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O Light serene of heavenly birth

Author: John Brownlie Meter: 8.6.8.4 Appears in 1 hymnal Lyrics: O Light serene of heavenly birth, No dawn Thy glory knew; No night shall chase Thy beams from earth, Nor clouds pursue. Eternal day, where Thou dost shine Illumes the hallowed place, And souls reflect Thy light divine, O Lord of Grace. O, from Thy dazzling throne come down, To gild our darkness here, And rend the clouds that threatening frown, And chase our fear. Unfading in our souls abide, To give more beauties rare, Than paint the earth in Summer time When flowers are there. O Christ, our Lord, here clouds obscure, And beauty fades from sight; But bring us where Thy joys endure, In lasting light.

The Guest Chamber

Author: Martha E. Pettus Meter: 8.6.8.4 Appears in 1 hymnal First Line: Is it to me the Master sends Text Sources: The Wayside Shrine (Boston: Sherman, French & Company, 1914)

Hail! Sacred day of earthly rest

Author: Godfrey Thring Meter: 8.6.8.4 Appears in 54 hymnals Topics: Times of Worship Used With Tune: WREFORD

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ST. CUTHBERT

Meter: 8.6.8.4 Appears in 239 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: John B. Dykes Tune Key: E Flat Major Incipit: 11123 44351 33454 Used With Text: Our blest Redeemer, ere He breathed

WREFORD

Meter: 8.6.8.4 Appears in 32 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: E. S. Carter Incipit: 33543 32112 34625 Used With Text: Our Blest Redeemer

KINGTON

Meter: 8.6.8.4 Appears in 3 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Rev. F. Llewellyn Edwards Tune Key: E Flat Major Incipit: 31235 6535 Used With Text: When shadows gather on our way

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A holy stillness, breathing calm

Hymnal: The Hymnal #R38 (1950) Meter: 8.6.8.4 Lyrics: A holy stillness, breathing calm On all the world around, Uplifts my soul, O God, to Thee, Where rest is found. Topics: Responses General Responses; Responses Tune Title: LANDSKRON

O Lord, our Lord, how excellent

Hymnal: The Presbyterian Book of Praise #P5 (1897) Meter: 8.6.8.4 Scripture: Psalm 8 Languages: English Tune Title: LINTON

O Lord, our Lord, how excellent

Hymnal: The Irish Presbyterian Hymnbook #P8c (2004) Meter: 8.6.8.4 Lyrics: 1 O Lord, our Lord, how excellent in all the earth thy name! who hast thy glory set above the starry frame. 2 From infants' and from sucklings' mouths is strength by thee ordained, that so the avenger may be quelled, the foe restrained. 3 When I behold thy spacious heavens, the work of thine own hand, the moon and stars in order set by thy command; 4 O, what is man, that thou should'st him in kind remembrance bear? Or what the son of man, that thou for him should'st care? 5 For thou a little lower hast him than the angels made; with honour and with gory thou hast crowned his head. 6 Lord of thy works thou hast him made: all unto him must yield, all sheep and oxen, yea, and beasts which roam the field, 7 Fowl of the air, fish of the sea, all that pass through the same. O Lord, our Lord, in all the earth how great thy name! Scripture: Psalm 8 Languages: English Tune Title: ROTHLEY

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John Goss

1800 - 1880 Person Name: J. Goss Meter: 8.6.8.4 Composer of "DONA" in The Church Hymnal John Goss (b. Fareham, Hampshire, England, 1800; d. London, England, 1880). As a boy Goss was a chorister at the Chapel Royal and later sang in the opera chorus of the Covent Garden Theater. He was a professor of music at the Royal Academy of Music (1827-1874) and organist of St. Paul Cathedral, London (1838-1872); in both positions he exerted significant influence on the reform of British cathedral music. Goss published Parochial Psalmody (1826) and Chants, Ancient and Modern (1841); he edited William Mercer's Church Psalter and Hymn Book (1854). With James Turle he published a two-volume collection of anthems and Anglican service music (1854). Bert Polman

Thomas T. Lynch

1818 - 1871 Meter: 8.6.8.4 Author of "The World Was Dark With Care And Woe" in The Cyber Hymnal Lynch, Thomas Toke, was born at Dunmow, Essex, July 5, 1818, and educated at a school at Islington, in which he was afterwards an usher. For a few months he was a student at the Highbury Independent College; but withdrew, partly on account of failing health, and partly because his spirit was too free to submit to the routine of College life. From 1847 to 1849 he was Minister of a small charge at Highgate, and from 1849 to 1852 of a congregation in Mortimer Street, which subsequently migrated to Grafton Street, Fitzroy Square. From 1856 to 1859 he was laid aside by illness. In 1860 he resumed his ministry with his old congregation, in a room in Gower Street, where he remained until the opening of his new place of worship, in 1862, (Mornington Church), in Hampstead Road, London. He ministered there till his death, on the 9th of May, 1871. The influence of Lynch's ministry was great, and reached far beyond his own congregation (which was never large), since it included many students from the Theological Colleges of London, and thoughtful men from other churches, who were attracted to him by the freshness and spirituality of his preaching. His prose works were numerous, beginning with Thoughts on a Day, 1844, and concluding with The Mornington Lecture, 1870. Several of his works were published after his death. His Memoir, by W. White, was published in 1874. Lynch's hymns were published in:— The Rivulet: a Contribution to Sacred Song, London., Longman, 1855, 2nd ed., 1856. This was enlarged by an addition of 67 hymns in 1868. From the first edition of The Rivulet, 1855, the following hymns have come into common use:— 1. All faded is the glowing light. Second Advent. 2. Be Thy word with power fraught. Before Sermon. 3. Christ in His word draws near. Holy Scripture. 4. Dismiss me not Thy service, Lord. Work for Christ. 5. Gracious Spirit, dwell with me. Holy Spirit's presence desired. 6. How calmly the evening once more is descending. Evening. Sometimes "How calmly once more the night is descending." 7. I give myself to prayer. Prayer in Trouble. 8. Lord, on Thy returning day. Public Worship. 9. Lord, when in silent hours I muse. Resignation. 10. Love me, O Lord, forgivingly. Resignation. 11. Mountains by the darkness hidden. Resignation. 12. Now have we met that we may ask. Public Worship. 13. O, break my heart; but break it as a field. Penitence desired. 14. O Lord, Thou art not fickle. Sympathy. 15. O where is He that trod the sea. Christ Walking on the Sea. 16. Oft when of God we ask. Trust in Trial. 17. Rise, He calleth thee, arise. Blind Bartimaeus. 18. Say not, my soul, from whence. Resignation. 19. Where is thy God, my soul? Resignation and Hope. There are also from the 1856 and 1868 eds. the following:— 20. A thousand years have come and gone. Christmas. 21. Lift up your heads, rejoice; (1856.) Advent. 22. Praying by the river side. Holy Baptism. 23. The Lord is rich and merciful. Have Faith in God. 24. There is purpose in this waste. Easter. Lynch's hymns are marked by intense individuality, gracefulness and felicity of diction, picturesqueness, spiritual freshness, and the sadness of a powerful soul struggling with a weak and emaciated body. Although The Rivulet was published for use by his own congregation as a supplement to Watts, more than one half of the hymns were designed for private use only, but were not so distinguished in the work. Its publication caused one of the most bitter hymnological controversies known in the annals of modern Congregationalism. Time, however, and a criticism, broader and more just, have declared emphatically in favour of his hymns as valuable contributions to cultured sacred song. [Rev. W. Garrett Horder] --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907) ================== Lynch, T. T., p. 705, ii. Other hymns by him in recent books are:— 1. My faith it is an oaken staff. Faith in Christ. In the Rivulet, 1855, p. 78. 2. Together for our country now we pray. National, In the Rivulet, 1868, p. 170. [Rev. James Mearns, M.A.] --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, New Supplement (1907)

Arthur Henry Brown

1830 - 1926 Person Name: Arthur Henry Brown, 1830-1926 Meter: 8.6.8.4 Composer of "HOLY CROSS" in The Book of Praise Born: July 24, 1830, Brentwood, Essex, England. Died: February 15, 1926, Brentwood, Essex, England. Almost completely self taught, Brown began playing the organ at the age 10. He was organist of the Brentwood Parish Church, Essex (1842-53); St. Edward’s, Romford (1853-58); Brentwood Parish Church (1858-88); St. Peter’s Church, South Weald (from 1889); and Sir Anthony Browne’s School (to 1926). A member of the London Gregorian Association, he helped assemble the Service Book for the annual festival in St. Paul’s Cathedral. He supported the Oxford Movement, and pioneered the restoration of plainchant and Gregorian music in Anglican worship. Brown edited various publications, including the Altar Hymnal. His other works include settings of the Canticles and the Holy Communion Service, a Children’s Festival Service, anthems, songs, part songs, and over 800 hymn tunes and carols. Music: Alleluia! Sing the Triumph Arthur Dale Abbey Fields of Gold Are Glowing Gerran Holy Church Holy Rood If Angels Sang Our Savior’s Birth Lammas O, Sing We a Carol Purleigh Redemptor Mundi Ring On, Ye Joyous Christmas Bells Saffron Walden St. Anatolius St. Austell St. John Damascene St. Mabyn St. Sophronius Story of the Cross Sweet Child Divine --www.hymntime.com/tch

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Small Church Music

Meter: 8.6.8.4 Editors: Harriet Auber Description: The SmallChurchMusic site was launched in 2006, growing out of the requests from those struggling to provide suitable music for their services and meetings. Rev. Clyde McLennan was ordained in mid 1960’s and was a pastor in many small Australian country areas, and therefore was acutely aware of this music problem. Having also been trained as a Pipe Organist, recordings on site (which are a subset of the smallchurchmusic.com site) are all actually played by Clyde, and also include piano and piano with organ versions. All recordings are in MP3 format. Churches all around the world use the recordings, with downloads averaging over 60,000 per month. The recordings normally have an introduction, several verses and a slowdown on the last verse. Users are encouraged to use software: Audacity (http://www.audacityteam.org) or Song Surgeon (http://songsurgeon.com) (see http://scm-audacity.weebly.com for more information) to adjust the MP3 number of verses, tempo and pitch to suit their local needs. Copyright notice: Rev. Clyde McLennan, performer in this collection, has assigned his performer rights in this collection to Hymnary.org. Non-commercial use of these recordings is permitted. For permission to use them for any other purposes, please contact manager@hymnary.org. Home/Music(smallchurchmusic.com) List SongsAlphabetically List Songsby Meter List Songs byTune Name About