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ST. SILAS

Meter: 8.8.8.8.8.8 Appears in 2 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: W. C. Filby Tune Key: g minor Incipit: 53217 15557 65576 Used With Text: Lord of the strong, when earth you trod

We saw thee not when thou didst come

Author: Canon J. H. Gurney; Anne Richter Meter: 8.8.8.8.8.8 Appears in 99 hymnals Topics: Faith and Penitence Used With Tune: ST. SILAS

Lord of the strong, when earth you trod

Author: Donald Hankey, 1884-1916 Meter: 8.8.8.8.8.8 Appears in 13 hymnals Topics: Christian Service Used With Tune: ST. SILAS

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We saw thee not when thou didst come

Author: Canon J. H. Gurney; Anne Richter Hymnal: The Book of Common Praise #513b (1939) Meter: 8.8.8.8.8.8 Topics: Faith and Penitence Tune Title: ST. SILAS

Lord of the strong, when earth you trod

Author: Donald Hankey, 1884-1916 Hymnal: The Book of Common Praise #658b (1939) Meter: 8.8.8.8.8.8 Topics: Christian Service Tune Title: ST. SILAS

1802 - 1862 Person Name: Canon J. H. Gurney Author of "We saw thee not when thou didst come" in The Book of Common Praise Gurney, John Hampden, M.A., eldest son of Sir John Gurney, a Baron of the Exchequer, was born in Serjeants’ Inn, London, Aug. 15, 1802, and educated at Trinity College, Cambridge, where he graduated in 1824. On taking Holy Orders he became Curate of Lutterworth (1827-1844), and subsequently Rector of St. Mary's, Marylebone, and Prebendary of St. Paul's Cathedral. He died in London, March 8, 1862. The Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge and other religious societies had his cordial sympathy, and received his active support. His publications include several small volumes in prose, and the following:— (1) Church Psalmody; Hints for the improvement of a Collection of Hymns published by the Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, 1853; (2) A Collection of Hymns for Public Worship. Lutterworth, 1838. This contains 300 hymns, and is known as his Lutterworth Collection; (3) Psalms and Hymns for Public Worship, selected for some of the Churches of Marylebone. London, 1851. This collection of 300 hymns and psalm versions is known as his Marylebone Collection. The Preface is signed by "Charles Baring," "Thomas Garnier," and "John Hampden Gurney," but the work was practically done by Gurney. To the Lutterworth Collection 1838, he contributed :— 1. Earth to earth, and dust to dust. Burial. 2. Great King of nations, hear our prayer. Fast Day. 3. Lord, as to Thy dear Cross we flee. Lent. 4. Lord, at Thy word the constant sun. Harvest. 5. Saviour, what wealth was Thine. Passiontide. 6. Soon to the dust we speed. Heaven anticipated. 7. Thou God of mercy and of might. Good Friday. 8. Thou plenteous source of light and love. Advent. 9. Thou Who of old didst raise. Ascension. 10. Through centuries of sin and woe. For Peace. 11. We praise Thee, everlasting God. Te Deum. These hymns were all signed "J. H. G.," and Nos. 1, 2, 3, 7, 8, 9 and 11, were repeated in the Marylebone Collection, 1851; and to these were added:— 12. Fair waved the golden corn. Child's Hymn. 13. How vast the debt we owe. Offertory. 14. Lord of the Harvest, Thee we hail. Harvest. This is No. 4 above rewritten. 15. Lord, we lift our eyes above. Love of Christ. In addition to these we are specially indebted to Gurney for, "We saw Thee not when Thou didst come" (q.v.), and "Yes, God is good," &c. (q.v.). Several of the above-named hymns are in extensive use in Great Britain and America. The most popular are annotated under their respective first lines. -- John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)

Anne R. Richter

Person Name: Anne Richter Author of "We saw thee not when thou didst come" in The Book of Common Praise Richter, Anne, ne'e Rigby, was the third daughter of the Rev. Robert Rigby, Vicar of St. Mary's, Beverley, Yorkshire, from 1791 to 1823, and married the Rev. W. H. Richter, sometime Chaplain of the County Gaol at Kirton Lindsey, Lincolnshire, and then Rector of St. Paul's, Lincoln. Mrs. Richter died at 23 Minster Yard, Lincoln, in 1857. She contributed to various magazines, and published The Nun and Other Poems, Hull, 1841. Her intimate literary acquaintances included Mrs. Hemans. Mrs. Richter was descended from the celebrated John Bradshaw, whose name is the first in the list of the signatures on the death warrant of Charles I. Her hymn, "We have not seen Thy footsteps tread," in its altered form as "We saw Thee not when Thou didst come," is widely used in Great Britain and America. --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)