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Author: Anne Steele Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 362 hymnals Topics: Sixteenth Sunday after Trinity Lyrics: 1 Dear Refuge of my weary soul, On Thee, when sorrows rise; On Thee, when waves of trouble roll, My fainting hope relies. 2 To Thee I tell each rising grief, For Thou alone canst heal; Thy word can bring a sweet relief, For every pain I feel. 3 Hast Thou not bid me seek Thy face? And shall I seek in vain? And can the ear of sovereign grace Be deaf when I complain? 4 No, still the ear of sovereign grace Attends the mourner's prayer: O may I ever find access, To breathe my sorrows there! Used With Tune: LONDON NEW

Jesus! the very thought of Thee

Author: Bernard of Clairvaux; Edward Caswell Appears in 1,024 hymnals Topics: Sixteenth Sunday after Trinity Lyrics: 1 Jesus! the very thought of Thee With sweetness fills my breast; But sweeter far Thy face to see, And in Thy presence rest. 2 Nor voice can sing, nor heart can frame, Nor can the mem'ry find A sweeter sound than Thy blest Name, O Savior of mankind! 3 O hope of ev'ry contrite heart, O Joy of all the meek! To those who fall, how kind Thou art, How good to those who seek! 4 But what to those who find? ah, this Nor tongue nor pen can show. The Love of Jesus, what it is, None but His loved ones know. 5 Jesus, our only Joy be Thou! As Thou our Prize wilt be: Jesus, be Thou our Glory now, And through eternity! Used With Tune: EVAN

O mean may seem this house of clay

Author: Thomas H. Gill Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 62 hymnals Topics: Sixteenth Sunday after Trinity Lyrics: 1 O mean may seem this house of clay, Yet 'twas the Lord's abode; Our feet may mourn this thorny way, Yet here Emmanuel trod. 2 This fleshly robe the Lord did wear; This watch the Lord did keep; These burdens sore the Lord did bear; These tears the Lord did weep! 3 This world the Master overcame; This death the Lord did die: O vanquished world! O glorious shame! O hallowed agony! 4 O vale of tears, no longer sad, Wherein the Lord did dwell! O holy robe of flesh that clad Our own Emmanuel! 5 Our very frailty brings us near Unto the Lord of heaven; To every grief, to every tear, Such glory strange is given. Used With Tune: TALLIS' ORDINAL

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JESUS, MEINE ZUVERSICHT

Meter: 7.8.7 Appears in 177 hymnals Topics: Sixteenth Sunday after Trinity Tune Key: C Major Incipit: 54367 11767 15434 Used With Text: Jesus Christ, my sure defence

WER NUR DEN LIEBEN GOTT LÄSZT WALTEN

Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 243 hymnals Topics: Sixteenth Sunday after Trinity Tune Key: a flat minor Incipit: 51232 12757 77651 Used With Text: When gathering clouds around I view

DENNIS

Meter: 6.6.8.6 Appears in 1,314 hymnals Topics: Sixteenth Sunday after Trinity Tune Key: F Major Incipit: 33132 72111 61151 Used With Text: In weariness and pain

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Med dig, min Frelser, vil jeg lide

Author: Ukjendt Hymnal: Salmebog for Lutherske Kristne i Amerika #531 (1919) Topics: Sixteenth Sunday after Trinity Sunday Lyrics: 1 Med dig, min Frelser, vil jeg lide, Og gjennem Verdens Trængsel gaa, De, her i Tro taalmodig stride, De have Godt at vente paa; Her gaar du selv med dem i Strid, Og gi'r dem hisset evig Fryd. 2 Slaa ned hos mig al jordisk Tanke, Sluk alle Kjødets Lyster ud, At jeg i dig maa daglig sanke Din Aands og Dyders Skat, min Gud! Du er min Perle og mit Alt, Dig ene har jeg mig udvalgt. 3 Men lær mig nøie eftertænke, At være din, hvad dette er, Mig i din Kjærlighed at sænke Ei følge mit, men dit Begjær, Fornægte alt og vælge dig, Dig elske, og forglemme mig! 4 Da du dig gav for mig i Døden, Fornedred du dig selv for mig, Og saa for min Skyld ufortrøden I Sjælekval nedsænkte dig, Hvi skulde jeg mig da undslaa, Fra mig, min Gud! til dig at gaa? 5 Hjælp mig at vandre i din Vilje, I din trofaste Kjærlighed, At intet mig maa kunne skille Ifra dit Venskabs Salighed, At intet mig maa kunne stille Ifra dit Venskabs salighed, Indtil min Sjæl kan naa sin Havn For evig i din kjærlig' Favn! 6 Mig værdig gjør, med dig at lide, Læg paa dit Kors, det søde Aag, Og hjælp mig i din Kraft at stride, Mit Navn det staar i Livsens Bog, I Haanden har du tegnet mig, Og jeg er din evindelig! 7 Lad i dit Navn mig Seier vinde, Du, som først Seier for mig vandt! Og, naar jeg dør, da lad mig finde Din Døds-Draft mig til Seiers Pant! Kom, milde Jesus, du er min, Kom, naar du vil! jeg er og din. Languages: Norwegian

O Jesus, du er min!

Author: Henrik Neusz; Ukjendt Hymnal: Salmebog for Lutherske Kristne i Amerika #532 (1919) Topics: Sixteenth Sunday after Trinity Sunday Lyrics: 1 O Jesus, du er min! Jeg vil og være din, Se, Hjerte, Sjæl og Livet Har jeg, min Gud, dig givet, O, tag da ganske mig! Gjør, hvad dig kan behage, Af mig i mine Dage, Til jeg dig bliver lig! 2 Min Attraa, Gud, du ser, At jeg nu aldrig mer Mit Kjød vil tro og høre, Og ei dets Vilje gjøre, Men at din Aand, dit Ord Mit Liv og Lys skal være, Og saa mig Stien lære Til de udvalgtes Kor. 3 O Jesus, drag du mig, At løbe efter dig, Ak lad din Haand oplette Og løfte min den trætte, Af Verden trykte Sjæl; Riv selv de Baand i Stykker, Som mig fra Himlen rykker Og gjør til Jordens Træl! 4 Thi her er ingen ro I denne Syndens Bø; Dens Rigdom snart bortrinder, Dens Herlighed forsvinder, Og glæder ei min Aand! Hvad Verden høiest skatter, Det kvæler mer og matter, End det fornøie kan. 5 Du, Jesus, er min Trøst, Mit Hjertes bedste Lyst; For Taarer, Angst og Møie, Gi'r du mig evig Nøie Og Herlighed for Brøst; Men hvo sig Verden vælger Og til dens Lyst sig sælger, Han sig bedrager vist. 6 Jeg vil, i Hjertens Tro Til dig, faa Sjæle-Ro, Og mig fra dig ei vende Indtil min sidste Ende. Men paa dig fæste mig. O Jesus, styrk mig Svage, At ingen mig bedrage Og skille maa fra dig! 7 Har jeg kun, Herre, dig, Kan intet rokke mig; Ei Jorden og dens Fagter, Ei Himlen jeg da agter, Maa jeg kun blive din; Om Liv og Sjæl forsmægte, Skal det mig ei anfægte, Naar Jesus kun er min. Languages: Norwegian

Jesu, din søde Forening at smage

Author: Ukj.; P. J. Hygom Hymnal: M. B. Landstads Kirkesalmebog og "Nokre Salmar" ved Professor Dr. E. Blix, samt følgende tillæg #310 (1897) Topics: Sixteenth Sunday after Trinity Sunday For Evening Lyrics: 1 Jesu, din søde Forening at smage Længes og trænges mit Hjerte og Sind; Riv mig fra alt det, mig holder tilbage, Drag mig i dig, min Begyndelse, ind! Viis mig ret klarlig min Jammer og Møie, Viis mig Fordærvelsens Afgrund i mig, At sig Naturen til Døden kan bøie, Aanden alene maa leve for dig! 2 Styrk mig ret kraftig i Sjælen derinde, At jeg kan finde, hvad Aanden formaar, Tag dig til Fange min Tale og Sinde, Leed mig og lok mig, saa svag som jeg gaar! Mig, og hvad mit er, jeg gjerne vil miste, Naar du alene i Sjælen maa bo, Og sig omsider paa Døren maa liste, Hvad som forstyrrer min inderlig' Ro. 3 O, hvo der kunde det Ene kun lære, Sig at opofre med Hjerte og Hu! O, maatte Jesus mit Alting kun være! Jeg er desværre, langt borte endnu; Jesu, som gav mig et hørende Øre, Rek mig tillige din kraftige Haand, At jeg herefter min Vandring maa føre Ret som en Kristen i Helligheds Aand! 4 Hør dog, o Jesu, din kurrende Due, Hyrde, opsøg dit vildfarende Lam! Bær mig blandt Myrrha en lædskende Drue, Rense mit Hjerte fra Synd og fra Skam! Lad mig i Bogstavens Væsen ei blive, Som kun udvortes gjør ærbar og sin; Aanden lad Loven i Hjertet indskrive, At jeg i Sandhed maa kalde mig din! 5 Jesu, naar vil du dog skaffe mig Hvile? Byrden den trykker, ak, tag mig den af! Naar skal jeg se dig ret venlig at smile? Reis dig at true det brusende Hav! Kjærligste Jesu, du maa dig forbarme, Skjul dog det Aasyn ei evig for mig! Ædleste Rigdom for aandelig Arme, Fyld mit, det udtømte, Hjerte med dig! 6 Lad mig, o Jesu, forgjæves ei raabe, Se dog hvor Sjælen er hungrig og træt! Lad os, Immanuel, være tilhobe, Har jeg dig ene, saa bliver jeg mæt! Fordum du sagde: De maatte vansmægte, Dersom jeg lader dem hungrige gaa,– Evige Kjærlighed, kan du da nægte Sjæle, der hungre, en Smule at faa? 7 Naadigste Jesu, nu vil jeg mig binde Ved din den dyre Forjættelses Pagt: Beder og leder, saa faa I og finde! Saa har de sanddrue Læber jo sagt. Jeg vil med Kvinden af Kanaans Egne Raabe dig efter, og bliver ei stil, Før du paa Bønnen til Slutning maa tegne: Amen, ja Amen, dig ske, som du vil! Languages: Norwegian Tune Title: [Jesu, din søde Forening at smage]

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W. H. Havergal

1793 - 1870 Person Name: William Henry Havergal Topics: Sixteenth Sunday after Trinity Arranger of "EVAN" in Evangelical Lutheran hymnal Havergal, William Henry, M.A, son of William Havergal, was born at High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, 1793, and was educated at St. Edmund's Hall, Oxford (B.A. 1815, M.A. 1819). On taking Holy Orders he became in 1829 Rector of Astley, Worcestershire; in 1842, Rector of St. Nicholas, Worcester; and in 1860, Rector of Shareshill, near Wolverhampton. He was also Hon. Canon in Worcester Cathedral from 1845. He died April 18, 1870. His hymns, about 100 in all, were in many instances written for special services in his own church, and printed as leaflets. Several were included in W. Carus Wilson's Book of General Psalmody, 1840 (2nd ed., 1842); and in Metrical Psalms & Hymns for Singing in Churches, Worcester, Deighton, 1849, commonly known as the Worcester Diocesan Hymn Book, and of which he was the Editor. In Life Echoes, 1883, his hymns are given with those of Miss Havergal. Of those in common use the greater part are in Mercer, and Snepp's Songs of Grace & Glory. Although his hymns are all good, and two or three are excellent, it is not as a hymnwriter but as a musician that Canon Havergal is best known. His musical works and compositions included, in addition to numerous individual hymn tunes and chants, the Gresham Prize Service, 1836; the Gresham Prize Anthem, 1845; Old Church Psalmody, 1849; History of the Old 100th Psalm tune, 1854, &c. He also reprinted Ravenscroft’s Psalter of 1611. His hymns in common use include:— 1. Blessed Jesus, lord and Brother. School Festivals, 1833. Published in Life Echoes, 1883. 2. Brighter than meridian splendour. Christ the glory of His Church. 1830. Published in W. C. Wilson's Book of General Psalms, 1840; the Worcester Psalms & Hymns, 1849, &c. 3. Christians, awake to joy and praise. Christmas Carol, c. 1860. Printed on broadsheet, with music by the author, and sold on behalf of the Lancashire Cotton Distress Fund. 4. Come, Shepherds, come, 'tis just a year. Christmas Carol. 1860. Published in Snepp's Songs of Grace & Glory, 5. For ever and for ever, Lord. Missions, 1866, for the Church Mission Society. Published in Snepp's Songs of Grace & Glory, 1872, and the Life Echoes, 1883. 6. Hallelujah, Lord, our voices. Sunday. 1828. Published in W. C. Wilson's Book of General Psalms, 1840; the Worcester Psalms & Hymns, 1849; Life Echoes, 1883, &c. 7. Heralds of the Lord of glory. Missions. First sung in Astley Church, Sep. 23, 1827. Published in Miss Havergal's Starlight through the Shadows, 1880; Snepp's Songs of Grace & Glory, 1872, &c. 8. Hosanna, raise the pealing hymn. Praise to Christ, 1833, and first sung in Astley Church, June 9, 1833. Published in W. C. Wilson's Book of General Psalmody, 1840; the Worcester Psalms & Hymns, 1849; Life Echoes 1883, &c. 9. How vast the field of souls. Missions. 1858. Printed for Shareshill Church Miss. Anniversary, 1863, and published in Snepp's Songs of Grace & Glory, 1872, and the Life Echoes, 1883. 10. In doubt and dread dismay. Missions. Written in 1837, and published in W. C. Wilson's Book of General Psalmody, 1840; the Worcester Psalms & Hymns, 1849, &c. 11. Jerusalem the golden, The home of saints shall be. Heaven. Published in Life Echoes, 1883. 12. My times are in Thy hand, Their best, &c. 1860. Published in Snepp's Songs of Grace & Glory, 1872, the Records of the author's life and work, and Life Echoes, 1883. The editor of the Records says (p. 159) "this hymn has been much appreciated, and well illustrates the devotional and cheerful spirit of the writer." 13. No dawn of holy light. Sunday. 1825. Printed in 1831 on a leaflet, and published in W. C. Wilson's Book of General Psalmody, 1840; the Worcester Psalms & Hymns, 1849; Life Echoes, 1883, &c. 14. Our faithful God hath sent us. Harvest. Written at Shareshill in 1863, for a Harvest Festival. Published in Snepp's Songs of Grace & Glory 1872, and Life Echoes, 1883. 15. Shout, 0 earth! from silence waking. Praise to Jesus for Redemption. 1841. Published in the Worcester Psalms & Hymns, 1849; Snepp's Songs of Grace & Glory, 1872, &c. 16. So happy all the day. Christmas Carol, c. 1834. Published in Snepp's Songs of Grace & Glory, 1872. 17. Soon the trumpet of salvation. Missions. 1826. Published in Snepp's Songs of Grace & Glory, 1872. 18. To praise our Shepherd's [Saviour's] care. The Good Shepherd. Written after witnessing the death of Elizabeth Edwards, aged 12, of St. Nicholas, Worcester, and printed as a leaflet. Published in W. C. Wilson's Book of General Psalmody, 1840; the Worcester Psalms & Hymns, 1849; Life Echoes, &c, 1883. The author also published a Memoir of the child. 19. Widely 'midst the slumbering nations. Missions. 1828. Published in the Worcester Psalms & Hymns, 1849; Snepp's Songs of Grace & Glory, 1872, &c. In addition to these hymns, his carols, "How grand, and how bright," "Our festal morn is come," and others are annotated under their respective first lines. Most of these carols and hymns were reprinted in Christmas Carols & Sacred Songs, Chiefly by the Rev. W. H. Havergal, London, Nisbet, 1869. --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907) ===================== Havergal, W. H., p. 498, i. Other hymns are: — 1. Lord, if judgments now are waking. Second Advent. Published in W. Carus Wilson's Book of General Psalmody, 1840; in Kennedy, 1863, &c. 2. Remember, Lord, Thy word of old displayed. Missions. "Composed for a special prayer-meeting for missionary labourers, held in the author's schoolroom, in the parish of St. Nicholas's, Worcester." (W. F. Stevenson's Hymns for Church and Home, 1873, where the original text is also given.) It must be noted that No. 17, at p. 498, ii., "Soon the trumpet of salvation," was first published in A Collection of Original Airs adapted to Hymns, &c, 1826. --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, Appendix, Part II (1907)

St. Bernard of Clairvaux

1090 - 1153 Person Name: Bernard of Clairvaux Topics: Sixteenth Sunday after Trinity Author of "Jesus! the very thought of Thee" in Evangelical Lutheran hymnal Bernard of Clairvaux, saint, abbot, and doctor, fills one of the most conspicuous positions in the history of the middle ages. His father, Tecelin, or Tesselin, a knight of great bravery, was the friend and vassal of the Duke of Burgundy. Bernard was born at his father's castle on the eminence of Les Fontaines, near Dijon, in Burgundy, in 1091. He was educated at Chatillon, where he was distinguished for his studious and meditative habits. The world, it would be thought, would have had overpowering attractions for a youth who, like Bernard, had all the advantages that high birth, great personal beauty, graceful manners, and irresistible influence could give, but, strengthened in the resolve by night visions of his mother (who had died in 1105), he chose a life of asceticism, and became a monk. In company with an uncle and two of his brothers, who had been won over by his entreaties, he entered the monastery of Citeaux, the first Cistercian foundation, in 1113. Two years later he was sent forth, at the head of twelve monks, from the rapidly increasing and overcrowded abbey, to found a daughter institution, which in spite of difficulties and privations which would have daunted less determined men, they succeeded in doing, in the Valley of Wormwood, about four miles from the Abbey of La Ferté—itself an earlier swarm from the same parent hive—on the Aube. On the death of Pope Honorius II., in 1130, the Sacred College was rent by factions, one of which elected Gregory of St. Angelo, who took the title of Innocent II., while another elected Peter Leonis, under that of Anacletua II. Innocent fled to France, and the question as to whom the allegiance of the King, Louie VI., and the French bishops was due was left by them for Bernard to decide. At a council held at Etampes, Bernard gave judgment in favour of Innocent. Throwing himself into the question with all the ardour of a vehement partisan, he won over both Henry I., the English king, and Lothair, the German emperor, to support the same cause, and then, in 1133, accompanied Innocent II., who was supported by Lothair and his army, to Italy and to Rome. When Lothair withdrew, Innocent retired to Pisa, and Bernard for awhile to his abbey of Clairvaux. It was not until after the death of Anacletus, the antipope, in January, 1138, and the resignation of his successor, the cardinal-priest Gregory, Victor II., that Innocent II., who had returned to Rome with Bernard, was universally acknowledged Pope, a result to which no one had so greatly contributed as the Abbot of Clairvaux. The influence of the latter now became paramount in the Church, as was proved at the Lateran Council of 1139, the largest council ever collected together, where the decrees in every line displayed the work of his master-hand. After having devoted four years to the service of the Pope, Bernard, early in 1135, returned to Clairvaux. In 1137 he was again at Rome, impetuous and determined as ever, denouncing the election of a Cluniac instead of a Clairvaux monk to the see of Langres in France, and in high controversy in consequence with Peter, the gentle Abbot of Cluny, and the Archbishop of Lyons. The question was settled by the deposition by the Pope of the Cluniac and the elevation of a Clairvaux monk (Godfrey, a kinsman of St. Bernard) into his place. In 1143, Bernard raised an almost similar question as to the election of St. William to the see of York, which was settled much after the same fashion, the deposition, after a time, if only for a time, of William, and the intrusion of another Clairvaux monk, Henry Murdac, or Murduch, into the archiepiccopal see. Meantime between these two dates—in 1140—the condemnation of Peter Abilaid and his tenets, in which matter Bernard appeared personally as prosecutor, took place at a council held at Sens. Abelard, condemned at Sens, appealed to Rome, and, resting awhile on his way thither, at Cluny, where Peter still presided as Abbot, died there in 1142. St. Bernard was next called upon to exercise his unrivalled powers of persuasion in a very different cause. Controversy over, he preached a crusade. The summer of 1146 was spent by him in traversing France to rouse the people to engage in the second crusade; the autumn with a like object in Germany. In both countries the effect of his appearance and eloquence was marvellous, almost miraculous. The population seemed to rise en masse, and take up the cross. In 1147 the expedition started, a vast horde, of which probably not a tenth ever reached Palestine. It proved a complete failure, and a miserable remnant shared the flight of their leaders, the Emperor Conrad, and Louis, King of France, and returned home, defeated and disgraced. The blame was thrown upon Bernard, and his apology for his part in the matter is extant. He was not, however, for long to bear up against reproach; he died in the 63rd year of his age, in 1153, weary of the world and glad to be at rest. With the works of St. Bernard, the best ed. of which was pub. by Mabillon at Paris in the early part of the 18th cent. (1719), we are not concerned here, except as regards his contributions, few and far between as they are, to the stores of Latin hymnology. There has been so much doubt thrown upon the authorship of the hymns which usually go by his name,—notably by his editor, Mabillon himself,—that it is impossible to claim any of them as having been certainly written by him; but Archbishop Trench, than whom we have no greater modern authority on such a point, is satisfied that the attribution of them all, except the "Cur mundus militat," to St. Bernard is correct. "If he did not write," the Archbishop says, "it is not easy to guess who could have written them; and indeed they bear profoundly the stamp of his mind, being only inferior in beauty to his prose." The hymns by which St. Bernard is best known as a writer of sacred poetry are: (1.) "Jesu duicis memoria," a long poem on the " Name of Jesus"—known as the "Jubilus of St. Bernard," and among mediaeval writers as the " Rosy Hymn." It is, perhaps, the best specimen of what Neale describes as the "subjective loveliness " of its author's compositions. (2.) "Salve mundi Salutore," an address to the various limbs of Christ on the cross. It consists of 350 lines, 50 lines being addressed to each. (3.) "Laetabundus, exultet fidelis chorus: Alleluia." This sequence was in use all over Europe. (4.) "Cum sit omnis homo foenum." (5.) " Ut jucundas cervus undas." A poem of 68 lines, and well known, is claimed for St. Bernard by Hommey in his Supplementum Patrum, Paris, 1686, p. 165, but on what Archbishop Trench, who quotes it at length, (Sac. Lat. Poetry, p. 242,) deems " grounds entirely insufficient." (6.) " Eheu, Eheu, mundi vita," or " Heu, Heu, mala mundi vita." A poem of nearly 400 lines, is sometimes claimed for St. Bernard, but according to Trench, “on no authority whatever." (7.) “O miranda vanitas." This is included in Mabillon's ed. of St. Bernard's Works. It is also attributed to him by Rambach, vol. i. p. 279. Many other hymns and sequences are attributed to St. Bernard. Trench speaks of a " general ascription to him of any poems of merit belonging to that period whereof the authorship was uncertain." Hymns, translated from, or founded on, St. Bernard's, will be found in almost every hymnal of the day, details of which, together with many others not in common use, will be found under the foregoing Latin first lines. -John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907) See also in: Hymn Writers of the Church

Edward Caswall

1814 - 1878 Person Name: Edward Caswell Topics: Sixteenth Sunday after Trinity Translator of "Jesus! the very thought of Thee" in Evangelical Lutheran hymnal Edward Caswall was born in 1814, at Yately, in Hampshire, where his father was a clergyman. In 1832, he went to Brasenose College, Oxford, and in 1836, took a second-class in classics. His humorous work, "The Art of Pluck," was published in 1835; it is still selling at Oxford, having passed through many editions. In 1838, he was ordained Deacon, and in 1839, Priest. He became perpetural Curate of Stratford-sub-Castle in 1840. In 1841, he resigned his incumbency and visited Ireland. In 1847, he joined the Church of Rome. In 1850, he was admitted into the Congregation of the Oratory at Birmingham, where he has since remained. He has published several works in prose and poetry. --Annotations of the Hymnal, Charles Hutchins, M.A. 1872 ===================== Caswall, Edward, M.A., son of the Rev. R. C. Caswall, sometime Vicar of Yately, Hampshire, born at Yately, July 15, 1814, and educated at Brasenose College, Oxford, graduating in honours in 1836. Taking Holy Orders in 1838, he became in 1840 Incumbent of Stratford-sub-Castle, near Salisbury, and resigned the same in 1847. In 1850 (Mrs. Caswall having died in 1849) he was received into the Roman Catholic communion, and joined Dr. Newman at the Oratory, Edgbaston. His life thenceforth, although void of stirring incidents, was marked by earnest devotion to his clerical duties and a loving interest in the poor, the sick, and in little children. His original poems and hymns were mostly written at the Oratory. He died at Edgbaston, Jan. 2, 1878, and was buried on Jan. 7 at Redwall, near Bromsgrove, by his leader and friend Cardinal Newman. Caswall's translations of Latin hymns from the Roman Breviary and other sources have a wider circulation in modern hymnals than those of any other translator, Dr. Neale alone excepted. This is owing to his general faithfulness to the originals, and the purity of his rhythm, the latter feature specially adapting his hymns to music, and for congregational purposes. His original compositions, although marked by considerable poetical ability, are not extensive in their use, their doctrinal teaching being against their general adoption outside the Roman communion. His hymns appeared in:— (1) Lyra Catholica, which contained 197 translations from the Roman Breviary, Missal, and other sources. First ed. London, James Burns, 1849. This was reprinted in New York in 1851, with several hymns from other sources added thereto. This edition is quoted in the indices to some American hymn-books as Lyra Cath., as in Beecher's Plymouth Collection, 1855, and others. (2) Masque of Mary, and Other Poems, having in addition to the opening poem and a few miscellaneous pieces, 53 translations, and 51 hymns. 1st ed. Lon., Burns and Lambert, 1858. (3) A May Pageant and Other Poems, including 10 original hymns. Lon., Burns and Lambert, 1865. (4) Hymns and Poems, being the three preceding volumes embodied in one, with many of the hymns rewritten or revised, together with elaborate indices. 1st ed. Lon., Burns, Oates & Co., 1873. Of his original hymns about 20 are given in the Roman Catholic Crown of Jesus Hymn Book, N.D; there are also several in the Hymns for the Year, N.D., and other Roman Catholic collections. --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907) ====================== Caswall, E. , p. 214, ii. Additional original hymns by Caswall are in the Arundel Hymns, 1902, and other collections. The following are from the Masque of Mary, &c, 1858:— 1. Christian soul, dost thou desire. After Holy Communion. 2. Come, let me for a moment cast. Holy Communion. 3. O Jesu Christ [Lord], remember. Holy Communion. 4. Oft, my soul, thyself remind. Man's Chief End. 5. Sleep, Holy Babe. Christmas. Appeared in the Rambler, June 1850, p. 528. Sometimes given as "Sleep, Jesus, sleep." 6. The glory of summer. Autumn. 7. This is the image of the queen. B. V. M. His "See! amid the winter's snow,” p. 1037, i., was published in Easy Hymn Tunes, 1851, p. 36. In addition the following, mainly altered texts or centos of his translations are also in common use:— 1. A regal throne, for Christ's dear sake. From "Riches and regal throne," p. 870, ii. 2. Come, Holy Ghost, Thy grace inspire. From "Spirit of grace and union," p. 945, i. 3. Hail! ocean star, p. 99, ii,, as 1873. In the Birmingham Oratory Hymn Book, 1850, p. 158. 4. Lovely flow'rs of martyrs, hail. This is the 1849 text. His 1873 text is "Flowers of martyrdom," p. 947, i. 5. None of all the noble cities. From "Bethlehem! of noblest cities," p. 946, ii. 6. O Jesu, Saviour of the World. From “Jesu, Redeemer of the world," p. 228, ii. 7. 0 Lady, high in glory raised. From "O Lady, high in glory, Whose," p. 945, i. The Parochial Hymn Book, 1880, has also the following original hymns by Caswall. As their use is confined to this collection, we give the numbers only:— IS os. 1, 2, 3, 159 (Poems, 1873, p. 453), 209 (1873, p. 288), 299, 324 (1873, p. 323), 357, 402, 554, 555, 558, 569 (1873, p. 334). These are from his Masque of Mary 1858. Nos. 156, 207 (1873, p. 296), 208 (1873, p. 297), 518. These are from his May Pageant, 1865. As several of these hymns do not begin with the original first lines, the original texts are indicated as found in his Poems, 1873. [Rev. James Mearns, M.A.] --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, New Supplement (1907)

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