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Shepherd of Eager Youth
Author: Henry M. Dexter, 1821-1890; Clement of Alexandria Appears in 278 hymnals Matching Instances: 2 Topics: The Life in Christ Youth Used With Tune: HINMAN
Shepherd of Eager Youth
Oh, Tierno y Buen Pastor
Author: Clement de Alexandria, c. 160-215; Henry M. Dexter, 1821-1890; F. J. Pagura, 1923- Appears in 5 hymnals Matching Instances: 2 Used With Tune: HINMAN Text Sources: De Cantico Nuevo, 1968.
Oh, Tierno y Buen Pastor
Shepherd of Eager Youth
Author: Henry M. Dexter, 1821-1890; Clement of Alexandria Hymnal: Hymnal and Liturgies of the Moravian Church #508 (1969) Topics: The Life in Christ Youth Languages: English Tune Title: HINMAN
Shepherd of Eager Youth
Shepherd of Eager Youth
Author: Clement of Alexandria; Henry M. Dexter Hymnal: The Hymnbook #471 (1955) Meter: 6.6.4.6.6.6.4 Lyrics: 1 Shepherd of eager youth,
Guiding in love and truth
Through devious ways,
Christ, our triumphant King,
We come Thy name to sing,
Hither our children bring
To shout Thy praise.
2 Thou art our holy Lord,
The all subduing Word,
Healer of strife;
Thou didst Thyself abase,
That from sin's deep disgrace
Thou mightest save our race,
And give us life.
3 Ever be Thou our Guide,
Our Shepherd and our Pride,
Our Staff and Song;
Jesus, Thou Christ of God,
By Thy perennial Word,
Lead us where Thou hast trod,
Make our faith strong.
4 So now, and till we die,
Sound we Thy praises high,
And joyful sing;
Let all the holy throng
Who to Thy Church belong
Unite and swell the song
To Christ our King!
Amen. Topics: Adoration and Praise; Christ Guide; Christ King; Christ Leader; Christ Shepherd; Youth, Hymns for; Church, The Youth, Hymns for Scripture: John 10:4 Tune Title: HINMAN
Shepherd of Eager Youth
Oh, Tierno y Buen Pastor
Author: Clement de Alexandria, c. 160-215; Henry M. Dexter, 1821-1890; F. J. Pagura, 1923- Hymnal: Himnario Metodista #193 (1973) Languages: Spanish Tune Title: HINMAN
Oh, Tierno y Buen Pastor
Austin C. Lovelace
1919 - 2010 Person Name: Austin C. Lovelace, 1919- Composer of "HINMAN" in Hymnal and Liturgies of the Moravian Church LOVELACE, AUSTIN C., AAGO: (1919-2010) D.S.M., Union Theological Seminary, New York. Recitals, workshops, festivals, lectures in 17 different denominations in 45 states as well as in Finland, Scotland, Canada, and New Zealand. Past President, Fellow, and Life member, HSUSC. 50 year member, Hymn Society of Great Britain and Ireland. Author of five books; co-editor and consultant of denominational and other hymnals. Longtime member, ASCAP. Composer of over 800 compositions published by 20 publishers. Organist for the 2nd Assembly of the World Council of Churches, 1954. Dean of the first North Carolina Chapter, AGO. Chairman of the 1968 National Convention, AGO, in Denver. Two terms on the National Council, AGO. Co-founder, with Tom Matthews, of the North Shore Chapter, AGO. Minister of Music Emeritus. Denver Chapter, AGO.
Austin C. Lovelace (from In Melody and Song, Darcey Press, 2014)
Austin C. Lovelace
Henry Martyn Dexter
1821 - 1890 Person Name: Henry M. Dexter, 1821-1890 Translator of "Shepherd of Eager Youth" in Hymnal and Liturgies of the Moravian Church Dexter, Henry Martyn, D.D., born at Plympton, Mass., Aug. 13, 1821, and educated at Yale College, and Andover. In 1844 he was ordained Pastor of a Congregational Church at Manchester, New Haven. In 1849 he removed to the Berkeley Street Congregational Church, Boston, where he remained until his appointment as Editor of the Congregationalist, in 1867. Dr. Dexter is the translator of “Shepherd of tender youth" [see Clemens, Titus], in common usage in Great Britain and America. [Rev. F. M. Bird, M.A.]
-- John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)
Henry Martyn Dexter
Clement of Alexandria
170 - 215 Ascribed to of "Shepherd of Eager Youth" in Hymnal and Liturgies of the Moravian Church Clemens, Titus Flavins (Clemens Alexandrinus), St. Clement of Alexandria, was born possibly at Athens (although on this point there is no certain information) about A.D. 170. His full name, Titus Flavins Clemens, is given by Eusebius (H. E., vi. 13) and Photius (Cod. Ill), but of his parentage there is no record. Studious, and anxious to satisfy his mind on the highest subjects, he is said to have been a Stoic and Eclectic, and a seeker after truth amongst Greek, Assyrian, Egyptian, and Jewish teachers. He himself enumerates six teachers of eminence under whom he studied the "true tradition of the blessed doctrine of the holy apostles." At Alexandria he came under the teaching of Pantsenus, and embraced Christianity, Pantsenus being at the time the master of the Catechetical School in that city. On the retirement of Pantsenus from the school for missionary work, Clement became its head, cir. 190, and retained the position to 203. His pupils were numerous, and some of them of note, including Origen, and Alexander, afterwards Bishop of Jerusalem. Driven from Alexandria by the persecution under Severus (202-203), he wandered forth, it is not known whither. The last notice wo have of him in history is in a letter of congratulation by his old pupil, Alexander, then Bp. of Cappadocia, to the Church of Antioch, on the appointment of Asclepiades to the bishopric of that city. This letter, dated 211, seems to have been conveyed to Antioch by Clement. Beyond this nothing is known, either concern¬ing his subsequent life or death, although the latter is sometimes dated A.D. 220.
The works of Clement are ten in all. Of these, the only work with which we have to do is The Tutor, in three books. The first book describes the Tutor, who is the Word Himself, the children whom He trains (Christian men and women), and his method of instruction. The second book contains general instructions as to daily life in eating, drinking, furniture, sleep, &c.; and the third, after an inquiry into the nature of true beauty, goes onto condemn extravagance in dress, &c, both in men and women. Appended to this work, in the printed editions, are two poems; the first, "A Hymn of the Saviour), and the second, an address "To the Tutor". The first, beginning is attributed to Clement in those manuscripts in which it is found; but it is supposed by some to be of an earlier date: the second is generally regarded as by a later hand .
The “Hymn of the Saviour," the earliest known Christian hymn, has been translated into English:
The earliest translation is "Shepherd of tender youth.” This is by Dr. H. M. Dexter (q. v.). It was written in 1846, first published in The Congregationalist [of which Dexter was editor], Dec. 21, 1849, and is in extensive use in the United States. In Great Britain it is also given in several collections, including the New Congregational Hymn Book, 1859; Baptist Psalms & Hymns, 1858; the R. T. Society's Collection, &c.
There are also translations not in common use, viz.: (1) "Bridle of colts untamed," by Dr. W. L. Alexander, in the Ante-Nicene Christian Library, vol. iv. p. 343; (2) "Bridle of colts untaught," by Dr. H. Bonar, in The Sunday at Home, 1878, p. 11. (3) Another translation is by the Rev. A. W. Chatfield, in his Songs and Hymns of the Earliest Greek Christian Poets, 1876. Mr. Chatfield, following the Anth. Graeca Car. Christ., 1871, p. 37, begins with the eleventh line: "O Thou, the King of Saints, all-conquering Word." His translation extends to 40 lines.
--Excerpts from John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)
Clement of Alexandria
