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Father, Hear the Prayer We Offer
Author: Love M. Whitcomb Willis Meter: 8.7.8.7 Appears in 231 hymnals Matching Instances: 231 First Line: Father, hear the prayer we offer! Not for ease that prayer shall be
Father, Hear the Prayer We Offer
ST. SYLVESTER
Meter: 8.7.8.7 Appears in 236 hymnals Matching Instances: 13 Composer and/or Arranger: John Bacchus Dykes, 1823-1876 Tune Key: F Major Incipit: 33332 34533 33332 Used With Text: Father, Hear the Prayer We Offer
ST. SYLVESTER
Father, Hear the Prayer We Offer
Author: Love M. Willis Hymnal: The Cyber Hymnal #1467 Meter: 8.7.8.7 Lyrics: 1. Father, hear the prayer we offer:
Nor for ease that prayer shall be,
But for strength, that we may ever
Live our lives courageously.
2. Not forever in green pastures
Do we ask our way to be,
But the steep and rugged pathway
May we tread rejoicingly.
3. Not forever by still waters
Would we idly, quiet stay;
But would smite the living fountains
From the rocks along our way.
4. Be our strength in hours of weakness,
In our wanderings be our Guide;
Through endeavor, failure, danger,
Father, be Thou at our side.
5. Let our path be bright or dreary,
Storm or sunshine be our share;
May our souls in hope unweary
Make Thy work our ceaseless prayer. Languages: English Tune Title: ST. SYLVESTER
Father, Hear the Prayer We Offer
Father, hear the prayer we offer!
Author: Anon. Hymnal: The Seventh-Day Adventist Hymn and Tune Book #1061 (1886) Lyrics: 1 Father, hear the prayer we offer!
Not for ease that prayer shall be,
But for strength that we may ever
Live our lives courageously.
2 Not forever by still waters
Would we idly, quiet stay,
But would smit the living fountains
From the rocks along our way.
3 Be our strength in hours of weakness,
In our wanderings, be our guide;
Through endeavor, hardship, danger,
Father, be thou at our side!
4 Ours to sow the seed in sorrow,
Thine to bid it spring and grow;
And the golden days of autumn
Will a precious harvest show.
Topics: The Church Ministry and Missions Tune Title: MESSAGE
Father, hear the prayer we offer!
Father, hear the prayer we offer
Author: Love Maria Willis Hymnal: Songs for the Sanctuary; or Psalms and Hymns for Christian Worship (Baptist Ed.) #959 (1869)
Father, hear the prayer we offer
Love M. Whitcomb Willis
1824 - 1908 Person Name: Love M. Willis, 1824-1908 Author of "Father, Hear the Prayer We Offer" in Hymnal and Liturgies of the Moravian Church Willis, Love Maria, née Whitcomb, b. June 9, 1824, at Hancock, N.H., and married in 1858, to Frederick L. H. Willis, M.D. She lived for many years at Rochester, N.Y., and now (1907) resides at Glenora, on Seneca Lake, N.Y. Her hymn:—
Father, hear the prayer I offer [Aspiration] appeared in Tiffany's Monthly, 1859. In Longfellow & Johnson's Hymns of the Spirit, 1864, No. 558, it was given in 4 stanzas of 4 lines, as "Father, hear the prayer we offer," and as "Anon." The text was in great measure rewritten, probably by S. Longfellow. This 1864 text has come into somewhat extensive use in England and America, the latest to adopt it being The English Hymnal, 1906. For these facts we are mainly indebted to the Rev. W.C. Gannett, Rochester, N.Y. [Rev. James Mearns, M.A.]
--John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, New Supplement (1907)
Love M. Whitcomb Willis
Anonymous
Person Name: Anon. Author of "Courageous Lives" in Christ in Song In some hymnals, the editors noted that a hymn's author is unknown to them, and so this artificial "person" entry is used to reflect that fact. Obviously, the hymns attributed to "Author Unknown" "Unknown" or "Anonymous" could have been written by many people over a span of many centuries.
Anonymous
John Bacchus Dykes
1823 - 1876 Composer of "ST. SYLVESTER" in The Cyber 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
