The Inspiring Sries behind 175 MST-LVED HYMNS RANDY PETERSEN Tyndle House Publishers, Inc. Crol Strem, Illinois
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Contents Introduction ix A Chrge Keep I Hve 2 A Mighty Fortress Is ur God 4 Abide Me 6 Als! Did My Svior Bleed 8 All Cretures ur God King 10 All Glory, Lud Honor 12 All Hil Power Jesus Nme! 14 All People Tht on Erth Do Dwell 16 All Wy My Svior Leds Me 18 All Things Bright Beutiful 20 Allelui, Sing Jesus! 22 Am I Soldier Cross 24 Amzing Grce! 26 And Cn It Be 28 Angels, from Relms Glory 30 Angels We Hve Herd on High 32 Awy in Mnger 34 Krin von Schlegel (1697 c. 1768) 36 Be Still, My Soul 38 Be Thou My Vision 40 Beneth Cross Jesus 42 Blessed Assurnce 44 Blest Be Tie Tht Binds 46 Bred World 48 Brek Now Bred Life 50 Christ Arose! 52 Christ for World! We Sing 54 Christ Lord Is Risen Tody 56 Christ, Whose Glory Fills Skies 58 Come, Thou Fount Every Blessing 60 Come, Thou Almighty King 62 Come, Thou Long Expected Jesus 64 Crown Him Mny Crowns 66 Dy by Dy 68 Der Lord Fr Mnkind 70 Eternl Fr, Strong Sve 72 Fce Fce 74 Firest Lord Jesus 76 Fith ur Frs 78 For All Sints 80 For Beuty Erth 82
Isc Wtts (1674 1748) 84 Give ur God Immortl Prise 86 Glorious Things Thee Are Spoken 88 Glory Be Fr 90 Go, Tell It on Mountin 92 God Be You 94 God Moves in Mysterious Wy 96 God Grce God Glory 98 Grce Greter thn ur Sin 100 Gret Is Thy Fithfulness 102 Hllelujh! Wht Svior! 104 Chrles Wesley (1707 1788) 106 Hrk! Herld Angels Sing 108 Hve Thine wn Wy, Lord! 110 He Ledeth Me 112 Holy God, We Prise Your Nme 114 Holy, Holy, Holy! Lord God Almighty! 116 How Firm Foundtion 118 How Gret Thou Art 120 I Am Thine, Lord 122 I Hve Decided Follow Jesus 124 I Know Tht My Redeemer Lives! 126 I Love Tell Sry 128 I Need Thee Every Hour 130 I Sing Almighty Power God 132 I Surrender All 134 I Will Sing My Redeemer 136 I Will Sing Mercies 138 Immortl, Invisible, God nly Wise 140 In Christ There Is No Est or West 142 In Blek Midwinter 144 In Cross Christ I Glory 146 In Grden 148 It Cme upon Midnight Cler 150 When Pece Like River 152 Jesus Clls Us o er Tumult 154 Jesus Christ Is Risen Tody 156 Willim B. Brdbury (1816 1868) 158 Jesus Loves Me 160 Jesus Shll Reign 162 Jesus! Wht Friend for Sinners! 164 Ner Cross 166 Jesus, Lover My Soul 168 Jesus, Very Thought Thee 170 Joy World! 172 Joyful, Joyful, We Adore Thee 174 Just Closer Wlk Thee 176 Just As I Am 178 Led Me Clvry 180 Lening on Everlsting Arms 182 Let All World 184 Let Whole Cretion Cry 186 Lift Every Voice Sing 188 Lift High Cross 192 Frnces Ridley Hvergl (1836 1879) 194 Like River Glorious 196 Lord Jesus, Think on Me 198
Lord, Spek Me 200 Love Divine, All Loves Excelling 202 My Mind Christ, My Svior 204 My Fith Hs Found Resting Plce 206 My Fith Looks Up Thee 208 My Hope Is Built on Nothing Less 210 My Jesus, I Love Thee 212 My Svior s Love 214 Now Thnk We All ur God 216 Come, All Ye Fithful 218 John Mson Nele (1818 1866) 220 Come, Come, Emmnuel 222 God, ur Help in Ages Pst 224 Little Town Bethlehem 226 Love Tht Will Not Let Me Go 228 Mster, Let Me Wlk Thee 230 Perfect Love 232 Johnn Sebstin Bch (1685 1750) 234 Scred Hed, Now Wounded 236 Splendor God s Glory Bright 238 Deep, Deep Love Jesus 240 Worship King 242 f Fr s Love Begotten 244 for Thous Tongues Sing 246, How I Love Jesus 248 nwrd, Christin Soldiers 250 pen My Eyes, Tht I My See 252 Prise God from Whom All Blessings Flow 254 Prise Lord Who Reigns Above 256 Prise Lord! Hevens, Adore Him 258 Prise Svior, Ye Who Know Him 260 Crine Winkworth (1827 1878) 262 Prise Lord, Almighty 264 Prise, My Soul, King Heven 266 Rejoice in Lord Alwys 268 Rejoice, Lord Is King! 270 Rejoice, Ye Pure in Hert 272 Revive Us Agin 274 Rock Ages 276 Svior, Agin Your Der Nme 278 Ir Snkey (1840 1908) 280 Svior, Like Shepherd Led Us 282 Serch Me, God 284 Shll We Gr t River 286 Silent Night! Holy Night! 288 Sing Prise God Who Reigns Above 290 Stly Tenderly 292 Spirit God, Descend upon My Hert 294 St by Me 296
St Up Bless Lord 298 St Up, St Up for Jesus 300 Sweet Hour Pryer 302 Jubilee Singers(1871 ) 304 Swing Low, Sweet Chriot 306 Tke My Life Let It Be 308 Tke Time Be Holy 310 Thnks God for My Redeemer 312 The Church s ne Foundtion 314 The Dy Resurrection! 316 The First Noel 318 The God Abrhm Prise 320 The Hed Tht nce Ws Crowned 322 The Lord Bless You Keep You 324 The Lord s My Shepherd, I ll Not Wnt 326 The ld Rugged Cross 328 There Is Blm in Giled 330 There Is Fountin Filled Blood 332 Thine Is Glory 334 T Is My Fr s World 336 Tis So Sweet Trust in Jesus 338 Fnny Crosby (1820 1915) 340 To God Be Glory 342 Trust bey 344 Turn Your Eyes upon Jesus 346 We Gr Toger 348 We Give Thee but Thine wn 350 We Three Kings rient Are 352 We re Mrching Zion 354 Wht Friend We Hve in Jesus 356 Wht Child Is T 358 Wht Wondrous Love Is T 360 Lowell Mson (1792 1872) 362 When I Survey Wondrous Cross 364 When Morning Gilds Skies 366 When We All Get Heven 368 Where Cross Crowded Wys Life 370 While Shepherds Wtched Their Flocks 372 Wonderful Grce Jesus 374 Wonderful Words Life 378 Index Authors Sources 381 Index First Lines 385 About Author 389
Introduction Growing up in congregtion tht loved sing, I ten herd postle s description church speking yourselves in pslms hymns spiritul songs, singing mking melody in your hert Lord (Ephesins 5:19, kjv). I lwys wondered bout phrsing. I would expect singing one nor, but it sys speking. Lter, my Greek New Testment lexicon helped out bit. Lleo is Greek word for mking sound, for expressing yourself voclly. It s used for brooks bbbling pgns blbbering, but lso for people conversing. Indeed, verse is little less jolting if we sy express yourselves one nor pslms hymns spiritul songs. But n re s tht prllel pssge in Colossins, which refers teching dmonishing one nor in pslms hymns spiritul songs, singing grce in your herts Lord (3:16, kjv, emphsis dded). In t cse I m grteful for literl rendering my boyhood King Jmes Version dissonnce it cretes. How cn we tech dmonish one nor in song? Most modern trnsltions ssume tht teching singing re two different things, y chnge wording reflect tht. But worship leders know better. Choir members know better. Everyone involved in church s music ministry is well wre teching power pslms hymns spiritul songs we sing. Yes, we spek one nor in se songs. In very ct singing, we tech, dmonish, comfort, counsel, guide. T musicl converstion isn t just mong ourselves, course. We bring ll our worship, including se songs, God. Mny our hymns express prise thnks directly, some m voice our commitment. In or lyrics, we review truths tht God hs tught us in Scripture, or we shre our experiences God. In ll se hymns, we celebrte n ongoing reltionship our Crer/Redeemer. For bout twenty centuries now, Christins hve been gring songs in ll se vrieties pssing m on future believers. Ech ix
genertion teches next one how sing. Crck open hymnl, you ctch bit tht biblicl imge multitudes joining ir voices in prise. In ech er, cretive ones hve fered ir gifts Lord, shred by congregtion pssed on. So s we worship, we re entering n ongoing song, composed long before our time continuing in eternity. The hymnl gives us sort mishnh, or orl lw, on our Christin trdition. It is not Holy Writ, but it processes words ctions God. In hymns, we see how people in different times plces pryed, red Scripture, shred ir fith, experienced trils. These songs give us common vocbulry fith. They help us give voice prts our spiritul journeys tht might orwise be unexplored. We join ger eternl congregtion in both exlttion experience God. It s not only words tht give us common vocbulry. The music itself lifts us clms us, drives us stretches us. Certin tunes get ttched certin words, certin menings. Her few brs old Americn folk tune tht becme Amzing Grce, you re thinking bout God s grce. Mny us cn t listen Beethoven s Symphony no. 9 out words Joyful, Joyful, We Adore Thee running through our herts. There s lnguge here beyond words, but it lso works words. Toger se tunes texts led us worship even when we don t know how. In tht spirit, I fer t book. By lerning more bout experiences those who wrote se texts or tunes, or those who hve loved se songs, you might find yourself drwn even furr in worshiping community. And re you might tech, dmonish, inspire, console, motivte, chllenge, disciple, guide.... Ry Petersen My 2013 x
A Chrge Keep I Hve chrge serve Arm me Help me 1 A 2 To 3 4 keep pres wtch wtch I ent ful hve, ge, cre pry, my s God cll in still ing thy on glo sight e ri ful re fy, fill, live, ly, nev my now let er it thy me dy ll serv not ing my nt, my soul powers Lord, trust en pre be sve, gge pre try, but fit do strict press it my c for Ms count relms ter s on sky. will! give! high. WRDS: Chrles Wesley (1707-1788) MUSIC: Lowell Mson (1792-1872) BYLSTN S.M. 2
A Chrge Keep I Hve T he book Leviticus hs deriled mny n vid believer iming red Bible stright through. Genesis Exodus hve gret chrcters exciting sries, but t third book Moses well, reders cn get lost in its priestly regultions guidelines for Tberncle ceremonies. If you re looking write stirring hymn, you probbly don t expect find your inspirtion re. And you certinly wouldn t find your hook in reference book on tht text. Yet tht s exctly wht Chrles Wesley did. The verse on which t hymn ws bsed dels ordintion priests: Therefore shll ye bide t door tberncle congregtion dy night seven dys, keep chrge Lord, tht ye die not (Leviticus 8:35, kjv). A creful student Scripture, Chrles Wesley found number song texts in Leviticus, but in t cse sprk ctully cme from commentry on book. Mtw Henry (1662 1714) wrote Complete Commentry on Bible in erly 1700s, by time Wesley wrote t hymn in 1762, Henry s commentry hd lredy become strd, used by Christins throughout English- speking world ( would continue be populr for mny yers). The key t meticulous verse- by- verse study ws its prechbility. A Presbyterin psr self, Henry didn t dig much in ncient ry for culturl insights. He just opened up spiritul mening Bible, s ny precher would do. In 1800s, Chrles Spurgeon would recommend tht every minister ought red [it] entirely crefully. And in cse t hymn, singbility Henry s commentry on Leviticus 8:35 mde difference, nerly writing Wesley s hymn for : We hve every one us chrge keep, n eternl God glorify, n immortl soul provide for, needful duty be done, our genertion serve; it must be our dily cre keep t chrge, for it is chrge Lord our Mster, who will shortly cll us n ccount bout it, it is t our utmost peril if we neglect it. A modern postscript: President George W. Bush hd pinting in vl ffice titled A Chrge Keep, by W. H. D. Koerner. It showed horsemn chrging up difficult tril. Bush ssocited t figure circuit riders Methodist Church, who crried gospel new res. Wht dds complete life pinting for me, he sid, is messge Chrles Wesley tht we serve ne greter thn ourselves. 3
MUSIC: Mrtin Lur (1483-1546) WRDS: Mrtin Lur (1483-1546); tr. Frederick H. Hedge (1805-1890) EIN FESTE BURG 8.7.8.7.6.6.6.6.7. kill: dure, nme, gret, God s for from, truth lo, ge rmed bid doom ge cru eth is el still; sure; sme, hte, one on king lit he erth dom tle must is is word win not for shll ev fell bt e er.. tle. qul. Let The Dost For goods Prince sk still who our kin Drk tht n ness my cient dred go, grim, be? foe t we Christ doth mor trem Je seek tl ble sus, life not it work l for is us so; ; he; woe; Lord bod rge Sb crft y we y cn oth power my en re we were our Spir will not help it not er fer, right he, for mn gifts God on mid re hth our ours willed side, flood thro truth mn mor who tl tri God s ills us umph own pre sid through choos vil us. ing. ing. eth. Tht And Did A 4 3 2 1 word though we might A Mighty Fortress Is ur God t in y bove world, our for ll own tress erth dev strength is ly ils con our powers, filled, fide, God, no should our thnks thret striv bul en ing wrk m, would nev un be er bid do los fil eth; us, ing, ing; 4 A Mighty Fortress Is ur God
A Mighty Fortress Is ur God A lthough n impeccble monk, I sod before God s sinner troubled in conscience, I hd no confidence tht my merit would ssuge. Night dy I pondered until I sw connection between justice God sttement just shll live by fith. The impeccble monk ws Mrtin Lur, Romn Ctholic priest t time, pressor t Wittenberg University. He ws teching course on biblicl book Romns, where postle Pul spells out concept justifiction by fith. Lur hd been mulling over t for some time, incresingly disstisfied mechnicl rituls in Ctholicism dy. Could person relly be justified by prying wy up holy stircse in Rome? Could person relly get time f from purgry for donting church building project? As me sentence for whole epistle, Romns 1:17 mde difference. The righteous would find eternl life not through ir works, no mtter how impeccble, but by trusting God. They would live by fith. T ws Lur s brekthrough, he chllenged Ctholic church on t crucil ologicl point s well s on mny or corrupt prctices. He posted complints (known s Ninety- Five Theses) on church door t Wittenberg (sort community bulletin bord). riginlly he ws just sking for church debte on se issues, but soon he ws bred heretic. At Diet (ssembly) Worms in 1521, he ws ordered retrct positions he hd published. Fmously, he replied, Here I st. I cn do no or. Becuse Lur would not recnt sttements, church excommunicted. At tht point, princes Germny s provinces begn picking sides. Some were genuinely moved by conscience, convinced by Lur s writings, but ors sw politicl opportunity ginst church s power. The diet t Speyer in 1526 seemed hold door open for reconcilition, but it ws slmmed shut in follow- up council t Speyer three yers lter. Tht s where princes who supported Lur lodged ir forml protest ginst church s decisions erned nme Protestnts. Their mot ws The Word God bides forever. Lur wrote t hymn eir for tht occsion or in response it. The text is bsed on Pslm 46, but sentiment is Speyer 1529. These re fighting words, but posture is defensive one. ur God cn be trusted protect us ginst whtever threts come t us. 5
MUSIC: Willim H. Monk (1823-1889) WRDS: Henry F. Lyte (1793-1847), lt. 10.10.10.10. EVENTIDE in I Through help life, tri cloud Lord in umph who deth, still, sun chng help if shine, less, es Lord, Lord, not, you bide bide bide bide bide me. me. me. me. me. heven s Where Who, chnge When morn is like oth ing deth s de er your breks, sting? self, cy help Where, my in ers erth s grve, guide ll fil, vin your shd vic sty round com ows cn I forts flee; ry? be? see: flee, shine ills wht erth s through hve but joys drk no grow ness your gloom weight, grce dim, deep cn its ens: point ters foil glo Lord, me no ries bit tempt pss me ter er s skies: ness. power? wy; bide! I I A Hold 5 4 3 Swift 2 1 fer need bide now no its your your cross foe, pres close me, be ence ebbs fst fore ev out flls you my t ery life s clos h pss lit e ing ing tle ven eyes; bless; hour; dy; tide; 6 Abide Me
Abide Me I n lvish opening ceremonies London lympic Gmes 2012, things quieted down bit, Scottish singer delivered soulful rendition n old Christin hymn, Abide Me. ut plce? Not exctly, since hymn is lso sung ech yer t chmpionship Britin s Footbll Assocition. Why hymn? It probbly goes bck King George V, who loved t song might hve suggested it t originl FA Cup gme in 1927. T British trdition probbly lies behind curious Indin cusm s well. Every Jnury, s ntion Indi celebrtes its Republic Dy, Abide Me is sung. It ws reportedly fvorite Mhtm Ghi. So it s no surprise tht s British ocen liner Titnic went down, t reportedly ws one hymns b plyed. The words were penned by Henry Frncis Lyte, Scottish minister who served little fishing villge in Devonshire, Engl, for mny yers. As he begn psrl ministry, erly in 1800s, he hd lredy fced numerous chllenges. His fr hd boned fmily, mor hd died t n erly ge. From ge nine, young Henry ws rised s n orphn. Fortuntely, schoolmster ok n interest in encourged poetic tlent. ne hert- wrenching poem from youth begins, Sty, gentle shdow my mor, sty! Thy form but seldom comes bless my sleep. As young mn, Lyte found encourgement from Rev. Abrhm Swnne, who deeply influenced spiritul life eventul creer. But Swnne becme ill died nor loved one lost. You cn lredy sense how Henry might hve longed for someone sty in life, bide. In fifties, fter decdes psring, Lyte ws dignosed tuberculosis. It ws essentil for get out cold, dmp English ir, so he mde plns move Itly. He gve frewell ddress t church in September 1847, on sry Jesus post- resurrection wlk Emmus, where two disciples begged, Abide us (see Luke 24:29, kjv). Tht fternoon Lyte wlked on bech n went room write down eight verses t hymn. A short time lter, on wy Itly, he pssed wy. His lst words, s he pointed wrd heven, were, Pece! Joy! T hymn text ws sung, music Lyte hd written for it, t funerl. nly lter did Willim H. Monk ttch now beloved tune Eventide. 7
Als! Did My Svior Bleed 1 2 3 4 A Ws Well But ls! it for might drops did crimes sun grief my tht in cn Sv ior bleed, did I hve done, he groned drk ness hide, shut ne er re py debt my up its sov on glo love ereign ries I die? tree? in, owe; Would he de vote tht A mz ing pit y, when Christ, might y here, Lord, I give my s grce Mk self cred un er, hed known, died wy; for for tis sin love ll ners be own tht such yond cre I s de ture s cn I? gree! sin. do. WRDS: Isc Wtts (1674-1748) MUSIC: Hugh Wilson (1764-1824); dpt. Robert Smith (1780-1829) MARTYRDM C.M. 8
Als! Did My Svior Bleed G rowing up in lte 1600s in Southmpn, Engl, Isc Wtts ws prodigy who mstered Ltin, Greek, Hebrew, French s teenger ws lredy writing poems hymns. In twenties, Wtts ws rebel. His rebellion hd do church music. For centuries, pslm singing ws ccepted form, only ccepted form. Although occsionlly churches would sing hymns texts tht directly quoted or Bible pssges, ny newly creted lyrics were met deep suspicion. But young Isc Wtts hd dngerous notion: If we cn pry God in sentences tht we hve mde up ourselves, n surely we cn sing God in sentences tht we hve mde up ourselves. And he ws redy mke up words for those songs. Some se involved prphrses pslms. Jesus Shll Reign is bsed on Pslm 72, Joy World! on Pslm 98. Despite pslm connection, Wtts ws roundly criticized for dring lter old- fshioned phrses pslter. He lso wnted focus on Jesus. Sometimes he pplied Christin interprettions pslms, but some best work resulted from simple medittions on scrifice Christ. Songs like When I Survey Wondrous Cross Als! Did My Svior Bleed bring us foot cross in worship, wonder, love. I hve mde no pretence be poet, Wtts wrote. But Lmb tht ws slin, now lives, I hve ddressed mny song, be sung by penitent believing hert. f course, believing herts hve been singing songs ever since. He provided lyricl vocbulry for Bptist independent churches in Engl, influencing Chrles Wesley Methodists, lter, churches in Americ round world. In 1850, t hymn ws sung t revivl meeting in Methodist church in New York. A blind womn re ws struggling her fith. When she herd line here, Lord, I give myself wy, she lter wrote, My very soul ws flooded celestil light. I sprng my feet, shouting hllelujh. Tht womn ws Fnny Crosby, who went on write hundreds hymn texts herself. So, pen fervent hert, rebellious prodigy from Southmpn hd sprked musicl revolution tht s still going on. 9
All Cretures ur God King All Cretures ur God King 1 All 2 3 4 All 5 Let cre tures rush ing flow ing you who ll things wind w re ir our tht ter, Cre God rt pure ten so der r King, strong, cler, hert, bless, lift you mke for up your voice us tht sil in heven sic for your Lord ing oth ers, tke your ship in hum ble clouds mu giv wor sing long, her, prt, ness, Al le Al le sing lu prise lu pris prise i,, i, es,, Al Al Al Al Al le le le le le lu lu lu lu lu i! i! i! i! i! All Prise, burn ing sun gold en ris ing morn in prise re fire so ms ter ful you who pin sor row prise F r, prise bem, joice, bright, ber, Son, sil ver moon st er lights eve ning, find pro vid ing us wrmth prise God on cst your prise Spir it, Three in glem, voice, light, cre, ne, prise prise prise prise prise,,,,, prise, Al le lu i, Al le lu i, Al le lu i! WRDS: St. Frncis Assisi (1182-1226); tr. Willim H. Drper (1855-1933), lt. MUSIC: Geistliche Kirchengesäng, Cologne, 1623; rr. Rlph Vughn Willims (1872-1958) LASST UNS ERFREUEN L.M.Alleluis 10
All Cretures ur God King A s son welthy Itlin merchnt, Frncis Bernrdone could hve looked forwrd life privilege but God hd or ides. While fighting for homewn Assisi, Frncis ws tken prisoner held for severl months. nce freed, he becme seriously ill. These events surely chllenged ssumptions. All welth in world didn t mtter much when he ws lnguishing in prison or on sickbed. During those dys, Frncis begn py more ttention God, God ws telling give welth wy. As one sry goes, Frncis pssed leper who ws begging by side rod. Normlly he would hve continued on, but t beggr seemed Frncis hve fce Christ. Frncis dismounted, kissed mn, gve not only money but lso ride. As Frncis gve wy more more welth, fr grew furious eventully disowned. Now young mn s life poverty ws not just spiritul commitment but prcticl necessity. He hd beg for dily bred. To surprise, ors begn follow. Frncis preched bout trusting serving God bout throwing f chins mmmon (mteril possessions), new monstic order known s Frnciscns emerged. The humble spirit Frncis crried over in ttitude wrd nturl world. He sw tht ll humn beings could be considered brors sisters everything God creted nimls, plnts, plnets. We re clled glorify God by serving everyone everything in our world, we cn join ll cretion in prising our Crer. As poet, Frncis cptured t sentiment in beutiful Cnticle All Cretures (sometimes clled Cnticle Bror Sun ): Be prised, my Lord, through ll your cretures, especilly through my lord Bror Sun, who brings dy; you give light through. r stnzs mention Sister Moon, Brors Wind Air, Sister Wter, Bror Fire, Mor Erth. The text mkes cler tht he s not worshiping se cretures but is rr fering prise God for m. Prise bless my Lord, give thnks, song concludes, serve gret humility. Tht sentiment is mde even clerer in All Cretures ur God King. As in mny pslms, every prt cretion is invited join in t nm Crer we love serve. 11
All Glory, Lud Honor Refrin All Glory, Lud Honor All glo ry, lud hon or you, Re deem er, King, whom lips chil dren mde sweet ho sn ns ring. 1 You 2 The 3 The 4 To 5 As re com peo you, you p ple be re King ny fore ceived your ir Is n He ps pris rel, gels brews sion, es, re y c D pris plms sng cept vid s ing be ir roy you fore hymns pryers l on you we Son, high, went; prise; bring, Refrin now cre our for in prise you, you tion now de Lord s pryer high light nme ll ex in com mor n lt good ing, our tls in ms be ed, our ness, King cho fore mel good rus you o bless mke we dy gr ed re pre we cious ne! ply: sent: rise: King! WRDS: Theodulph rlens (c. 760-821); tr. John M. Nele (1818-1866), lt. MUSIC: Melchior Teschner (1584-1635) ST. THEDULPH 7.6.7.6.D. 12
All Glory, Lud Honor A round middle Middle Ages, leder rose who gve new shpe Christendom. Chrlemgne Chrles Gret prlyed role s king Frnkish ntion in new position s emperor Holy Romn Empire. Christin Europe now hd center, n identity, direction, hope. ne thing tht mde Chrlemgne so gret ws knck for recognizing tlent. He gred round good people, including Theodulph, who ws nmed bishop rlens put in chrge numerous monsteries. Among or ides, Theodulph chmpioned setup public schools round those monsteries. Also scholr, poet, Bible trnslr, supporter rts, Theodulph ws one severl shrp minds who contributed sweeping reforms t er. But Chrlemgne died, son known s Louis Pious emerged from power struggle succeed. The embttled new king suspected Theodulph siding enemy ccused treson. The brillint bishop ws deposed forced in sort house rrest t distnt monstery. While re, he composed hymn for Plm Sundy All Glory, Lud Honor. An old legend sys tht one Plm Sundy, Louis Pious hppened visit monstery where Theodulph ws confined. Hering old bishop sing t hymn joy devotion, king ws inspired relese. Although tle is hrd verify, ry confirms tht Theodulph ws relesed, but he died before he could reclim post s bishop. In context t mn s life, we cn see tht Theodulph knew ll bout glory, lud, honor. Chrlemgne hd been widely hiled s svior Christendom, new Constntine. As key dviser, Theodulph could bsk in glow tht dultion. He self hd received prise for ologicl writing mngement monsteries. But ll tht glory vnished very quickly thnks jelous prince desperte clim own honor. So words t hymn do more thn celebrte triumphl entry Jesus. They lso reflect n importnt mind- set. We my be dzzled by gret kings ir stute counselors, but ll glory ultimtely belongs our hevenly Redeemer. The prises ny erthly lord will die wy pssing yers, but we cn lwys rise our sweet hosnns our eternl King. 13
MUSIC: liver Holden (1765-1844) WRDS: Edwrd Perronet (1726-1792); dpt. John Rippon (1751-1836) CRNATIN 8.6.8.6.8.6. we ll hil bring join forth ll who ev mj sves roy er es you l lst ty by di ing s song, cribe, grce, dem, crown crown crown crown Lord Lord Lord Lord ll! ll! ll! ll! We ll hil bring join forth ll who ev mj sves roy er es you l lst ty by di ing s song, cribe, dem, grce, crown crown crown crown Lord Lord Lord Lord ll; ll; ll; ll; 4 Let 3 Ye 2 All 1 tht ev cho hil ery sen yon kin seed power der dred, s ev Is Je cred ery rel s sus throng tribe rce, nme! we on ye Let t t rn n ter somed gels feet res from pros my tril trte fll! bll, fll, fll; 14 All Hil Power Jesus Nme!
All Hil Power Jesus Nme! E dwrd Perronet didn t get long everyone, but from ll ccounts he ws pssionte bout Jesus. At young ge, Edwrd, son n Anglicn minister who ws friend John Chrles Wesley, becme n enthusistic supporter Wesleyn revivl in Engl. He even ccompnied Wesleys on some preching urs he pid price. These erly Methodists ten fced violent opposition, John Wesley s Journl recounts one episode in which Edwrd ventured out in mob: They immeditely closed in, threw down rolled in mire; so tht when he scrmbled from m got in house gin, one could scrcely tell wht or who he ws. It s lso reported tht John Wesley kept trying get reluctnt Edwrd prech, finlly surprised by simply introducing one congregtion s precher dy. Smoothly, Perronet nnounced tht he would deliver gretest sermon ever preched n red Sermon on Mount, from Mtw 5 7. In 1756, however, Perronet hd flling out Wesleys over serving Communion. T ws more thn doctrinl detil. Perronet wnted empower Methodist prechers brek free Church Engl, John Wesley refused. In response, Perronet drew from growing Methodist cuse psred n independent congregtion in Cnterbury. In 1779 he wrote t mjestic nm, which ws dpted slightly few yers lter set music by Americn crpenter- composer liver Holden in 1792, yer Perronet s deth. (T tune, Corontion, is considered oldest Americn hymn tune in use. Didem, nor tune ten used t text, ws written by Jmes Ellor in 1838.) In light uthor s pssionte conviction, it s no surprise he would write bout flling down t feet glorious Lord. He wsn t bout polite bows or sfely folded hs he ws ll- out devoted Jesus. The hymn hs been populr one in churches for more thn two centuries. ne striking sry comes from missionry E. P. Scott, who served in Indi in 1800s. Journeying dngerous terriry, he suddenly found self surrounded by sper- wielding tribesmen. Certin he ws bout be killed, he ok violin from bggge begn plying All Hil Power Jesus Nme! When he dred look up gin, spers hd been lowered some tribesmen were crying. Scott styed for yers, shring Good News t kindred, t tribe. 15
All People Tht on Erth Do Dwell 1 2 3 4 All Know For peo tht en why? ple ter The tht Lord n Lord on is our erth God gtes God do in is dwell, deed; prise, good, sing p out proch mer our cy Lord id joy is he for cheer did courts ev ful us un er voice; mke; ; sure; we prise, serve re lud truth t joy, folk, bless ll he times prise doth nme firm forth us l ly tell, feed, wys, sod, come for ye for it shll be is from fore sheep seem ge he ly doth so ge re us en joice. tke. do. dure. WRDS: Willim Ke (c. 1530-1594); pr. Pslm 100 MUSIC: Louis Bourgeois (c. 1510-1561); Genevn Pslter, 1551 LD 100th L.M. 16
All People Tht on Erth Do Dwell W ordsmith Willim Ke musicin Louis (Loys) Bourgeois both lived in Genev in 1557. We don t know tht y ever met, but ir nmes hve been forever linked in church hymnls. The whole church ws in flux. The Protestnt Reformtion hd swept through Europe, sprking violence in nerly every country but lso unleshing cretive new expressions fith worship. When Queen Mry, Romn Ctholic, ok throne Engl, mny Protestnt leders, including Scotsmn Willim Ke, fled minl. Ke settled briefly in Frnkfurt in 1555 cme Genev in 1557. There he joined tem trnslrs tht produced Genev Bible, pre King Jmes English version ( study notes!). Ke s specilty ws Pslms, he contributed twenty- five metricl trnsltions Anglo- Genevn Pslter 1561. Among se ws text All People Tht on Erth Do Dwell, bsed on Pslm 100. In 1545, Louis (Loys) Bourgeois, French Protestnt composer, migrted Genev, where he tught music wrote new pslm tunes. He lso becme friends John Clvin. In 1551, he ws thrown in prison for revising pslm tunes out license, but Clvin self pulled some strings get out. It must hve been frustrting for t composer. Protestnt worship ws lredy getting set in its wys, friend John Clvin, in response elborte displys Ctholic church, demed simplicity in pslm singing. So Bourgeois hd hide counterpoint four- prt hrmonies. Some more complex rrngements were burned by uthorities, yet t prolific music mker provided mjority simple tunes for new Genevn Pslter. Among se tunes ws one he first ttched Pslm 134, but lter it ws used for Pslm 100 (in Ke s trnsltion). In fct, tune becme known s ld Hundredth ws used lter text we know s Doxology ). In spite lsting contributions Genev s hymnology, it seems tht Bourgeois got fed up repression cretivity returned Pris round 1557. There he published set more elborte songs, re re hints tht he reverted Ctholicism. Menwhile, Willim Ke returned Engl in 1561 where, under new monrch, Queen Elizbeth I, he psred church for nor three decdes. 17
All All Wy Wy My Svior Leds Me Me 1 2 3 All All All wy wy wy my my my Sv ior Sv ior Sv ior leds leds leds me; me, me; wht cheers hve ech I wind full ing ness sk pth be I side? tred, love! Cn gives Per I me fect doubt grce rest for ten ev me der ery is mer tri prom cy, l, ised who through life feeds me in my F hs r s been my liv ing house guide? bred; bove; Heven though when ly my my pece, we spir di ry it, vin steps clod est my im com fl mor fort, ter, tl, here wings by my its fith soul flight in dwell, thirst my be, relms dy, for I gush ing t my know, wht e er from rock song through end be be less fll fore me, me, ges, Je lo! Je sus sus do spring led eth me ll joy ll things I well; see; wy; WRDS: Fnny J. Crosby (1820-1915) MUSIC: Robert Lowry (1826-1899) ALL THE WAY 8.7.8.7.D. 18
All Wy My Svior Leds Me for I gush ing t my know, wht e er from rock song through end be be less fll fore me, me, ges, Je lo! Je sus do spring sus led eth me ll joy ll things I well. see. wy. S ome cll it coincidence. rs know better. When one is led by Lord, truly mzing things hppen. When we trust in Lord ll our herts, when we cknowledge in ll our wys, he will direct our pths. Tht certinty lies behind t hymn, one thouss penned by Fnny Crosby. You might cll her poet lurete evngelicl church in 1800s. Her output ws outsting: songs fith commitment even in hrd times. Blessed Assurnce, He Hideth My Soul, Drw Me Nerer, To God Be Glory se mny or lyrics celebrte Christin s reltionship trust trustworthy Lord. The sweetness Fnny Crosby s outlook is ll more mzing when we consider tht she ws blinded s young child through medicl negligence. She studied t New York Institution for Blind lter tught re. She mrried blind musicin who ws lso t tht school. And she becme most prolific hymnwriter her time. Yet on one occsion in 1875, Fnny Crosby needed money py rent, she ws five dollrs short. Yes, she erned money from her hymn texts, but she regulrly donted worthy cuses especilly rescue missions in New York City. If she didn t need money for bsic expenses, she would give it wy. As result, she her husb hdn t settled down in house ir own but lived in series rented prtments in New York. Fnny pryed, s she got up from her knees, re ws knock t door. A mn she didn t know hed her five dollrs left. I hve no wy ccounting for t, she wrote lter, except believe tht God, in nswer my pryer, put it in hert t good mn bring money me. My first thought ws, It is so wonderful wy Lord leds me. Tht led song. n t, s on mny or occsions, Fnny Crosby experienced hevenly pece, divinest comfort. She knew truth tht Jesus does ll things well. 19
All Things Bright Beutiful All Things Bright Beutiful Refrin (Unison) All things bright beu ti ful, ll cre tures gret smll, ll things wise won der ful: Lord God mde m ll. 1 2 3 4 Ech The The God lit pur cold gve tle flower ple hed wind in us eyes tht ed o moun win see pens, tins, ter, m, ech lit riv ples lips tle er nt tht bird run sum we tht ning mer might sings, by, sun, tell Refrin God mde sun ripe how gret ir glow set fruits in is God ing Al col morn gr might ors, mde ir ti ing tht bright ens up den: God mde m ev y, who hs mde ll ny ery things wings. sky. one. well. WRDS: Cecil F. Alexer (1818-1895) MUSIC: English melody, 17th c.; rr. Mrtin Shw (1875-1958) RYAL AK 7.6.7.6.Ref. 20
All Things Bright Beutiful I believe in God Fr Almighty, Mker Heven Erth. So begins Apostles Creed, n erly declrtion Christin fith. Ancient legends suggest tht postles ctully wrote or dictted n erly version, though tht is up for debte. All we relly know is tht Christins hve used t simple sttement fith for centuries, possibly going bck 400s or even erlier. Ech sentence creed is bsed on Scripture, it s generlly free from ologicl controversy, so it s gret wy tech children wht Christins believe. Tht s wht n Irishwomn nmed Cecil Frnces Humphreys ws doing in mid-1800s, using Apostles Creed instruct her Sundy school clss in bsics fith. (In 1850, two yers fter writing t hymn text, she mrried Rev. Willim Alexer ok surnme.) As most techers do, she ws looking for cretive wys get ides cross her students, so she decided write song for ech prt creed. The children would lern ech essentil truth by singing it. The entire church dults s well s children hs been blessed by result. The phrse born Virgin Mry ws presented by Christms crol nce in Royl Dvid s City. To tech crucified, ded, buried, Cecil wrote, There Is Green Hill Fr Awy. But she strted f whole project t mjestic hymn cretion. Like rest creed, it contins simple ide: God is Crer. All elements nturl order tht we see round us Lord God mde m ll. Though mny dults tke it for grnted, tht truth God mde tht, tht, you, o! becomes n h moment for mny children. The Bible itself presents t truth s sort lunching pd for fith: The hevens proclim glory God. The skies disply crftsmnship (Pslm 19:1). Tht pslm goes on hil vlue God s Word, but response fith strts n pprecition cretion. The postle Pul picks up sme me in Romns 1: Through everything God mde, [people] cn clerly see invisible qulities eternl power divine nture (Romns 1:20). He goes on, course, discuss sin scrifice righteousness but strting line for fith is right here cretion. Every blessed thing in t bright beutiful world, God mde m every one. 21