; Proper 20 Year B; Proper 23 Year B; Baptism of Jesus Year C; Epiphany 2 Year C; Epiphany 5 Year C; Epiphany 7 Year C; Lent 5 Year C; Proper 11 Year C; Proper 18 Year C; Proper 21 Year C; Proper 24 Year C; Thanksgiving Year C Tune Key: F Major Incipit: 11175 44355 53521 Used With Text: Take My Life and Let It Be
MOZART
SLANE
Meter: 10.10.10.10 Appears in 251 hymnals Topics: The Church in the World Commitment: Pilgrimage; Commitment; Conflict and Struggle; Consecration; Empowerment; Funerals and Memorial Services; God Image (Father); God Kingdom, Majesty, Realm; God Law; God Presence; God Wisdom; Guidance; Heaven(s)/Paradise; Inspiration; Integrity; Jesus Christ Images of; Jesus Christ Lord of Life; Jesus Christ Presence; Pilgrimage and Conflict; Reward; Surrender; Treasure; Union With God/Christ; Victory; Vision/Dream; Vocation; Youth; Epiphany 4 Year A; Epiphany 4 Year A; Proper 8 Year A; Proper 13 Year A; Lent 2 Year B; Easter 2 Year B; Easter 3 Year B; Proper 15 Year B; Proper 18 Year B; Proper 19 Year B; Proper 20 Year B; Proper 21 Year B; Proper 25 Year B; Lent 5 Year C; Lent 5 Year C; Easter 2 Year C; Trinity Sunday Year C; Proper 8 Year C; Proper 11 Year C; Proper 14 Year C; Proper 15 Year C; Proper 16 Year C; Proper 18 Year C; Proper 26 Year C; Ash Wednesday Year ABC Tune Sources: Irish traditional melody Tune Key: E Flat Major Incipit: 11216 56112 32222 Used With Text: Be Thou My Vision
SLANE
Christ is made the sure foundation
Author: J. M. Neale Hymnal: The Church Hymnal #483a (1898) Meter: 8.7.8.7.8.7 Topics: Consecration of Churches Tune Title: REGENT SQUARE
Christ is made the sure foundation
Christ is made the sure foundation
Author: J. M. Neale Hymnal: The Church Hymnal #483b (1898) Meter: 8.7.8.7.8.7 Topics: Consecration of Churches Tune Title: CORNER-STONE
Christ is made the sure foundation
Pleasant are Thy courts above
Author: H. F. Lyte Hymnal: The Church Hymnal #489a (1898) Meter: 7.7.7.7 D Topics: Consecration of Churches Tune Title: MAIDSTONE
Pleasant are Thy courts above
Cecil Frances Alexander
1818 - 1895 Person Name: C. F. Alexander Topics: Consecration of Churches Author of "Thy Temple is not made with hands" in The Church Hymnal As a small girl, Cecil Frances Humphries (b. Redcross, County Wicklow, Ireland, 1818; Londonderry, Ireland, 1895) wrote poetry in her school's journal. In 1850 she married Rev. William Alexander, who later became the Anglican primate (chief bishop) of Ireland. She showed her concern for disadvantaged people by traveling many miles each day to visit the sick and the poor, providing food, warm clothes, and medical supplies. She and her sister also founded a school for the deaf. Alexander was strongly influenced by the Oxford Movement and by John Keble's Christian Year. Her first book of poetry, Verses for Seasons, was a "Christian Year" for children. She wrote hymns based on the Apostles' Creed, baptism, the Lord's Supper, the Ten Commandments, and prayer, writing in simple language for children. Her more than four hundred hymn texts were published in Verses from the Holy Scripture (1846), Hymns for Little Children (1848), and Hymns Descriptive and Devotional ( 1858).
Bert Polman
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Alexander, Cecil Frances, née Humphreys, second daughter of the late Major John Humphreys, Miltown House, co. Tyrone, Ireland, b. 1823, and married in 1850 to the Rt. Rev. W. Alexander, D.D., Bishop of Derry and Raphoe. Mrs. Alexander's hymns and poems number nearly 400. They are mostly for children, and were published in her Verses for Holy Seasons, with Preface by Dr. Hook, 1846; Poems on Subjects in the Old Testament, pt. i. 1854, pt. ii. 1857; Narrative Hymns for Village Schools, 1853; Hymns for Little Children, 1848; Hymns Descriptive and Devotional, 1858; The Legend of the Golden Prayers 1859; Moral Songs, N.B.; The Lord of the Forest and his Vassals, an Allegory, &c.; or contributed to the Lyra Anglicana, the S.P.C.K. Psalms and Hymns, Hymns Ancient & Modern, and other collections. Some of the narrative hymns are rather heavy, and not a few of the descriptive are dull, but a large number remain which have won their way to the hearts of the young, and found a home there. Such hymns as "In Nazareth in olden time," "All things bright and beautiful," "Once in Royal David's city," "There is a green hill far away," "Jesus calls us o'er the tumult," "The roseate hues of early dawn," and others that might be named, are deservedly popular and are in most extensive use. Mrs. Alexander has also written hymns of a more elaborate character; but it is as a writer for children that she has excelled.
- John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)
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Alexander, Cecil F., née Humphreys, p. 38, ii. Additional hymns to those already noted in this Dictionary are in common use:—
1. Christ has ascended up again. (1853.) Ascension.
2. His are the thousand sparkling rills. (1875.) Seven Words on the Cross (Fifth Word).
3. How good is the Almighty God. (1S48.) God, the Father.
4. In [a] the rich man's garden. (1853.) Easter Eve.
5. It was early in the morning. (1853.) Easter Day.
6. So be it, Lord; the prayers are prayed. (1848.) Trust in God.
7. Saw you never in the twilight? (1853.) Epiphany.
8. Still bright and blue doth Jordan flow. (1853.) Baptism of Our Lord.
9. The angels stand around Thy throne. (1848.) Submission to the Will of God.
10. The saints of God are holy men. (1848.) Communion of Saints.
11. There is one Way and only one. (1875.) SS. Philip and James.
12. Up in heaven, up in heaven. (1848.) Ascension.
13. We are little Christian children. (1848.) Holy Trinity.
14. We were washed in holy water. (1848.) Holy Baptism.
15. When of old the Jewish mothers. (1853.) Christ's Invitation to Children.
16. Within the Churchyard side by side. (1848.) Burial.
Of the above hymns those dated 1848 are from Mrs. Alexander's Hymns for Little Children; those dated 1853, from Narrative Hymns, and those dated 1875 from the 1875 edition of Hymns Ancient & Modern.
Several new hymns by Mrs. Alexander are included in the 1891 Draft Appendix to the Irish Church Hymnal.
--John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, Appendix, Part II (1907)
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Alexander, Cecil F. , p. 38, ii. Mrs. Alexander died at Londonderry, Oct. 12, 1895. A number of her later hymns are in her Poems, 1896, which were edited by Archbishop Alexander.
--John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, New Supplement (1907)
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Cecil Frances Alexander
Ludwig van Beethoven
1770 - 1827 Person Name: Beethoven Topics: Consecration of Churches Composer of "GERMANY" in The Church Hymnal A giant in the history of music, Ludwig van Beethoven (b. Bonn, Germany, 1770; d. Vienna, Austria, 1827) progressed from early musical promise to worldwide, lasting fame. By the age of fourteen he was an accomplished viola and organ player, but he became famous primarily because of his compositions, including nine symphonies, eleven overtures, thirty piano sonatas, sixteen string quartets, the Mass in C, and the Missa Solemnis. He wrote no music for congregational use, but various arrangers adapted some of his musical themes as hymn tunes; the most famous of these is ODE TO JOY from the Ninth Symphony. Although it would appear that the great calamity of Beethoven's life was his loss of hearing, which turned to total deafness during the last decade of his life, he composed his greatest works during this period.
Bert Polman
Ludwig van Beethoven
John Darwall
1732 - 1789 Person Name: J. Darwall Topics: Consecration of Churches Composer of "DARWALL" in The Church Hymnal John Darwall (b. Haughton, Staffordshire, England, 1731; d. Walsall, Staffordshire, England, 1789) The son of a pastor, he attended Manchester Grammar School and Brasenose College, Oxford, England (1752-1756). He became the curate and later the vicar of St. Matthew's Parish Church in Walsall, where he remained until his death. Darwall was a poet and amateur musician. He composed a soprano tune and bass line for each of the 150 psalm versifications in the Tate and Brady New Version of the Psalms of David (l696). In an organ dedication speech in 1773 Darwall advocated singing the "Psalm tunes in quicker time than common [in order that] six verses might be sung in the same space of time that four generally are."
Bert Polman
John Darwall
