HYMNS, OUR CHRISTIAN HERITAGE

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1 HYMNS, OUR CHRISTIAN HERITAGE LESSON 17 Lwer Level Praise Gd frm Whm All Blessings Flw (Dxlgy) Grant Us Yur Peace (Dna Nbis Pacem) PACING: 1 day ESSENTIAL QUESTION, BIG IDEA, and STANDARDS: See Intrductin t Hymns, Our Christian Heritage. CONCEPT: Christian hymns are a cherished and valuable legacy, expressing the emtins and experiences f Gd s peple thrugh many centuries. OBJECTIVES: Learn the text and tune f an imprtant hymn f faith. Interpret the spiritual meaning f the hymn. Understand and cmmunicate imprtant facts abut the life f the authr f the wrds and/r the cmpser f the music. VOCABULARY: hymn, hymn writer, hymnal, text, tune, cmpser, verse, stanza RESOURCES: Links t perfrmances f Praise Gd frm Whm All Blessings Flw (Dxlgy) and Grant Us Yur Peace (Dna Nbis Pacem) Men, a cappella (1:14), Yung peple singing, instrumental accmpaniment, with nature PwerPint, ends at 1:25 and repeats (3:02), Female sl with guitar, PwerPint f nature (3:12), David Crwder Band, cntemprary arrangement, PwerPint (4:38), Cntemprary wrship team, PwerPint with wrds, new tunes and wrds added (4:12), Dna Nbis Pacem, rchestra, chir (4:36), Female vcal, Dna Nbis Pacem multitrack vide (2:51), ACTIVITIES: Either give each student a printed cpy f the hymn, display the hymn fr the class electrnically r have the students find the hymn Praise Gd frm Whm All Blessings Flw (# ) in the Seventh-day Adventist Hymnal. Read the wrds thrugh tgether. Discuss what the wrds mean, particularly the meaning f Dxlgy. (Amng Christian traditins, a dxlgy is typically an expressin f praise t the trinity the Father, the Sn and the Hly Spirit.) Are there dxlgies in the Bible? Play a recrding f the hymn fr the students. (See links abve) Use discussin questins fund in the Intrductin t Hymns, Our Christian Heritage. Sing the hymn tgether. Discuss its frm, meldy and rhythm. Nte hw many verses r stanzas it has. Des it have a Refrain? What are the differences between #694 and #695? Read r tell the stry f Thmas Ken wh wrte the wrds f this hymn, using the bigraphical sketch fund in this lessn. Discuss with the students what it might be like t be an rphan. Ask if there are rphans tday. Why? Hw d they survive? The students culd write thank yu ntes t their parents r guardians. Review the stry by cmpleting the Lessn 17 Review.

2 Sing the hymn, fcusing n its expressive qualities and memrizatin f at least the first stanza. Learn the sign language fr the first stanza f the hymn. Chse a venue t perfrm the hymn. If n pprtunity is fund fr a perfrmance at the schl, church r ther cmmunity event, cnsider videtaping a perfrmance fr future use. Create psters fr a bulletin bard display featuring aspects f the hymn stry r the wrds f the hymn in a calligraphic style with hand-drawn illustratins. Use activities fund in the Intrductin t Hymns, Our Christian Heritage. Teach the students t sing Grant Us Yur Peace (Dna Nbis Pacem (#471) as a cann. Shw the students that the Dxlgy, if sung t the tune f the SDA Hymnal #53, can als be sung as a cann. The tune is knwn as Tallis Cann. EXTENSION ACTIVITIES FOR OLDER STUDENTS: Create a chral reading f the Dxlgy. Research why the name f the tune fr Praise Gd frm Whm All Blessings Flw is OLD HUNDREDTH. Create a special arrangement f the hymn, utilizing vcal r instrumental sls r ensembles, etc. Create a skit telling the stry f the hymn writer r the circumstances under which the hymn was written. This may be presented t the yunger students in a wrship r at Sabbath Schl r church. ASSESSMENT: There is a Lessn 17 Review included. Als, any f the fllwing assessments may be used: teacher bservatin, discussin, perfrmance, teacher-created wrksheets. ANSWER KEY: (10 pints) Praise Gd frm Whm All Blessings Flw (Dxlgy) and Grant Us Yur Peace (Dna Nbis Pacem) 1. B 2. A 3. B 4. True 5. D 6. C 7. A 8. B 9. C 10. B

3 Praise Gd frm Whm All Blessings Flw (Dxlgy) Thmas Ken ( ) Thmas Ken became an rphan when he was nly nine years ld. His lder sister and her husband raised him. When he was 14, he became a student at Winchester Cllege. After he graduated, he held varius teaching and preaching psitins. He was even the chaplain t Princess Mary until he refused t stay silent abut the bad behavir f sme peple in the Curt. He later became the chaplain t King Charles II f England. Ken curageusly refused t verlk the immral behavir f the King himself. This time the king recgnized his integrity with an excellent church leadership psitin. But the next king, James II, put Thmas Ken in prisn fr a time when he refused t cmprmise his principles. As a teacher, Ken spent a lt f time trying t encurage his students thrugh his preaching and music. He published a Manual f Prayers t be used by the students. In the prayer bk, he instructed his readers t be sure t sing the Mrning and Evening Hymns in their rms. It wasn t until twenty years later that the wrds t the Mrning, Evening and Midnight hymns were printed. The Dxlgy was at the clse f each f his three hymns. One f these three hymns is #53 in the SDA Hymnal: All Praise t Thee. There were riginally 12 stanzas t the hymn. We use nly stanzas 1, 2, 4, and 12. Stanza 12 is knwn as the Dxlgy and has been sung by Christians arund the wrld fr 300 years. Thmas Ken was bld and pius, but gentle and kind. (Charles II is shwn at right.) Grant Us Yur Peace (Dna Nbis Pacem) Unknwn Origin

4 Student Name: Hymns, Our Christian Heritage Lessn 17 - Review Praise Gd frm Whm All Blessings Flw (Dxlgy) Wrds by Thmas Ken Grant Us Yur Peace (Dna Nbis Pacem) Unknwn Origin Scre: Since Thmas Ken s parents died, wh raised him? a. His grandmther b. His sister c. His uncle 2. Thmas Ken served as chaplain fr what English ryalty? a. King Charles II b. Queen Mary c. King James I 3. Why did he get in truble with Princess Mary and King James II? a. He was very lazy b. He wuldn t verlk their bad behavir c. He was caught stealing frm the palace 4. True r False. Mr. Ken was thrwn in prisn. 5. Hw did Mr. Ken try t encurage his students? a. By preaching t them b. By leading them in music c. By preparing gd fd fr them d. Bth A & B e. Bth B & C 6. In the Manual f Prayers that Mr. Ken published fr his students, what did he ask them t d? a. Sing the Mrning and Evening hymns in the auditrium b. Sing the Mrning and Evening hymns in the garden c. Sing the Mrning and Evening hymns in their rm 7. Where is the dxlgy fund in his hymns? a. At the very end f each hymn b. At the beginning f each hymn c. It is nt fund in his hymns 8. Which f the fllwing are being praised in the Dxlgy? a. King James I b. The Hly Spirit c. The heavenly angels 9. What is the riginal language f Dna Nbis Pacem? a. Spanish b. English c. Latin 10. What is the meaning f the wrds in Dna Nbis Pacem? a. Praise Gd b. Grant us Yur peace c. We dn t knw

5 Praise Gd, frm Whm All Blessings Flw (Dxlgy) Thmas Ken, 1695 OLD HUNDREDTH Luis Burgeis, & # Ó Œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ U œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ U œ œ Praise Gd,frm Whm all bless-ings flw;praise Him all crea-tures here be- lw; Praise 5 & # œ œ œ œ U œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ Him a - bve, ye heaven-ly hst; Praise Fa - ther, Sn and H - ly Ghst. A - men.

6 Latin Surce Unknwn English, Ottilie Staffrd; French, Marcel Picht; Spanish, Espi Wasmer 1 3 & b 4 Part 1 Grant Us Yur Peace (Dna Nbis Pacem) œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ D Attr. t Palestrina ( ) œ œ œ œ œ œ œ J œ œ œ œ œ na n - bis pa - cem, pa- cem; D - na n - bis pa - 8 & b cem. Part 2 œ œ œ œ D œ œ œ œ œ œ - na n - bis pa- cem; D -na n-bis pa - em. 17 Part 3 & b œ œ j œ œ œ D œ œ œ œ œ œ - na n - bis pa- cem; D - na n - bis pa - cem. ENGLISH: Father, grant us, grant us Yur peace; Oh, lving Father, grant us Yur peace. Grant us, grant us peace; Grant us, grant us, grant us Yur peace, Grant us, grant us peace; Lving Father, grant us Yur peace. FRENCH: Accrdenus ta paix, ta paix; Accrdenus ta paix. Accrdenus ta paix; Accrdenus ta paix. Accrdenu ta paix, Accrdanus ta paix. SPANISH: Padre, dans tu paz, tu paz; Padre, dans, dans tu paz. Padre, dans tu paz; Padre, dans, dans tu paz. Padre, dans tu paz; Padre, dans, dans tu paz.