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Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 318 hymnals Matching Instances: 315 Composer and/or Arranger: George Kirby Tune Sources: Este’s Psalmes, 1592 Tune Key: F Major Incipit: 13321 44323 55453 Used With Text: While Shepherds Watched Their Flocks

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While Shepherds Watched Their Flocks

Author: Nahum Tate Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 1,096 hymnals Matching Instances: 78 First Line: While shepherds watched their flocks by night Lyrics: 1 While shepherds watched their flocks by night, all seated on the ground, an angel of the Lord came down, and glory shone around. 2 "Fear not," said he for mighty dread had seized their troubled mind "glad tidings of great joy I bring to you and all mankind. 3 "To you, in David's town, this day is born of David's line a Savior, who is Christ the Lord; and this shall be the sign: 4 "The heavenly babe you there shall find to human view displayed, all simply wrapped in swaddling clothes and in a manger laid." 5 Thus spoke the angel. Suddenly appeared a shining throng of angels praising God, who thus addressed their joyful song: 6 "All glory be to God on high, and to the earth be peace; to those on whom his favor rests goodwill shall never cease." Topics: Biblical Names & Places David; Songs for Children Bible Songs; Angels; Biblical Names & Places David; Christmas Scripture: Luke 2:1-20 Used With Tune: WINCHESTER OLD

When God of old came down from heaven

Author: Rev. John Keble Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 113 hymnals Matching Instances: 20 Topics: Whitsuntide; The Holy Spirit Used With Tune: WINCHESTER OLD

When all Thy mercies, O my God

Author: Joseph Addison, 1672-1719 Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 997 hymnals Matching Instances: 17 Topics: Anniversaries; Cheerfulness; God Mercies of; God: His Being, Word and Works God the Father Almighty: The Divine Providence; Grace Refreshing Used With Tune: WINCHESTER OLD

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එඞේරු තම රැළවල් රකිත රෑ දිනේ

Author: Nahum Tate; John Simon De Silva Hymnal: The Cyber Hymnal #15448 Meter: 8.6.8.6 First Line: එඞේරු තම රැළවල් Lyrics: 1 එඞේරු තම රැළවල් රකිත රෑ දිනේ සුර දුතයෙක් සුනිමල් ආයේ බෝ තෙදිනේ 2 බියපත් එඬේරුන් හට කීවයි දූත මෙසේ— බිය නොවව් මම් සැමට ගෙනෙම් හසුන් තොසේ 3 මෙදින දාවිත් නුවරේ උපන්නයි තොපටා සමිඳු ක්‍රිස්තුස් පවරේ මිදුම්කරු තුමා 4 ඔතා සිහින් සළුවලින් එහි ඔරුවක තබා ඇත දෙව් කුමරුන් එය ලකුණක 5 මෙ බස් කිව් පසු දෙවදූතූන් දිස්විය විගසින් දූත රැසක් යුතු තෙදින් මෙසේ ගී නගමින්— 6 උස් තැන් දෙවි මහිමයත් පොළොවෙහි සාමෙත් මිනිසුන්ට කරුණාවත් වේවා දැන් හා මතුත් Languages: Sinhala Tune Title: WINCHESTER OLD

Një Natë, Kur Ca Barinj

Author: Nahum Tate; Jan Foss, 1954- Hymnal: The Cyber Hymnal #15414 Meter: 8.6.8.6 First Line: Një natë, kur ca barinj të thjesht’ Lyrics: 1 Një natë, kur ca barinj të thjesht’ Mbi tufat bënin rojë, Një engjëll u afrua dhe Lavdia i rrethoi. 2 "Mos kini frikë!" tha ai, se u Tmerruan shumë ata. "Një lajm të mirë dhe g’zim të madh Ju sjell për botën mbarë." 3 Për ju u lind një shpëtimtar I squar në Bethlehem: Jezusi, Zoti Perëndi, Tek ju si foshnjë vjen. 4 K’të shenj’ unë do t’ju jap: ai gjindet Në një stall’ të vrazhd’, Me rripa stofi të mbështjell’, I shrirë në një grazhd. 5 At’herë bashk’ me engjëllin U dukën, plot gëzim, Shumica engjëjsh që e Lavdëronin Perëndinë. 6 Lavdi në më të lartin qiell Dhe paqja qoft’ mbi dhe, Shpëtimi dhe pajtimi sot Të gjithë njerëzve. Languages: Albanian Tune Title: WINCHESTER OLD

ആട്ടിടയർ രാത്രികാലെ

Author: Nahum Tate; Unknown Hymnal: The Cyber Hymnal #14425 Meter: 8.6.8.6 First Line: ആട്ടിടയർ രാത്രികാലെ കൂട്ടമായ്‌ പാർക്കവേ Lyrics: 1 ആട്ടിടയർ രാത്രികാലെ കൂട്ടമായ്‌ പാർക്കവേ ദൈവ ദൂതർ വന്നിറങ്ങി ദിവ്യശോഭയോടെ 2 വേണ്ടാ ഭയം നിങ്ങൾക്കിപ്പോൾ ലോകത്തിന്നൊരുപോൽ സന്തോ-ഷം പ്രീതി ചേർന്നീടും വാർത്ത ചൊൽവേൻ ഇന്നു 3 ഇന്നീ ഭൂമൗ നിങ്ങൾക്കായി ക്രിസ്തുവാം രക്ഷിതാ ബേത്ലഹേമിൽ ജാതനായി ചിന്ഹമതിന്നിതാ 4 തത്ര കാണും സ്വർഗ്ഗ ശിശു ഹീനമാം ഗോശാലെ ജീർണ്ണവസ്ത്രം മൂടി കാണ്മൂ- സാധുവാം പൈതലേ 5 ഏവം ദൂതൻ ചൊല്ലും നേരം ഹാ! വൻ ദൂത സംഘം വന്നു-കൂടി ഭൂരി ശോഭ എങ്ങുമേ നിറഞ്ഞു 6 ഉര ചെയ്താർ ഉന്നതത്തിൽ ദൈവത്തിനു പാരം മഹ-ത്വ മത്യധികമായ് ഭൂമിയിൽ ശാന്തിയും Languages: Malayalam Tune Title: WINCHESTER OLD

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Nahum Tate

1652 - 1715 Author of "While shepherds watched their flocks" in Anglican Hymns Old and New (Rev. and Enl.) Nahum Tate was born in Dublin and graduated from Trinity College, Dublin, B.A. 1672. He lacked great talent but wrote much for the stage, adapting other men's work, really successful only in a version of King Lear. Although he collaborated with Dryden on several occasions, he was never fully in step with the intellectual life of his times, and spent most of his life in a futile pursuit of popular favor. Nonetheless, he was appointed poet laureate in 1692 and royal historiographer in 1702. He is now known only for the New Version of the Psalms of David, 1696, which he produced in collaboration with Nicholas Brady. Poverty stricken throughout much of his life, he died in the Mint at Southwark, where he had taken refuge from his creditors, on August 12, 1715. --The Hymnal 1940 Companion See also in: Hymn Writers of the Church

George Kirbye

1565 - 1634 Person Name: G. Kirbye, ?-1634 Composer of "WINCHESTER OLD" in The Methodist Hymn-Book with Tunes George Kirbye (c. 1565 – buried October 6, 1634) was an English composer of the late Tudor period and early Jacobean era. He was one of the members of the English Madrigal School, but also composed sacred music. Little is known of the details of his life, though some of his contacts can be inferred. He worked at Rushbrooke Hall near Bury St Edmunds, evidently as a tutor to the daughters of Sir Robert Jermyn. In 1598 he married Anne Saxye, afterwards moving to Bury St Edmunds. Around this time he probably made the acquaintance of John Wilbye, a much more famous madrigalist, who lived and worked only a few miles away, and whose style he sometimes approaches. In 1626 his wife died, and he is known to have been a churchwarden during the next several years until his death. Kirbye's most significant musical contributions were the psalm settings he wrote for East's psalter in 1592, the madrigals he wrote for the Triumphs of Oriana (1601), the famous collection dedicated to Elizabeth I, and an independent set of madrigals published in 1597. Stylistically his madrigals have more in common with the Italian models provided by Marenzio than do many of the others by his countrymen: they tend to be serious, in a minor mode, and show a careful attention to text setting; unlike Marenzio, however, he is restrained in his specific imagery. Kirbye avoided the light style of Morley, which was hugely popular, and brought into the madrigal serious style of pre-madrigal English music. He is not as often sung as Morley, Weelkes or Wilbye, but neither was he as prolific; still, some of his madrigals appear in modern collections. --en.wikipedia.org/wiki/

Charles Wesley

1707 - 1788 Author of "Come, Holy Ghost, Our Hearts Inspire" in The United Methodist Hymnal Charles Wesley, M.A. was the great hymn-writer of the Wesley family, perhaps, taking quantity and quality into consideration, the great hymn-writer of all ages. Charles Wesley was the youngest son and 18th child of Samuel and Susanna Wesley, and was born at Epworth Rectory, Dec. 18, 1707. In 1716 he went to Westminster School, being provided with a home and board by his elder brother Samuel, then usher at the school, until 1721, when he was elected King's Scholar, and as such received his board and education free. In 1726 Charles Wesley was elected to a Westminster studentship at Christ Church, Oxford, where he took his degree in 1729, and became a college tutor. In the early part of the same year his religious impressions were much deepened, and he became one of the first band of "Oxford Methodists." In 1735 he went with his brother John to Georgia, as secretary to General Oglethorpe, having before he set out received Deacon's and Priest's Orders on two successive Sundays. His stay in Georgia was very short; he returned to England in 1736, and in 1737 came under the influence of Count Zinzendorf and the Moravians, especially of that remarkable man who had so large a share in moulding John Wesley's career, Peter Bonier, and also of a Mr. Bray, a brazier in Little Britain. On Whitsunday, 1737, [sic. 1738] he "found rest to his soul," and in 1738 he became curate to his friend, Mr. Stonehouse, Vicar of Islington, but the opposition of the churchwardens was so great that the Vicar consented that he "should preach in his church no more." Henceforth his work was identified with that of his brother John, and he became an indefatigable itinerant and field preacher. On April 8, 1749, he married Miss Sarah Gwynne. His marriage, unlike that of his brother John, was a most happy one; his wife was accustomed to accompany him on his evangelistic journeys, which were as frequent as ever until the year 1756," when he ceased to itinerate, and mainly devoted himself to the care of the Societies in London and Bristol. Bristol was his headquarters until 1771, when he removed with his family to London, and, besides attending to the Societies, devoted himself much, as he had done in his youth, to the spiritual care of prisoners in Newgate. He had long been troubled about the relations of Methodism to the Church of England, and strongly disapproved of his brother John's "ordinations." Wesley-like, he expressed his disapproval in the most outspoken fashion, but, as in the case of Samuel at an earlier period, the differences between the brothers never led to a breach of friendship. He died in London, March 29, 1788, and was buried in Marylebone churchyard. His brother John was deeply grieved because he would not consent to be interred in the burial-ground of the City Road Chapel, where he had prepared a grave for himself, but Charles said, "I have lived, and I die, in the Communion of the Church of England, and I will be buried in the yard of my parish church." Eight clergymen of the Church of England bore his pall. He had a large family, four of whom survived him; three sons, who all became distinguished in the musical world, and one daughter, who inherited some of her father's poetical genius. The widow and orphans were treated with the greatest kindness and generosity by John Wesley. As a hymn-writer Charles Wesley was unique. He is said to have written no less than 6500 hymns, and though, of course, in so vast a number some are of unequal merit, it is perfectly marvellous how many there are which rise to the highest degree of excellence. His feelings on every occasion of importance, whether private or public, found their best expression in a hymn. His own conversion, his own marriage, the earthquake panic, the rumours of an invasion from France, the defeat of Prince Charles Edward at Culloden, the Gordon riots, every Festival of the Christian Church, every doctrine of the Christian Faith, striking scenes in Scripture history, striking scenes which came within his own view, the deaths of friends as they passed away, one by one, before him, all furnished occasions for the exercise of his divine gift. Nor must we forget his hymns for little children, a branch of sacred poetry in which the mantle of Dr. Watts seems to have fallen upon him. It would be simply impossible within our space to enumerate even those of the hymns which have become really classical. The saying that a really good hymn is as rare an appearance as that of a comet is falsified by the work of Charles Wesley; for hymns, which are really good in every respect, flowed from his pen in quick succession, and death alone stopped the course of the perennial stream. It has been the common practice, however for a hundred years or more to ascribe all translations from the German to John Wesley, as he only of the two brothers knew that language; and to assign to Charles Wesley all the original hymns except such as are traceable to John Wesley through his Journals and other works. The list of 482 original hymns by John and Charles Wesley listed in this Dictionary of Hymnology have formed an important part of Methodist hymnody and show the enormous influence of the Wesleys on the English hymnody of the nineteenth century. -- Excerpts from John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907) ================== Charles Wesley, the son of Samuel Wesley, was born at Epworth, Dec. 18, 1707. He was educated at Westminster School and afterwards at Christ Church, Oxford, where he graduated M.A. In 1735, he took Orders and immediately proceeded with his brother John to Georgia, both being employed as missionaries of the S.P.G. He returned to England in 1736. For many years he engaged with his brother in preaching the Gospel. He died March 29, 1788. To Charles Wesley has been justly assigned the appellation of the "Bard of Methodism." His prominence in hymn writing may be judged from the fact that in the "Wesleyan Hymn Book," 623 of the 770 hymns were written by him; and he published more than thirty poetical works, written either by himself alone, or in conjunction with his brother. The number of his separate hymns is at least five thousand. --Annotations of the Hymnal, Charles Hutchins, M.A., 1872.

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