My Starred Hymns
My FlexScores
My Hymnals
My Purchased Files
Planning worship?
Check out our sister site, ZeteoSearch.org,
for 20+ additional resources related to your search.
- |
User Links
Search Results
We go not on a pilgrimage
Author: Jones Very Hymnal: Hymns of the Spirit for Use in the Free Churches of America #265 (1937) Languages: English Tune Title: MENDIP
We go not on a pilgrimage
We go not on a pilgrimage
Author: Jones Very Hymnal: Services for Congregational Worship. The New Hymn and Tune Book #297 (1914) Languages: English Tune Title: CONISTON
We go not on a pilgrimage
Joseph Barnby
1838 - 1896 Composer of "CONISTON" in Services for Congregational Worship. The New Hymn and Tune Book Joseph Barnby (b. York, England, 1838; d. London, England, 1896) An accomplished and popular choral director in England, Barnby showed his musical genius early: he was an organist and choirmaster at the age of twelve. He became organist at St. Andrews, Wells Street, London, where he developed an outstanding choral program (at times nicknamed "the Sunday Opera"). Barnby introduced annual performances of J. S. Bach's St. John Passion in St. Anne's, Soho, and directed the first performance in an English church of the St. Matthew Passion. He was also active in regional music festivals, conducted the Royal Choral Society, and composed and edited music (mainly for Novello and Company). In 1892 he was knighted by Queen Victoria. His compositions include many anthems and service music for the Anglican liturgy, as well as 246 hymn tunes (published posthumously in 1897). He edited four hymnals, including The Hymnary (1872) and The Congregational Sunday School Hymnal (1891), and coedited The Cathedral Psalter (1873).
Bert Polman
Joseph Barnby
Jones Very
1813 - 1880 Author of "We go not on a pilgrimage" in Services for Congregational Worship. The New Hymn and Tune Book Very, Jones, was born at Salem, Massachusetts, Aug. 28, 1813, his father, Jones Very, being a shipmaster. He graduated at Harvard College in 1836. He remained at his College, as tutor in Greek, for two years, and then entered the Unitarian Ministry (1843). He has been engaged in the work of a preacher without a pastorate from the first, a great part of his time being devoted to literary pursuits. In 1839 he published a volume of Essays and Poems, from which several pieces have been taken as hymns, including:—
1. Father! I wait Thy word. The sun doth stand. Waiting upon God.
2. Father, there is no change to live with Thee. Peace in the Father's Care.
3. Father! Thy wonders do not singly stand. The Spirit-Land.
4. Wilt Thou not visit me? The Divine Presence desired.
These hymns were included in Longfellow and Johnson's Unitarian Book of Hymns, 1846. In the same collection also appeared:—
5. I saw on earth another light. The Light Within.
6. The bud will soon become a flower. Sowing and Reaping.
7. Turn not from him who asks of thee. Kind Words.
In addition the following hymns appeared in Longfellow and Johnson's Hymns of the Spirit, 1864 :—
8. One saint to another I heard say,"How long?" The Future anticipated.
9. There is a world eye hath not seen. The Spirit World.
Most of these hymns are in the Lyra Sacra Americana, 1868; and in Putnam's Singers and Songs of the Liberal Faith, 1874. [Rev. F. M. Bird, M.A.]
--John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)
================
Very, J., p. 1219, i. His hymn, "O heavenly gift of love divine" (Divine assistance asked), from his Poems and Essays, 1839, is given in The Pilgrim Hymnal, 1904. He d. May 8, 1880.
--John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, New Supplement (1907)
================
Very, Jones. (Salem, Massachusetts, August 28, 1813--May 8, 1880, Salem). He was brother of Washington Very. He graduated from Harvard College in 1836, and served as tutor in Greek there for two years. Although Julian (p. 1219) says that he entered the Unitarian ministry in 1843, he was never ordained as a settled minister though he served frequently as an occasional lay preacher. Most of his life was given to literary pursuits. In 1839 he published Essays and Poems, and thereafter was a frequent contributor in prose and verse to periodicals, including The Christian Register and the Monthly Magazine.
--Henry Wilder Foote, DNAH Archives
Jones Very
Cecil James Sharp
1859 - 1924 Person Name: Cecil J. Sharp Arranger of "MENDIP" in Hymns of the Spirit for Use in the Free Churches of America Cecil Sharp (1859-1924) was the most important of the English folk song collectors, gathering 4,977 tunes. He published 1, 118 of them and provided accompaniments for 501. His work led to a renewed interest in English art music and gave impetus to composers of the day, including Ralph Vaughan Williams. His influence on Vaughan Williams can be seen throughout The English Hymnal (1906).
Among Sharp’s publications is Folk Songs from Somerset issued in five parts from 1904 to 1909. Sharp was also an authority on the folk dance. During World War I, Sharp visited America gathering tunes and dances of English origin. After his death the tunes were published in a two-volume collection English Folk Songs from the Southern Appalachians edited by Maud Karpeles.
--The Presbyterian Hymnal Companion, 1993
Cecil James Sharp
