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Have Thine Own Way, Lord

Author: A. A. P. Meter: 9.9.9.9 Appears in 313 hymnals First Line: Have Thine own way, Lord! Have Thine own way! Topics: The Gospel Consecration Used With Tune: STEBBINS

O Bread of Life, For Sinners Broken

Author: Timothy T'ingfang Lew; Frank W. Price Meter: 9.9.9.9 Appears in 5 hymnals

Jesus, My Savior,What Didst Thou See?

Author: Edward Munro Meter: 9.9.9.9 Appears in 2 hymnals First Line: Jesus, my Savior, what didst Thou see Lyrics: 1 Jesus, my Savior, what didst Thou see Which made Thee suffer and die for me? I saw thee wandering far off from Me; In love I seek for thee; do not flee! 2 O I will follow Thee, star of my soul, Through the deep shades of life to the goal. Yes, let Thy cross be borne each day by me; Mind not how heavy, if but with Thee. 3 Lord, if Thou only wilt make me Thine own, Give no companion, save Thee alone. Grant through each day of life to stand by Thee; With Thee when morning breaks, ever to be. Used With Tune: KETTLEBELL

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HOLY DESIRE

Meter: 9.9.9.9 Appears in 226 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: George C. Stebbins Tune Key: E Flat Major Incipit: 32343 17122 12322 Used With Text: Have Thine Own Way, Lord!

WINDHAM

Meter: 9.9.9.9 Appears in 209 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Daniel Read; Erik R. Routley Tune Key: d minor Incipit: 13455 32113 23543 Used With Text: Hear My Voice, O God, in My Compaint

SAINT-SAËNS

Meter: 9.9.9.9 Appears in 1 hymnal Composer and/or Arranger: Lawrence C. Roff Tune Sources: From Camile Saint-Saëns, Symphony No. 3 in C Minor, 1886 Tune Key: F Major

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Come to the Table, Sinner and Saint

Author: Mary Nelson Keithahn Hymnal: The Song Lingers On #12 (2003) Meter: 9.9.9.9 First Line: Come to the table, sinner and saint, Lyrics: Come to the table, sinner and saint,strong-hearted, mighty, weary and faint,empty, repentant, seeking a place.Christ welcomes you with joy and with grace.Come, unfraid, for here you will findLove does not judge, nor fail to be kind.Love treats as one all those who believe.Come to Loveâ€™s table, Christ now receive.All things are ready, come and draw near.Share in the supper laid for us here:bread that is broken, cup of red wine,Love's holy token--human, divine.Eat, and remember, as we partake,Jesus the Christ who died for our sake,sharing our lot and showing Loveâ€™s way,rising to lead us to a new day.Go from the table joyful in heart,filled with thanksgiving as you depart,graced by the Spirit, blessed by our Friend,strengthened by God to serve to lifeâ€™s end. Topics: Communion Hospitality of Table Scripture: 1 Corinthians 11:23-26 Tune Title: OPEN TABLE

God Is Good, All the Time

Author: Dean B. McIntyre Hymnal: Zion still Sings #18 (2007) Meter: 9.9.9.9 First Line: God is good, God is good all the time Topics: Praise and Adoration God's Providence; God's Hand in Nature; Providence Languages: English Tune Title: GOD IS GOOD

Jesus, My Lord, Let Me Be Near You (Best of All Friends)

Author: H. C. A. Gaunt, 1902-83 Hymnal: Rejoice in God #25 (2000) Meter: 9.9.9.9 First Line: Jesus, my Lord, let me be near You Topics: The Christian Life Tune Title: SHAWMUT

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Grant Colfax Tullar

1869 - 1950 Meter: 9.9.9.9 Author of "Beauty for Ashes" in Praise for the Lord (Expanded Edition) Grant Colfax Tullar was born August 5, 1869, in Bolton, Connecticut. He was named after the American President Ulysses S. Grant and Vice President Schuyler Colfax. After the American Civil War, his father was disabled and unable to work, having been wounded in the Battle of Antietam. Tullar's mother died when he was just two years old so Grant had no settled home life until he became an adult. Yet from a life of sorrow and hardship he went on to bring joy to millions of Americans with his songs and poetry. As a child, he received virtually no education or religious training. He worked in a woolen mill and as a shoe clerk. The last Methodist camp meeting in Bolton was in 1847. Tullar became a Methodist at age 19 at a camp meeting near Waterbury in 1888. He then attended the Hackettstown Academy in New Jersey. He became an ordained Methodist minister and pastored for a short time in Dover, Delaware. For 10 years he was the song leader for evangelist Major George A. Hilton. Even so, in 1893 he also helped found the well-known Tullar-Meredith Publishing Company in New York, which produced church and Sunday school music. Tullar composed many popular hymns and hymnals. His works include: Sunday School Hymns No. 1 (Chicago, Illinois: Tullar Meredith Co., 1903) and The Bible School Hymnal (New York: Tullar Meredith Co., 1907). One of Grant Tullar's most quoted poems is "The Weaver": My Life is but a weaving Between my Lord and me; I cannot choose the colors He worketh steadily. Oft times He weaveth sorrow And I, in foolish pride, Forget He sees the upper, And I the under side. Not til the loom is silent And the shuttles cease to fly, Shall God unroll the canvas And explain the reason why. The dark threads are as needful In the Weaver's skillful hand, As the threads of gold and silver In the pattern He has planned. He knows, He loves, He cares, Nothing this truth can dim. He gives His very best to those Who chose to walk with Him. Grant Tullar --http://www.boltoncthistory.org/granttullar.html, from Bolton Community News, August 2006.

Charles Wesley

1707 - 1788 Person Name: Charles Wesley (1707-1788) Meter: 9.9.9.9 Author of "Ó tu, Senhor, dos céus baixado" in Mil Vozes para Celebrar Charles Wesley, M.A. was the great hymn-writer of the Wesley family, perhaps, taking quantity and quality into consideration, the great hymn-writer of all ages. Charles Wesley was the youngest son and 18th child of Samuel and Susanna Wesley, and was born at Epworth Rectory, Dec. 18, 1707. In 1716 he went to Westminster School, being provided with a home and board by his elder brother Samuel, then usher at the school, until 1721, when he was elected King's Scholar, and as such received his board and education free. In 1726 Charles Wesley was elected to a Westminster studentship at Christ Church, Oxford, where he took his degree in 1729, and became a college tutor. In the early part of the same year his religious impressions were much deepened, and he became one of the first band of "Oxford Methodists." In 1735 he went with his brother John to Georgia, as secretary to General Oglethorpe, having before he set out received Deacon's and Priest's Orders on two successive Sundays. His stay in Georgia was very short; he returned to England in 1736, and in 1737 came under the influence of Count Zinzendorf and the Moravians, especially of that remarkable man who had so large a share in moulding John Wesley's career, Peter Bonier, and also of a Mr. Bray, a brazier in Little Britain. On Whitsunday, 1737, [sic. 1738] he "found rest to his soul," and in 1738 he became curate to his friend, Mr. Stonehouse, Vicar of Islington, but the opposition of the churchwardens was so great that the Vicar consented that he "should preach in his church no more." Henceforth his work was identified with that of his brother John, and he became an indefatigable itinerant and field preacher. On April 8, 1749, he married Miss Sarah Gwynne. His marriage, unlike that of his brother John, was a most happy one; his wife was accustomed to accompany him on his evangelistic journeys, which were as frequent as ever until the year 1756," when he ceased to itinerate, and mainly devoted himself to the care of the Societies in London and Bristol. Bristol was his headquarters until 1771, when he removed with his family to London, and, besides attending to the Societies, devoted himself much, as he had done in his youth, to the spiritual care of prisoners in Newgate. He had long been troubled about the relations of Methodism to the Church of England, and strongly disapproved of his brother John's "ordinations." Wesley-like, he expressed his disapproval in the most outspoken fashion, but, as in the case of Samuel at an earlier period, the differences between the brothers never led to a breach of friendship. He died in London, March 29, 1788, and was buried in Marylebone churchyard. His brother John was deeply grieved because he would not consent to be interred in the burial-ground of the City Road Chapel, where he had prepared a grave for himself, but Charles said, "I have lived, and I die, in the Communion of the Church of England, and I will be buried in the yard of my parish church." Eight clergymen of the Church of England bore his pall. He had a large family, four of whom survived him; three sons, who all became distinguished in the musical world, and one daughter, who inherited some of her father's poetical genius. The widow and orphans were treated with the greatest kindness and generosity by John Wesley. As a hymn-writer Charles Wesley was unique. He is said to have written no less than 6500 hymns, and though, of course, in so vast a number some are of unequal merit, it is perfectly marvellous how many there are which rise to the highest degree of excellence. His feelings on every occasion of importance, whether private or public, found their best expression in a hymn. His own conversion, his own marriage, the earthquake panic, the rumours of an invasion from France, the defeat of Prince Charles Edward at Culloden, the Gordon riots, every Festival of the Christian Church, every doctrine of the Christian Faith, striking scenes in Scripture history, striking scenes which came within his own view, the deaths of friends as they passed away, one by one, before him, all furnished occasions for the exercise of his divine gift. Nor must we forget his hymns for little children, a branch of sacred poetry in which the mantle of Dr. Watts seems to have fallen upon him. It would be simply impossible within our space to enumerate even those of the hymns which have become really classical. The saying that a really good hymn is as rare an appearance as that of a comet is falsified by the work of Charles Wesley; for hymns, which are really good in every respect, flowed from his pen in quick succession, and death alone stopped the course of the perennial stream. It has been the common practice, however for a hundred years or more to ascribe all translations from the German to John Wesley, as he only of the two brothers knew that language; and to assign to Charles Wesley all the original hymns except such as are traceable to John Wesley through his Journals and other works. The list of 482 original hymns by John and Charles Wesley listed in this Dictionary of Hymnology have formed an important part of Methodist hymnody and show the enormous influence of the Wesleys on the English hymnody of the nineteenth century. -- Excerpts from John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907) ================== Charles Wesley, the son of Samuel Wesley, was born at Epworth, Dec. 18, 1707. He was educated at Westminster School and afterwards at Christ Church, Oxford, where he graduated M.A. In 1735, he took Orders and immediately proceeded with his brother John to Georgia, both being employed as missionaries of the S.P.G. He returned to England in 1736. For many years he engaged with his brother in preaching the Gospel. He died March 29, 1788. To Charles Wesley has been justly assigned the appellation of the "Bard of Methodism." His prominence in hymn writing may be judged from the fact that in the "Wesleyan Hymn Book," 623 of the 770 hymns were written by him; and he published more than thirty poetical works, written either by himself alone, or in conjunction with his brother. The number of his separate hymns is at least five thousand. --Annotations of the Hymnal, Charles Hutchins, M.A., 1872.

Shirley Erena Murray

1931 - 2020 Person Name: Shirley Erena Murray (b. 1931) Meter: 9.9.9.9 Author of "Jesus, I come trusting your kindness" in Church Hymnary (4th ed.) Shirley Erena Murray (b. Invercargill, New Zealand, 1931) studied music as an undergraduate but received a master’s degree (with honors) in classics and French from Otago University. Her upbringing was Methodist, but she became a Presbyterian when she married the Reverend John Stewart Murray, who was a moderator of the Presbyterian Church of New Zealand. Shirley began her career as a teacher of languages, but she became more active in Amnesty International, and for eight years she served the Labor Party Research Unit of Parliament. Her involvement in these organizations has enriched her writing of hymns, which address human rights, women’s concerns, justice, peace, the integrity of creation, and the unity of the church. Many of her hymns have been performed in CCA and WCC assemblies. In recognition for her service as a writer of hymns, the New Zealand government honored her as a Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit on the Queen’s birthday on 3 June 2001. Through Hope Publishing House, Murray has published three collections of her hymns: In Every Corner Sing (eighty-four hymns, 1992), Everyday in Your Spirit (forty-one hymns, 1996), and Faith Makes the Song (fifty hymns, 2002). The New Zealand Hymnbook Trust, for which she worked for a long time, has also published many of her texts (cf. back cover, Faith Makes the Song). In 2009, Otaga University conferred on her an honorary doctorate in literature for her contribution to the art of hymn writing. I-to Loh, Hymnal Companion to “Sound the Bamboo”: Asian Hymns in Their Cultural and Liturgical Context, p. 468, ©2011 GIA Publications, Inc., Chicago

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