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This day is holy to the Lord

Author: F. W. Foster, 1760-1835 Appears in 8 hymnals

WORSHIP

Appears in 23 hymnals Tune Sources: Popular melody adopted at Herrnhut (c. 1740); C. Gergor Choralbuch (1784) Incipit: 11567 16543 54321 Used With Text: This Day Is Holy to the Lord

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Author: Frederick William Foster Hymnal: Moravian Book of Worship #821 (1995) Lyrics: This day is holy to the Lord; this day the Lord has made; we will rejoice with one accord and in his name be glad. Come, let us worship and bow down, with thanks appear before his throne; he to our songs of praise and prayer will lend a gracious ear. Topics: Service Music; Service music--Responses; Worship Scripture: Exodus 20:8 Languages: English Tune Title: WORSHIP

This Day Is Holy to the Lord

Author: F. W. Foster, 1760-1835 Hymnal: Hymnal and Liturgies of the Moravian Church #16 (1969) Topics: Public Worship Adoration and Praise Languages: English Tune Title: WORSHIP

This day is holy to the Lord

Hymnal: The Liturgy and Hymns of the American Province of the Unitas Fratrum #658 (1876)

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Frederick W. Foster

1760 - 1835 Person Name: F. W. Foster, 1760-1835 Author of "This Day Is Holy to the Lord" in Hymnal and Liturgies of the Moravian Church Foster, Frederick William, second son. of William Foster, was born at Bradford, Aug. 1, 1760, and educated at Fulneck, near Leeds, and at Barby in Prussian Saxony. Entering the Moravian Ministry he held several appointments until 1818, when he was consecrated a Bishop of the Moravian Church. He died at Ockbrook, near Derby, April 12, 1835. He compiled the Moravian Hymn Book of 1801, the Supplement of 1808, and the revised edition of 1826. His translations from the German, and his original hymns appeared in that collection. Two of his original hymns are in the Irish Church Hymnal, 1873; (1) "Lord, Who didst sanctify" 1808 (Holiness desired); and (2) "With thanks before the Lord appear," 1826 (Praise of the Saviour). [George Arthur Crawford, M. A.] --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, Appendix, Part II (1907)