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O dearest Lord by all adored

Representative Text

O dearest Lord, by all adored,
Our trespasses confessing,
To Thee this day Thy children pray,
The holy Faith processing!
Accept, O King, the gifts we bring,
Our songs of praise, the prayers we raise;
And grant us, Lord, Thy blessing.

Source: The Christian Hymnary for Use of Churches of Christ #772

Author: Maurice F. Bell

Bell, Maurice Frederick, M.A., son of G. W. Bell, barrister at law, was born in London, Sept. 3, 1862. He graduated from Hertford Coll., Oxford (B.A. 1884, M.A. 1887), was ordained D. 1885, P. 1886, and has been since 1904 Vicar of St. Mark, Regent's Park, London. He contributed to The English Hymnal, 1906, four translations (60, 68, 624, 634), and "O dearest Lord, by all adored" (Close of Festival), 1906. [Rev. James Mearns, M.A.] --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, New Supplement (1907)  Go to person page >

Text Information

First Line: O dearest Lord by all adored
Author: Maurice F. Bell
Language: English
Copyright: Public Domain

Tune

MIT FREUDEN ZART

MIT FREUDEN ZART has some similarities to the French chanson "Une pastourelle gentille" (published by Pierre Attaingnant in 1529) and to GENEVAN 138 (138). The tune was published in the Bohemian Brethren hymnal Kirchengesänge (1566) with Vetter's text "Mit Freuden zart su dieser Fahrt." Splendid mu…

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ALLEIN GOTT IN DER HÖH

The tune name ALLEIN GOTT derives from the opening words of Decius's rhymed text in High German. The tune was first published in Schumann's Geistliche Lieder. Decius adapted the tune from a tenth-century Easter chant for the Gloria text, beginning at the part accompanying the words "et in terra pax.…

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Timeline

Instances in all hymnals

Instances (1 - 22 of 22)

Book of Worship for United States Forces #415

Jubilee Hymns. Parish worship ed. with supplement #d9

Parish Mass Book #65

People's Mass Book, New Daily Missal Edition #d92

Peoples Mass Book (Complete Daily Missal Ed.) #L-2

Songs of Praise #464

The Book of Catholic Worship #61

The Catholic Hymnal and Service Book. Organ ed. #d104

The Catholic Hymnal and Service Book. Pew ed. #d104

The Children's Hymnal #d199

Text

The Christian Hymnary for Use of Churches of Christ #772

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The Church and School Hymnal #179

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The English Hymnal #604

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The English Hymnal #604

The English Hymnal #604

The Middlesex Hymn Book #d64

The Milton Hymnal #d89

The People's Hymnal #L-2

The People's Hymnal #d59

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The St. Cecilia Hymnal (2nd rev. ed.) #237

The St. Cecilia Hymnal. 4th ed. #d67

Worship #d110

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