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Author: Joseph A. Seiss Meter: 5.5.7.5.5.8 Appears in 141 hymnals Topics: Jesus Christ Son of God First Line: Beautiful Savior! King of creation Lyrics: 1 Beautiful Savior! King of creation! Son of God and Son of Man! Truly I’d love thee, truly I’d serve thee, Light of my soul, my joy, my crown. 2 Fair are the meadows, fair are the woodlands, robed in flowers of blooming spring; Jesus is fairer, Jesus is purer; he makes our sorrowing spirit sing. 3 Fair is the sunshine, fair is the moonlight, bright the sparkling stars on high; Jesus shines brighter, Jesus shines purer than all the angels in the sky. 4 Beautiful Savior! Lord of the nations! Son of God and Son of Man! Glory and honor, praise, adoration, now and forevermore be thine! Scripture: John 1:1-4 Used With Tune: ST. ELIZABETH Text Sources: Gesangbuch, Münster, 1677

All Hail the Power of Jesus' Name

Author: Edward Perronet Meter: 8.6.8 with refrain Appears in 3,425 hymnals Topics: Jesus Christ Son of God/Man (David) First Line: All hail the power of Jesus' name! Lyrics: 1 All hail the power of Jesus' name! Let angels prostrate fall; bring forth the royal diadem, [Refrain:] and crown him, crown him, crown him, crown him Lord of all. 2 O seed of Israel's chosen race now ransomed from the fall, hail him who saves you by his grace [Refrain] 3 Crown him, you martyrs of your God, who from his altar call: praise him whose way of pain you trod, [Refrain] 4 Let every tongue and every tribe, responsive to the call, to him all majesty ascribe, [Refrain] 5 O that, with all the sacred throng, we at his feet may fall; join in the everlasting song, [Refrain] Used With Tune: MILES LANE

Crown him with many crowns

Author: Matthew Bridges Appears in 798 hymnals Topics: Christ, the Son of God Ascension, Priesthood and Reign Used With Tune: DIADEMATA

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HOW GREAT THOU ART

Appears in 170 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Stuart K. Hine Topics: Jesus Christ Son of God Tune Key: B Flat Major Incipit: 55535 55664 66665 Used With Text: How Great Thou Art

WIE SCHÖN LEUCHTET

Meter: 8.8.7.8.8.7.4.8.4.8 Appears in 351 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Philipp Nicolai; Johann Sebastian Bach Topics: Son Of God, Christ The Tune Key: D Major Incipit: 15315 66556 71766 Used With Text: How Bright Appears the Morning Star

CORONATION

Appears in 1,258 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Oliver Holden Topics: Christ, the Son of God Ascension, Priesthood and Reign Incipit: 51133 21232 13212 Used With Text: And crown him Lord of all

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The Privileges of the Sons of God

Author: Humphreys Hymnal: A Selection of Hymns #XCIV (1792) Topics: Privileges of the Sons of God First Line: Blessed are the sons of God Lyrics: 1 Blessed are the sons of God, They are bought with Jesu's blood, They are ransom'd from the grave, Life eternal they shall have, With them number'd may we be, Now and thro' eternity! 2 God did leave them to his son, Long before the world begun; They the seal of this receive When on Jesus they believe. With them number'd may we be, Now and thro' eternity! 3 They are justify'd by grace, They enjoy a solid peace; All their sins are wash'd away, They shall stand in God's great day, With them number'd may we be, Now and thro' eternity! 4 They produce the fruits of grace In the works of righteousness! Born of God, they hate all sin, God's pure seed remains within. With them number'd may we be, Now and thro' eternity! 5 They have fellowship with God, Thro' the Mediator's blood; One with God, thro' Jesus one, Glory is in them begun. With them number'd may we be, Now and thro' eternity! 6 Tho' they suffer much on earth, Strangers to the worldlings mirth, Yet they have an inward joy, Pleasures which can never cloy. With them number'd may we be, Now and thro' eternity! 7 They alone are truly blest, Heirs of God, joint heirs with Christ; They with love and peace are fill'd, They are by his xpirit seal'd, With them number'd may we be, Now and thro' eternity! Languages: English

When the Son of God Was Dying

Author: The Iona Community Hymnal: Voices United #153 (1996) Meter: 11.11.7.7.11 Topics: Jesus Christ Son of God/Man (David) First Line: When the Son of God was dying, long ago Languages: English Tune Title: GOLGOTHA

The Son of God goes forth to war

Author: Bishop Reginald Heber Hymnal: The Hymnal #271b (1950) Meter: 8.6.8.6 D Topics: Christ Son of God Lyrics: 1 The Son of God goes forth to war, A kingly crown to gain; His blood-red banner streams afar: Who follows in His train? The Son of God, goes forth to war, Who best can drink his cup of woe, Triumphant over pain, Who patient bears his cross below, He follows in His train. 2 The martyr first, whose eagle eye Could pierce beyond the grave, Who saw his Master in the sky, And called on Him to save: The Son of God, goes forth to war, Like Him, with pardon on his tongue In midst of mortal pain, He prayed for them that did the wrong: Who follows in his train? 3 A glorious band, the chosen few On whom the Spirit came, Twelve valiant saints, their hope they knew, And mocked the cross and flame: The Son of God, goes forth to war, They met the tyrant's brandished steel, The lion's gory mane; They bowed their necks the death to feel: Who follows in their train? 4 A noble army, men and boys, The matron and the maid, Around the Saviour's throne rejoice, In robes of light arrayed: The Son of God, goes forth to war, They climbed the steep ascent of heaven Through peril, toil, and pain: O God, to us may grace be given To follow in their train! Amen. Languages: English Tune Title: CRUSADER

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Martin Madan

1726 - 1790 Topics: Son of God Alterer of "Lo! He Comes With Clouds Descending" in Great Songs of the Church (Revised) Madan, Martin, son of Colonel Martin Madan, and brother of Dr. Spencer Madan, sometime Bishop of Peterborough, was born in 1726. He was to have qualified for the Bar, but through a sermon by J. Wesley on the words "Prepare to meet thy God," the whole current of his life was changed. After some difficulty he received Holy Orders, and subsequently founded and became chaplain of the Lock Hospital, Hyde Park Corner. He was popular as a preacher, and had no inconsiderable reputation as a musical composer. He ceased preaching on the publication of his work Thelyphthora, in which he advocated the practice of polygamy. He died in 1790. He published A Commentary on the Articles of the Church of England; A Treatise on the Christian Faith, &c, and:- A Collection of Psalms and Hymns Extracted from Various Authors, and published by the Reverend Mr. Madan. London, 1760. This Collection contained 170 hymns thrown together without order or system of any kind. In 1763 he added an Appendix of 24 hymns. This Collection, referred to as Madam’s Psalms & Hymns, had for many years a most powerful influence on the hymnody of the Church of England. Nearly the whole of its contents, together with its extensively altered texts, were reprinted in numerous hymnbooks for nearly one hundred years. At the present time many of the great hymns of the last century are in use as altered by him in 1760 and 1763. Although several hymns have been attributed to him, we have no evidence that he ever wrote one. His hymnological labours were employed in altering, piecing, and expanding the work of others. And in this he was most successful. -- John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907) ============================

James R. Murray

1841 - 1905 Topics: Son of God Composer of "AWAY IN A MANGER" in Great Songs of the Church (Revised) L.P.M. (1905, April 12). Obituary. New Church Messenger, p.209. Murray.--At Cincinnati, March 10, 1905, James Ramsey Murray. Funeral services in the Church of the New Jersualem, March 13th. James R. Murray was widely known in the musical world as the author of many songs and song books, and in the New Church in Chicago and Cincinnati as an affectionate, intelligent, and loyal New Churchman. He was born in Andover (Ballard Vale), Mass., March 17, 1841. In early life he developed musical talent, and composed many minor pieces for local and special occasions. Later at North Reading, Mass., he attended Dr. George F. Root's School of Music, and was associated with William Bradbury and Dr. Lowell Mason. He enlisted in the Fourteenth Regiment of infantry, commonly known as the Essex County Regiment, and afterwards was changed to the First Regiment, Massachusetts Heavy Artillery, which was engaged in most of the battles fought by the Second Army Corps up to the surrender of General Lee. "Daisy Deane," the first and most popular of his early song successes, was composed in 1863 in Virginia while in camp, words by his cousin, Thomas F. Winthrop. This song is known all over the world, and the Salvation Army is using an arrangement of it for one of their war cry songs. In 1868 Mr. Murray married Isabella Maria Taylor of Andover; and they removed to Chicago. Here three children were born to them, two passing early to their heavenly home, the youngest, Winthrop Root Murray, is still living. It was during these first years in Chicago that Mr. and Mrs. Murray became interested in the New Church, while he was engaged with Root and Cady as editor of the Long Visitor, afterwards merged with the Musical Visitor. After the great fire of 1871 Mr. and Mrs. Murray returned East, where he was engaged in teaching in Lawrence and Andover, and as organist at the Old South Church in Andover. In 1881 they removed to Cincinnati and Mr. Murray became the editor of the Musical Viistor [sic] and head of the publication department of the John Church Company. Among the most popular of his books are "Pure Diamonds," "Royal Gems," "The Prize" and "Murray's Sacred Songs." The following titles will recall some of his best loved sacred songs: "At Last," "Calm on the Listening Ear of Night," "I Shall Be Satisfied," "There Shall No Evil Befall Thee," "Thine, O Lord, Is the Greatness," "The Way Was Mine," "How Beautiful Upon the Mountains," "Angels from the Realms of Glory." His last great labor in the publishing department of the John Church Company was the seeing through the press five volumes of Wagner's music dramas, with full score and original German text, and an English translation. The immense and careful labor involved in the preparation of these volumes, with a really smooth and excellent English translation, had perhaps, as it was done under pressure, something to do with Mr. Murray's breakdown. Although for some reason Mr. Murray's name does not appear on the title page of these volumes, his friends knew of the place the work held in his affections and ambition. Mr. Murray was a member of the Church Council of the Cincinnati Society for the last four years and took a deep interest in the building of the New Church, and in the inauguration of services, with all the changes looking to the improvement of the musical part of the service. The vested choir, organized by Mr. and Mrs. Lawson, which Mr. Murray as councilman had urged from the beginning, in their entrance to the church each Sunday singing the processional hymn participated in the funeral service, with a congregation of brethren and friends, all moved by deep love and profound respect for the consistent life and faith of a worthy Churchman and beloved friend. --DNAH Archives =================================== For a discussion of Murray and the tune MUELLER, see: Stulken, M.K. (1981). Hymnal companion to the Lutheran Book of Worship. Philadelphia : Fortress Press, p.170. =================================== Also available in the DNAH Archives: 1. An excerpt from Christie, George A. (1927). New Free Church. In Music in Andover. Papers read at "Fagot Party" of the Andover Natural History Society. 2. Unsourced essay about Murray written soon after his death, likely from Andover, Mass., perhaps authored by Charlotte Helen Abbott.

William Owen

1813 - 1893 Topics: Son of God Composer of "BRYN CALFARIA" in Great Songs of the Church (Revised) Owen, William (‘William Owen of Prysgol,’ 1813-1893), musician; b. 12? Dec. 1813 [in Lônpopty], Bangor, the son of William and Ellen Owen. The father was a quarryman at Cae Braich-y-cafn quarry, Bethesda, and the son began to work in the same quarry when he was ten years old. He learnt music at classes held by Robert Williams (Cae Aseth), at Carneddi, and from William Roberts, Tyn-y-maes, the composer of the hymn-tune ‘Andalusia.’ He wrote his first hymn-tune when he was 18 — it was published in Y Drysorfa for June 1841. After the family had [removed] to [Caesguborwen], Bangor, [sometimes called Cilmelyn] — they had spent some years [at Tŷhen] near the quarry — William Owen formed a temperance choir which sang ‘Cwymp Babilon,’ the work of the conductor, at the Caernarvon temperance festival, 1849. In 1852, with the help of some friends at Bethesda, he published Y Perl Cerddorol yn cynnwys tonau ac anthemau, cysegredig a moesol; of this 3,000 copies were sold, A solfa edition appeared in 1886 of which 4,000 copies were sold. He composed several temperance pieces, some of which were sung in the Eryri temperance festivals held at Caernarvon castle. His anthem, ‘Ffynnon Ddisglair,’ and the hymn-tunes ALMA and DEEMSTER became popular, but it was the hymn-tune called BRYN CALFARIA which made the composer famous; this continues to have a considerable vogue in Wales and in England. He married the daughter of the house called Prysgol and went there to live; he also became precentor at Caeathro C.M. chapel. He died 20 July 1893, and was buried in Caeathro chapel burial ground. --wbo.llgc.org.uk/en/

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