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O light of life, O Saviour dear

Appears in 32 hymnals Used With Tune: DOMINUS REGIT ME

DOMINUS REGIT ME

Appears in 393 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Rev. Dr. Dykes Incipit: 35433 22155 67132 Used With Text: O light of life, O Saviour dear

MARYTON

Appears in 469 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: H. Percy Smith Incipit: 33343 22255 43117 Used With Text: O Light of life, O Saviour dear

HURSLEY

Appears in 1,175 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: P. Ritter, 1760-1846 Incipit: 11117 12321 3333 Used With Text: O Light of life, O Saviour dear

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O light of life, O Savior dear

Author: Francis T. Palgrave Hymnal: The Hymnal #18 (1895) Lyrics: 1. O light of life, O Saviour dear, Before we sleep bow down Thine ear: Through dark and day, o'er land and sea, We have no other hope but Thee. 2. Oft from Thy royal road we part, Lost in the mazes of the heart: Our lamps put out, our course forgot, We seek for God, and find Him not. 3. What sudden sunbeams cheer our sight! What dawning risen upon the night! Thou giv'st Thyself to us, and we Find guide and path and all in Thee. 4. Through day and darkness, Saviour dear, Abide with us, more nearly near; Till on Thy face we lift our eyes, The Sun of God's own Paradise. 5. Praise God, our Maker and our Friend; Praise Him through time, till time shall end; Till psalm and song His Name adore Through heaven's great day of evermore. Amen.

O Light of Life

Author: Francis T. Palgrave Hymnal: The Cyber Hymnal #5099 Meter: 8.8.8.8 First Line: O light of life, O Savior dear Lyrics: 1. O light of life, O Savior dear, Before we sleep, bow down Thine ear; Through dark and day, o’er land and sea, We have no other hope but Thee. 2. Oft from Thy royal road we part, Lost in the mazes of the heart; Our lamps put out, our course forgot, We seek for God, and find Him not. 3. What sudden sunbeams cheer our sight! What dawning risen upon the night! Thou giv’st Thyself to us, and we Find guide and path and all in Thee. 4. Through day and darkness, Savior dear, Abide with us, more nearly near; Till on Thy face we lift our eyes, The sun of God’s own paradise. 5. Praise God, our maker and our friend; Praise Him through time, till time shall end; Till psalm and song His name adore Through Heaven’s great day of evermore. Languages: English Tune Title: ABENDS

O light of life, O Savior dear

Author: Francis Turner Palgrave Hymnal: The Church Porch #21 (1874)

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John Bacchus Dykes

1823 - 1876 Person Name: Rev. Dr. Dykes Composer of "DOMINUS REGIT ME" in The Church Porch As a young child John Bacchus Dykes (b. Kingston-upon-Hull' England, 1823; d. Ticehurst, Sussex, England, 1876) took violin and piano lessons. At the age of ten he became the organist of St. John's in Hull, where his grandfather was vicar. After receiving a classics degree from St. Catherine College, Cambridge, England, he was ordained in the Church of England in 1847. In 1849 he became the precentor and choir director at Durham Cathedral, where he introduced reforms in the choir by insisting on consistent attendance, increasing rehearsals, and initiating music festivals. He served the parish of St. Oswald in Durham from 1862 until the year of his death. To the chagrin of his bishop, Dykes favored the high church practices associated with the Oxford Movement (choir robes, incense, and the like). A number of his three hundred hymn tunes are still respected as durable examples of Victorian hymnody. Most of his tunes were first published in Chope's Congregational Hymn and Tune Book (1857) and in early editions of the famous British hymnal, Hymns Ancient and Modern. Bert Polman

Henry Percy Smith

1825 - 1898 Person Name: H. Percy Smith Composer of "MARYTON" in Songs of the Christian Life Henry Percy Smith (b. Malta, 1825; d. Bournemouth, Hampshire, England, 1898) was educated at Balliol College, Oxford, England, and ordained a priest in the Church of England in 1850. He served five churches, including St. Michael's York Town in Farnborough (1851-1868), Great Barton in Suffolk (1868-1882), Christ Church in Cannes, France (1882-1892), and the Cathedral in Gibraltar (1892-1898). MARYTON is his only tune found in contemporary hymnals and is thought to be the only tune he published. Bert Polman

Ludwig van Beethoven

1770 - 1827 Composer of "ALSACE" in Hymns of the Kingdom of God A giant in the history of music, Ludwig van Beethoven (b. Bonn, Germany, 1770; d. Vienna, Austria, 1827) progressed from early musical promise to worldwide, lasting fame. By the age of fourteen he was an accomplished viola and organ player, but he became famous primarily because of his compositions, including nine symphonies, eleven overtures, thirty piano sonatas, sixteen string quartets, the Mass in C, and the Missa Solemnis. He wrote no music for congregational use, but various arrangers adapted some of his musical themes as hymn tunes; the most famous of these is ODE TO JOY from the Ninth Symphony. Although it would appear that the great calamity of Beethoven's life was his loss of hearing, which turned to total deafness during the last decade of his life, he composed his greatest works during this period. Bert Polman

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