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Take Thou Our Minds, Dear Lord
Author: William H. Foulkes Meter: 10.10.10.10 Appears in 37 hymnals First Line: Take Thou our minds, dear Lord, we humbly pray Lyrics: 1 Take Thou our minds, dear Lord, we humbly pray,
Give us the mind of Christ each passing day;
Teach us to know the truth that sets us free;
Grant us in all our thoughts to honor Thee.
2 Take Thou our hearts, O Christ, they are Thine own;
Come Thou within our souls and claim Thy throne;
Help us to shed abroad Thy deathless love;
Use us to make the earth like heaven above.
3 Take Thou our wills, Most High! Hold Thou full sway;
Have in our inmost souls Thy perfect way;
Guard Thou each sacred hour from selfish ease;
Guide Thou our ordered lives as Thou dost please.
4 Take Thou ourselves, O Lord, heart, mind, and will;
Through our surrendered souls Thy plans fulfill.
We yield ourselves to Thee—time, talents, all;
We hear, and henceforth heed, Thy sovereign call.
Take Thou Our Minds, Dear Lord
SURSUM CORDA
Meter: 10.10.10.10 Appears in 23 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: George Lomas Tune Key: F Major Incipit: 11234 54323 51234 Used With Text: Take Thou Our Mind, Dear Lord
SURSUM CORDA
Take Thou our minds, dear Lord, we humbly pray
Author: Rev. William H. Foulkes Hymnal: The Hymnal #245 (1950) Meter: 10.10.10.10 Lyrics: 1 Take Thou our minds, dear Lord, we humbly pray;
Give us the mind of Christ each passing day;
Teach us to know the truth that sets us free;
Grant us in all our thoughts to honor Thee.
2 Take Thou our hearts, O Christ, they are Thine own;
Come Thou within our souls and claim Thy throne;
Help us to shed abroad Thy deathless love;
Use us to make the earth like heaven above.
3 Take Thou our wills, Most High! Hold Thou full sway;
Have in our inmost souls Thy perfect way;
Guard Thou each sacred hour from selfish ease;
Guide Thou our ordered lives as Thou dost please.
4 Take Thou ourselves, O Lord, heart, mind, and will;
Through our surrendered souls Thy plans fulfill.
We yield ourselves to Thee— time, talents, all;
We hear, and henceforth heed, Thy sovereign call.
Amen. Topics: The Life in Christ Dedication and Consecration; Children's Day; Christ Leader, Our; Christ Teacher, Our; Consecration; Dedication of Life; Education; Inner Life, The; Morning; Stewardship; Truth; Young People's Day Tune Title: HALL
Take Thou our minds, dear Lord, we humbly pray
Take Thou Our Minds, Dear Lord
Author: William H. Foulkes, 1877- Hymnal: The Abingdon Song Book #276 (1938) First Line: Take Thou our minds, dear Lord, we humbly pray Languages: English Tune Title: [Take Thou our minds, dear Lord, we humbly pray]
Take Thou Our Minds, Dear Lord
Take Thou Our Minds, Dear Lord
Author: William Hiram Foulkes Hymnal: The Hymnbook #306 (1955) Meter: 10.10.10.10 First Line: Take Thou our minds, dear Lord, we humbly pray Lyrics: 1 Take Thou our minds, dear Lord, we humbly pray;
Give us the mind of Christ each passing day;
Teach us to know the truth that sets us free;
Grant us in all our thoughts to honor Thee.
2 Take Thou our hearts, O Christ, they are Thine own;
Come Thou within our souls and claim Thy throne;
Help us to shed abroad Thy deathless love;
Use us to make the earth like heaven above.
3 Take Thou our wills, Most High! Hold Thou full sway;
Have in our inmost souls Thy perfect way;
Guard Thou each sacred hour from selfish ease;
Guide Thou our ordered lives as Thou dost please.
4 Take Thou ourselves, O Lord, heart, mind, and will;
Through our surrendered souls Thy plans fulfill.
We yield ourselves to Thee— time, talents, all;
We hear, and henceforth heed, Thy sovereign call.
Amen. Topics: Christ Guide; Commitment; Service; Life in Christ Dedication and Consecration Scripture: 2 Corinthians 10:5 Tune Title: HALL
Take Thou Our Minds, Dear Lord
Calvin Weiss Laufer
1874 - 1938 Composer of "HALL" in The Presbyterian Hymnal Presbyterian minister and hymnographer Calvin Weiss Laufer was born today in Brodheadsville, Pennsylvania in 1874. Following his graduation from Union Seminary in 1900 he was ordained into the Presbyterian ministry and led congregations in New York and New Jersey for several years.
Laufer had a generally cheerful outlook on his Christian life, and his first two books, Key-Notes of Optimism (1911) and The Incomparable Christ (1914) expressed that viewpoint. A review of the first book spoke of the "crisp and stirring note in these sermonettes which is well calculated to rouse the mind of readers and banish dejection." His books were popular in their time but today are seen as somewhat superficial.
He later began to work with the Presbyterian Board of Christian Education and became its editor of musical publications, producing books such as The Junior Church School Hymnal (1927), The Church School Hymnal for Youth (1928) and When the Little Child Wants to Sing (1935). He was also the associate editor of the Presbyterian Hymnal of 1933, a very popular book which was used in many churches for more than fifty years.
In 1932, his book Hymn Lore was published, which contained the stories of fifty hymns from The Church School Hymnal for Youth, with information about their writers and composers (much like this blog). He chose a broad range of hymns, some quite modern and others well-known and loved for centuries. Several of them were by his mentor and friend Louis F. Benson, who had edited the Presbyterian Hymnal of 1895 and its 1911 revision (and also wrote The Best Church Hymns). In the preface to Hymn Lore, Laufer wrote:
To live with hymns and to make them one's own is the only sure way of appreciating their literary beauty and spiritual power. (...) That the reading and singing of hymns may become less mechanical, more thoughtful and intelligent, and emotionally more effective, this volume is released to the public.
Laufer wrote both hymn texts and tunes himself, most of which first appeared in the books he edited but also had some life outside Presbyterian circles. This tune was written while Laufer was attending a conference in Kansas, though with no particular text in mind. Not long after, he hummed it to a friend, William H. Foulkes, who then wrote the text "Take thou our minds, dear Lord."
Laufer's tune was originally called STONY BROOK, but he changed it to honor a friend, William Ralph Hall. Little is known about the writer May Pierpont Hoyt. Her text is generally sung to the tune BREAD OF LIFE by William F. Sherwin, but since that tune is more known with "Break thou the Bread of life," this text could use a different one.
--conjubilant.blogspot.com/2010/04/
Calvin Weiss Laufer
William Hiram Foulkes
1877 - 1961 Person Name: William H. Foulkes Author of "Take Thou Our Minds, Dear Lord" in The Presbyterian Hymnal Born: June 26, 1877, Quincy, Michigan.
Died: December 9, 1961, Smithtown, New York.
Buried: Smithtown, New York.
Foulkes graduated from the College of Emporia, Kansas, in 1897 and went on to the McCormick Theological Seminary, Chicago, Illinois; he received the Bernadine Orme Smith Fellowship, and studied for a year at New College in Edinburgh, Scotland. He later pastored at Presbyterian churches in Elmira, Illinois; Portland, Oregon; New York City; Cleveland, Ohio; and Newark, New Jersey. He served as General Secretary of the Board of Ministerial Relief and Sustentation (1913-18), as chairman of the New Era Movement, on the General Council of the Presbyterian Church, and as moderator of the General Assembly (1937).
Lyrics:
Gird Us, O God, with Humble Might
Take Thou Our Minds, Dear Lord
--www.hymntime.com/tch/
William Hiram Foulkes
George Lomas
1834 - 1884 Composer of "SURSUM CORDA" in Trinity Hymnal (Rev. ed.) Born: 1834, Birch Hall, Bolton, Lancashire, England.
Died: 1884, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England.
A student of William Sterndale Bennett and Charles Steggall, Lomas received his BMus degree from New College, Oxford. He played the organ at Didsbury Parish Church, and at Emmanuel Church, Barlow Moor, Manchester (1858-84).
Music: CHAMOUNI
ST. PAUL'S COLLEGE
SURSUM CORDA
http://www.hymntime.com/tch/bio/l/o/m/lomas_g.htm
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George Lomas was born in England and was a volunteer organist for twenty-five years before becoming a professional musician. He received his Bachelor of Arts degree in music at age forty-five, only five years before his death.
The Presbyterian Hymnal Companion, 1993
George Lomas
