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The Morning Stars Sang Together
Publication Date: 1897 Publisher: Oliver Ditson & Co. Publication Place: Boston, Mass. Editors: J. V. Blake; Oliver Ditson & Co.
The Morning Stars Sang Together
God is love
Appears in 68 hymnals First Line: Earth, with her ten thousand flowers Lyrics: 1 Earth, with her ten thousand flowers,
Air, with all its beams and showers,
All around and all above,
Hath this record--God is love.
2 Sounds among the vales and hills,
In the woods and by the rills,
All these songs, beneath above,
Have one burden--God is love.
3 All the hopes that start
From the fountain of the heart;
Those are voices from above,
Sweetly whispering, God is love.
4 All the quiet bliss that lies
In our human sympathies,
This, all other things above,
Truly tells us, God is love.
Used With Tune: [Earth, with her ten thousand flowers]
God is love
Day of rest
Appears in 2 hymnals First Line: Day of rest! Day of praise! Lyrics: 1 Day of rest! Day of praise!
Day the best of all days!
On the weary ariseth thy light,
Resting, calming and healing, like night.
Day of heavenly rest,
Of all days the best!
2 Day of rest! Day of praise!
Day the best of all days!
Day of heavenly beauty the dawn,
Rising over the weary and worn;
Day of heavenly rest,
Of all days the best!
3 Day of rest! Day of praise!
Day the best of all days!
Here we gather a blessing to seek,
To ennoble and chasten the week;
Day of heavenly rest,
Of all days the best!
3 Day of rest! Day of praise!
Day the best of all days!
While with singing our praises we pay,
Teach us, Father, thine own better way
To thy heavenly rest,
Of all blessings best! Used With Tune: [Day of rest! Day of praise!]
Day of rest
"O blest creator!"
Appears in 471 hymnals First Line: We sing the mighty power of God Lyrics: 1 We sing the mighty power of God,
That made the mountains rise,
That spread the flowing seas abroad,
And built the lofty skies.
We sing the wisdom that ordained
The sun to rule the day,
The moon shines full at his command,
And all the stars obey.
Chorus:
We sing, we sing the mighty, mighty power,
We sing, we sing the mighty power of God.
2 We sing the goodness of the Lord,
Who fills the earth with food;
He formed the creatures by his word,
And then pronounced them good.
Lord! how thy wonders are displayed,
Where'er we turn the eye,
If we survey the ground we treat,
Or gaze upon the sky! [Chorus] Used With Tune: [We sing the mighty power of God]
"O blest creator!"
[Earth, with her ten thousand flowers]
Appears in 164 hymnals Tune Key: F Major or modal Incipit: 11117 12222 21233 Used With Text: God is love
[Earth, with her ten thousand flowers]
[Day of rest! Day of praise!]
Appears in 640 hymnals Tune Key: C Major Incipit: 56535 65322 77115 Used With Text: Day of rest
[Day of rest! Day of praise!]
[I live for those who love me]
Appears in 10 hymnals Tune Key: G Major or modal Incipit: 51712 17651 71256 Used With Text: I live for those who love me
[I live for those who love me]
"The morning stars sang together"
Hymnal: MSST1897 #1 (1897) First Line: The harp at Nature's advent strung Lyrics: 1 The harp at Nature’s advent strung
Has never ceased to play;
The song the stars of morning sung
Has never died away.
The song the stars of morning sung
Has never died away.
2 And prayer is made and praise is given,
By all things near and far;
The ocean looketh up to heav'n,
And mirrors every star.
The ocean looketh up to heaven,
And mirrors every star.
3 They pour their glittering treasures forth;
Their gifts of pearl they bring;
And all the listening hills of earth
Take up the song they sing.
And all the listening hills of earth
Take up the song they sing.
4 The winds with hymns of praise are loud,
Or low with sobs of pain.
The thunder organ of the cloud,
The dropping tears of rain.
The thunder organ of the cloud,
The dropping tears of rain.
5 So Nature keeps the reverent frame
With which her years began,
And all her signs and voices shame
The prayerless heart of man.
And all her signs and voices shame
The prayerless heart of man. Tune Title: [The harp at Nature's advent strung]
"The morning stars sang together"
Elijah's interview
Hymnal: MSST1897 #2 (1897) First Line: On Horeb's rock the prophet stood Lyrics: 1 On Horeb’s rock the prophet stood,--
The Lord before him passed:
A hurricane, in angry mood,
Swept by him strong and fast;--
The forests fell before its force,
The rocks were shivered in its course:
God was not in the blast,
God was not in the blast.
2 It ceased, The air grew mute; a cloud
Came, muffling up the sun;
When through the mountains, deep and loud,
An earthquake thundered on;--
The frightened eagle sprang in air,
The wolf ran howling from his lair:
God was not in the storm,
God was not in the storm.
3 ’Twas still again; and nature stood
And calmed her ruffled frame,
When, swift from heaven a fiery flood
To earth, devouring came;--
Down to the depth the ocean fled,
The sickening sun looked wan and dead:
God was not in the flame,
God was not in the flame.
4 At last, a voice, all still and small,
Rose sweetly on the ear;
Yet rose so shrill and clear, that all
In heaven and earth might hear;--
It spoke of peace, it spoke of love,
It spoke as angels speak above:
And God himself was there,
And God himself was there. Tune Title: [On Horeb's rock the prophet stood]
Elijah's interview
The ministry of music
Hymnal: MSST1897 #3 (1897) First Line: Sweet music cheers the spirit Lyrics: 1 Sweet music cheers the spirit,
And joy speaks out in song;
It gives the timid courage,
It makes the feeble strong.
It soothes the anxious bosom,
It brings the weary rest;
Disarms the base and evil,
And better makes the best.
2 The elements speak music
In ev'ry leafy grove;
And all the birds, in music,
Are telling forth their love.
To us who here are singing,
Have human minds been given;
And we should feel that music
Is but a voice from Heaven.
Tune Title: [Sweet music cheers the spirit]
The ministry of music
James Vila Blake
1842 - 1925 Person Name: J. V. B. Hymnal Number: 86 Composer of "[Let all the world in every corner sing]" in The Morning Stars Sang Together Blake, James Vila. (Brooklyn, New York, January 21, 1842--April 28, 1925, Chicago, Illinois). He graduated from Harvard College in 1862 and from Harvard Divinity School in 1866, and served Unitarian churches in Massachusetts and Illinois, his last and longest pastorate being at Evanston, Illinois, 1892-1916.
Author of a number of books. He shared with W.G. Gannett and F.L. Hosmer in the compilation of the first edition of Unity Hymns and Chorals, (1880), which included his hymn, "Father, Thou art calling, calling to us plainly," included also in The New Hymn and Tune Book, 1914, and in Hymns of the Spirit, 1937. the latter book also includes his hymn of the church universal, "O sing with loud and joyful song."
--Henry Wilder Foote, DNAH Archives
James Vila Blake
Arthur Willis Spooner
1854 - 1930 Person Name: A. W. S. Hymnal Number: 62 Harmonizer of "[Hail! hail to thee, Melody! daughter of love!]" in The Morning Stars Sang Together
Arthur Willis Spooner
