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Here, O My Lord, I See Thee Face to Face
Author: Horatius Bonar Meter: 10.10.10.10 Appears in 315 hymnals Topics: The Holy Sacraments Used With Tune: MORECAMBE
Here, O My Lord, I See Thee Face to Face
On Jordan's Banks the Herald's Cry
Author: John Chandler; Charles Coffin Appears in 230 hymnals Topics: The Holy Sacraments Used With Tune: ALSTONE
On Jordan's Banks the Herald's Cry
The King of Love My Shepherd Is
Author: Henry W. Baker Appears in 677 hymnals Topics: The Holy Sacraments Used With Tune: DOMINUS REGIT ME
The King of Love My Shepherd Is
LET US BREAK BREAD
Meter: 10.10 with refrain Appears in 113 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: William Farley Smith Topics: The Sacraments and Rites of the Church Eucharist (Holy Communion or The Lord's Supper) Tune Sources: Afro-American spiritual Tune Key: E Flat Major Incipit: 56111 11322 11355 Used With Text: Let Us Break Bread Together
LET US BREAK BREAD
Als Jesus Christus in der Nacht
Author: Joh. Heermann, 1585-1647 Hymnal: Evang.-Lutherisches Gesangbuch #298 (1872) Topics: The Holy Sacraments The Holy Supper Lyrics: 1 Als Jesus Christus in der Nacht,
darin er wardverrathen,
auf unser aller Heil ganz war bedacht,
dasselb uns zu erstatten.
2 Da nahm er in die Hand das Brod
und brach's mit seinen Fingern,
sah auf gen Himmel, dankte Gott,
und sprach zu seinen Jüngern:
3 Nehmt hin, und eßt, das ist mein Leib,
der für euch wird gegeben.
Und dankt, daß ich euer bleib
im Tod und auch im Leben.
4 Desgleichen nahm er auch den Wein
im Kelch, und sprach zu allen:
Nehmt hin und trinket ingemein,
wollt ihr Gott recht gefallen.
5 Hier geb ich euch mein theures Blut
im Kelche zu geniessen,
das ich für euch und euch zu gut
jetzt werd am Kreuz vergießen.
6 Das macht euch aller Sünden frei,
daß sie euch nicht mehr kränken,
so oft ihrs thut, sollt ihr debei
an meinen Tod gedenken.
7 O Jesu, dir sei ewig Dank!
für deine treu und Gaben!
Ach, laß durch diese Speis und Trank
auch mich das Leben haben! Languages: German
Als Jesus Christus in der Nacht
Herr Jesu Christ, du höchstes Gut
Author: B. Ringwaldt, 531-1598 Hymnal: Evang.-Lutherisches Gesangbuch #299 (1872) Topics: The Holy Sacraments The Holy Supper Lyrics: 1 Herr Jesu Christ, du höchstes Gut,
du Brunnquell aller Gnaden:
mir kommen, deinen Leid und Blut,
wie du uns hast geladen,
au deiner Liebe Herrlichkeit
und unsrer Seelen Seligkeit
zu essen und zu trinken.
2 O Jesu, mach uns selbst bereit
zu diesem hohen Werke;
schenk uns dein schönes Ehrenkleid,
durch deines Geistes Stärke.
Hilf, daß wir würd'ge Gäste sein,
und werden dir gepflanzet ein
zu ewgem Himmelswesen.
3 Bleib du in uns, daß wir in dir
auch bis uns Ende bleiben;
laß Sünd und Rath uns für und für
nicht wieder von dir treiben,
bis wir durch deines Nachtmahls Kraft
zu Auserwählten fortgeschafft
und ewig selig werden.
Languages: German
Herr Jesu Christ, du höchstes Gut
Schmücke dich, o liebe Seele
Author: J. Franck, 1618-1677 Hymnal: Evang.-Lutherisches Gesangbuch #300 (1872) Topics: The Holy Sacraments The Holy Supper Lyrics: 1 Schmücke dich, o liebe Seele,
laß die dunkle Sündenhöhle,
komm an's helle Licht gegangen,
fange herrlich an zu prangen:
denn der Herr, voll Heil und Gnaden,
will dich jetzt zu Gaste laden;
der den Himmel kann verwalten,
will jetzt Herberg in dir halten.
2 Eile, wie Verlobte pflegen,
deinem Bräutigam entgegen,
der da mit dem Gnadenhammer
klopft an deine Herzenskammer;
Oeffn ihm bald des Geistes Pforten,
red ihn an mit schönen Worten:
Komm, mein Liebster, laß dich küssen,
laß mcih deiner nicht mehr missen.
3 Zwar in Kaufung theurer Waaren
pflegt man sonst kein Geld zu sparen:
aber du willst für die Gaben
deiner Huld dein Geld nicht haben,
weil in allen Bergwerks-gründen
kein solch Kleinod ist zu finden,
das die blutgefüllten Schalen,
und dies Manna kann bezahlen.
4 Ach, wie wünschet mein Gemüthe,
Menschenfreund, nach deiner Güte!
Ach, wie pfleg ich oft mit Thränen,
mich nach deiner Kost zu sehnen!
Ach, wie pfleget mich zu dürsten
nach dem Trank des Lebensfürsten!
Wünsche stets, daß mein Gebeine
sich durch Gott mit Gott vereine.
5 Beides, Lachen und auch Zittern,
lässet sich in mir jetzt wittern;
das Geheimniß dieser Speise
und die unerforschte Weise
machet, daß ich früh vermerke,
Herr, die Größe deiner Werke.
Ist auch wohl ein Mensch zu finden,
der dein Allmacht sollt ergründen?
6 Nein, Vernunft die muß hier weichen,
kann dies Wunder nicht erreichen,
daß dies Brot nie wird verzehret,
ob es gleich viel Tausend nähret,
und daß mit dem Saft der Reben
uns wird Christi Blut gegeben.
O der großen Heimlichkeiten,
die nur Gottes Geist kann deuten!
7 Jesu, meines Lebens Sonne,
Jesu, meine Freud und Wonne,
Jesu, du mein ganz Beginnen,
Lebensquell und Licht der Sinnen,
hier fall ich zu deinen Füßen;
laß mich würdiglich geniessen
dieser deiner Himmelsspeise,
mir zum Heil und dir zum preise.
8 Herr, es hat dein theures Lieben
dich vom Himmel hergetrieben,
daß du willig hast dein Leben
in der Tod für uns gegeben,
und dazu ganz unverdrossen,
Herr, dein Blut für uns vergossen,
das uns jetzt kann kräftig tränken,
deiner Liebe zu gedenken.
9 Jesu, wahres Brod des Lebens,
hilf, daß ich doch nicht vergebens,
oder mir vielleicht zum Schaden,
sei zu deinem Tisch geladen.
Laß mich durch dies Seelenessen
deine Liebe recht ermessen,
daß ich auch, wie jetzt auf Erden,
mög ein Gast im Himmel werden. Languages: German
Schmücke dich, o liebe Seele
John Chandler
1806 - 1876 Topics: The Holy Sacraments Translator of "On Jordan's Banks the Herald's Cry" in Christian Youth Hymnal John Chandler, one of the most successful translators of hymns, was born at Witley in Surrey, June 16, 1806. He was educated at Corpus Christi College, Oxford, B.A. 1827, M.A. 1830. Ordained deacon in 1831 and priest in 1832, he succeeded his father as the patron and vicar of Whitley, in 1837. His first volume, entitled The Hymns of the Primitive Church, now first Collected, Translated and Arranged, 1837, contained 100 hymns, for the most part ancient, with a few additions from the Paris Breviary of 1736. Four years later, he republished this volume under the title of hymns of the Church, mostly primitive, collected, translated and arranged for public use, 1841. Other publications include a Life of William of Wykeham, 1842, and Horae sacrae: prayers and meditations from the writings of the divines of the Anglican Church, 1854, as well as numerous sermons and tracts. Chandler died at Putney on July 1, 1876.
--The Hymnal 1940 Companion
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Chandler, John, M.A.,one of the earliest and most successful of modern translators of Latin hymns, son of the Rev. John F. Chandler, was born at Witley, Godalming, Surrey, June 16, 1806, and educated at Corpus Christi College, Oxford, where he graduated in 1827. He took Holy Orders in 1831, and became Vicar of Witley in 1837. He died at Putney, July 1, 1876. Besides numerous Sermons and Tracts, his prose works include Life of William of Wykeham, 1842; and Horae Sacrae; Prayers and Meditations from the writings of the Divines of the Anglican Church, with an Introduction, 1844. His translations, he says, arose out of his desire to see the ancient prayers of the Anglican Liturgy accompanied by hymns of a corresponding date of composition, and his inability to find these hymns until he says,
"My attention was a short time ago directed to some translations [by Isaac Williams] which appeared from time to time in the British Magazine, very beautifully executed, of some hymns extracted from the Parisian Breviary,with originals annexed. Some, indeed, of the Sapphic and Alcaic and other Horatian metres, seem to be of little value; but the rest, of the peculiar hymn-metre, Dimeter Iambics, appear ancient, simple, striking, and devotional—in a word in every way likely to answer our purpose. So I got a copy of the Parisian Breviary [1736], and one or two other old books of Latin Hymns, especially one compiled by Georgius Cassander, printed at Cologne, in the year 1556, and regularly applied myself to the work of selection and translation. The result is the collection I now lay before the public." Preface, Hymns of the Primitive Church, viii., ix.
This collection is:—
(1) The Hymns of the Primitive Church, now first Collected, Translated, and Arranged, by the Rev. J. Chandler. London, John W. Parker, 1837. These translations were accompanied by the Latin texts. The trsanslations rearranged, with additional translations, original hymns by Chandler and a few taken from other sources, were republished as (2) The Hymns of the Church, mostly Primitive, Collected, Translated, and Arranged/or Public Use, by the Rev. J. Chandler, M.A. London, John W. Parker, 1841.
From these works from 30 to 40 translations have come gradually into common use, some of which hold a foremost place in modern hymnals, "Alleluia, best and sweetest;" "Christ is our Corner Stone;" "On Jordan's bank the Baptist's cry;" "Jesus, our Hope, our hearts' Desire;" "Now, my soul, thy voice upraising;" "Once more the solemn season calls;" and, "O Jesu, Lord of heavenly grace;" being those which are most widely used. Although Chandler's translations are somewhat free, and, in a few instances, doctrinal difficulties are either evaded or softened down, yet their popularity is unquestionably greater than the translations of several others whose renderings are more massive in style and more literal in execution.
--John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)
John Chandler
H. W. Baker
1821 - 1877 Person Name: Henry W. Baker Topics: The Holy Sacraments Author of "The King of Love My Shepherd Is" in Christian Youth Hymnal Baker, Sir Henry Williams, Bart., eldest son of Admiral Sir Henry Loraine Baker, born in London, May 27, 1821, and educated at Trinity College, Cambridge, where he graduated, B.A. 1844, M.A. 1847. Taking Holy Orders in 1844, he became, in 1851, Vicar of Monkland, Herefordshire. This benefice he held to his death, on Monday, Feb. 12, 1877. He succeeded to the Baronetcy in 1851. Sir Henry's name is intimately associated with hymnody. One of his earliest compositions was the very beautiful hymn, "Oh! what if we are Christ's," which he contributed to Murray's Hymnal for the Use of the English Church, 1852. His hymns, including metrical litanies and translations, number in the revised edition of Hymns Ancient & Modern, 33 in all. These were contributed at various times to Murray's Hymnal, Hymns Ancient & Modern and the London Mission Hymn Book, 1876-7. The last contains his three latest hymns. These are not included in Hymns Ancient & Modern. Of his hymns four only are in the highest strains of jubilation, another four are bright and cheerful, and the remainder are very tender, but exceedingly plaintive, sometimes even to sadness. Even those which at first seem bright and cheerful have an undertone of plaintiveness, and leave a dreamy sadness upon the spirit of the singer. Poetical figures, far-fetched illustrations, and difficult compound words, he entirely eschewed. In his simplicity of language, smoothness of rhythm, and earnestness of utterance, he reminds one forcibly of the saintly Lyte. In common with Lyte also, if a subject presented itself to his mind with striking contrasts of lights and shadows, he almost invariably sought shelter in the shadows. The last audible words which lingered on his dying lips were the third stanza of his exquisite rendering of the 23rd Psalm, "The King of Love, my Shepherd is:"—
Perverse and foolish, oft I strayed,
But yet in love He sought me,
And on His Shoulder gently laid,
And home, rejoicing, brought me."
This tender sadness, brightened by a soft calm peace, was an epitome of his poetical life.
Sir Henry's labours as the Editor of Hymns Ancient & Modern were very arduous. The trial copy was distributed amongst a few friends in 1859; first ed. published 1861, and the Appendix, in 1868; the trial copy of the revised ed. was issued in 1874, and the publication followed in 1875. In addition he edited Hymns for the London Mission, 1874, and Hymns for Mission Services, n.d., c. 1876-7. He also published Daily Prayers for those who work hard; a Daily Text Book, &c. In Hymns Ancient & Modern there are also four tunes (33, 211, 254, 472) the melodies of which are by Sir Henry, and the harmonies by Dr. Monk. He died Feb. 12, 1877.
--John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)
H. W. Baker
John Bacchus Dykes
1823 - 1876 Person Name: John B. Dykes Topics: The Holy Sacraments Composer of "DOMINUS REGIT ME" in Christian Youth Hymnal As a young child John Bacchus Dykes (b. Kingston-upon-Hull' England, 1823; d. Ticehurst, Sussex, England, 1876) took violin and piano lessons. At the age of ten he became the organist of St. John's in Hull, where his grandfather was vicar. After receiving a classics degree from St. Catherine College, Cambridge, England, he was ordained in the Church of England in 1847. In 1849 he became the precentor and choir director at Durham Cathedral, where he introduced reforms in the choir by insisting on consistent attendance, increasing rehearsals, and initiating music festivals. He served the parish of St. Oswald in Durham from 1862 until the year of his death. To the chagrin of his bishop, Dykes favored the high church practices associated with the Oxford Movement (choir robes, incense, and the like). A number of his three hundred hymn tunes are still respected as durable examples of Victorian hymnody. Most of his tunes were first published in Chope's Congregational Hymn and Tune Book (1857) and in early editions of the famous British hymnal, Hymns Ancient and Modern.
Bert Polman
John Bacchus Dykes
