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In Midnight's Stillness
Author: Marcel Miro Meter: 5.5.5.5.8.8.5.5 Appears in 1 hymnal Text Sources: Traditional Polish
In Midnight's Stillness
Still in shades of midnight darkness
Author: John Taylor Appears in 3 hymnals
Still in shades of midnight darkness
Desire for Divine Wisdom
Appears in 2 hymnals First Line: When Samuel heard in still midnight Used With Tune: [When Samuel heard in still midnight]
Desire for Divine Wisdom
WŚRÓD NOCNEJ CISZY
Meter: 5.5.5.5.8.8.5.5 Appears in 7 hymnals Tune Sources: Traditional Polish Tune Key: A Flat Major Incipit: 12715 33423 13134 Used With Text: In Midnight's Stillness
WŚRÓD NOCNEJ CISZY
[When Samuel heard in still midnight]
Appears in 2 hymnals Tune Key: D Flat Major Incipit: 56571 65435 65715 Used With Text: Desire for Divine Wisdom
[When Samuel heard in still midnight]
In Midnight's Stillness
Author: Marcel Miro Hymnal: Catholic Book of Worship III #327 (1994) Meter: 5.5.5.5.8.8.5.5 Lyrics: 1 In midnight's stillness
Clear a voice rings through:
"Rise up, you shepherds,
God is born to you!
Quickly go and find the Savior;
Bethlehem does shine with favor;
Haste to greet your Lord,
Haste to greet your Lord."
2 And what a wonder!
Babe in manger lies.
All that was pondered,
Seen with wond'ring eyes.
"God with us" in holy splendor,
Lowly hearts in worship render
Songs of greatest joy,
Songs of greatest joy.
3 Ah, welcome, Savior,
Whom we've long desired;
All generations
Have for you aspired.
Kings and prophets waited for you,
Yet the poor are first to know you,
Shepherd for us all,
Shepherd for us all.
4 Long have we waited,
Longing for your face;
Now we are sated
By your full embrace.
Food and drink for all who hunger,
We believe, adore and wonder,
Nurtured by your grace,
Nurtured by your grace. Topics: Christmas; Christmas Scripture: Luke 2 Languages: English Tune Title: WŚRÓD NOCNEJ CISZY
In Midnight's Stillness
Still in shades of midnight darkness
Hymnal: Vestry Harmonies #25b (1868)
Still in shades of midnight darkness
Desire for Divine Wisdom
Hymnal: Union Hymnal #30 (1897) First Line: When Samuel heard in still midnight Tune Title: [When Samuel heard in still midnight]
Desire for Divine Wisdom
John Taylor
1750 - 1826 Author of "Still in shades of midnight darkness" Taylor, John, born July 30, 1750, was the son of Richard Taylor, of Norwich, and grandson of Dr. John Taylor (1694-1761, the eminent Hebrew scholar, who was for many years minister of the Octagon Chapel, Norwich, and afterwards Divinity tutor at the Warrington Academy. Dr. Taylor published A Collection of Tunes in Various Airs, one of the first collections of its kind, and his grandson was one of the most musical of Unitarian hymn-writers). Young Taylor, after serving his apprenticeship in his native place, was for two years in a banking house in London, at which time he was an occasional poetical contributor to the Morning Chronicle. In 1773 he returned to Norwich, where he spent the rest of his life, first as a manufacturer, and afterwards as a wool and yarn factor. For nearly fifty years he was a deacon at the Octagon Chapel. At the time of the French Revolution he joined in the support of The Cabinet, a periodical brought out by the Liberals of Norwich, in conjunction with Dr. Enfield, William Taylor, Miss Alderson (Mrs. Opie), and others, and, as a "poet of the olden time," he contributed five poems thereto. These, and other political songs and poems relating to family events, &c, together with 50 hymns, were collected in Hymns and Miscellaneous Poems, Reprinted for Private Distribution, 1863, with a Memoir taken from the Monthly Repository of Sept. 1826, by his son, Edward Taylor, then Gresham Professor of Music. An earlier and less complete edition, containing 43 hymns, he had himself caused to be printed by his sons, Richard and Arthur Taylor, London, 1818. He died June 23, 1826. Of his hymns the following 9 were contributed to Dr. Enfield's Selection of Hymns for Social Worship, Norwich, 1795:—
1. Far from mortal cares retreating. Divine Worship.
2. Father divine, before Thy view. Divine Providence.
3. Father of our feeble race. Christian Love. This begins in Horder's Congregational Hymns, 1884, and others, with st. ii., "Lord, what offering shall we bring?"
4. Glory be to God on high. Divine glories celebrated. The first stanza is by C. Wesley, and the rest are by Taylor.
5. God of mercy, God of love [grace], Hear our sad repentant song. Penitence.
6. 0 sing to the Lord a new song. Praise to the Supreme Ruler and Judge.
7. Praise to God, the great Creator. Praise to the Father. The hymn "Saints with pious zeal attending" in Hatfield's Church Hymns, &c.,N.Y., 1872, begins with line 4 of stanza i. of this hymn.
8. Raise your voice and joyful sing. Praise.
9. Rejoice, the Lord is King. Providence acknowledged in the Seasons. The first stanza and 11. 5 and 6 of all are by C. Wesley, and the rest are by Taylor.
J. Taylor edited Hymns intended to be used at the Commencement of Social Worship, London, 1802. To that collection he contributed 10 hymns, including:—
10. At the portals of Thy house. Divine Worship. In a few American collections a cento from this hymn is given as, "Lord, before thy presence come."
11. Blessed Sabbath of our [the] Lord. Sunday.
12. 0 how delightful is the road. Divine Worship.
13. Supreme o'er all Jehovah reigns.. Divine Worship. All the foregoing, except No. 8, were re-published in the Norwich Collectionof 1814. That edition contained 33 of Taylor's hymns. To the 2nd ed., 1826, he added 9 more. To R. Aspland's Selection of Psalms and Hymns for Unitarian Worship, Hackney, 1810, he contributed 26 hymns, old and new, including :—
14. Like shadows gliding o'er the plain. Time and Eternity.
15. The Mighty God who rolls [rules] the spheres. God the Preserver of Man.
These 15 are the best known of Taylor's hymns, and are largely found in Unitarian collections. See especially Dr. Martineau's Hymns, &c, of 1840, and of 1873. [Rev. Valentine D. Davis, B.A.]
-- John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)
John Taylor
Harriet Martineau
1802 - 1876 Person Name: Harriet Martineau, 1802-1876 Author of "Desire for divine wisdom" Martineau, Harriet, was born at Norwich, June 12, 1802, and died at Ambleside, June 27, 1876. Best known as the writer of Illustrations of Political Economy, Retrospect of Western Travel; two novels, Deerbrook and The Hour and the Man; Eastern Life, Past and Present; a History of the Thirty Years’ Peace, and various other works. Her first publication was a book of Devotional Exercises, with hymns appended to each Exercise, and her hymns also belong to what she speaks of in the Autobiography as her "Unitarian" period. Five of them appeared in A Collection of Hymns for Christian Worship, printed in 1831 for the congregation of Eustace Street, Dublin, and edited by her brother, the Rev. James Martineau.
1. All men are equal in their birth. Human Equality.
2. Lord Jesus! come; for here. Jesus desired. Sometimes given as(1) "Come, Jesus, come, for here"; (2) and "Thy kingdom come, for here."
3. The floods of grief have spread around. In Affliction.
4. What hope was thine, O Christ! when grace. Peace.
5. When Samuel heard, in still midnight . Samuel.
The Rev. J. R. Beard's Collection 1837, contains 1, 2, 4 and 5, and:—
6. The sun had set, the infant slept. Gethsemane. The Rev. W. J. Fox's Hymns and Anthems, 1841, contains No. 1, and
7. Beneath this starry arch. Progress . [Rev. Valentine D. Davis, B.A.]
-- John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)
Harriet Martineau
