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He Dies! the friend
Author: Isaac Watts Appears in 642 hymnals Hymnal Title: The Ark of Praise First Line: He dies, the friend of sinners dies Lyrics: 1 He dies! the Friend of sinners dies!
Lo! Salem’s daughters weep around;
A solemn darkness veils the skies,
A sudden trembling shakes the ground.
Come, saints, and drop a tear or two
For Him who groaned beneath your load;
He shed a thousand drops for you,—
A thousand drops of richer blood.
2 Here’s love and grief beyond degree,
The Lord of Glory dies for man!
But lo! what sudden joys we see,
Jesus, the dead, revives again!
The rising God forsakes the tomb;
In vain the tomb forbids his rise;
Cherubic legions guard Him home,
And shout him welcome to the skies.
3 Break off your tears, ye saints, and tell
How high your great Deliverer reigns;
Sing how He spoiled the hosts of hell
And led the monster Death in chains!
Say, “Live forever, wondrous King!
Born to redeem, and strong to save;”
Then ask the monster, Where’s thy sting?
And, Where’s thy vict’ry, boasting grave? Used With Tune: DUANE STREET
He Dies! the friend
ROCKINGHAM
Appears in 347 hymnals Hymnal Title: Bible School Echoes, and Sacred Hymns Incipit: 17123 53232 16512 Used With Text: He dies, the Friend of sinners dies!
ROCKINGHAM
DRESDEN
Appears in 5 hymnals Hymnal Title: Book of Hymns and Tunes, comprising the psalms and hymns for the worship of God, approved by the general assembly of 1866, arranged with appropriate tunes... by authority of the assembly of 1873 Tune Sources: A. Williams' Collection Incipit: 13234 32123 21234 Used With Text: He dies, the Friend of sinners dies
DRESDEN
He Dies! the Friend
Author: Isaac Watts Hymnal: 52 Hymns of the Heart #22 (1885) Hymnal Title: 52 Hymns of the Heart First Line: He dies! the friend of sinners dies Languages: English Tune Title: DUANE STREET
He Dies! the Friend
The Death of Christ
Hymnal: A Choice Collection of Hymns and Spiritual Songs #LXIX (1774) Hymnal Title: A Choice Collection of Hymns and Spiritual Songs First Line: He dies! the Friend of Sinners dies! Lyrics: 1 He dies! the Friend of Sinners dies!
Lo! Salem's Daughters weep around!
A solemn Darkness veils the Skies!
A sudden Trembling shakes the Ground.
Come saints, and drop a Tear or two
For him who groan'd beneath your Load!
He shed a thousand Drops for you,
A thousand Drops of richer Blood.
2 Here's Love and Grief beyond Degree,
The Lord of Glory dies for Men!
But lo! what sudden Joys we see!
Jesus the Dead, revives again!
The rising God forsakes the Tomb!
(The Tomb in vain forbids his rise)
Cherubic Legions guard him home,
And shout him welcome to the skies!
3 Break off your Tears ye saints and tell
How high our great Deliverer reigns,
Sing how he spoil'd the Hosts of Hell,
And led the Monster Death in Chains!
Say: "Live for ever wond'rous King'
"Born to redeem! and strong to save!"
Then ask the Monster "Where's thy sting,
"And where's thy Victory, boasting Grave?" Languages: English
The Death of Christ
He dies! the friend of sinners dies!
Hymnal: A Choice Collection of Hymns, in which are some never before printed #CLVIII (1782) Hymnal Title: A Choice Collection of Hymns, in which are some never before printed Languages: English
He dies! the friend of sinners dies!
Daniel Read
1757 - 1836 Hymnal Title: Alexander's Hymns No. 3 Composer of "WINDHAM" in Alexander's Hymns No. 3 Daniel Read; b. 1757, Rehoboth, Mass.; d. 1837, New Haven, Conn.An American composer and a primary figure in early American classical music. He was one of the “Yankee Tunesmiths” (1st New England School of Music) when classical music was popular in Europe. Read was a private in Massachusetts militia and later a comb maker and owner of a general store in New Haven, CN. He was only the 3rd composer in the U. S. to put out a collection of his own music. His work, “The American Singing Book” went through 5 editions, making him the most popular composer in the nation. Others often plagarized his tunes in those days. Tunebook sales supplemented his general store income, including “The Columbian Harmonist” (3 volumnes) with 3 revisions, and “The New Haven Collection of Sacred Music” 1818. Read also published “The American Musical magazine” in 12 annual issues in 1786 and 1787. In later years he came to appreciate European music more and imitated that styling in devotional music. Some of Read's music is still being performed, and selections have been published in “The Sacred Harp”, 1991 Edition, and the “Stoughton Music Society” (Centennial Collection 1980).
John Perry
Daniel Read
William Yoakley
Person Name: W. Yoakley Hymnal Title: Book of Worship Composer of "YOAKLEY" in Book of Worship William Yoakley lived in Dublin. He was the grandfather of John Yoakley.
William Yoakley
John Wesley
1703 - 1791 Person Name: Rev. John Wesley (1703-1791) Hymnal Title: Carmina Sanctorum, a selection of hymns and songs of praise with tunes Alterer of "He dies, the friend of sinners dies" in Carmina Sanctorum, a selection of hymns and songs of praise with tunes John Wesley, the son of Samuel, and brother of Charles Wesley, was born at Epworth, June 17, 1703. He was educated at the Charterhouse, London, and at Christ Church, Oxford. He became a Fellow of Lincoln College, Oxford, and graduated M.A. in 1726. At Oxford, he was one of the small band consisting of George Whitefield, Hames Hervey, Charles Wesley, and a few others, who were even then known for their piety; they were deridingly called "Methodists." After his ordination he went, in 1735, on a mission to Georgia. The mission was not successful, and he returned to England in 1738. From that time, his life was one of great labour, preaching the Gospel, and publishing his commentaries and other theological works. He died in London, in 1791, in his eighty-eighth year. His prose works are very numerous, but he did not write many useful hymns. It is to him, however, and not to his brother Charles, that we are indebted for the translations from the German.
--Annotations of the Hymnal, Charles Hutchins, M.A., 1872
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John Wesley, M.A., was born at Epworth Rectory in 1703, and, like the rest of the family, received his early education from his mother. He narrowly escaped perishing in the fire which destroyed the rectory house in 1709, and his deliverance made a life-long impression upon him. In 1714 he was nominated on the foundation of Charterhouse by his father's patron, the Duke of Buckingham, and remained at that school until 1720, when he went up, with a scholarship, from Charterhouse to Christ Church, Oxford. Having taken his degree, he received Holy Orders from the Bishop of Oxford (Dr. Potter) in 1725. In 1726 he was elected Fellow of Lincoln College, and remained at Oxford until 1727, when he returned into Lincolnshire to assist his father as curate at Epworth and Wroot. In 1729 he was summoned back to Oxford by his firm friend, Dr. Morley, Rector of Lincoln, to assist in the College tuition. There he found already established the little band of "Oxford Methodists" who immediately placed themselves under his direction. In 1735 he went, as a Missionary of the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel, to Georgia, where a new colony had been founded under the governorship of General Oglethorpe. On his voyage out he was deeply impressed with the piety and Christian courage of some German fellow travellers, Moravians. During his short ministry in Georgia he met with many discouragements, and returned home saddened and dissatisfied both with himself and his work; but in London he again fell in with the Moravians, especially with Peter Bohler; and one memorable night (May 24, 1738) he went to a meeting in Aldersgate Street, where some one was reading Luther's preface to the Epistle to the Romans. There, "About a quarter before nine, while he was describing the change which God works in the heart through faith in Christ, I felt my heart strangely warmed. I felt I did trust in Christ, Christ alone, for salvation; and an assurance was given me, that He had taken away my sins, even mine, and saved me from the law of sin and death." From that moment his future course was sealed; and for more than half a century he laboured, through evil report and good report, to spread what he believed to be the everlasting Gospel, travelling more miles, preaching more sermons, publishing more books of a practical sort, and making more converts than any man of his day, or perhaps of any day, and dying at last, March 2, 1791, in harness, at the patriarchal age of 88.
The popular conception of the division of labour between the two brothers in the Revival, is that John was the preacher, and Charles the hymnwriter. But this is not strictly accurate. On the one hand Charles was also a great preacher, second only to his brother and George Whitefield in the effects which he produced. On the other hand, John by no means relegated to Charles the exclusive task of supplying the people with their hymns. John Wesley was not the sort of man to depute any part of his work entirely to another: and this part was, in his opinion, one of vital importance. With that wonderful instinct for gauging the popular mind, which was one element in his success, he saw at once that hymns might be utilized, not only for raising the devotion, but also for instructing, and establishing the faith of his disciples. He intended the hymns to be not merely a constituent part of public worship, but also a kind of creed in verse. They were to be "a body of experimental and practical divinity." "In what other publication," he asks in his Preface to the Wesleyan Hymn Book, 1780 (Preface, Oct. 20,1779), "have you so distinct and full an account of Scriptural Christianity; such a declaration of the heights and depths of religion, speculative and practical; so strong cautions against the most plausible errors, particularly those now most prevalent; and so clear directions for making your calling and election sure; for perfecting holiness in the fear of God?" The part which he actually took in writing the hymns, it is not easy to ascertain; but it is certain that more than thirty translations from the German, French and Spanish (chiefly from the German) were exclusively his; and there are some original hymns, admittedly his composition, which are not unworthy to stand by the side of his brother's. His translations from the German especially have had a wide circulation. Although somewhat free as translations they embody the fire and energy of the originals.
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)
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