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O Zion, Haste
Author: Mary Ann Thomson Meter: 11.10.11.10 with refrain Appears in 459 hymnals First Line: O Zion, haste, thy mission high fulfilling Refrain First Line: Publish glad tidings, tidings of peace Topics: Missions General; Soul Winning
O Zion, Haste
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Meter: 11.10.11.10 with refrain Appears in 2 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Bruce R. Backer, b. 1929 Tune Key: B Flat Major Incipit: 13515 67121 75123 Used With Text: O Christians, Haste
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O Zion, Haste, Thy Mission High Fulfilling
Author: Mary A. Thomson Hymnal: Yes, Lord! #496 (1982) Refrain First Line: Publish glad tidings, tidings of peace Lyrics: 1 O Zion, haste, thy mission high fulfilling,
To tell to all the world that God is light;
That He who made all nations is not willing
One soul should perish, lost in shades of night.
Refrain:
Publish glad tidings, tidings of peace,
Tidings of Jesus, redemption and release.
2 Proclaim to every people, tongue, and nation
That God in whom they live and move is love;
Tell how He stooped to save His lost creation,
And died on earth that man might live above. [Refrain]
3 Give of thy sons to bear the message glorious,
Give of thy wealth to speed them on their way;
Pour out thy soul for them in prayer victorious,
And haste the coming of the glorious day. [Refrain]
Amen. Topics: Missions Languages: English Tune Title: [O Zion haste, thy mission high fulfilling]
O Zion, Haste, Thy Mission High Fulfilling
O Zion, Haste, Thy Mission High Fulfilling
Author: Mary A. Thomson Hymnal: Laymens' Missionary Movement Convention Hymnal #18 (1915) First Line: O Zion haste thy mission high fulfilling Refrain First Line: Publish glad tidings; tidings of peace Languages: English Tune Title: [O Zion haste thy mission high fulfilling]
O Zion, Haste, Thy Mission High Fulfilling
O Zion, Haste, Thy Mission High Fulfilling
Author: Mary Ann Thomson Hymnal: Songs of Faith and Triumph 1, 2 and 3 Combined #37 (1929) Refrain First Line: Publish glad tidings, tidings of peace Languages: English Tune Title: [O Zion, haste, thy mission high fulfilling]
O Zion, Haste, Thy Mission High Fulfilling
Mary Ann Thomson
1834 - 1923 Author of "O Christians, Haste" in Psalter Hymnal (Gray) Thomson, Mary Ann, wife of Mr. John Thomson, Librarian of the Free Library, Philadelphia, was born in London, England, December 5, 1834. She has written about forty hymns, which have appeared mostly in the Churchman, New York, and in the Living Church, Chicago. Four of her hymns are found in the Protestant Episcopal Hymnal, 1892. Of the origin of the missionary hymn by Mrs. Thomson which is found in our Hymnal she writes as follows:
I wrote the greater part of the hymn, "O Zion, haste," in the year 1868. I had written many hymns before, and one night, while I was sitting up with one of my children who was ill of typhoid fever, I thought I should like to write a missionary hymn to the tune of the hymn beginning "Hark, hark, my soul, angelic songs are swelling," as I was fond of that tune; but as I could not then get a refrain I liked, I left the hymn unfinished, and about three years later I finished it by writing the refrain which now forms part of it. By some mistake 1891 is given instead of 1871 as the date of the hymn in the (Episcopal) Hymnal. I do not think it is ever sung to the tune for which I wrote it. Rev. John Anketell told me, and I am sure he is right, that it is better for a hymn to have a tune of its own, and I feel much indebted to the composer of the tune "Tidings" for writing so inspiring a tune to my words.
Hymn Writers of the Church by Wilber F. Tillett and Charles S. Nutter, 1915
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Thomson, Mary Ann, wife of John Thomson, Librarian of the Free Library, Phila., was born in London, England, Dec. 5, 1834. She has written several hymns and poems. To 1895, eight of these appeared in The Churchman (New York); and thirty-four in The Living Church (Chicago). Of her hymns the following were included in The Hymnal, Revised and Enlarged .. . The P. E. Church, U.S.A., 1892 :—
1. Now the blessed Dayspring. [Annunciation B. V. M.] Begins with stanza ii. of "Through the sins and sorrows," which appeared in The Living Church, March 29, 1890.
2. O King of saints, we give Thee praise and glory. [All Saints.] First published in The Living Church, Nov. 8, 1890. In the first ed. of The Book of Praise, N.Y., 1894, it was attributed to Bp. W. W. How in error.
3. O Sion, haste, thy mission high fulfilling. [Missions.] No. 249 in The Hymnal, &c., 1892.
4. Saviour, for the little one. [Burial of a Child.] The Hymnal, &c., 1892, No. 247.
Mrs. Thomson's Christmas Carol, "Lo! amid the shades of night," appeared, with music by B. Cecil Klein, in The Churchman, N.Y., Dec. 19, 1891, and separately at Phila. in 1892.
--John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, New Supplement (1907)
Mary Ann Thomson
James Welch
Person Name: James Welch, 1837-1901 Composer of "ANGELIC SONGS" in Evangelical Lutheran Worship
James Welch
Henry Thomas Smart
1813 - 1879 Person Name: H. Smart Composer of "PILGRIMS" in Missionary Hymnal Henry Smart (b. Marylebone, London, England, 1813; d. Hampstead, London, 1879), a capable composer of church music who wrote some very fine hymn tunes (REGENT SQUARE, 354, is the best-known).
Smart gave up a career in the legal profession for one in music. Although largely self taught, he became proficient in organ playing and composition, and he was a music teacher and critic. Organist in a number of London churches, including St. Luke's, Old Street (1844-1864), and St. Pancras (1864-1869), Smart was famous for his extemporizations and for his accompaniment of congregational singing. He became completely blind at the age of fifty-two, but his remarkable memory enabled him to continue playing the organ. Fascinated by organs as a youth, Smart designed organs for important places such as St. Andrew Hall in Glasgow and the Town Hall in Leeds. He composed an opera, oratorios, part-songs, some instrumental music, and many hymn tunes, as well as a large number of works for organ and choir. He edited the Choralebook (1858), the English Presbyterian Psalms and Hymns for Divine Worship (1867), and the Scottish Presbyterian Hymnal (1875). Some of his hymn tunes were first published in Hymns Ancient and Modern (1861).
Bert Polman
Henry Thomas Smart
