By All Your Saints Still Striving

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Author: Horatio Nelson

Earl Nelson was born in 1823. He was educated at Eton, and Trinity College, Cambridge. He is a relative of England's greatest naval hero. An active layman, he has been of service to the Church in many of her religious and benevolent enterprises. In hymnology he has taken a prominent position; his own hymns are most creditable, and he has been foremost in compiling the Sarum Hymnal, a work of the best character. This hymnal was compiled in 1857, with the assistance of John Keble, at the request of the Bishop of Salisbury. Its first title was The Salisbury Hymn Book. Its popularity was very great. In 1868 it was revised and is now known as The Sarum Hymnal. Earl Nelson has also published a few other works, mostly of a devotional char… Go to person page >

Tune

ST. THEODULPH (Teschner)

Now often named ST. THEODULPH because of its association with this text, the tune is also known, especially in organ literature, as VALET WILL ICH DIR GEBEN. It was composed by Melchior Teschner (b. Fraustadt [now Wschowa, Poland], Silesia, 1584; d. Oberpritschen, near Fraustadt, 1635) for "Valet wi…

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KING'S LYNN


NYLAND

NYLAND, named for a province in Finland, is a folk melody from Kuortane, South Ostrobothnia, Finland. In fact, the tune is also known as KUORTANE. NYLAND was first published with a hymn text in an appendix to the 1909 edition of the Finnish Suomen Evankelis Luterilaisen Kirken Koraalikirja. It gaine…

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Instances

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Breaking Bread (Vol. 39) #198

Catholic Book of Worship III #455

Christian Worship (1993) #552

Christian Worship #892

Common Praise (1998) #283

CPWI Hymnal #817

Audio

Evangelical Lutheran Worship #420

Audio

Evangelical Lutheran Worship #421

Journeysongs (2nd ed.) #784

Journeysongs (3rd ed.) #748

Lutheran Worship #193

Lutheran Worship #194

Moravian Book of Worship #391

One in Faith #898

RitualSong (2nd ed.) #986

RitualSong #887

The Hymnal 1982 #231

The Hymnal 1982 #232

Worship (3rd ed.) #706

Worship (4th ed.) #890

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