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When Dreadful O'er A Mourning Land
Author: William B. Collyer Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 1 hymnal Hymnal Title: The Cyber Hymnal First Line: When dreadful o’er a mourning land Lyrics: 1 When dreadful o’er a mourning land,
In anger God extends His hand;
Shut are the cisterns of the sky,
And earth’s unnumbered springs are dry.
2 The blighted corn expects in vain,
The early and the latter rain;
Nor morn, nor evening dew, distils,
To satisfy the thirsty hills.
3 No grass, no herb, adorns the ground,
No blossom on the tree is found;
No olive yields its cheering oil,
Nor fruit rewards the tiller’s toil.
4 Creation droops on every hand,
When famine desolates the land;
And panting in the toils of death,
The languid herds resign their breath.
5 Yet should the spring withhold her showers,
Nor autumn yield her wonted stores,
Should wintry tempests, loud and high,
Rush on the summer’s smiling sky:
6 My soul, in this tremendous hour,
Great God, would still adore Thy power;
With trembling voice the anthem raise,
And speak in dying strains Thy praise! Used With Tune: IRAE Text Sources: Hymns Partly Collected and Partly Original ( London: 1812)
When Dreadful O'er A Mourning Land
The Lord Shall Come
Author: William H. Bathurst Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 1 hymnal Hymnal Title: The Cyber Hymnal First Line: The Lord shall come; at that great day Lyrics: 1 The Lord shall come; at that great day
The heavens, like smoke, shall pass away;
And earth, by penal flames destroyed,
Shall melt into the mighty void.
2 The Lord shall come; but not the same
As once in lowliness He came,
To dwell with sinful man below,
In weakness, poverty, and woe;
3 No, when He comes the second time,
Enthroned in majesty sublime,
Unnumbered hosts His praise shall sing,
And hail the universal King.
4 O, then shall guilty souls begin
To taste the bitterness of sin;
And vainly on the mountains call,
To hide them from the Judge of all.
5 Then saints shall lift their waiting eyes,
And to the heavenly mansions rise;
Savior, our hearts by grace prepare
With them Thy purchased bliss to share. Used With Tune: IRAE Text Sources: Psalms and Hymns, 1831
The Lord Shall Come
Help Us, O Lord, The Good Decay
Author: Benjamin H. Kennedy Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 1 hymnal Hymnal Title: The Cyber Hymnal Lyrics: 1 Help us, O Lord, the good decay;
The faithful from the world depart;
The liar rules with subtle sway,
The false smooth lip, the double heart.
2 The flatterer’s guile the Lord shall quell,
The mouth that speaks with boastful glee—
Our tongues in matchless power excel,
Our lips are strong; what lord have we?
3 He hears the poor man’s deep-drawn sighs
He sees the hearts that inly mourn,
And Lo, I come, He saith, I rise
To save thee from the tyrant’s scorn.
4 Thy Word is pure and perfect, Lord,
As silver in the furnace tried:
Seven times assayed, that holy Word
Seven times hath come forth purified.
5 The souls, O Lord, that with Thee walk
Thy love will shield in evil hour,
On every side, though sinners stalk,
And baseness climbs to lofty power.
Used With Tune: IRAE Text Sources: Hymnologia Christiana (London: Longman, Green, Longman, Roberts & Green, 1863)
Help Us, O Lord, The Good Decay
That day of wrath! that dreadful day
Hymnal: Hymn Tunes #39 (1897) Hymnal Title: Hymn Tunes Languages: English Tune Title: [That day of wrath! that dreadful day]
That day of wrath! that dreadful day
That day of wrath! that dreadful day
Author: Walter Scott; Thomas of Celano Hymnal: New Manual of Praise #602 (1901) Hymnal Title: New Manual of Praise Languages: English Tune Title: DIES IRAE
That day of wrath! that dreadful day
That day of wrath, that dreadful day
Author: Thomas of Celano Hymnal: Songs for the Chapel #254 (1909) Hymnal Title: Songs for the Chapel Languages: English Tune Title: JUDEX
That day of wrath, that dreadful day
Sir Walter Scott
1771 - 1832 Person Name: Walter Scott Hymnal Title: New Manual of Praise Translator of "That day of wrath! that dreadful day" in New Manual of Praise Walter Scott was born in Edinburgh, August 15, 1771. In 1786, he commenced his apprenticeship as writer to the Signet. In 1796, he first appeared before the public in a translation of Burger's "William and Helen." Many poetical works followed, until in 1814, he began the series of "Waverly Novels." He died at Abbotsford, September 21, 1832. It is related that on his death-bed he distinctly repeated portions of the Latin original, upon which "That day of wrath, that dreadful day" is based.
--Annotations of the Hymnal, Charles Hutchins, M.A., 1872
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Scott, Sir Walter, Bart., was born in Edinburgh, Aug. 15, 1771, and died at Abbotsford, Sept. 21, 1832. Although so successful and widely known as a poet, he made no direct contributions to hymnody whatever. His condensed rendering of the “Dies Irae", and his hymn of Rebecca in Ivanhoe, "When Israel of the Lord beloved" (q.v.) were utilized as hymns for congregational use by others, but were never intended for such a purpose by himself. His work and rank as poet, novelist, and historian are fully set forth in his Life by J. G. Lockhart.
--John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)
Sir Walter Scott
Thomas of Celano
1200 - 1265 Hymnal Title: New Manual of Praise Author of "That day of wrath! that dreadful day" in New Manual of Praise Thomas of Celano was born at Celano in the Abruzzi, and joined St. Francis of Assisi c. 1214. He was commissioned by Gregory IX to write the life of St. Francis: the First Legend, 1229; the Second Legend, 1247; and the Tract on the Miracle of St. Francis a few years later. His Legend of St. Clare was composed in 1255. He was probably among the first band of friars to visit Germany, 1221.
--The Hymnal 1940 Companion
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Thomas of Celano. It is somewhat remarkable that neither the date of the birth nor of the death of this writer, whose name is so intimately associated with the Dies Irae, is on record. He was a native of Celano, a small town near the lake Fucino, in the farther Abruzzo, and hence his name of Thomas of Celano. Several of the inhabitants of this town were driven therefrom by Frederick II. in 1223, and Thomas with the rest. He found his way to Assisi, and became a monk there during the lifetime of St. Francis. The Franciscan Order was established in 1208, Thomas was therefore one of the early students at Assisi. He was subsequently "custos of the convents of Worms, Mentz, and Cologne, and afterwards sole custos of the Rhine districts." The last named appointment he held till 1230, when he returned to Assisi. As intimated above the date of his death is not on record. It is sometimes given as 1255. Thomas also wrote a Life of St. Francis.
--John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, Appendix I (1907)
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Joseph Barnby
1838 - 1896 Person Name: Barnby Hymnal Title: New Manual of Praise Composer of "DIES IRAE" in New Manual of Praise Joseph Barnby (b. York, England, 1838; d. London, England, 1896) An accomplished and popular choral director in England, Barby showed his musical genius early: he was an organist and choirmaster at the age of twelve. He became organist at St. Andrews, Wells Street, London, where he developed an outstanding choral program (at times nicknamed "the Sunday Opera"). Barnby introduced annual performances of J. S. Bach's St. John Passion in St. Anne's, Soho, and directed the first performance in an English church of the St. Matthew Passion. He was also active in regional music festivals, conducted the Royal Choral Society, and composed and edited music (mainly for Novello and Company). In 1892 he was knighted by Queen Victoria. His compositions include many anthems and service music for the Anglican liturgy, as well as 246 hymn tunes (published posthumously in 1897). He edited four hymnals, including The Hymnary (1872) and The Congregational Sunday School Hymnal (1891), and coedited The Cathedral Psalter (1873).
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