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Voices United
Publication Date: 1996 Publisher: The United Church Publishing House Person Name: Nancy E. Hardy Publication Place: Etobicoke, Ontario, Canada Editors: Nancy E. Hardy; Leonard Lythgoe; Stephen Benner
Voices United
I Feel the Winds of God
Author: Jessie Adams Meter: 8.6.8.6 D Appears in 27 hymnals Person Name: Jessie Adams First Line: I feel the winds of God today Lyrics: 1 I feel the winds of God today;
today my sail I lift,
though heavy oft with drenching spray
and torn with many a rift;
if hope but light the water’s crest,
and Christ my bark will use,
I’ll seek the seas at his behest,
and brave another cruise.
2 It is the wind of God that dries
my vain regretful tears,
until with braver thoughts shall rise
the purer, brighter years;
if cast on shores of selfish ease
or pleasure I should be,
O let me feel your freshening breeze,
and I’ll put back to sea.
3 If ever I forget your love
and how that love was shown,
lift high the blood-red flag above;
it bears your name alone.
Great pilot of my onward way,
you will not let me drift;
I feel the winds of God today,
today my sail I lift. Topics: Church in the World Renewal: Transformation; Challenge; Courage; Holy Spirit; Holy Spirit Images; Holy Spirit Movement; Holy Spirit Power; Jesus Christ Blood; Jesus Christ Images of; Renewal; Risk; Transformation; Water; Pentecost Year A; Proper 22 Year A; Proper 8 Year C Used With Tune: KINGSFOLD
I Feel the Winds of God
Nearer, My God, to Thee ( Mon Dieu, plus près de toi)
Author: Sarah Flower Adams; Charles Châtelanat Meter: 6.4.6.4.6.6.6.4 Appears in 2,481 hymnals Person Name: Sarah Flower Adams First Line: Nearer, my God, to thee (Mon Dieu, plus près de toi) Lyrics: 1 Nearer, my God, to thee,
nearer to thee!
E'en though it be a cross
that raiseth me,
still all my song shall be,
nearer, my God, to thee;
nearer, my God, to thee,
nearer to thee!
2 Though like the wanderer,
the sun gone down,
darkness be over me,
my rest a stone;
yet in my dreams I'd be
nearer, my God, to thee;
nearer, my God, to thee,
nearer to thee!
3 There let the way appear,
steps unto heaven;
all that thou sendest me,
in mercy given;
angels to beckon me
nearer, my God, to thee;
nearer, my God, to thee,
nearer to thee!
4 Then, with my waking thoughts
bright with thy praise,
out of my stony griefs
Bethel I'll raise;
so by my woes to be
nearer, my God, to thee;
nearer, my God, to thee,
nearer to thee!
5 Or if on joyful wing
cleaving the sky,
sun, moon, and stars forgot,
upward I fly,
still all my song shall be,
nearer, my God, to thee;
nearer, my God, to thee,
nearer to thee!
French:
1 Mon Dieu, plus près de toi,
plus près de toi!
C'est le cri de ma foi:
Plus près de toi!
Dans le jour où l'épreuve
déborde comme un fleuve,
garde-moi près de toi,
plus près de toi!
2 Plus près de toi, Seigneur,
plus près de toi!
Tiens-moi dans ma douleur
tout près de toi,
alors que la souffrance
fait son oeuvre en silence,
toujours plus près de toi,
plus près de toi!
3 Plus près de toi, toujours,
plus près de toi!
Donne-moit ton secourts,
soutiens ma foi!
Que Satan se déchaîne,
ton amour me ramène
toujours plus près de toi,
plus près de toi!
4 Mon Dieu, plus près de toi!
Dans le désert
j'ai vu, plus près de toi,
ton ciel ouvert,
Pèlerin, bon courage!
Ton chant brave l'orage:
Mon Dieu, plus près de toi,
plus près de toi! Topics: The Church at Worship Funeral; Biblical Characters Jacob; Biblical Narrative; Biblical Places Bethel; Comfort/Consolation; Commitment; Eternal Life; Faith; Funerals and Memorial Services; Grief; Pilgrimage and Conflict; Prayer; Reconciliation; Security; Suffering; Sun; Supplication; Venture; Wandering from God; Proper 7 Year A; Proper 11 Year A; Proper 19 Year B; Proper 20 Year B Used With Tune: EXCELSIOR (BETHANY)
Nearer, My God, to Thee ( Mon Dieu, plus près de toi)
When All Your Mercies, O My God
Author: Joseph Addison Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 997 hymnals Person Name: Joseph Addison Lyrics: 1 When all your mercies, O my God,
my rising soul surveys,
transported with the view, I'm lost
in wonder, love, and praise.
2 Ten thousand thousand precious gifts
my daily thanks employ;
nor is the least a cheerful heart
that tastes those gifts with joy.
3 Through every period of my life
your goodness I'll pursue;
and after death, in distant world
the glorious theme renew.
4 Through all eternity to you
a joyful song I'll raise;
but oh! eternity's too short
to utter all your praise!
Topics: God Praise and Thanksgiving; Adoration and Praise; Assurance; Cheerfulness; Church Anniversaries; Eternal Life; Faithfulness; Gift(s); God Faithfulness; God Mercy; Grace; Mercy; Mission and Outreach; Music and Singing; Nurture; Revival; Proper 9 Year A; Proper 20 Year A; Thanksgiving Year A; Epiphany 2 Year B; Epiphany 2 Year C; Proper 8 Year C; Proper 11 Year C; Proper 19 Year C Used With Tune: ST STEPHEN
When All Your Mercies, O My God
EXCELSIOR (BETHANY)
Meter: 6.4.6.4.6.6.6.4 Appears in 958 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Lowell Mason Person Name: Sarah Flower Adams Tune Key: G Major Incipit: 32116 65132 32116 Used With Text: Nearer, My God, to Thee ( Mon Dieu, plus près de toi)
EXCELSIOR (BETHANY)
ST STEPHEN
Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 352 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: William Jones Person Name: Joseph Addison Tune Key: G Major Incipit: 15312 17123 45123 Used With Text: When All Your Mercies, O My God
ST STEPHEN
I Feel the Winds of God
Author: Jessie Adams Hymnal: VU1996 #625 (1996) Meter: 8.6.8.6 D Person Name: Jessie Adams First Line: I feel the winds of God today Lyrics: 1 I feel the winds of God today;
today my sail I lift,
though heavy oft with drenching spray
and torn with many a rift;
if hope but light the water’s crest,
and Christ my bark will use,
I’ll seek the seas at his behest,
and brave another cruise.
2 It is the wind of God that dries
my vain regretful tears,
until with braver thoughts shall rise
the purer, brighter years;
if cast on shores of selfish ease
or pleasure I should be,
O let me feel your freshening breeze,
and I’ll put back to sea.
3 If ever I forget your love
and how that love was shown,
lift high the blood-red flag above;
it bears your name alone.
Great pilot of my onward way,
you will not let me drift;
I feel the winds of God today,
today my sail I lift. Topics: Church in the World Renewal: Transformation; Challenge; Courage; Holy Spirit; Holy Spirit Images; Holy Spirit Movement; Holy Spirit Power; Jesus Christ Blood; Jesus Christ Images of; Renewal; Risk; Transformation; Water; Pentecost Year A; Proper 22 Year A; Proper 8 Year C Tune Title: KINGSFOLD
I Feel the Winds of God
Nearer, My God, to Thee ( Mon Dieu, plus près de toi)
Author: Sarah Flower Adams; Charles Châtelanat Hymnal: VU1996 #497 (1996) Meter: 6.4.6.4.6.6.6.4 Person Name: Sarah Flower Adams First Line: Nearer, my God, to thee (Mon Dieu, plus près de toi) Lyrics: 1 Nearer, my God, to thee,
nearer to thee!
E'en though it be a cross
that raiseth me,
still all my song shall be,
nearer, my God, to thee;
nearer, my God, to thee,
nearer to thee!
2 Though like the wanderer,
the sun gone down,
darkness be over me,
my rest a stone;
yet in my dreams I'd be
nearer, my God, to thee;
nearer, my God, to thee,
nearer to thee!
3 There let the way appear,
steps unto heaven;
all that thou sendest me,
in mercy given;
angels to beckon me
nearer, my God, to thee;
nearer, my God, to thee,
nearer to thee!
4 Then, with my waking thoughts
bright with thy praise,
out of my stony griefs
Bethel I'll raise;
so by my woes to be
nearer, my God, to thee;
nearer, my God, to thee,
nearer to thee!
5 Or if on joyful wing
cleaving the sky,
sun, moon, and stars forgot,
upward I fly,
still all my song shall be,
nearer, my God, to thee;
nearer, my God, to thee,
nearer to thee!
French:
1 Mon Dieu, plus près de toi,
plus près de toi!
C'est le cri de ma foi:
Plus près de toi!
Dans le jour où l'épreuve
déborde comme un fleuve,
garde-moi près de toi,
plus près de toi!
2 Plus près de toi, Seigneur,
plus près de toi!
Tiens-moi dans ma douleur
tout près de toi,
alors que la souffrance
fait son oeuvre en silence,
toujours plus près de toi,
plus près de toi!
3 Plus près de toi, toujours,
plus près de toi!
Donne-moit ton secourts,
soutiens ma foi!
Que Satan se déchaîne,
ton amour me ramène
toujours plus près de toi,
plus près de toi!
4 Mon Dieu, plus près de toi!
Dans le désert
j'ai vu, plus près de toi,
ton ciel ouvert,
Pèlerin, bon courage!
Ton chant brave l'orage:
Mon Dieu, plus près de toi,
plus près de toi! Topics: The Church at Worship Funeral; Biblical Characters Jacob; Biblical Narrative; Biblical Places Bethel; Comfort/Consolation; Commitment; Eternal Life; Faith; Funerals and Memorial Services; Grief; Pilgrimage and Conflict; Prayer; Reconciliation; Security; Suffering; Sun; Supplication; Venture; Wandering from God; Proper 7 Year A; Proper 11 Year A; Proper 19 Year B; Proper 20 Year B Languages: English; French Tune Title: EXCELSIOR (BETHANY)
Nearer, My God, to Thee ( Mon Dieu, plus près de toi)
When All Your Mercies, O My God
Author: Joseph Addison Hymnal: VU1996 #219 (1996) Meter: 8.6.8.6 Person Name: Joseph Addison Lyrics: 1 When all your mercies, O my God,
my rising soul surveys,
transported with the view, I'm lost
in wonder, love, and praise.
2 Ten thousand thousand precious gifts
my daily thanks employ;
nor is the least a cheerful heart
that tastes those gifts with joy.
3 Through every period of my life
your goodness I'll pursue;
and after death, in distant world
the glorious theme renew.
4 Through all eternity to you
a joyful song I'll raise;
but oh! eternity's too short
to utter all your praise!
Topics: God Praise and Thanksgiving; Adoration and Praise; Assurance; Cheerfulness; Church Anniversaries; Eternal Life; Faithfulness; Gift(s); God Faithfulness; God Mercy; Grace; Mercy; Mission and Outreach; Music and Singing; Nurture; Revival; Proper 9 Year A; Proper 20 Year A; Thanksgiving Year A; Epiphany 2 Year B; Epiphany 2 Year C; Proper 8 Year C; Proper 11 Year C; Proper 19 Year C Languages: English Tune Title: ST STEPHEN
When All Your Mercies, O My God
Jessie Adams
1863 - 1954 Hymnal Number: 625 Author of "I Feel the Winds of God" in Voices United Adams, Jessie. (Ipswitch, Suffolk, England, September 9, 1863-July 15, 1954, York). Society of Friends. She preferred to remain anonymous. She was a progressive teacher and a leader of the local adult school in Frimley, England.
--Don Hustad, DNAH Archives
Jessie Adams
Sarah Flower Adams
1805 - 1848 Hymnal Number: 497 Author of "Nearer, My God, to Thee ( Mon Dieu, plus près de toi)" in Voices United Adams, Sarah, nee Flower. born at Harlow, Essex, Feb. 22nd, 1805; died in London, Aug. 14, 1848, and was buried at Harlow, Aug. 21,1848. She was the younger daughter of Mr. Benjamin Flower, editor and proprietor, of The Cambridge Intelligencer; and was married, in 1834, to William B. Adams, a civil engineer. In 1841 she published Vivia Perpetua, a dramatic poem dealing with the conflict of heathenism and Christianity, in which Vivia Perpetua suffered martyrdom; and in 1845, The Flock at the Fountain; a catechism and hymns for children. As a member of the congregation of the Rev. W. J. Fox, an Unitarian minister in London, she contributed 13 hymns to the Hymns and Anthems, published by C. Fox, Lond., in 1841, for use in his chapel. Of these hymns the most widely known are— "Nearer,my God,to Thee," and "He sendeth sun, He sendeth shower." The remaining eleven, most of which have come into common use, more especially in America, are:—
Creator Spirit! Thou the first. Holy Spirit.
Darkness shrouded Calvary. Good Friday.
Gently fall the dews of eve. Evening.
Go, and watch the Autumn leaves. Autumn.
O hallowed memories of the past. Memories.
O human heart! thou hast a song. Praise.
O I would sing a song of praise. Praise.
O Love! thou makest all things even. Love.
Part in Peace! is day before us? Close of Service.
Sing to the Lord! for His mercies are sure. Praise.
The mourners came at break of day. Easter.
Mrs. Adams also contributed to Novello's musical edition of Songs for the Months, n. d. Nearly all of the above hymns are found in the Unitarian collections of Great Britain, and America. In Martineau's Hymns of Praise & Prayer, 1873, No. 389, there is a rendering by her from Fenelon: —" Living or dying, Lord, I would be Thine." It appeared in the Hymns and Anthems, 1841.
-John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)
Sarah Flower Adams
Joseph Addison
1672 - 1719 Hymnal Number: 219 Author of "When All Your Mercies, O My God" in Voices United Addison, Joseph, born at Milston, near Amesbury, Wiltshire, May 1, 1672, was the son of the Rev. Lancelot Addison, sometime Dean of Lichfield, and author of Devotional Poems, &c, 1699. Addison was educated at the Charterhouse, and at Magdalen College, Oxford, graduating B.A. 1691 and M.A. 1693. Although intended for the Church, he gave himself to the study of law and politics, and soon attained, through powerful influence, to some important posts. He was successively a Commissioner of Appeals, an Under Secretary of State, Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, and Chief Secretary for Ireland. He married, in 1716, the Dowager Countess of Warwick, and died at Holland House, Kensington, June 17, 1719. Addison is most widely known through his contributions to The Spectator, The Toiler, The Guardian, and The Freeholder. To the first of these he contributed his hymns. His Cato, a tragedy, is well known and highly esteemed. Addison's claims to the authorship of the hymns usually ascribed to him, or to certain of them, have been called in question on two occasions. The first was the publication, by Captain Thompson, of certain of those hymns in his edition of the Works of Andrew Marvell, 1776, as the undoubted compositions of Marvell; and the second, a claim in the Athenaeum, July 10th, 1880, on behalf of the Rev. Richard Richmond. Fully to elucidate the subject it will be necessary, therefore, to give a chronological history of the hymns as they appeared in the Spectator from time to time.
i. The History of the Hymns in The Spectator. This, as furnished in successive numbers of the Spectator is :—
1. The first of these hymns appeared in the Spectator of Saturday, July 26, 1712, No. 441, in 4 stanzas of 6 lines. The article in which it appeared was on Divine Providence, signed “C." The hymn itself, "The Lord my pasture shall prepare," was introduced with these words:—
"David has very beautifully represented this steady reliance on God Almighty in his twenty-third psalm, which is a kind of pastoral hymn, and filled with those allusions which are usual in that kind of writing As the poetry is very exquisite, I shall present my readers with the following translation of it." (Orig. Broadsheet, Brit. Mus.)
2. The second hymn appeared in the Spectator on Saturday, Aug. 9, 1712, No. 453, in 13 st. of 4 1., and forms the conclusion of an essay on " Gratitude." It is also signed " C," and is thus introduced:—
“I have already obliged the public with some pieces of divine poetry which have fallen into my hands, and as they have met with the reception which they deserve, I shall, from time to time, communicate any work of the same nature which has not appeared in print, and may be acceptable to my readers." (Orig. Broadsheet, British Museum)
Then follows the hymn:—"When all Thy mercies, 0 my God."
3. The number of the Spectator for Tuesday, Aug. 19, 1712, No. 461, is composed of three parts. The first is an introductory paragraph by Addison, the second, an unsigned letter from Isaac Watts, together with a rendering by him of Ps. 114th; and the third, a letter from Steele. It is with the first two we have to deal. The opening paragraph by Addison is:—
“For want of time to substitute something else in the Boom of them, I am at present obliged to publish Compliments above my Desert in the following Letters. It is no small Satisfaction, to have given Occasion to ingenious Men to employ their Thoughts upon sacred Subjects from the Approbation of such Pieces of Poetry as they have seen in my Saturday's papers. I shall never publish Verse on that Day but what is written by the same Hand; yet shall I not accompany those Writings with Eulogiums, but leave them to speak for themselves." (Orig. Broadsheet, British Museum
Joseph Addison
