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African Methodist Episcopal Church Hymnal
Publication Date: 2011 Publisher: African Methodist Episcopal Church Publication Place: Nashville Editors: Robert O. Hoffelt
African Methodist Episcopal Church Hymnal
It Is Good to Sing Thy Praises
Author: Anonymous Meter: 8.7.8.7 D Appears in 26 hymnals Lyrics: 1 It is good to sing Thy praises
And to thank Thee, O Most High,
Showing forth Thy loving-kindness
When the morning lights the sky.
It is good when night is falling
Of Thy faithfulness to tell,
While with sweet, melodious praises
Songs of adoration swell.
2 Thou hast filled my heart with gladness
Through the works Thy hands have wrought;
Thou hast made my life victorious,
Great Thy works and deep Thy thought.
Thou, O Lord, on high exalted,
Reignest evermore in might;
All Thine enemies shall perish,
Sin be banished from Thy sight.
3 But the good shall live before Thee,
Planted in Thy dwelling place,
Fruitful trees and ever verdant,
Nourished by Thy boundless grace.
In His goodness to the righteous
God His righteousness displays;
God, my rock, my strength and refuge,
Just and true are all His ways.
Amen.
Topics: Worship and Praise Adoration; Adoration; Peace Scripture: Psalm 138:2 Used With Tune: ELLESDIE Text Sources: The Psalter, 1912
It Is Good to Sing Thy Praises
Still, Still with Thee
Author: Harriet B.Stowe, 1812-1896 Meter: 11.10.11.10 Appears in 342 hymnals First Line: Still, still with Thee, when purple morning breaketh Lyrics: 1 Still, still with Thee, when purple morning breaketh,
When the bird waketh, and the shadows flee;
Fairer than morning, lovelier than daylight,
Dawns the sweet consciousness I am with Thee.
2 Alone with Thee amid the mystic shadows,
The solemn hush of nature newly born;
Alone with Thee in breathless adoration,
In the calm dew and freshness of the morn.
3 Still, still with Thee! as to each newborn morning
A fresh and solemn splendor still is given,
So does this blessed consciousness, awaking,
Breathe each day nearness unto Thee and heaven.
4 When sinks the soul, subdued by toil, to slumber,
Its closing eyes look up to Thee in prayer;
Sweet the repose beneath Thy wings o'ershading,
But sweeter still, to wake and find Thee there.
5 So shall it be at last, in that bright morning,
When the soul waketh, and life's shadows flee;
O in that hour, fairer than daylight dawning,
Shall rise the glorious thought, I am with Thee.
Amen.
Topics: Worship and Praise Morning; Inner Life; Morning Used With Tune: CONSOLATION
Still, Still with Thee
Great God, How Infinite Art Thou
Author: Isaac Watts, 1674-1748 Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 321 hymnals First Line: Great God, how infinite art Thou! Lyrics: 1 Great God, how infinite art Thou!
What worthless ones are we!
Let the whole race of creatures bow,
And pay their praise to Thee.
2 Thy throne eternal ages stood,
Ere seas or stars were made;
Thou art the ever-living God,
Were all the nations dead.
3 Eternity, with all its years,
Stands present in Thy view;
To Thee there’s nothing old appears;
Great God, there’s nothing new.
4 Our lives through various scenes are drawn,
And vexed with trifling cares,
While Thine eternal thought moves on
Thine undisturbed affairs.
Amen. Topics: God the Father Majesty and Power; God Eternity and Power Scripture: Psalm 90 Used With Tune: DUNDEE (FRENCH)
Great God, How Infinite Art Thou
TRUST IN JESUS
Meter: 8.7.8.7 with refrain Appears in 282 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: William J. Kirkpatrick, 1838-1921 Tune Key: G Major or modal Incipit: 32176 16513 53212 Used With Text: 'Tis So Sweet to Trust in Jesus
TRUST IN JESUS
HOW GREAT THOU ART
Meter: 11.10.11.10 with refrain Appears in 169 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Stuart K. Hine Tune Key: a minor or modal Incipit: 55535 55664 66665 Used With Text: How Great Thou Art
HOW GREAT THOU ART
O For a Thousand Tongues to Sing
Author: Charles Wesley, 1707-1788 Hymnal: AMEC1984 #1 (2011) Meter: 8.6.8.6 D Lyrics: 1 O for a thousand tongues to sing
My great Redeemer's praise,
The glories of my God and King,
The triumphs of His grace!
2 My gracious Master and my God,
Assist me to proclaim,
To spread thro' all the earth abroad
The honors of Thy name.
3 Jesus! the name that charms our fears,
That bids our sorrows cease,
'Tis music in the sinners' ears,
'Tis life, and health, and peace.
4 He breaks the power of canceled sin,
He sets the prisoner free;
His blood can make the foulest clean;
His blood availed for me.
5 He speaks and listening to His voice,
New life the dead receive;
The mournful, broken hearts rejoice:
The humble poor, believe.
6 Hear Him, ye deaf; His praise, ye dumb,
Your loosened tongues employ;
Ye blind, behold your Savior come;
And leap, ye lame, for joy.
Amen.
Topics: Worship and Praise Adoration; Jesus Names and Titles; Walking with God Scripture: Psalm 35:28 Languages: English Tune Title: AZMON
O For a Thousand Tongues to Sing
O For a Thousand Tongues to Sing
Author: Charles Wesley, 1707-1788 Hymnal: AMEC1984 #2 (2011) Meter: 8.6.8.6 D Lyrics: 1 O for a thousand tongues to sing
My great Redeemer's praise,
my great Redeemer's praise,
The glories of my God and King,
The triumphs of His grace,
the triumphs of His grace,
the triumphs of His grace!
2 My gracious Master and my God,
Assist me to proclaim,
assist me to proclaim,
To spread thro' all the earth abroad
The honors of Thy name,
the honors of Thy name,
the honors of Thy name.
3 Jesus! the name that charms our fears,
That bids our sorrows cease,
that bids our sorrows cease,
'Tis music in the sinners' ears,
'Tis life, and health, and peace,
'tis life, and health, and peace,
'tis life, and health, and peace.
4 He breaks the power of canceled sin,
He sets the prisoner free,
He sets the prisoner free;
His blood can make the foulest clean:
His blood availed for me,
His blood availed for me,
His blood availed for me.
5 He speaks, and listening to His voice,
New life the dead receive,
new life the dead receive;
The mournful, broken hearts rejoice:
The humble poor, believe,
the humble poor, believe,
the humble poor, believe.
6 Hear Him, ye deaf; His praise, ye dumb,
Your loosened tongues employ,
Ye blind, behold your Savior come:
And leap, ye lame, for joy,
And leap, ye lame, for joy,
And leap, ye lame, for joy.
Topics: Worship and Praise Adoration; Jesus Names and Titles; Walking with God Scripture: Psalm 35:28 Languages: English Tune Title: LYNGHAM
O For a Thousand Tongues to Sing
Praise to the Lord, the Almighty
Author: Joachim Neander, 1650-1680; Catherine Winkworth, 1827-1878 Hymnal: AMEC1984 #3 (2011) Meter: 14.14.4.7.8 First Line: Praise to the Lord, the Almighty, the King of creation! Lyrics: 1 Praise to the Lord, the Almighty, the King of creation!
O my soul, praise Him, for He is thy health and salvation!
All ye who hear,
Now to His temple draw near;
Join me in glad adoration!
2 Praise to the Lord, who o'er all things so wondrously reigneth,
Shieldeth thee under His wings, yea, so gently sustaineth!
Hast thou not seen
How thy desires e'er have been
Granted in what He ordaineth?
3 Praise to the Lord! O let all that is in me adore Him!
All that hath life and breath, come now with praises before Him!
Let the amen
Sound from His people again;
Gladly forever adore Him.
Amen. Topics: Worship and Praise Adoration Scripture: Psalm 87:3 Languages: English Tune Title: LOBE DEN HERREN
Praise to the Lord, the Almighty
Rabanus Maurus
776 - 856 Person Name: Rhabanus Maurus, c. 776-856 Hymnal Number: 194 Author (attributed to) of "Come, Holy Ghost, Our Souls Inspire" in African Methodist Episcopal Church Hymnal Rabanus Maurus (c. 776-856) or Hrabanus Magnentius Maurus, was born of noble parents at Mainz, and educated at Fulda and Tours under Alcuin, who is reputed to have given him the surname, Maurus, after the saint of that name. In 803, he became director of the school at the Benedictine Abbey at Fulda. He was ordained priest in 814, spending the following years in a pilgrimage to Palestine. In 822, he became Abbott at Fulda, retiring in 842. In 847, he became archbishop of Mainz. He died at Winkel on the Rhine, February 4, 856. This distinguished Carolingian poet-theologian wrote extensive biblical commentaries, the Encyclopaedic De Universo, De Institutione Clericorum, and other works which circulated widely during the Middle Ages. Some of his poems, with English translations, are in Helen Waddell's Mediaeval Latin Lyrics. He is the author of:
O Come, Creator Spirit, come
Christ, the fair glory of the holy angels
Come, Holy Ghost, our souls inspire
Come, Holy Ghost, Creator blest
Creator Spirit, by whose aid
--The Hymnal 1940 Companion, New York: The Church Pension Fund (1949)
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Hrabanus (Rabanus) Maurus, son of one Ruthard, was born probably at Mainz, about 776. At an early age he was sent to the Monastery of Fulda to receive a religious education. In 801 he was ordained Deacon, and the following year he went to the monastic school of St. Martin at Tours to study under Alcuin, a celebrated teacher of that time, who gave to Hrabanus the name of Maurus to which Hrabanus added Magnentius. On his return to Fulda in 804 he became the head of the school connected with the Monastery. Towards him Ratgar the abbot showed great unkindness, which arose mainly from the fact that Ratgar demanded the students to build additions to the monastery, whilst Hrabanus required them at the same time for study. Hrabanus had to retire for a season, but Ratgar's deposition by Ludwig the Pious, in 817, opened up the way for his return, and the reopening of the school In the meantime, in 814, he had been raised to the Priesthood. Egil, who succeeded Ratgar as abbot, died in 822, and Hrabanus was appointed in his stead. This post he held for some time, until driven forth by some of the community. In 847, on the death of Archbishop Otgar, Ludwig the younger, with whom Hrabanus had sided in his demand for German independence as against the imperialism of his elder brother Lothar, rewarded him with the Archbishopric of Mainz, then the metropolitan see of Germany. He held this appointment to his death on Feb. 4, 856. He was buried first in St. Alban's, Mainz, and then, during the early days of the Reformation, in St. Maurice, Halle, possibly because of the opposition he is known to have made to the doctrine of Transubstantiation.
With German historians Hrabanus is regarded as the father of the modern system of education in that country. His prose works were somewhat numerous, but the hymns with which his name is associated are few. We have the "Christe sanctorum decus Angelorum”; “Tibi Christe, splendor Patris”; and the "Veni Creator Spiritus”; but recent research convinces us that the ascription in each case is very doubtful; and none are received as by Hrabanus in Professor Dümmler's edition of the Carmina of Hrabanus in the Poetae Latini aevi Carolini, vol. ii. 1884. Dümmler omits them even from the "hymns of uncertain origin."
--John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, Appendix I (1907)
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Rabanus Maurus
Kate Hankey
1834 - 1911 Person Name: Katherine Hankey, 1834-1911 Hymnal Number: 217 Author of "I Love to Tell the Story" in African Methodist Episcopal Church Hymnal Arabella Katherine Hankey (b. Clapham, England, 1834; d. Westminster, London, England, 1911) was the daughter of a wealthy banker and was associated with the Clapham sect of William Wilberforce, a group of prominent evangelical Anglicans from the Clapham area. This group helped to establish the British and Foreign Bible Society, promoted the abolition of slavery, and was involved in improving the lot of England's working classes. Hankey taught Bible classes for shop girls in London, visited the sick in local hospitals, and used the proceeds of her writings to support various mission causes. Her publications include Heart to Heart (1870) and The Old, Old Story and Other Verses (1879).
Bert Polman
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Hankey, Katharine, has published several hymns of great beauty and simplicity which are included in her:—
(1) The Old, Old Story, 1866; (2) The Old, Old Story, and other Verses, 1879; (3) Heart to Heart, 1870, enlarged in 1873 and 1876. In 1878 it was republished with music by the author.
Miss Hankey's hymns which have come into common use are:—
1. Advent tells us, Christ is near. The Christian Seasons. Written for the Sunday School of St. Peter's, Eaton Square, London, and printed on a card with music by the author.
2. I love to tell the story Of unseen things above. The love of Jesus. This is a cento from No. 3, and is given in Bliss's Gospel Songs, Cincinnati, 1874, and other American collections.
3. I saw Him leave His Father's throne. Lovest than Me? Written in 1868. It is No. 33 of the Old, Old Story, and other Verses, 1879.
4. Tell me the old, old story. This Life of Jesus in verse was written in two parts. Pt. i., "The Story Wanted," Jan. 29; and Pt. ii., "The Story Told," Nov. 18, 1866. It has since been published in several forms, and sometimes with expressive music by the author, and has also been translated into various languages, including Welsh, German, Italian, Spanish, &c. The form in which it is usually known is that in I. P. Sankey's Sacred Songs & Solos. This is Part i. slightly altered.
Miss Hankey's works contain many suitable hymns for Mission Services and Sunday Schools, and may be consulted both for words and music with advantage.
--John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)
Kate Hankey
Jennie Evelyn Hussey
1874 - 1958 Person Name: Jennie E. Hussey, 1874-1958 Hymnal Number: 306 Author of "King of My Life (Lead Me to Calvary)" in African Methodist Episcopal Church Hymnal Jane Evelyn Hussy was born 8 February 1874 in Henniker, N.H. She was an invalid from rheumatism. She began writing verse as a child. The first were published when she was thirteen. At sixteen she began to write stories, articles and designs for crochet needlework for magazines. In 1898 her first hymns were published. She was a member of the Society of Friends.
Dianne Shapiro, from "The Singers and Their Songs: sketches of living gospel hymn writers" by Charles Hutchinson Gabriel (Chicago: The Rodeheaver Company, 1916)
Jennie Evelyn Hussey
