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Lord, You Give the Great Commission
Author: Jeffery Rowthorn, b. 1934 Meter: 8.7.8.7 D Appears in 43 hymnals Topics: Christian Morality Lyrics: 1 Lord, you give the great commission:
"Heal the sick and preach the word."
Lest the Church neglect its mission,
And the Gospel go unheard,
Help us witness to your purpose
With renewed integrity:
With the Spirit's gifts empow'r us
For the work of ministry.
2 Lord, you call us to your service:
"In my name baptize and teach."
That the world may trust your promise,
Life abundant meant for each,
Give us all new fervor, draw us
Closer in community:
With the Spirit's gifts empow'r us
For the work of ministry.
3 Lord, you make the common holy:
"This my body, this my blood."
Let us all, for earth's true glory,
Daily lift life heavenward,
Asking that the world around us
Share your children's liberty:
With the Spirit's gifts empow'r us
For the work of ministry.
4 Lord, you show us love's true measure:
"Father, what they do, forgive."
Yet we hoard as private treasure
All that you so freely give.
May your care and mercy lead us
To a just society:
With the Spirit's gifts empow'r us
For the work of ministry.
5 Lord, you bless with words assuring:
"I am with you to the end."
Faith and hope and love restoring,
May we serve as you intend,
And, amid the cares that claim us,
Hold in mind eternity:
With the Spirit's gifts empow'r us
For the work of ministry. Used With Tune: HYMN TO JOY
Lord, You Give the Great Commission
O God of Love, O King of Peace
Author: Henry W. Baker, 1821-1877 Appears in 241 hymnals Topics: Christian Morality Lyrics: 1 O God of love, O King of peace,
Make wars throughout the world to cease;
Our violent ways help us contain;
Give peace, O God, give peace again!
2 Whom shall we trust but you, O Lord?
Where rest but on your faithful word?
None ever called on you in vain,
Give peace, O God, give peace again.
3 Where saints and angels dwell above,
All hearts are knit in holy love;
O bind us in that heav'nly chain,
Give peace, O God, give peace again! Used With Tune: TALLIS' CANON
O God of Love, O King of Peace
Jesu, Jesu
Author: Tom Colvin, b. 1925 Meter: Irregular Appears in 63 hymnals Topics: Christian Morality First Line: Kneels at the feet of his friends Refrain First Line: Jesu, Jesu fill us with your love Lyrics: Refrain:
Jesu Jesu
fill us with your love, show us how to serve
the neighbors we have from you.
1 Kneels at the feet of his friends,
Silently washes their feet,
Master who pours out himself for them. [Refrain]
2 Neighbors are rich and poor,
Neighbors are black and white,
Neighbors are near and far away. [Refrain]
3 These are the ones we should serve,
These are the ones we should love,
All are neighbors to us and you. [Refrain]
4 Kneel at the feet of our friends,
Silently washing their feet,
This is the way we should live with you. [Refrain] Used With Tune: CHEREPONI
Jesu, Jesu
[We are marching in the light of God]
Appears in 55 hymnals Topics: Christian Morality Tune Sources: South African Tune Key: G Major Incipit: 55332 31654 32221 Used With Text: We Are Marching
[We are marching in the light of God]
[You who dwell in the shelter of the Lord]
Appears in 51 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Michael Joncas Topics: Christian Morality Tune Key: D Major Used With Text: On Eagle's Wings
[You who dwell in the shelter of the Lord]
Lord of All Nations, Grant Me Grace
Author: Olive W. Spannaus, b. 1916 Hymnal: Singing Our Faith #219 (2001) Meter: 8.8.8.8 Topics: Christian Morality Scripture: Philippians 2:1-18 Languages: English Tune Title: TALLIS' CANON
Lord of All Nations, Grant Me Grace
We Are Marching
Hymnal: Singing Our Faith #193 (2001) Topics: Christian Morality First Line: We are marching in the light of God Languages: English Tune Title: [We are marching in the light of God]
We Are Marching
On Eagle's Wings
Author: Michael Joncas, b. 1951 Hymnal: Singing Our Faith #194 (2001) Topics: Christian Morality First Line: You who dwell in the shelter of the Lord Refrain First Line: And he will raise you up on eagle's wings Scripture: Psalm 91 Languages: English Tune Title: [You who dwell in the shelter of the Lord]
On Eagle's Wings
Ludwig van Beethoven
1770 - 1827 Person Name: Ludwig van Beethoven, 1770-1827 Topics: Christian Morality Composer of "HYMN TO JOY" in Singing Our Faith A giant in the history of music, Ludwig van Beethoven (b. Bonn, Germany, 1770; d. Vienna, Austria, 1827) progressed from early musical promise to worldwide, lasting fame. By the age of fourteen he was an accomplished viola and organ player, but he became famous primarily because of his compositions, including nine symphonies, eleven overtures, thirty piano sonatas, sixteen string quartets, the Mass in C, and the Missa Solemnis. He wrote no music for congregational use, but various arrangers adapted some of his musical themes as hymn tunes; the most famous of these is ODE TO JOY from the Ninth Symphony. Although it would appear that the great calamity of Beethoven's life was his loss of hearing, which turned to total deafness during the last decade of his life, he composed his greatest works during this period.
Bert Polman
Ludwig van Beethoven
Thomas Tallis
1505 - 1585 Person Name: Thomas Tallis, c. 1505-1585 Topics: Christian Morality Composer of "TALLIS' CANON" in Singing Our Faith Thomas Tallis (b. Leicestershire [?], England, c. 1505; d. Greenwich, Kent, England 1585) was one of the few Tudor musicians who served during the reigns of Henry VIII: Edward VI, Mary, and Elizabeth I and managed to remain in the good favor of both Catholic and Protestant monarchs. He was court organist and composer from 1543 until his death, composing music for Roman Catholic masses and Anglican liturgies (depending on the monarch). With William Byrd, Tallis also enjoyed a long-term monopoly on music printing. Prior to his court connections Tallis had served at Waltham Abbey and Canterbury Cathedral. He composed mostly church music, including Latin motets, English anthems, settings of the liturgy, magnificats, and two sets of lamentations. His most extensive contrapuntal work was the choral composition, "Spem in alium," a work in forty parts for eight five-voice choirs. He also provided nine modal psalm tunes for Matthew Parker's Psalter (c. 1561).
Bert Polman
Thomas Tallis
H. W. Baker
1821 - 1877 Person Name: Henry W. Baker, 1821-1877 Topics: Christian Morality Author of "O God of Love, O King of Peace" in Singing Our Faith Baker, Sir Henry Williams, Bart., eldest son of Admiral Sir Henry Loraine Baker, born in London, May 27, 1821, and educated at Trinity College, Cambridge, where he graduated, B.A. 1844, M.A. 1847. Taking Holy Orders in 1844, he became, in 1851, Vicar of Monkland, Herefordshire. This benefice he held to his death, on Monday, Feb. 12, 1877. He succeeded to the Baronetcy in 1851. Sir Henry's name is intimately associated with hymnody. One of his earliest compositions was the very beautiful hymn, "Oh! what if we are Christ's," which he contributed to Murray's Hymnal for the Use of the English Church, 1852. His hymns, including metrical litanies and translations, number in the revised edition of Hymns Ancient & Modern, 33 in all. These were contributed at various times to Murray's Hymnal, Hymns Ancient & Modern and the London Mission Hymn Book, 1876-7. The last contains his three latest hymns. These are not included in Hymns Ancient & Modern. Of his hymns four only are in the highest strains of jubilation, another four are bright and cheerful, and the remainder are very tender, but exceedingly plaintive, sometimes even to sadness. Even those which at first seem bright and cheerful have an undertone of plaintiveness, and leave a dreamy sadness upon the spirit of the singer. Poetical figures, far-fetched illustrations, and difficult compound words, he entirely eschewed. In his simplicity of language, smoothness of rhythm, and earnestness of utterance, he reminds one forcibly of the saintly Lyte. In common with Lyte also, if a subject presented itself to his mind with striking contrasts of lights and shadows, he almost invariably sought shelter in the shadows. The last audible words which lingered on his dying lips were the third stanza of his exquisite rendering of the 23rd Psalm, "The King of Love, my Shepherd is:"—
Perverse and foolish, oft I strayed,
But yet in love He sought me,
And on His Shoulder gently laid,
And home, rejoicing, brought me."
This tender sadness, brightened by a soft calm peace, was an epitome of his poetical life.
Sir Henry's labours as the Editor of Hymns Ancient & Modern were very arduous. The trial copy was distributed amongst a few friends in 1859; first ed. published 1861, and the Appendix, in 1868; the trial copy of the revised ed. was issued in 1874, and the publication followed in 1875. In addition he edited Hymns for the London Mission, 1874, and Hymns for Mission Services, n.d., c. 1876-7. He also published Daily Prayers for those who work hard; a Daily Text Book, &c. In Hymns Ancient & Modern there are also four tunes (33, 211, 254, 472) the melodies of which are by Sir Henry, and the harmonies by Dr. Monk. He died Feb. 12, 1877.
--John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)
H. W. Baker
