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This hymn was written by Margaret Clarkson. I am leaving out the first line of each stanza, which is the same for all stanzas. Cyberhymnal.org gives Aurelia as the primary tune, but in a Baptist church I used to attend, it was sung to another -- possibly St. Theodulph, which Cyberhymnal.org gives as alternate music. The hymn seems strongly Augustinian/Reformed/Calvinistic in content. From what I have found on the internet, it also seems that Margaret Clarkson, who was born in 1915 in Canada, is still living. http://cyberhymnal.org/mid/a/u/r/aurelia.mid http://cyberhymnal.org/mid/s/t/t/st_theodulph.mid ***** BTW, Thanks, George.

Thanks......for the kind words, there......'ol chat-room pal!!! And to the couple of LOVELY chat ladies who PM'd me.

"All Hail the Power of Jesus Name"? Thomas is the hymn savant, not I.

I don't recall ever hearing that hymn, though I see it's in the Trinity Hymnal. Nice music the hymn is set to: http://cyberhymnal.org/htm/o/t/othatiha.htm Looking forward to the next one.

I don't think I have come across the hymn before you posted from it.

WAG: The guy (E. M. Forster) who preened about "pluck."

The hymn is “Creator of the Earth and Sky.” http://cyberhymnal.org/htm/c/r/creatore.htm Though I generally dislike hymns produced in the late 1800s and early 1900s (I think it is the awful music to which they are set), the following stanzas are from a hymn that is an exception. The music for this hymn, "St. Denio," however, came from the first half of the 19th century, and doesn't have that Gay 90s triteness that afflicted church music for several decades.

Here are several stanzas from a hymn attributed to Ambrose of Milan I found on Cyberhymnal.org. I have never heard the hymn sung. Cyberhymal.org gives its tune as “St. Gregory.” http://cyberhymnal.org/mid/s/t/g/st_gregory.mid The hymn seems predominately to be a prayer for God’s protection during sleep: Day sinks; we thank Thee for Thy gift; Night comes; and once again we lift Our prayer and vows and hymns that we Against all ills may shielded be. Thee let the secret heart acclaim, Thee let our tuneful voices name, Round Thee our chaste affections cling Thee sober reason own as King. That when black darkness closes day, And shadows thicken round our way, Faith may no darkness know, and night From faith’s clear beam may borrow light. Rest not, my heaven born mind and will; Rest, all the thoughts and deeds of ill; May faith its watch unwearied keep, And cool the dreaming warmth of sleep. From cheats of sense, Lord, keep me free; And let my heart’s depth dream of Thee; Let not my envious foe draw near, To break my rest with any fear. Pray we the Father and the Son, And Holy Ghost: O Three in One, Blest Trinity, whom all obey, Guard Thou Thy sheep by night and day.

“When I survey the Wondrous Cross” http://cyberhymnal.org/htm/w/h/e/whenisur.htm I have read that Watts was suspected of Arianism. I have also read that John Mason Neale opposed hymns written by Watts (and others) on doctrinal grounds, though I do not know what doctrinal issues in Watts's hymns raised Neale's ire.

DWBH, Was “jalvis” arrived at by joining the last syllable of “Elvis” to JAL’s initials, or is using “jalvis” to refer to JAL based on something else?

Oh, yeah. I didn't recognize one of the stanzas to and couldn't remember the first line of "What Child is This" and I'm going to recognize a Scandinavian Lutheran piece. :) I do like being exposed to hymns I am unfamiliar with, however.

TL, Thanks for starting this thread. I am praying. In addition to the others HAP asked about, what about T-Bone and Tonto? I think they live in Texas, but I don’t know if they are in an affected area.

I recalled the words “This, this is Christ the King” being in a hymn (which is sung as a Christmas carol) set to Greensleeves, but I couldn’t remember the first line. I searched for the hymn, and am disqualifying myself, because it turns out that the stanza you posted is part of it.

I do not recall ever hearing or otherwise coming across this hymn.

Thomas, Thanks for the correction. You're up. ***** Those unfamiliar with the Gloria Patri can see: http://cyberhymnal.org/htm/g/b/gbttfath.htm and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gloria_Patri

The hymn is “Now Blessèd be the Lord our God.” http://cyberhymnal.org/htm/n/b/nblessed.htm Here are some words from another hymn:

The hymn is “Christ of All My Hopes the Ground,” written by Ralph Wardlaw. http://cyberhymnal.org/htm/c/o/cofallmy.htm Here’s another one from the Scottish Psalter that is included in some hymnals: Tune: Dundee http://cyberhymnal.org/mid/d/u/n/dundee.mid

WAG: H. L. Mencken

No. "Take My Life and Let It Be" and this hymn are typically sung to the same tune (Hendon), however.

The tune for the hymn is "Hendon": http://blueletterbible.org/hymns/hymns_mid/mid_h_hendon.mid

Here are three stanzas from the next hymn:

"The Church's One Foundation." Lines such as "From Heaven he came and sought her" and "with God the Three in One" possibly kept the hymn out of Wayfer song books. http://cyberhymnal.org/htm/c/h/chofound.htm

Bump. (Where the heck's Another Dan?)

I couldn’t find onehymn.com, but found http://lutheran-hymnal.com/index.html , which has the hymn. It has a Java link, however, that I cannot copy and paste. Another site, however, that has the hymn is http://www.ccel.org . The hymns lyrics appear at http://www.ccel.org/a/anonymous/luth_hymnal/tlh377.htm The hymn lyrics in Thomas’s post, as they appear – possibly somewhat bowdlerized -- at the lutheran-hymnal.com and ccel.org sites are: It was a false, misleading dream That God His Law had given That sinners should themselves redeem And by their works gain heaven. The Law is but a mirror bright To bring the inbred sin to light That lurks within our nature.

Thomas, I have no idea, but I like the pressing of the pedagogical purpose of the Law in those verses.