Title: The King of Saints. "Behold your King your Saviour crown'd.” Miss Anne Steele (1717-1778) was the daughter of the Rev. William Steele, a Baptist minister in Hampshire, England. She was a very talented lady; although a permanent invalid and a great sufferer, her life was useful and happy. Her published hymns are found in nearly all collections, and have been a blessing to many people. Many of them are good, and a few deserve the highest praise. The following appropriate lines are inscribed upon her tomb: "Silent the lyre, and dumb the tuneful tongue, That sung on earth her great Redeemer's praise; 4 Now, Saviour, let thy glory shine, Till life, and love, and joy divine, 5 Then shall our hearts, enraptured, say, And bring the bright, the glorious day, ANNE STEELE. Title: Entreating the Presence of Christ in his "The Desire of all nations shall come." Hag. ii, 7. One word only has been altered. The author wrote, verse four, line one: "Dear Saviour, let thy glory shine." The original has seven stanzas. From the author's Poems on Subjects Chiefly Devotional. London, 1760. Miss Steele published two volumes in 1760, under ume was published in 1780, soon after her death, by the assumed name of "Theodosia." A third volher friend, Dr. Caleb Evans, of Bristol. In the Boston edition, 1808, the three books were published in two volumes. See No. 63. 3 Here let the blind their sight obtain; 4 Here let the voice of sacred joy Till higher strains our tongues employ, UNKNOWN. This anonymous hymn has been traced to Hymns Adapted to the Public Worship of the Christian Church, Princeton, N. J., 1829, where it is a long It was rewritten about 1830, and meter hymn. has found its way into many collections. COME Jesus reigns. L. M. 66 2 His sovereign power our bodies made; 3 Burn every breast with Jesus' love; 4 Extol the Lamb with loftiest song, ROBERT A. WEST. Written for Hymns for Public Worship, Selected for the Use of the Congregation Assembling in the Octagon Chapel, Norwich, 1814. In verse one, line four, the original is: "And humbly thy protection claim.” In verse three, line four, the author wrote "tie" instead of bond." The second stanza is omitted: "Thy hand has raised us from the dust: Who but our God has power to save?" Sir James Edward Smith, M.D., was born at Norwich, England, in 1759; was graduated at a medical school in Leyden; was a great lover and student of botany, one of the founders of the Linnæan Society, London, and its first president; and was knighted by the Prince Regent in 1814. He was a member and officer in the Unitarian Church, Norwich. He died in 1828. 68 The praises of Jehovah. L. M. ERVANTS of God, in joyful lays, Robert Athow West, an editor and author, was born in England in 1809; came to America in 1843; was the official reporter of the General Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church in 1844; and published the debates of that famous session. Mr. His glorious name let all adore, West was one of a Committee of seven men, ap-From age to age, for evermore. pointed by the General Conference of 1844, to prepare a standard edition of the Methodist Hymn Book. This excellent hymn was contributed to that edition, 1849. He died in Georgetown, D. C., February 1, 1865. 67 PRAIS The bond of love. L. M. 2 Eternal Source of truth and light, 3 Still may thy children in thy word By one great bond, -the love of thee. 4 Here at the portal of thy house, We leave our mortal hopes and fears; Accept our prayers, and bless our vows, And dry our penitential tears. 5 So shall our sun of hope arise With brighter still and brighter ray, Till thou shalt bless our longing eyes With beams of everlasting day. SIR J. E. SMITH. 2 Blest be that name, supremely blest, 3 Who is like God? so great, so high, 4 He hears the uncomplaining moan 5 O then, aloud, in joyful lays, JAMES MONTGOMERY. An exhortation to praise God for his excellency, and his mercy. A fine metrical version of Psalm cxiii: "Praise ye the Lord. Praise, O ye servants of the Lord, praise the name of the Lord. Blessed be the name of the Lord from this time forth and for evermore. From the rising of the sun unto the going down of the same the Lord's name is to be praised. The Lord is high above all nations, and his glory above the heavens. Who is like unto the 69 G Joy of public worship. L. M. YREAT God, attend, while Zion sings 2 Might I enjoy the meanest place 3 God is our sun, he makes our day; 4 All needful grace will God bestow, 5 O God, our King, whose sovereign sway Blest is the man that trusts in thee. ISAAC WATTS. The original title to this grand old hymn is: God and His Church; or, Grace and Glory. It is founded on the last part of Psalm lxxxiv: "O Lord God of hosts, hear my prayer: give ear, O God of Jacob. Selah. Behold, O God our shield, and look upon the face of thine anointed. For a day in thy courts is better than a thousand. I had rather be a door-keeper in the house of my God, than to dwell in the tents of wickedness. For the Lord God is a sun and shield: the Lord will give grace and glory: no good thing will he withhold from them that walk uprightly. O Lord of hosts, blessed is the man that trusteth in thee." Date, 1719. It is unaltered and complete. 3 70 ET L. M. The eternal God exalted. 2 My heart is fixed on thee, my God; To all mankind thy love make known. 3 Awake, my tongue; awake, my lyre; And swell your music to the skies. 4 With those who in thy grace abound, Shall hear, and in thy name rejoice. WILLIAM WRANGHAM. The four stanzas of this hymn were suggested by Psalm lvii, 5, 7, 8, 9: "Be thou exalted, O God, above the heavens; let thy glory be above all the earth. My heart is fixed, O God, my heart is fixed: I will sing and give praise. Awake up, my glory; awake, psaltery and harp: I myself will awake early. I will praise thee, O Lord, among the people: I will sing unto thee among the nations." From A New Metrical Version of the Psalms, Adapted to Devotional Purposes. London, 1829. Miller, in his Singers and Songs of the Church, says that Wrangham was an Englishman, and by Verse two, line two, the author trade, a jeweler. wrote: 71 H "And rests its hope on Thee alone." L. M. Hosanna to the living Lord. 2 "Hosanna, Lord!" thine angels cry, 3 O Saviour, with protecting care, DAY of rest and gladness, O day of joy and light, O balm of care and sadness, Most beautiful, most bright: On thee, the high and lowly, Through ages joined in tune, Sing "Holy, holy, holy," To the great God Triune. 2 On thee, at the creation, The light first had its birth; On thee, for our salvation, 7, 6. Christ rose from depths of earth; On thee, our Lord, victorious, The Spirit sent from heaven; And thus on thee, most glorious, A triple light was given. 3 To-day on weary nations The heavenly manna falls; To holy convocations The silver trumpet calls, With soul-refreshing streams. CHRISTOPHER WORDSWORTH. Title: Sunday. From the author's book, The Holy Year; or, Hymns for Sundays and Holydays, 1862. Each stanza of this hymn is very fine. The two omitted are even more poetical than those given. They are too good to be left out: 3 "Thou art a port, protected 2 On this auspicious morn And vanquished all our foes; And now he pleads our cause above, And reaps the fruit of all his love. 3 All hail, triumphant Lord! Heaven with hosannas rings, And earth, in humbler strains, Thy praise responsive sings: Worthy the Lamb, that once was slain, Through endless years to live and reign. ELIZABETH SCOTT. ALT. BY T. COTTERILL. The original hymn, six stanzas, is found in the author's manuscript volume of poems, which has been preserved for more than a hundred years in the Library of Yale College. This hymn is made by changes in the first three verses. Here is the manuscript copy. The author's title is: A Hymn for a Lord's Day Morning. 1 Awake our drowsy Souls; 2 At thy approaching Dawn, The Glorious Prince of Life 3 All Hail, triumphant Lord! It was altered by the Rev. Thomas Cotterill for his Sheffield Collection. Verse four, line three: "To spread with grateful zeal around.' From The Spirit of the Psalms, 1829. See No. 33. 75 TH Easter Sunday. HE Lord of Sabbath let us praise, Miss Elizabeth Scott, daughter of a Dissenting minister, was born at Norwich, England, in 1708. The Rev. Elisha Williams, president of Yale College from 1726 to 1739, while traveling in England, was introduced to Miss Scott by Dr. Doddridge. They were married in 1751, and the year following came to America. Three years later Mr. Williams died, and in 1761 Mrs. Williams married the Hon. William Smith, of New York. He died in 1769, and his widow returned to Connecticut to live among the friends of her first husband. She died at Wethersfield, Conn., in 1776. Her epitaph celebrates her as "a lady of great reading and knowl-2 edge, extensive acquaintance, a penetrating mind, and good judgment; of abounding charity, and unaffected piety and devotion, adorned with every recommending excellency. Few lived more esteemed and loved or died more lamented." By C. M. Thus, Lord, while we remember thee, 3 On this glad day a brighter scene By the eternal Word, than when This universe was made. 4 He rises, who mankind has bought With grief and pain extreme: 'Twas great to speak the world from naught; 'Twas greater to redeem. SAMUEL WESLEY, JR. Title: On the Sabbath Day. Published by John Wesley in his Collection of Psalms and Hymns, 1741. It was probably first published in the Author's volume of poems in 1736. It is unaltered and entire. |