John M. Neale's life is a study in contrasts: born into an evangelical home, he had sympathies toward Rome; in perpetual ill health, he was incredibly productive; of scholarly temperament, he devoted much time to improving social conditions in his area; often ignored or despised by his contemporaries, he is lauded today for his contributions to the church and hymnody. Neale's gifts came to expression early–he won the Seatonian prize for religious poetry eleven times while a student at Trinity College, Cambridge, England. He was ordained in the Church of England in 1842, but ill health and his strong support of the Oxford Movement kept him from ordinary parish ministry. So Neale spent the years between 1846 and 1866 as a warden of Sackvi… Go to person page >
Alexey Feodorovitch Lvov (b. Reval [now Tallin], Estonia, 1799; d. Romanovo, near Kovno [now Kaunas], Lithuania, 1870) composed RUSSIA in 1833 one night "on the spur of the moment," according to his memoirs, after Czar Nicholas I asked him to compose a truly Russian national anthem (rather than cont…
Display Title: In prayer together let us fallFirst Line: In prayer together let us fallAuthor: Rev. John Mason Neale, 1818-1866; Rev. Sir Henry Williams Baker, 1821-Date: 1875
Display Title: In prayer together let us fallFirst Line: In prayer together let us fallAuthor: Rev. John Mason Neale, 1818-1866; Rev. Sir Henry Williams Baker, 1821-Date: 1886
Display Title: In prayer together let us fallFirst Line: In prayer together let us fallAuthor: Rev. John Mason Neale, 1818-1866; Rev. Sir Henry Williams Baker, 1821-Date: 1874
Display Title: In prayer together let us fallFirst Line: In prayer together let us fallTune Title: RUSSIAN HYMNAuthor: John M. NealeDate: 1882Subject: National |
Display Title: In prayer together let us fallFirst Line: In prayer together let us fallTune Title: RUSSIAN HYMNAuthor: John M. NealeDate: 1887Subject: National |
Display Title: In prayer together let us fallFirst Line: In prayer together let us fallAuthor: Rev. John M. Neale, 1818-1866; Rev. Sir Henry W. Baker, 1821-1877Date: 1881