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We Worship Thee, God
Author: Robert Grant, 1779-1838 Meter: 10.10.11.11 Appears in 1,142 hymnals Topics: Celebration and Praise First Line: We worship thee, God, below and above Lyrics: 1 We worship thee, God, below and above,
and gratefully sing thy power and thy love.
Our shield and defender, the Ancient of Days
pavilioned in splendor and girded with praise.
2 We tell of thy might and sing of thy grace,
enrobed by the light and crowned by space.
Thy zeal for the just the deep thunderclouds form,
and dark is thy path on the wings of the storm.
3 The earth with its store of wonders untold,
thy power and care has founded from old,
established nature's unchanging decree,
and round it has cast, like a mantle, the sea.
4 Though children of dust, as feeble as frail,
by thy endless trust we fear not to fail.
Thy wing with its sheltering touch does us mend,
for thou art our maker, redeemer, and friend. Used With Tune: LYONS
We Worship Thee, God
Morning Has Broken
Author: Eleanor Farjeon, 1881-1965 Meter: 5.5.5.4 D Appears in 93 hymnals Topics: Celebration and Praise Lyrics: 1 Morning has broken
like the first morning,
blackbird has spoken
like the first bird.
Praise for the singing!
Praise for the morning!
Praise for them, springing
fresh from the Word!
2 Sweet the rain’s new fall
sunlit from heaven,
like the first dewfall
on the first grass.
Praise for the sweetness
of the wet garden,
sprung in completeness
where God’s feet pass.
3 Mine is the sunlight!
Mine is the morning
born of the one light
Eden saw play!
Praise with elation,
praise every morning,
God’s recreation
of the new day! Used With Tune: BUNESSAN
Morning Has Broken
Joyful, Joyful, We Adore Thee
Author: Henry Van Dyke, 1852-1933 Meter: 8.7.8.7 D Appears in 267 hymnals Topics: Celebration and Praise Lyrics: 1 Joyful, joyful, we adore thee,
God of glory, God of love;
hearts unfold like flowers before thee,
hail thee as the sun above.
Melt the clouds of sin and sadness;
drive the pain of doubt away;
giver of immortal gladness,
fill us with the joy of day.
2 All thy works with joy surround thee,
earth and heav’n reflect thy rays,
stars and planets sing around thee,
center of unbroken praise;
field and forest, vale and mountain, blossoming meadow, flashing sea,
chanting bird and flowing fountain
call us to rejoice in thee.
3 Thou art giving and forgiving,
ever blessing, ever blest;
wellspring of the joy of living,
ocean-depth of happy rest.
Ever singing march we onward,
victors in the midst of strife;
joyful music lifts us sunward
in the triumph song of life. Used With Tune: HYMN TO JOY
Joyful, Joyful, We Adore Thee
RUSTINGTON
Meter: 8.7.8.7 D Appears in 79 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: C. Hubert H. Parry Topics: The Church at Worship Special Days, Seasons, Occasions: Praise of God through Music; Arts and Literature; Celebration; Creation; Music and Singing; Reign of Christ Year A; Reign of Christ Year B Tune Key: F Major Incipit: 11432 17511 65453 Used With Text: For the Music of Creation
RUSTINGTON
LASST UNS ERFREUEN
Meter: 8.8.8.8 with alleluias Appears in 482 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Ralph Vaughan Williams Topics: God Praise and Thanksgiving; Adoration and Praise; Beauty; Celebration; Hymns Suitable for Use with Children; Comfort/Consolation; Creation; Ecology; Eternal Life; Evening; God Creator; Hallelujah; Harvest; Heaven(s)/Paradise; Humility; Life; Morning; Music and Singing; Nature; Opening Hymns; Processionals (Opening of Worship); Responses Antiphonal; Service Music Gathering, Call to Worship, Greeting; Service Music Doxologies; Sun; Trinity; Worship; Christmas 1 Year A; Easter 6 Year A; Easter 7 Year A; Trinity Sunday Year A; Thanksgiving Year A; Easter 6 Year B; Trinity Sunday Year B; Christmas 1 Year C; Lent 1 Year C; Easter 5 Year C; Trinity Sunday Year C; Proper 26 Year C; Proper 27 Year C Tune Sources: Geistliche Kirchengesänge, Cologne 1623 Tune Key: E Flat Major Incipit: 11231 34511 23134 Used With Text: All Creatures of Our God and King
LASST UNS ERFREUEN
Let All the Beauty We Have Known
Author: Dana McLean Greeley, 1908-1986 Hymnal: Singing the Living Tradition #326 (1993) Meter: 8.8.8.8 Topics: Celebration and Praise Languages: English Tune Title: DANBY
Let All the Beauty We Have Known
For All That Is Our Life
Author: Bruce Findlow, 1922- Hymnal: Singing the Living Tradition #128 (1993) Meter: 6.6.6.6.6.6 Topics: Celebration and Praise Lyrics: 1 For all that is our life
we sing our thanks and praise;
for all life is a gift
which we are called to use
to build the common good
and make our own days glad.
2 For needs which others serve,
for services we give,
for work and its rewards,
for hours of rest and love;
we come with praise and thanks
for all that is our life.
3 For sorrow we must bear,
for failures, pain, and loss,
for each new thing we learn,
for fearful hours that pass:
we come with praise and thanks
for all that is our life.
4 For all that is our life
we sing our thanks and praise;
for all life is a gift
which we are called to use
to build the common good
and make our own days glad. Languages: English Tune Title: SHERMAN ISLAND
For All That Is Our Life
O Sing Hallelujah
Hymnal: Singing the Living Tradition #217 (1993) Meter: Irregular with refrain Topics: Celebration and Praise First Line: All praise be to you through the high arch of the heavens Lyrics: Refrain:
O sing hallelujah. O sing hallelujah.
1 All praise be to you
through the high arch of the heavens,
and praise be by sun, moon, and stars.
By trumpet, harp, and lute,
with cymbals and strings and flute,
with dancing, singing,
and music we praise you.
Sing hallelujah. [Refrain]
2 Our father and mother
and sov’reign of all mercies,
we wish to be quit of all war.
By trumpet, harp, and lute,
with cymbals and strings and flute,
with dancing, singing,
and music we praise you.
Sing hallelujah. [Refrain]
2 Our father and mother
and sov’reign of all mercies,
inscribe us on pages of life.
By trumpet, harp, and lute,
with cymbals and strings and flute,
with dancing, singing,
and music we praise you.
Sing hallelujah. [Refrain]
Scripture: Psalm 150 Languages: English Tune Title: AVINU MALKEINU
O Sing Hallelujah
Folliott Sandford Pierpoint
1835 - 1917 Person Name: Folliott Sandford Pierpoint, 18365-1917 Topics: Celebration and Praise Author of "For the Beauty of the Earth" in Singing the Living Tradition In the spring of 1863, Folliott S. Pierpoint (b. Bath, Somerset, England, 1835; d. Newport, Monmouthshire, England, 1917) sat on a hilltop outside his native city of Bath, England, admiring the country view and the winding Avon River. Inspired by the view to think about God's gifts in creation and in the church, Pierpont wrote this text. Pierpont was educated at Queen's College, Cambridge, England, and periodically taught classics at Somersetshire College. But because he had received an inheritance, he did not need a regular teaching position and could afford the leisure of personal study and writing. His three volumes of poetry were collected in 1878; he contributed hymns to The Hymnal Noted (1852) and Lyra Eucharistica (1864). "For the Beauty of the Earth" is the only Pierpont hymn still sung today.
Bert Polman
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Pierpoint, Folliott Sandford, M.A., son of William Home Pierpoint of Bath, was born at Spa Villa, Bath, Oct. 7, 1835, and educated at Queen's College, Cambridge, graduating in classical honours in 1871. He has published The Chalice of Nature and Other Poems, Bath, N.D. This was republished in 1878 as Songs of Love, The Chalice of Nature, and Lyra Jesu. He also contributed hymns to the Churchman's Companion (London Masters), the Lyra Eucharistica, &c. His hymn on the Cross, "0 Cross, O Cross of shame," appeared in both these works. He is most widely known through:—
"For the beauty of the earth." Holy Communion, or Flower Service. This was contributed to the 2nd edition of Orby Shipley's Lyra Eucharistica, 1864, in 8 stanzas of 6 lines, as a hymn to be sung at the celebration of Holy Communion. In this form it is not usually found, but in 4, or sometimes in 5, stanzas, it is extensively used for Flower Services and as a Children's hymn.
--John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)
Folliott Sandford Pierpoint
Eleanor Farjeon
1881 - 1965 Person Name: Eleanor Farjeon, 1881-1965 Topics: Celebration and Praise Author of "Morning Has Broken" in Singing the Living Tradition Eleanor Farjeon, (born Feb. 13, 1881, London--died June 5, 1965, Hampstead, London), English writer for children whose magical but unsentimental tales, which often mock the behaviour of adults, earned her a revered place in many British nurseries.
The daughter of a British novelist and granddaughter of a U.S. actor, Eleanor Farjeon grew up in the bohemian literary and dramatic circles of London. Attending opera and theatre at 4 and writing on her father’s typewriter at 7, Farjeon came to public attention at 16 as the librettist of an opera, with music by her brother Harry, which was produced by the Royal Academy of Music.
Her success with Nursery Rhymes of London Town (1916), simple tunes originally for adults but adapted and sung in junior schools throughout England, spurred her writing. In addition to such favourites as Martin Pippin in the Apple Orchard (1921) and The Little Bookroom (1955), which won the Carnegie Medal and the first Hans Christian Anderson Award, Farjeon’s prolific writings include children’s educational books, among them Kings and Queens (1932; with Herbert Farjeon); adult books; and memoirs, notably A Nursery in the Nineties (1935; rev. ed. 1960).
--www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/201881/Eleanor-Farjeon
Eleanor Farjeon
John Bacchus Dykes
1823 - 1876 Person Name: John Bacchus Dykes, 1823-1876 Topics: Celebration and Praise Composer of "NICAEA" in Singing the Living Tradition As a young child John Bacchus Dykes (b. Kingston-upon-Hull' England, 1823; d. Ticehurst, Sussex, England, 1876) took violin and piano lessons. At the age of ten he became the organist of St. John's in Hull, where his grandfather was vicar. After receiving a classics degree from St. Catherine College, Cambridge, England, he was ordained in the Church of England in 1847. In 1849 he became the precentor and choir director at Durham Cathedral, where he introduced reforms in the choir by insisting on consistent attendance, increasing rehearsals, and initiating music festivals. He served the parish of St. Oswald in Durham from 1862 until the year of his death. To the chagrin of his bishop, Dykes favored the high church practices associated with the Oxford Movement (choir robes, incense, and the like). A number of his three hundred hymn tunes are still respected as durable examples of Victorian hymnody. Most of his tunes were first published in Chope's Congregational Hymn and Tune Book (1857) and in early editions of the famous British hymnal, Hymns Ancient and Modern.
Bert Polman
John Bacchus Dykes
