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Be with Me, Lord, Where'er I Go

Author: John Cennick, 1718-1755 Appears in 96 hymnals Topics: The Life in Christ Brotherly Love and Fellowship Used With Tune: HUS

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OLD HUNDRED

Appears in 1,890 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Guillaume Franc Tune Key: G Major or modal Incipit: 11765 12333 32143 Used With Text: Be with us, Lord, where'er we go
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ANGELUS

Appears in 255 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Georg Joseph Incipit: 11234 55455 67176 Used With Text: Be with me, Lord, where'er I go
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FEDERAL STREET

Appears in 638 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Henry K. Oliver Incipit: 33343 55434 44334 Used With Text: Be with me, Lord, where'er I go

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Be with Me, Lord, Where'er I Go

Author: John Cennick Hymnal: Moravian Book of Worship #733 (1995) Meter: 8.8.8.8 Lyrics: 1 Be with me, Lord, where'er I go; teach me what you would have me do; suggest whate'er I think or say; direct me in the narrow way. 2 Restrain me lest I harbor pride, lest I in my own strength confide; though I am weak, show me anew I have my pow'r, my strength from you. 3 Enrich me always with your love; my kind protector ever prove; Lord, put your seal upon my heart, that I from you may not depart. 4 O may I never do my will, but yours, and only yours, fulfill; let all my time and all my ways be spend and ended to your praise. Topics: Trust and Guidance; Christ--Abiding with believers; Christ--Guidance; Earthly concerns Scripture: Genesis 28:15 Languages: English Tune Title: HUS
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Be with Me, Lord, Where'er I Go

Author: John Cennick, 1718-1755 Hymnal: Hymnal and Liturgies of the Moravian Church #482 (1969) Topics: The Life in Christ Brotherly Love and Fellowship Languages: English Tune Title: HUS

Be with Me, Lord, Where'er I Go

Author: John Cennick, 1718-1755 Hymnal: Hymns of the Saints #487 (1982) Topics: Adventure; Benediction; Commitment; God the Sustainer; Guidance; Humility; Obedience; Supplication; Trust Scripture: Philippians 4:4-7 Languages: English Tune Title: BISHOP

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John Cennick

1718 - 1755 Person Name: John Cennick, 1718-1755 Author of "Be with Me, Lord, Where'er I Go" in Hymnal and Liturgies of the Moravian Church John Cennick was born at Reading, Berkshire, in the year 1717. He became acquainted with Wesley and Whitefield, and preached in the Methodist connection. On the separation of Wesley and Whitefield he joined the latter. In 1745, he attached himself to the Moravians, and made a tour in Germany to fully acquaint himself with the Moravian doctrines. He afterwards ministered in Dublin, and in the north of Ireland. He died in London, in 1755, and was buried in the Moravian Cemetery, Chelsea. He was the author of many hymns, some of which are to be found in every collection. --Annotations of the Hymnal, Charles Hutchins, M.A. 1872. ======================= Cennick, John, a prolific and successful hymnwriter, was descended from a family of Quakers, but brought up in the Church of England. He assisted J. Wesley and then G. Whitefield in their labours for a time, and then passed over to, and died as a minister of, the Moravian Church. Born at Reading, Dec. 12, 1718, he was for some time a land surveyor at Reading, but becoming acquainted with the Wesleys in 1739, he was appointed by J. Wesley as a teacher of a school for colliers' children at Kingswood in the following year. This was followed by his becoming a lay preacher, but in 1740 he parted from the Wesleys on doctrinal grounds. He assisted Whitefield until 1745, when he joined the Mora¬vians, and was ordained deacon, in London, in 1749. His duties led him twice to Germany and also to the North of Ireland. He died in London, July 4, 1755. In addition to a few prose works, and some sermons, he published:— (1) Sacred Hymns, for the Children of God in the Days of their Pilgrimage, Lond., J. Lewis, n.d. (2nd ed. Lond., B. Milles, 1741), Pts. ii., iii., 1742; (2) Sacred Hymns for the Use of Religious Societies, &c, Bristol, F. Farley, 1743; (3) A Collection of Sacred Hymns, &c, Dublin, S. Powell, 3rd ed., 1749; (4) Hymns to the honour of Jesus Christ, composed for such Little Children as desire to be saved. Dublin, S. Powell, 1754. Additional hymns from his manuscripts were published by his son-in-law, the Rev. J. Swertner, in the Moravian Hymn Book, 1789, of which he was the editor. There are also 16 of his hymns in his Sermons, 2 vols., 1753-4, some being old hymns rewritten, and others new. Many of Cennick's hymns are widely known, as, "Lo, He cometh, countless trumpets;" “Brethren, let us join to bless;" "Jesus, my all, to heaven is gone;" "Children of the heavenly King;" "Ere I sleep, for every favour;" "We sing to Thee, Thou Son of God;" and the Graces: " Be present at our table, Lord;" and "We thank Thee, Lord;" &c. Some of the stanzas of his hymns are very fine, but the hymns taken as a whole are most unequal. Some excellent centos might be compiled from his various works. His religious experiences were given as a preface to his Sacred Hymns, 1741. In addition to the hymns named, and others annotated under their first lines, the following are in common use:— 1. Be with me [us] Lord, where'er I [we] go. Divine Protection. [1741.] 2. Cast thy burden on the Lord. Submission. [1743.] 3. Not unto us, but Thee alone. Praise to Jesus. [1743.] 4. Thou dear Redeemer, dying Lamb. Priesthood of Christ. [1743.] 5. We sing to Thee, Thou Son of God. Praise to Jesus. [1743.] 6. When, 0 dear Jesus, when shall I? Sunday Evening. [1743.] --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)

William Gardiner

1770 - 1853 Composer of "GERMANY" in A Treasury of Hymns William Gardiner (b. Leicester, England, 1770; d. Leicester, 1853) The son of an English hosiery manufacturer, Gardiner took up his father's trade in addition to writing about music, composing, and editing. Having met Joseph Haydn and Ludwig van Beethoven on his business travels, Gardiner then proceeded to help popularize their compositions, especially Beethoven's, in England. He recorded his memories of various musicians in Music and Friends (3 volumes, 1838-1853). In the first two volumes of Sacred Melodies (1812, 1815), Gardiner turned melodies from composers such as Haydn, Mozart, and Beethoven into hymn tunes in an attempt to rejuvenate the singing of psalms. His work became an important model for American editors like Lowell Mason (see Mason's Boston Handel and Haydn Collection, 1822), and later hymnbook editors often turned to Gardiner as a source of tunes derived from classical music. Bert Polman

Anonymous

Author of "Be with me, Lord, where'er I go" in A Collection of Psalms and Hymns for the Use of Universalist Societies and Families 16ed. 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.