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All creatures of our God and King
Author: William Henry Draper (1855-1933); St Francis of Assisi (1182-1226) Meter: 8.8.4.4.8.8 with alleluias Appears in 265 hymnals Topics: Kindness Lyrics: 1 All creatures of our God and King,
lift up your voice and with us sing,
Alleluia, alleluia!
Thou burning sun with golden beam,
thou silver moon with softer gleam:
[Refrain:]
O praise him, O praise him,
Alleluia, alleluia, allelluia! [Refrain]
2 Thou rushing wind that art so strong,
ye clouds that sail in heaven along,
O praise him, alleluia!
Thou rising morn, in praise rejoice;
ye lights of evening, find a voice: [Refrain]
3 Thou flowing water, pure and clear,
make music for thy Lord to hear,
Alleluia, alleluia!
Thou fire, so masterful and bright,
that givest us both warmth and light: [Refrain]
4 Dear mother earth, who day by day
unfoldest blessings on our way,
O praise him, alleluia!
The flowers and fruits that in thee grow,
let them his glory also show: [Refrain]
5 All ye that are of tender heart,
forgiving others, take your part,
O sing ye, alleluia!
Ye who long pain and sorrow bear,
praise God, and on him cast your care: [Refrain]
6 And thou, most kind and gentle death,
waiting to hush our latest breath,
O praise him, alleluia!
Thou leadest home the child of God,
and Christ our Lord the way has trod: [Refrain]
7 Let all things their creator bless,
and worship him in humbleness;
O praise him, alleluia!
Praise, praise the Father, praise the Son,
and praise the Spirit, Three in One: [Refrain] Scripture: Psalm 145 Used With Tune: LASST UNS ERFREUEN Text Sources: Based on St Francis of Assisi (1182-1226)
All creatures of our God and King
Scatter Seeds of Kindness
Author: Mrs. Albert Smith Appears in 93 hymnals Topics: Living His Life Kind Words First Line: Let us gather up the sunbeams Refrain First Line: Then scatter seeds of kindness Lyrics: 1 Let us gather up the sunbeams,
Lying all around our path;
Let us keep the wheat and roses,
Casting out the thorns and chaff;
Let us find our sweetest comfort
In the blessings of today,
With a patient hand removing
All the briers from the way.
Chorus:
Then scatter seeds of kindness,
Then scatter seeds of kindness
Then scatter seeds of kindness,
For our reaping by and by.
2 Strange we never prize the music
Till the sweet-voiced bird is flown!
Strange that we should slight the violets
Till the lovely flow'rs are gone!
Strange that summer skies and sunshine
Never seem one half so fair
As when winter's snowy pinions
Shake the white down in the air. [Chorus]
3 If we knew the baby fingers,
Pressed against the window pane,
Would be cold and stiff tomorrow
Never trouble us again
Would the bright eyes of our darling
Catch the frown upon our brow?
Would the prints of rosy fingers
Vex us then as they do now? [Chorus]
4 Ah! those little ice cold fingers,
How they point our mem'ries back
To the hasty words and actions
Strewn along our backward track!
How those little hands remind us,
As in snowy grace they lie,
Not to scatter thorns but roses
For our reaping by and by! [Chorus] Used With Tune: [Let us gather up the sunbeams]
Scatter Seeds of Kindness
There's a Wideness in God's Mercy
Author: Frederick William Faber Meter: 8.7.8.7 Appears in 900 hymnals Topics: Kindness Lyrics: 1 There's a wideness in God's mercy,
Like the wideness of the sea;
There's a kindness in God's justice,
Which is more than liberty.
2 There is no place where earth's sorrows
Are more felt than up in heaven;
There is no place where earth's failings
Have such kindly judgment given.
3 For the love of God is broader
Than the measures of the mind;
And the heart of the Eternal
Is most wonderfully kind.
4 If our love were but more simple,
We should take heed of God's word;
And our lives would be all sunshine
In the sweetness of our Lord. Used With Tune: WELLESLEY Text Sources: Oratory Hymns, 1854
There's a Wideness in God's Mercy
ST FRANCIS
Appears in 45 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: John Barnard (b. 1948); Sebastian Temple (1928-1997) Topics: Kindness Tune Key: D Major Incipit: 33333 45353 3333 Used With Text: Make me a channel of your peace
ST FRANCIS
LASST UNS ERFREUEN
Meter: 8.8.4.4.8.8 with alleluias Appears in 482 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958) Topics: Kindness Tune Sources: Melody from an Easter hymn in Geistliche Kirchengesang, Cologne, 1623 Tune Key: D Major Incipit: 11231 34511 23134 Used With Text: All creatures of our God and King
LASST UNS ERFREUEN
Thy Loving-kindness, Lord, I Sing
Author: George Barrell Cheever Hymnal: Gloria Deo #221 (1901) Topics: Loving-Kindness First Line: Thy loving kindness, Lord, I sing Lyrics: 1 Thy loving-kindness, Lord, I sing,
Of grace and life the sacred spring;—
In blood o’erflowing, rich and free,
In loving-kindness shed for me.
2 I to Thy mercy seat repair,
And find Thy loving-kindness there;
And when to Thy sweet Word I go,
Thy loving-kindness there I know.
3 Each evening from the world apart,
Thy loving-kindness cheers my heart;
And when the day salutes my eyes,
Thy loving-kindness doth arise.
4 Lord, from the moment of my birth,
I’ve nothing known but love on earth;
By day, by night, where’er I be,
Thy loving-kindness follows me.
5 From daily sin and daily woe,
Thy loving-kindness saves me now;
And I will praise, for sins forgiv’n,
Thy loving-kindness, all, in heav’n. Languages: English Tune Title: UXBRIDGE
Thy Loving-kindness, Lord, I Sing
The Loving-kindness of the Lord
Hymnal: A Selection of Hymns #XIII (1792) Meter: 8.8.8.8 Topics: Loving-kindness of God First Line: Awake, my soul, in joyful lays Lyrics: 1 Awake, my soul, in joyful lays,
And sing thy great redeemer’s praise,
He justly claims a song from me,
His loving-kindness O how free!
2 He saw me ruin'd in the fall,
Yet lov'd me not withstanding all;
He sav'd me from my lost estate,
His loving-kindness O how great!
3 Tho' numerous hosts of mighty foes,
Tho' earth and hell my way oppose,
He safely leads my soul along,
His loving-kindness O how strong!
4 When trouble like a gloomy cloud,
Has gather'd thick, and thunder'd loud,
He near my soul has always stood,
His loving-kindness O how good!
5 Often I feel my sinful heart,
Prone from my Jesus to depart;
But tho' I have him oft forgot,
His loving-kindness changes not.
6 Soon shall I pass the gloomy vale,
Soon all my mortal powers must fail;
Oh! may my last expiring breath,
His loving-kindness sing in death.
7 Then let me mount and soar away,
To the bright worlds of endless day,
And sing with rapture and surprise,
His loving-kindness in the skies. Scripture: Isaiah 63:7 Languages: English
The Loving-kindness of the Lord
Loving-kindness
Author: Samuel Medley Hymnal: Laudes Domini #239 (1890) Topics: Loving-Kindness; Loving-Kindness First Line: Awake, my soul, to joyful lays Lyrics: 1 Awake, my soul, to joyful lays,
And sing thy great Redeemer's praise;
He justly claims a song from me:
His loving-kindness, oh, how free!
2 He saw me ruined in the fall,
Yet loved me, notwithstanding all;
He saved me from my lost estate:
His loving-kindness, oh, how great!
3 Though numerous hosts of mighty foes,
Though earth and hell my way oppose,
He safely leads my soul along:
His loving-kindness, oh, how strong!
4 When trouble, like a gloomy cloud,
Has gathered thick, and thundered loud,
He near my soul has always stood:
His loving-kindness, oh, how good!
Languages: English Tune Title: LOVING-KINDNESS
Loving-kindness
Robert Bridges
1844 - 1930 Person Name: Robert Seymour Bridges Topics: Kindness Translator of "Ah, Holy Jesus" in Voices United Robert S. Bridges (b. Walmer, Kent, England, 1844; d. Boar's Hill, Abingdon, Berkshire, England, 1930) In a modern listing of important poets Bridges' name is often omitted, but in his generation he was considered a great poet and fine scholar. He studied medicine and practiced as a physician until 1881, when he moved to the village of Yattendon. He had already written some poetry, but after 1881 his literary career became a full-time occupation, and in 1913 he was awarded the position of poet laureate in England. Bridges published The Yattendon Hymnal (1899), a collection of one hundred hymns (forty-four written or translated by him with settings mainly from the Genevan psalter, arranged for unaccompanied singing. In addition to volumes of poetry, Bridges also published A Practical Discourse on Some Principles of Hymn-Singing (1899) and About Hymns (1911).
Bert Polman
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Bridges, Robert Seymour, M.A., son of J. J. Bridges, of Walmer, Kent, was b. Oct. 23, 1844, and educated at Eton and at Corpus Christi College, Oxford (B.A. 1867, M.A. 1874). He took his M.A. in 1874, but retired from practice in 1882, and now (1906) resides at Yattendon, Berks. He is the author of many poems and plays. He edition and contributed to the Yattendon Hymnal, 1899 (originally printed at the Oxford Univ. Press in parts—Nos. 1-25, 1895; 26-50, 1897; 51-75, 1898; 76-100, 1899). [Rev. James Mearns, M.A.]
--John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, New Supplement (1907)
Robert Bridges
John Goss
1800 - 1880 Topics: God as Kind Composer of "LAUDA ANIMA" in Christian Worship John Goss (b. Fareham, Hampshire, England, 1800; d. London, England, 1880). As a boy Goss was a chorister at the Chapel Royal and later sang in the opera chorus of the Covent Garden Theater. He was a professor of music at the Royal Academy of Music (1827-1874) and organist of St. Paul Cathedral, London (1838-1872); in both positions he exerted significant influence on the reform of British cathedral music. Goss published Parochial Psalmody (1826) and Chants, Ancient and Modern (1841); he edited William Mercer's Church Psalter and Hymn Book (1854). With James Turle he published a two-volume collection of anthems and Anglican service music (1854).
Bert Polman
John Goss
John Milton
1608 - 1674 Topics: God Kindness; Kindness Author of "Let Us with a Gladsome Mind" in Voices United Milton, John, was born in London, Dec. 9, 1608, and died there Nov. 8, 1674. His poetical excellences and his literary fame are matters apart from hymnology, and are fully dealt with in numerous memoirs. His influence on English hymn-writing has been very slight, his 19 versions of various Psalms having lain for the most part unused by hymnal compilers. The dates of his paraphrases are:—
Ps. cxiv. and cxxxvi., 1623, when he was 15 years of ago. These were given in his Poems in English and Latin 1645.
Ps. lxxx.-lxxxviii., written in 1648, and published as Nine Psalmes done into Metre, 1645.
Ps. i., 1653; ii., “Done August 8, 1653;" iii., Aug. 9, 1653; iv. Aug. 10, 1653; v., Aug. 12, 1653; vi., Aug. 13, 1653; vii.Aug. 14, 1653; viii., Aug. 14, 1653.
These 19 versions were all included in the 2nd ed. of his Poems in English and Latin, 1673. From these, mainly in the form of centos, the following have come into common use:—
1. Cause us to see Thy goodness, Lord. Ps. lxxxv.
2. Defend the poor and desolate. Ps. lxxxii.
3. God in the great assembly stands. Ps. lxxxii.
4. How lovely are Thy dwellings fair. Ps. lxxxiv. From this, "They pass refreshed the thirsty vale," is taken.
5. Let us with a gladsome [joyful] mind. Ps. cxxxvi.
6. O let us with a joyful mind. Ps. cxxxvi.
7. The Lord will come and not be slow. Ps. lxxxv.
Of these centos Nos. 4 and 5 are in extensive use. The rest are mostly in Unitarian collections. There are also centos from his hymn on the Nativity, "This is the month, and this the happy morn" (q.v.).
--John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)
John Milton
