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Author: Elizabet Creutziger; Ukj. Appears in 6 hymnals Topics: Sixth Sunday after Trinity Sunday High Mass Lyrics: 1 Guds Faders Søn enbaarne Af Evighedens Aar, Den af hans Hjerte kaarne Til sødest Frelser vor, Han er den Morgenstjerne, Oplyser os saa gjerne Med sit Miskundheds Ord. 2 For os et Menn'ske vorden I sidst Verdens Tid, Tvert mod Naturens Orden Fød af en Jomfru frid, Han Djævelen har lænket, Os Himmerige stjænket, Alt med dit evig' Liv. 3 O Kriste, du os give, Vi maatte ret forstaa, I kristen Tro forblive, Og dig nu tjene saa, Vort Hjerte maatte smage Din Sødhed alle Dage, Og tørste dig at faa! 4 Du stande skal for Styre Med Guddoms Magt paa Jord, Og raader alt med dyre Og sterke Guddoms Ord: Dit Lys i os optende, Vort Hjerte til dig vend, Og sluk vor Vantro stor! 5 Du tugte os med Gode, Styrk os i Naaden saa, At fri fra Helveds Vaade, Guds Børn vi blive maa, At vi her aldrig mere End Kristi Ord begjære, Falsk Lærdom plat forsmaa! 6 Lad alle Synder slukne, Tag Ondskab af vor Hu, Den gamle Adam drukne, Den ny maa leve nu! At ind til dig vi stræve, Os selv ei længer leve, Men lev i os kun du! Used With Tune: [Gud Faders Søn enbaarne]

I Jesu søger jeg min Fred

Author: Ukj. Appears in 7 hymnals Topics: Twenty-sixth Sunday after Trinity Sunday High Mass Lyrics: 1 I Jesu søger jeg min Fred, Al Verden har kun Smerte, Hans Vunder er mig Blivested, Der hviler sig mit Hjerte; Der kan jeg bo I stille Ro, Der findes alt det, som min Tro Saa længselsfuld begjærte. 2 Indtil jeg fandt det Kildespring, Gik jeg paa tørre Veie. Jeg søgte Trøst i mange Ting, Som kunde ei fornøie Den Sjæls Attraa, Som i mig laa, Og endda ei jeg tænkte paa, At søge til det Høie. 3 Saa blind, saa tung, saa jordisk var Min Sjæl, at den ei kunde Opsøge dig, skjønt jeg blev var, At andre Trøstegrunde Gav liden Trøst Udi mit Bryst, Om de end alle var udøst, Ei heller var de sunde. 4 Da ynkedes du over mig, Og drog mig usle Daare Ved Naadens Kald: Kom hid til mig, Her skal du bedre fare! Immanuel Alene vel Husvale kan din arem Sjæl Og frelse af al Fare! 5 Ja Jesu, jeg maa give Magt, At Verden har kun Møie Og Angest, som du selv har sagt, Du ene kan tilføie Den sande Fred Og Rolighed, Dit skjød er ret mit Hvilested, Hvor jeg mig vil fornøie. 6 Dit Korses daarlig' Prædiken Er mig en Visdoms Kilde, Din Død gi'r mig mit Liv igjen, Og hvad, som vil forspilde Mit Sjælegavn, Skal i dit Navn, Som er min trygge Tilflugts Havn, Forsvinde, Jesu milde! 7 Ak, maatte jeg kun idelig Ved dig, min Jesu henge! Ak, maatte kun min Sjæl i dig Sig daglig dybt indtrænge! Saa fik jeg Fred, Saa fandt jeg Sted For Duens trætte Fode-Fjed, Endog det vared længe! Used With Tune: [I Jesu søger jeg min Fred] Text Sources: Dansk. 1740

O kjære Sjæl, luk op din Mund

Author: Kingo Appears in 6 hymnals Topics: Twenty-sixth Sunday after Trinity Sunday Evening Lyrics: 1 O kjære Sjæl, luk up din Mund, Den Tunge bør sig røre Med Tak udaf dit Hjertes Grund, At Himlens Gud kan høre, Hvor du ved Guds Aand takke vil For Ordet, han dig sendte til: O se, hvad du kan gjøre! 2 Hvor kan jeg noksom skjønne paa, Og værdelig begrunde, At Verden, som i Synden laa, Gud vilde dog forunde Sit saliggjørend' Livsens Ord, Ja Daaben og sin Nadverds Bord, Hvorved den hjælpes kunde! 3 Og, at vi kan hans Naade se, Han Lærere os sender, Hans Ord og Sakramenterne De har i Mund og Hænder, Og med Formaning til enhver, Forstandere i Herren er; Gid vi den Naade kjender! 4 Det Embede saa værdigt er, Gid vi det aldrig savne, Men dem, som deri tjene her, Med Kjærlighed omfavne, Og leve samtlig' udi Fred Med god og frelst Samvittighed! Det vil os meget gavne. 5 Gid Jesu Glæde i os bo, Og Bønnens Aand os røre, At vi vor Gud med Fryd og Ro Taksigelse kan gjøre, Og aldrig staa Guds Aand imod, Men tro hans Ord af Hjerterod, Det elske, ære, høre! 6 Giv os, o Gud, din Helligaand, Hvorved vi ret kan prøve Hver Lærdom, og med sund Forstand Os i den sande øve, Og sky al Ondskabs Skam og Skin, At ei i usund Lærdoms Trin Guds Aand vi skal bedrøve! 7 Men Fredens Gud i Kjærlighed Os saa tilsammen binde, At i hans Kraft vi blive ved Et helligt Navn at vinde, Saa Sjæl og Aand og Legem maa Paa Kristi Dag fuldkomne staa, Guds Salighed at finde!

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ACH! WAS SOLL ICH SÜNDER MACHEN

Appears in 12 hymnals Topics: Twenty Sixth Sunday after Trinity Tune Key: e minor Incipit: 11334 45377 65443 Used With Text: When Thou, my righteous Judge, shalt come

LEONI

Meter: 6.8.4 Appears in 325 hymnals Topics: Twenty Sixth Sunday after Trinity Tune Key: f minor Incipit: 51234 53456 75234 Used With Text: The God who reigns on high

[Nu takker alle Gud ]

Appears in 541 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: J. Crüger Topics: Twenty-sixth Sunday after Trinity Sunday For Evening Tune Key: F Major or modal Incipit: 55566 53432 32155 Used With Text: Nu takker alle Gud

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Staa som en Klippe

Author: Brorson Hymnal: Salmebog for Lutherske Kristne i Amerika #244 (1919) Topics: Twenty sixth Sunday after Trinity Sunday Lyrics: 1 Staa som en Klippe, Du lille Herrens Flok! Lad alting flippe, I Ordet har du nok! Skin uden Kraften Er Kirkens største Pest, Du smage Saften, Og holde Frydefest, Mod Verdens Aften Bør Bruden pyntes bedst. 2 Glad vil jeg sige, O Verden, dig Farvel, Til Himmerige Bered dig nu, min Sjæl; Syng Frydesange, Og glæd dig mer og mer, Da nu ei mange Af Maaneskifter sker, Før man dig prange For, Lammets Throne ser! 3 O, uden Lige Forønskte Zions Slot! O, Himmerige, Der har min Sjæl det godt! Naar faar jeg Foden Paa Salems egen Grund? Naar Vand af Floden, Og Lammets Sang i Mund? Naar er jeg moden Til salig Afgangs Stund? Languages: Norwegian

Jesus, din søde Forening at smage

Author: Peder Hygom Hymnal: Salmebog for Lutherske Kristne i Amerika #310 (1919) Topics: Twenty sixth Sunday after Trinity Sunday Lyrics: 1 Jesus, din søde Forening at smage Længes og trænges mit Hjerte og Sind; Riv mig fra alt det, mig holder tilbage, Drag mig i dig, min Begyndelse, ind! Vis mig ret klarlig min Jammer og Møie, Vis mig Fordærvelsens Afgrund i mig, At sig Naturen til Døden kan bøie, Aanden alene maa leve for dig! 2 Styrk mig ret kraftig i Sjælen derinde, At jeg kan finde, hvad Aanden formaar, Tag dig til Fange min Tale og Sinde, Led mig og lok mig, saa svag som jeg gaar! Mig, og hvad mit er, jeg gjerne vil miste, Naar du alene i Sjælen maa bo, Og sig omsider paa Døren maa liste, Hvad som forstyrrer min inderlig' Ro. 3 O, hvo der kunde det Ene kun lære, Sig at opofre med Hjerte og Hu! O, maatte Jesus mit Alting kun være! Jeg er desværre, langt borte endnu; Jesus, som gav mig et hørende Øre, Ræk mig tillige din kraftige Haand, At jeg herefter min Vandring maa føre Ret som en Kristen i Helligheds Aand! 4 Hør dog, o Jesus, din kurrende Due, Hyrde, opsøg dit vildfarende Lam! Bær mig blandt Myrra en lædskende Drue, Rense mit Hjerte fra Synd og fra Skam! Lad mig i Bogstavens Væsen ei blive, Som kun udvortes gjør ærbar og sin; Aanden lad Loven i Hjertet indskrive, At jeg i Sandhed maa kalde mig din! 5 Jesus, naar vil du dog skaffe mig Hvile? Byrden den trykker, ak, tag mig den af! Naar skal jeg se dig ret venlig at smile? Reis dig at true det brusende Hav! Kjærligste Jesus, du maa dig forbarme, Skjul dog det Aasyn ei evig for mig! Ædleste Rigdom for aandelig Arme, Fyld mit, det udtømte, Hjerte med dig! 6 Lad mig, o Jesus, forgjæves ei raabe, Se dog hvor Sjælen er hungrig og træt! Lad os, Immanuel, være tilhobe, Har jeg dig ene, saa bliver jeg mæt! Fordum du sagde: De maatte vansmægte, Dersom jeg lader dem hungrige gaa,– Evige Kjærlighed, kan du da nægte Sjæle, der hungre, en Smule at faa? 7 Naadigste Jesus, nu vil jeg mig binde Ved din den dyre Forjættelses Pagt: Beder og leder, saa faa I og finde! Saa har de sanddrue Læber jo sagt. Jeg vil med Kvinden af Kanaans Egne Raabe dig efter, og bliver ei stil, Før du paa Bønnen til Slutning maa tegne: Amen, ja Amen, dig ske, som du vil! Languages: Norwegian

Min største Hjertens Glæde

Author: Johan Walther; Hans Sthen Hymnal: Salmebog for Lutherske Kristne i Amerika #478 (1919) Topics: Twenty sixth Sunday after Trinity Sunday Lyrics: 1 Min største Hjertens Glæde Er mig ny Sommer blid, Som Gud skal selv berede For mig til evig Tid; Ny Jord og Himmel holde Vi vente retnu snart, Da skulle vi faa holde Vor søde Himmelfart. 2 O Herre Krist jeg stunder Alt efter Komme din! Hjælp mig, jeg ikke blunder I Synd, og sovner ind, Men gladelig maa vente I de Aarvaagnes Flok, Der have Lamper tændte Og Lys og Olje nok! 3 Da glædes den, som sukked, O Herre, efter dig, Da faa vi se oplukket Det hele Himmerig, Da vil du høit os hædre Hos dig i Himlens Sal Med alle fromme Fædre Og Helgen uden Tal. 4 De ville os annamme Som sine Søskend smaa, De ville sig ei skamme Jevnsides os at staa; Der faa vi Lov at træde Dig nær til høire Haand, Og takke dig med Glæde, Vor kjære Frelsermand! 5 Der Gud paa Ærens Throne Sin seierrige Hær Vil hilse: Til din Krone Og Krans velkommen vær! Og Jesus selv vil smykke Den Brud, han kaared sig, Da ønsker os til Lykke Det hele Himmerig. 6 Da skal vi høre: Amen, Taksigelse og Pris! Da skal der være Gammen Paa glade Engles Vis; Saa lystelig de sjunge For Lammet og hans Brud, Da raaber hver en Tunge: Nu lovet være Gud! 7 Se, saa vil Gud os finde Og faa fra al vor Nød, Og gjemme godt derinde Fra Djævel, Synd og Død, Fra Sorg og Suk og Klage, Fra Sygdom, sot og Saar, Fra alle onde Dage, Som over Verden gaar. 8 Hvad intet Øre fanget, Hvad intet Øie saa, Hvad aldrig er opganget I noget Hjertes Vraa, Det haver Gud forvaret Til dem, ham elske her, Og bliver aabenbaret Der, Gud i Lyset er. 9 Thi skal I ei forsage, Som nu bær Sorgen stor, Og lider tungsom Plage Paa denne arme Jord! Sig trøste alle Fromme, De Stunder skride fort! Vor Herre snart vil komme, Og tage Sorgen bort. 10 O Herre, for din Ære Før os den rette Sti, Bevar os, Jesus kjære, Thi ellers vildes vi! Hold os i Troen faste I denne Taaredal, Du vil vist ogsaa haste Med os til Himlens Sal! Languages: Norwegian

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Martin Rinkart

1586 - 1649 Topics: Twenty-sixth Sunday after Trinity Sunday For Evening Author of "Nu takker alle Gud " in M. B. Landstads Kirkesalmebog og "Nokre Salmar" ved Professor Dr. E. Blix, samt følgende tillæg Rinkart, Martin, son of Georg Rinkart or Rinckart, cooper at Eilenburg on the Mulde, Saxony, was born at Eilenburg, April 23, 1586.* After passing through the Latin school at Eilenburg, he became, in Nov., 1601, a foundation scholar and chorister of the St. Thomas's School at Leipzig. This scholarship also allowed him to proceed to the University of Leipzig, where he matriculated for the summer session of 1602, as a student of Theology; and after the completion of his course he remained for some time in Leipzig (he did not take his M.A. till 1616). In March 1610 he offered himself as a candidate for the post of diaconus at Eilenburg, and was presented by the Town Council, but the Superintendent refused to sanction this arrangement, nominally on the ground that Rinkart was a better musician than theologian, but really because he was unwilling to have a colleague who was a native of Eilenburg, and who appeared to have a will of his own. Rinkart, not wishing to contest the matter, applied for a vacant mastership in the gymnasium at Eisleben, and entered on his duties there in the beginning of June, 1610, as sixth master, and also cantor of the St. Nicholas Church. After holding this appointment for a few months, he became diaconus of St. Anne's Church, in the Neustadt of Eisleben, and began his work there May 28, 1611; and then became pastor at Erdeborn and Lyttichendorf (Lütjendorf), near Eisleben, entering on his duties there on Dec. 5, 1613. Finally he was invited by the Town Council of Eilenburg to become archidiaconus there, and in Nov. 1617 came into residence at Eilenburg. He died at Eilenburg, Dec. 8, 1649. A memorial tablet to his memory, affixed to the house where he lived, was unveiled at Eilenburg on Easter Monday, April 26, 1886. (Martin Rinkart’s Geistliche Lieder, ed., with a biographical introduction, and an extensive bibliography, by Heinrich Rembe and Johannes Linke, D.D., Gotha, F. A. Perthes, 1886; K. Goedeke's Grundris, vol. iii., 1887, pp. 169, 211, &c.) The greater part of Rinkart's professional life was passed amid the horrors of the Thirty Years War. Eilenburg being a walled town became a refuge for fugitives from all around, and being so overcrowded, not unnaturally suffered from pestilence and famine. During the great pestilence of 1637 the Superintendent went away for change of air, and could not be persuaded to return; and on Aug. 7 Rinkart had to officiate at the funerals of two of the town clergy and two who had had to leave their livings in the country. Rinkart thus for some time was the only clergyman in the place, and often read the service over some 40 to 50 persons a day, and in all over about 4,480. At last the refugees had to be buried in trenches without service, and during the whole epidemic some 8,000 persons died, including Rinkart's first wife, who died May 8, 1637. The next year he had an epidemic of marriages to encounter, and himself fell a victim on June 24. Immediately thereafter came a most severe famine, during which Rinkart's resources were strained to the uttermost to help his people. Twice also he saved Eilenburg from the Swedes, once in the beginning of 1637, and again in 1639 (see p. 319, i.). Unfortunately the services he rendered to the place seemed to have made those in authority the more ungrateful, and in his latter years he was much harassed by them in financial and other matters, and by the time that the long-looked-for peace came (Oct. 24, 1648) he was a worn-out and prematurely aged man. Rinkart was a voluminous writer and a good musician, but a considerable number of his books seem to have perished, and others survive only in single copies. He early began to write poetry, and was crowned as a poet apparently in 1614. Among other things he wrote a cycle of seven so-called "Comedies," or rather dramas, on the Reformation Period, suggested by the centenary of the Reformation in 1617. Three of these were printed respectively in 1613, 1618, and 1625, and two of them were acted in public. Rinkart's hymns appeared principally in the following works:— (1) Jesu Hertz-Büchlein. This was completed in 1630, and first published at Leipzig in 1636. No copy is now known. The second edition, published at Leipzig, 1663, is in the Royal Library at Hannover. (2) Der Meissnische Thränen Saat, Leipzig, 1637. In the Royal Library at Berlin. (3) xlv. Epithalami Salomoneo—Sulamitici cantica canticorum . . . Leibliche Geistliche und Uimmlische Braut Messe, Leipzig, 1642. In Wolfenbüttel Library. (4) Catechismus-wolthaten, und Catechismus-Lieder, Leipzig, 1645. In the Berlin Library. Dr. Linke, 1886, as above, gives a list of the first lines of all the hymns in the works of Rinkart which have come under his notice, and prints a selection from them, including 66 in all. The best of them are characterised by a true patriotism, a childlike devotion to God, and a firm confidence in God's mercy, and His promised help and grace. A few passed into the German hymn-books. Those which have been translated into English are:— 1. Alleluja, Lob, Preis und Ehr. This hymn… seems to be based on two hymns, beginning with the same first line, and both found in Rinkart's Braut Messe, 1642. Dr. Linke does not print the full text. (See Blätter für Hymnologie, 1886, p. 91.) ii. Nun danket alle Gott. Thanksgiving. The oldest text now accessible is in J. Crüger's Praxis, 1648, No. 183, in 3 stanzas of 8 lines; also in the Crüger-Runge Gesang-Buch, 1653, No. 187. It is also in Rinkart's Jesu Hertz-Büchlein, 1663, where the text slightly varies, and is entitled "Grace" ("Tisch-Gebetlein," i.e. a short prayer at table). There does not seem any good reason for supposing that it did not appear in the first ed., 1636, of the Hertz-Büchlein, and in any case it has no connection with the Peace of Westphalia. (A good specimen of the way in which stories of hymns are manufactured is in the Sunday at Home, Aug., 1888, p. 539, where a full and particular account is given of its legendary origin in Nov. 1648.) It is founded on Ecclesiasticus 1. 22-24; and st. i., ii. are indeed little more than a paraphrase of these verses, st. iii. being a version of the Gloria Patri. The fact that the regimental chaplains, when holding the special service of thanksgiving for the conclusion of the peace, were commanded to preach from this passage, may have suggested the theory that Rinkart's hymn was written for the same occasion. It gradually came into general use, successfully survived the period of Rationalism, and is now to be found in every German hymnbook, e.g. in the Berlin Geistliche Lieder, ed. 1863, No. 1022. It may be called the German Te Deum, and as such is used at all national festivals or special occasions of thanksgiving. It was recently used at the festal celebration of the completion of Cologne Cathedral, on Aug. 14, 1880, at the laying of the foundation stone of the new Reichstags building in Berlin, by the Emperor William, June 9, 1884, &c. The fine melody (set to the hymn in Hymns Ancient & Modern and most recent English collections) appears in the Praxis, 1648 (Crüger's Kirchenmelodien, 1649, No. 94), and in the Crüger-Runge Gesang-Buch, 1653, is marked with Crüger's initials. It has been described as adapted from a melody by Lucas Marenzo (choirmaster at Rome, who died 1598), or as adapted from a motet by Rinkart; but to prove either statement, very little evidence is forthcoming. The translations of the hymn into English are:— 1. Let all men praise the Lord. This is a tr. of st. i., iii., by Alfred Novello, as part of his version of the word-book to Mendelssohn's Lobgesang, or Hymn of Praise, 1843, p. 89. This form has passed into a number of hymnals, including the New Congregational Hymn Book, 1859; Dale's English Hymn Book 1874, and others. In the Baptist Hymnal, 1879, a tr. of st. ii. is added, of which 11. 1—4 are from Miss Winkworth's translation. 2. Now praise the Lord on high. In full as No. 53 in the Dalston Hospital Hymn Book, 1848. This appears to be the version which Kübler, in his Historical Notes to the Lyra Germanica, 1865, p. 247, says was made by Baron C. K. J. von Bunsen, for the opening of the German Hospital at Dalston, on Oct. 15, 1845. 3. Now let us all to God. In full, by A. T. Russell, as No. 201, in his Psalms & Hymns, 1851. 4. 0 let us praise the Lord, From hearts by true love guided. This is No. 240 in the Winchester Church Hymn Book, 1857, and seems to be intended as a paraphrase of the German. 5. Now thank we all our God. A full and very good translation by Miss Winkworth, in her Lyra Germanica, 2nd Serv. 1858, p. 145, repeated in her Chorale Book for England, 1863, No. 11, and her Christian Singers, 1869, p. 181. It has been included in many recent English and American hymnals, e. g. Hymns Ancient & Modern, 1861; People's Hymnal, 1867; Congregational Hymnal, 1887, &c, and in America in the Episcopal Hymnal, 1871; Presbyterian Hymnal, 1874, and many others, generally in full and unaltered. 6. Now all give thanks to God. In full as No. 264 in the Anglican Hymn Book, 1868 (1871, No. 307), marked as a versification by R. C. Singleton. Repeated in J. L. Porter's Collection, 1876. 7. Now all men thank ye God. In full by T. E. Brown, as No. 37 in the Clifton College Hymn Book, 1872. Other translations are:— (l) "Now let us praise the Lord." In full by J. C. Jacobi, 1722, p. 85 (1732, p. 144), repeated, altered, in the Moravian Hymn Book, 1754 to 1886. (2) "Now all, to God give thanks." By Dr. H. Mills, in the Evangelical Review, Gettysburg, 1851, p. 293, and his Horae Germanica, 1856, p. 14. (3) "Lift heart, and hands, and voice." By Miss Cox, 1864, p. 239. (4) “Now all give thanks to God." By J. D. Burns, 1869, p. 252. (5) “All hearts and tongues and hands." By N. L. Frothingham, 1870, p. 212. iii. So fahr ich hin mit Freuden. For the Dying. In his Meissnische Thränen-Saat, 1637, No. 24, p. 19, in 5 st.anzas of 8 lines, entitled "Even the same, and her soul-rejoicing Farewell Hymn. On May 8." St. i. is, "So fahr ich hin mit Frewden Aus diesem Jammerthal, Aus Angst, Gefahr und Leiden In Himmels-Frewden Saal, Da wir und alle Frommen Durch Gottes Wundermacht Zusaminen wiederkominen: In des zu guter Nacht." The title refers to the preceding hymn, which is in 19 stanzas, the initials of the stanzas forming the acrostic Christina Rinckardi. Dr. Linke abridges it and misprints the title, which is:— "Die Teutsche Jobs-Schwester (Christina M. Rinckart's Hertzgetrewe Ehe- und Creutz-genossin) und ihr Tagliches und behägliches Trost Lied. Aus ihrem längst erwählten und am 10. [not 30] Tage des Trosthühlen Meyen dieses 1637. Jahres zum letzten Ehrengedächtniss abgehandelten Leich-Text: des 77. Psalms." From this it is clear that both hymns are in memory of his wife, that she died on May 8, 1637, and that her funeral sermon was preached by her husband on May 10, 1637. The form translation into English is the greatly altered, or rather practically new text. [Rev. James Mearns, M.A.] * His own statement was that he “was born Anno 1586, Jubilate Sunday, on St. George's day, which was the 23rd of April, between 6 and 7 a.m." In 1586 however Jubilate S. (3rd Sunday after Easter) fell on April 24, while St. George's day is April 23. The entry in the Registers at Eilenburg says that he was baptised "Monday after Jubilate, the 25th of April," which is quite correct. --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)

Thomas Olivers

1725 - 1799 Topics: Twenty Sixth Sunday after Trinity Author of "The God who reigns on high" in Church Book Thomas Olivers was born in Tregonan, Montgomeryshire, in 1725. His youth was one of profligacy, but under the ministry of Whitefield, he was led to a change of life. He was for a time apprenticed to a shoemaker, and followed his trade in several places. In 1763, John Wesley engaged him as an assistant; and for twenty-five years he performed the duties of an itinerant ministry. During the latter portion of his life he was dependent on a pension granted him by the Wesleyan Conference. He died in 1799. --Annotations of the Hymnal, Charles Hutchins, M.A., 1872. ================== Olivers, Thomas, was born at Tregynon, near Newtown, Montgomeryshire, in 1725. His father's death, when the son was only four years of age, followed by that of the mother shortly afterwards, caused him to be passed on to the care of one relative after another, by whom he was brought up in a somewhat careless manner, and with little education. He was apprenticed to a shoemaker. His youth was one of great ungodliness, through which at the age of 18 he was compelled to leave his native place. He journeyed to Shrewsbury, Wrexham, and Bristol, miserably poor and very wretched. At Bristol he heard G. Whitefield preach from the text "Is not this a brand plucked out of the fire?" That sermon turned the whole current of his life, and he became a decided Christian. His intention at the first was to join the followers of Whitefield, but being discouraged from doing so by one of Whitefield's preachers, he subsequently joined the Methodist Society at Bradford-on-Avon. At that town, where he purposed carrying on his business of shoemaking, he met John Wesley, who, recognising in him both ability and zeal, engaged him as one of his preachers. Olivers joined Wesley at once, and proceeded as an evangelist to Cornwall. This was on Oct. 1, 1753. He continued his work till his death, which took place suddenly in London, in March 1799. He was buried in Wesley's tomb in the City Road Chapel burying ground, London. Olivers was for some time co-editor with J. Wesley of the Arminian Magazine, but his lack of education unfitted him for the work. As the author of the tune Helmsley, and of the hymn “The God of Abraham praise," he is widely known. He also wrote “Come Immortal King of glory;" and "O Thou God of my salvation," whilst residing at Chester; and an Elegy on the death of John Wesley. His hymns and the Elegy were reprinted (with a Memoir by the Rev. J. Kirk) by D. Sedgwick, in 1868. --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)

Anonymous

Person Name: Ukj. Topics: Twenty-sixth Sunday after Trinity Sunday For Evening Translator of "Nu takker alle Gud " in M. B. Landstads Kirkesalmebog og "Nokre Salmar" ved Professor Dr. E. Blix, samt følgende tillæg In some hymnals, the editors noted that a hymn's author is unknown to them, and so this artificial "person" entry is used to reflect that fact. Obviously, the hymns attributed to "Author Unknown" "Unknown" or "Anonymous" could have been written by many people over a span of many centuries.

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