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Throned upon the awful Tree
Author: John Ellerton, 1826-1893 Meter: 7.7.7.7.7.7 Appears in 67 hymnals Matching Instances: 67 Topics: God The Lord Jesus Christ - His Sufferings and Death; The Church of God The Lord's Supper Used With Tune: REDHEAD No. 76 (PETRA)
Throned upon the awful Tree
GETHSEMANE
Meter: 7.7.7.7.7.7 Appears in 10 hymnals Matching Instances: 1 Composer and/or Arranger: Christopher Tye, c. 1500-c. 1573; William Henry Monk, 1823-1889 Tune Key: a minor Incipit: 55511 71132 12517 Used With Text: Throned Upon The Awful Tree
GETHSEMANE
Throned upon the awful tree
Author: J. Ellerton Hymnal: In Excelsis #a275 (1900) Languages: English
Throned upon the awful tree
Thron'd upon the awful Tree
Author: J. Ellerton Hymnal: The Bach Chorale Book #27 (1922) Languages: English Tune Title: [Thron'd upon the awful Tree]
Thron'd upon the awful Tree
Throned upon the awful tree
Hymnal: The Scottish Hymnal #42 (1892) Languages: English Tune Title: GETHSEMANE
Throned upon the awful tree
John J. Overholt
1918 - 2000 Person Name: Compiler Alterer (stanzas 1, 2 & 4) of "Throned Upon the Awful Tree" in The Christian Hymnary. Bks. 1-4 John J. Overholt was born to an Amish family of limited means in the state of Ohio in 1918. As a child he was soon introduced to his father's personal collection of gospel songs and hymns, which was to have a marked influence on his later life. With his twin brother Joe, he early was exposed to the Amish-Mennonite tradition hymn-singing and praising worship.
An early career in Christian service led to a two-year period of relief work in the country of Poland following World War II. During that interim he began to gather many European songs and hymns as a personal hobby, not realizing that these selections would become invaluable to The Christian Hymnary which was begun in 1960 and completed twelve years later in 1972, with a compilation of 1000 songs, hymns and chorales. (The largest Menn. hymnal).
A second hymnal was begun simultaneously in the German language entitled Erweckungs Lieder Nr.1 which was brought to completion in 1986. This hymnal has a total of 200 selections with a small addendum of English hymns.
Mr. Overholt married in 1965 to an accomplished soprano Vera Marie Sommers, who was not to be outdone by her husband's creativity and compiled a hymnal of 156 selections entitled Be Glad and Sing, directed to children and youth and first printed in 1986.
During this later career of hymn publishing, Mr. Overholt also found time for Gospel team work throughout Europe. At this writing he is preparing for a 5th consecutive tour which he arranges and guides. The countries visited will be Belgium, Switzerland, France, Germany, Poland, USSR and Romania.
Mr. Overholt was called to the Christian ministry in 1957 and resides at Sarasota, Florida where he is co-minister of a Beachy Amish-Mennonite Church.
Five children were born to this family and all enjoy worship in song.
--Letter from Hannah Joanna Overholt to Mary Louise VanDyke, 10 October 1990, DNAH Archives. Photo enclosed.
John J. Overholt
Christopher Tye
1497 - 1572 Person Name: Christopher Tye, c. 1500-c. 1573 Composer of "GETHSEMANE" in The Hymn Book of the Anglican Church of Canada and the United Church of Canada Tye, Christopher, MUS. D., born at Westminster in the reign of Henry VIII. He was celebrated as a musician, and was granted the degree of MUS. D. at Cambridge in 1545. He was musical tutor to King Edward VI., and organist of the Chapel Royal under Queen Elizabeth. Besides composing numerous anthems, he rendered the first fourteen chapters of the Acts of the Apostles into metre, which were set to music by him and sung in Edward 6th's Chapel, and published in 1553. He died circa 1580.
-- John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)
Christopher Tye
William Henry Monk
1823 - 1889 Person Name: William Henry Monk, 1823-1889 Adapter of "GETHSEMANE" in The Hymn Book of the Anglican Church of Canada and the United Church of Canada William H. Monk (b. Brompton, London, England, 1823; d. London, 1889) is best known for his music editing of Hymns Ancient and Modern (1861, 1868; 1875, and 1889 editions). He also adapted music from plainsong and added accompaniments for Introits for Use Throughout the Year, a book issued with that famous hymnal. Beginning in his teenage years, Monk held a number of musical positions. He became choirmaster at King's College in London in 1847 and was organist and choirmaster at St. Matthias, Stoke Newington, from 1852 to 1889, where he was influenced by the Oxford Movement. At St. Matthias, Monk also began daily choral services with the choir leading the congregation in music chosen according to the church year, including psalms chanted to plainsong. He composed over fifty hymn tunes and edited The Scottish Hymnal (1872 edition) and Wordsworth's Hymns for the Holy Year (1862) as well as the periodical Parish Choir (1840-1851).
Bert Polman
William Henry Monk
