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Let glory be to God on high

Appears in 14 hymnals Used With Tune: MELITA

MELITA

Appears in 463 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: J. B. Dykes Incipit: 13355 66551 27554 Used With Text: Let glory be to God on high

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Let Glory be to God on High

Hymnal: The Calvary Hymnal #43 (1891) Languages: English Tune Title: [Let glory be to God on high]

Author: Anonymous Hymnal: The Cyber Hymnal #3690 Meter: 8.8.8.8.8.8 Lyrics: 1. Let glory be to God on high: Peace be on earth as in the sky; Good will to men! We bow the knee, We praise, we bless, we worship Thee; We give Thee thanks, Thy name we sing, Almighty Father! Heav’nly King! 2. O Lord, the sole begotten Son, Who bore the crimes which we had done; Son of the Father, who wast slain To take away the sins of men; O Lamb of God, whose blood was spilt For all the world, and all its guilt— 3. Have mercy on us, through Thy blood; Receive our prayer, O Lamb of God! For Thou art holy; Thou alone, At God’s right hand, upon His throne, In all His glory, art adored, With Thee, O Holy Ghost, one Lord. Languages: English Tune Title: MELITA

Let glory be to God on high

Hymnal: The Students' Hymnal #6 (1897) Languages: English Tune Title: MELITA

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Anonymous

Author of "Let Glory Be to God on High" in The Cyber Hymnal In some hymnals, the editors noted that a hymn's author is unknown to them, and so this artificial "person" entry is used to reflect that fact. Obviously, the hymns attributed to "Author Unknown" "Unknown" or "Anonymous" could have been written by many people over a span of many centuries.

John Bacchus Dykes

1823 - 1876 Composer of "MELITA" in The Cyber Hymnal As a young child John Bacchus Dykes (b. Kingston-upon-Hull' England, 1823; d. Ticehurst, Sussex, England, 1876) took violin and piano lessons. At the age of ten he became the organist of St. John's in Hull, where his grandfather was vicar. After receiving a classics degree from St. Catherine College, Cambridge, England, he was ordained in the Church of England in 1847. In 1849 he became the precentor and choir director at Durham Cathedral, where he introduced reforms in the choir by insisting on consistent attendance, increasing rehearsals, and initiating music festivals. He served the parish of St. Oswald in Durham from 1862 until the year of his death. To the chagrin of his bishop, Dykes favored the high church practices associated with the Oxford Movement (choir robes, incense, and the like). A number of his three hundred hymn tunes are still respected as durable examples of Victorian hymnody. Most of his tunes were first published in Chope's Congregational Hymn and Tune Book (1857) and in early editions of the famous British hymnal, Hymns Ancient and Modern. Bert Polman