Westwood, Rev. Horace, D.D. (Wakefield, Yorkshire, England, August 17, 1884--December 24, 1956, Clearwater, Florida). Emigrating to the United States, he served in the Methodist ministry for several years, and after 1910 served as minister in Unitarian churches in Youngstown, Ohio; Winnipeg, Canada; Toledo, Ohio; and extensively as a mission preacher. His hymn in one stanza, "Spirit of Truth, of Life, of Power" (1922) was included in Hymns of the Spirit (1937), and he privately printed a small collection, Some Hymns and Verses (n.d.), a few of which appeared in periodicals, but have not had wider use.
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Lowell Mason (PHH 96) composed HAMBURG (named after the German city) in 1824. The tune was published in the 1825 edition of Mason's Handel and Haydn Society Collection of Church Music. Mason indicated that the tune was based on a chant in the first Gregorian tone.
HAMBURG is a very simple tune with…
Henry Baker (b. Nuneham, Oxfordshire, England, 1835; d. Wimbledon, England, 1910; not to be confused with Henry W. Baker) was educated as a civil engineer at Winchester and Cooper's Hill and was active in railroad building in India. In 1867 he completed a music degree at Exeter College, Oxford, Engl…
Display Title: Spirit of Truth, of Life, of PowerFirst Line: Spirit of Truth, of Life, of Power,Tune Title: MENDONAuthor: Horace Westwood, 1884-Meter: L.M.Date: 1971
Display Title: Spirit of Truth, of Life, of PowerFirst Line: Spirit of truth, of life, of powerTune Title: HAMBURGAuthor: Horace Westwood, 1884-1956Meter: L.M.Date: 1993Subject: Prayer and Meditation | ; Service Music | Offertories and Ascriptions; Truth |
Display Title: Spirit of Truth, of LifeFirst Line: Spirit of Truth, of Life, of PowerTune Title: MENDONAuthor: Horace Westwood, 1884-Date: 1970Subject: Prayer Responses |