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Christ for the world we sing!Author: Samuel Wolcott (1869)Tune: ITALIAN HYMN Published in 327 hymnals Printable scores: PDF, SibeliusAudio files: MIDI | ||
1 Christ for the world we sing!
The world to Christ we bring,
With loving zeal;
The poor, and them that mourn,
The faint and overborne,
Sin-sick and sorrow-worn,
Whom Christ doth heal.
2 Christ for the world we sing!
The world to Christ we bring,
With fervent prayer;
The wayward and the lost,
By restless passions tossed,
Redeemed at countless cost,
From dark despair.
3 Christ for the world we sing!
The world to Christ we bring,
With one accord;
With us the work to share,
With us reproach to dare,
With us the cross to bear,
For Christ our Lord.
4 Christ for the world we sing!
The world to Christ we bring,
With joyful song;
The new-born souls, whose days,
Reclaimed from error's ways,
Inspired with hope and praise,
To Christ belong.
The Hymnal: revised and enlarged as adopted by the General Convention of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America in the year of our Lord 1892
Wolcott, Samuel, D.D., was born at South Windsor, Connecticut, July 2, 1813, and educated at Yale College, 1833, and Andover Theological Seminary, 1837. From 1840 to 1842 he was a missionary in Syria. On his return to America he was successively pastor of several Congregational congregations, including Belchestown, Massachusetts; Providence, Rhode Island; Chicago, &c. He was also for some time Secretary of the Ohio Home Missionary Society. He died at Longmeadow, Massachusetts, Feb. 24, 1886. His hymnwriting began late in life, but has extended to more than 200 hymns, many of which are still in manuscript. Those of his hymns which have come into common use include:—
1. All thy realms in midnight shrouded. Mission. In the Oberlin Manual… Go to person page >| First Line: | Christ for the world we sing! |
| Author: | Samuel Wolcott (1869) |
| Meter: | 6.6.4.6.6.6.4 |
| Language: | English |
| Instances (11) | First Line | Text Title | Refrain First Line | Authors | Composers | Meter | Scripture | Tune Title | Tune Key | Incipit | Languages | Publication Date | |||||
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| Hymnal 1982: according to the use of the Episcopal Church #537 | Christ for the world we sing | Samuel Wolcott, 1813-1886 | Felice de Giardini, 1716-1796 ; Lowell Mason, 1792-1872 | 6.6.4.6.6.6.4 | MOSCOW | G Major or modal | English | 1985 | |||||||||
| Hymns Ancient & Modern, New Standard Edition #344 | Christ for the world we sing | 6.6.4.6.6.6.4 | 1983 | ||||||||||||||
| Rejoice in the Lord #422 | "Christ for the world" we sing | "Christ for the World" We Sing | Samuel Wolcott | Eric H. Thiman | 6.6.4.6.6.6.4 | Psalm 49:8; 1 Peter 1:18-19 | MILTON ABBAS | F Major | English | 1985 | |||||||
| Renew! #299 | Christ for the world! We sing | Christ for the World! We Sing | Samuel Wolcott | Felice de Giardini | 6.6.4.6.6.6.4 | ITALIAN HYMN | F Major | English | 1995 | ||||||||
| Seventh-day Adventist Hymnal #370 | Christ for the world we sing; The world to Christ we bring | ITALIAN HYMN | 1985 | ||||||||||||||
| Sing Joyfully #545 | Christ for the world we sing | Christ for the World We Sing | Samuel Wolcott | Felice de Giardini | [Christ for the world we sing] | F Major | English | 1989 | |||||||||
| Sing Praise to God: the Hymntunes of Iam Kellam #4 | Christ for the world we sing! | Christ for the World We Sing | Samuel Wolcott, 1813-36 | Ian Kellam | 6.6.4.6.6.6.4 | THREESCORE | B Flat Major | English | 2005 | ||||||||
| The United Methodist Hymnal #568 | Christ for the world we sing | Christ for the World We Sing | Samuel Wolcott | Felice de Giardini | 6.6.4.6.6.6.4 | ITALIAN HYMN | G Major | English | 1989 | ||||||||
| The Worshiping Church #743 | Christ for the world! we sing | Christ for the World! We Sing | Samuel Wolcott | Felice de Giardini | 6.6.4.6.6.6.4 | Acts 1:14; Mark 9:29; Mark 16:15; Luke 4:18-19 | ITALIAN HYMN | F Major | English | 1990 | |||||||
| Trinity Hymnal #447 | Christ for the world we sing | Christ for the World We Sing | Samuel Wolcott | Felice de Giardini | 6.6.4.6.6.6.4 | Luke 24:47 | ITALIAN HYMN | F Major | English | 1990 | |||||||
| Worship and Rejoice #561 | Christ for the world! we sing | Christ for the World! We Sing | Samuel Wolcott, 1813-1886 | Felice de Giardini, 1716-1796; Russell Schulz-Widmar, 1944- | 6.6.4.6.6.6.4 | Mark 9:29; Acts 1:14; Luke 4:18-19; Mark 16:15 | ITALIAN HYMN | F Major or modal | English | 2001 |
