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Our Help in Ages Past
Author: Isaac Watts Appears in 1,286 hymnals Topics: God God Our Helper; God God Our Helper; God God Our Helper; God God Our Helper; God God Our Helper; God God Our Helper; God God Our Helper; God God Our Helper; God God Our Helper First Line: O God our help in ages past Lyrics: 1 O God our help in ages past,
Our hope for years to come;
Our shelter from the stormy blast,
And our eternal home!
2 Under the shadow of Thy throne
Thy saints have dwelt secure;
Sufficient in thine arm alone,
And our defence is sure.
3 Before the hills in order stood,
Or earth received her frame,
From everlasting Thou art God,
To endless years the same.
4 A thousand ages, in Thy sight,
Are like an ev'ning gone;
Short as the watch that ends the night,
Before the rising sun. Used With Tune: DUNDEE
Our Help in Ages Past
A Mighty Fortress
Author: Luther Appears in 703 hymnals Topics: God God Our Helper; God God Our Helper; God God Our Helper; God God Our Helper; God God Our Helper; God God Our Helper; God God Our Helper; God God Our Helper; God God Our Helper First Line: A mighty fortress is our God Lyrics: 1 A mighty fortress is our God,
A bulwark never failing;
Our helper he, amid the flood
Of mortal ills prevailing.
For still our ancient foe
Doth seek to work his woe;
His craft and pow'r are great,
And arm'd with cruel hate;
On earth is not his equal.
2 Did we in our own strength confide,
Our striving would be losing;
Were not the right Man on our side,
The Man of God's own choosing.
Doth ask who that may be?
Christ Jesus, it is he!
Lord Sabaoth is his name,
From age to age the same;
And he must win the battle.
3 And tho' this world, with devils filled,
Should threaten to undo us,
We will not fear, for God hath will'd
His truth to triumph thro' us.
Let goods and kindred go,
This mortal life also;
The body they may kill;
God's truth abideth still,
His kingdom is forever.
Used With Tune: EIN' FESTE BURG
A Mighty Fortress
Help in God for Thee
Author: J. Montgomery Appears in 43 hymnals Topics: God God Our Helper; God God Our Helper; God God Our Helper; God God Our Helper; God God Our Helper; God God Our Helper; God God Our Helper; God God Our Helper; God God Our Helper First Line: The tempter to my soul hath said Lyrics: 1. The tempter to my soul hath said,
"There is no help in God for thee;"
Lord, lift thou up thy servant's head;
My glory, shield, and solace be.
2. Thus to the Lord I raised my cry;
He heard me from his holy hill;
At his command the waves rolled by;
He beckoned, and the winds were still.
3. I will not fear, tho' armed throngs
Compass my steps in all their wrath;
Salvation to the Lord belongs;
His presence guards his people's path. Used With Tune: ZEPHYR
Help in God for Thee
ZEPHYR
Appears in 238 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: W. B. Bradbury Topics: God God Our Helper; God God Our Helper; God God Our Helper; God God Our Helper; God God Our Helper; God God Our Helper; God God Our Helper; God God Our Helper; God God Our Helper Tune Key: C Major Incipit: 55561 65324 32354 Used With Text: Help in God for Thee
ZEPHYR
EIN' FESTE BURG
Appears in 727 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Martin Luther Topics: God God Our Helper; God God Our Helper; God God Our Helper; God God Our Helper; God God Our Helper; God God Our Helper; God God Our Helper; God God Our Helper; God God Our Helper Tune Key: D Major Incipit: 11156 71765 17656 Used With Text: A Mighty Fortress
EIN' FESTE BURG
Our Help in Ages Past
Author: Isaac Watts Hymnal: Christ in Song #725 (1908) Topics: God God Our Helper; God God Our Helper; God God Our Helper; God God Our Helper; God God Our Helper; God God Our Helper; God God Our Helper; God God Our Helper; God God Our Helper First Line: O God our help in ages past Lyrics: 1 O God our help in ages past,
Our hope for years to come;
Our shelter from the stormy blast,
And our eternal home!
2 Under the shadow of Thy throne
Thy saints have dwelt secure;
Sufficient in thine arm alone,
And our defence is sure.
3 Before the hills in order stood,
Or earth received her frame,
From everlasting Thou art God,
To endless years the same.
4 A thousand ages, in Thy sight,
Are like an ev'ning gone;
Short as the watch that ends the night,
Before the rising sun. Languages: English Tune Title: DUNDEE
Our Help in Ages Past
God, Our Refuge
Author: Isaac Watts Hymnal: Christ in Song #782 (1908) Topics: God God Our Helper; God God Our Helper; God God Our Helper; God God Our Helper; God God Our Helper; God God Our Helper; God God Our Helper; God God Our Helper; God God Our Helper First Line: God is the refuge of his saints Lyrics: 1. God is the refuge of his saints
When storms of sharp distress invade
Ere we can offer our complaints,
Behold him present with his aid.
2. Loud may the troubled ocean roar;
In sacred peace our souls abide;
While ev'ry nation, ev'ry shore,
Trembles, and dreads the swelling tide.
3. Zion enjoys her Monarch's love,
Secure against a threat'ning hour;
Nor can her firm foundation move,
Built on his truth, and armed with pow'r. Languages: English Tune Title: MILLER
God, Our Refuge
A Mighty Fortress
Author: Luther Hymnal: Christ in Song #681 (1908) Topics: God God Our Helper; God God Our Helper; God God Our Helper; God God Our Helper; God God Our Helper; God God Our Helper; God God Our Helper; God God Our Helper; God God Our Helper First Line: A mighty fortress is our God Lyrics: 1 A mighty fortress is our God,
A bulwark never failing;
Our helper he, amid the flood
Of mortal ills prevailing.
For still our ancient foe
Doth seek to work his woe;
His craft and pow'r are great,
And arm'd with cruel hate;
On earth is not his equal.
2 Did we in our own strength confide,
Our striving would be losing;
Were not the right Man on our side,
The Man of God's own choosing.
Doth ask who that may be?
Christ Jesus, it is he!
Lord Sabaoth is his name,
From age to age the same;
And he must win the battle.
3 And tho' this world, with devils filled,
Should threaten to undo us,
We will not fear, for God hath will'd
His truth to triumph thro' us.
Let goods and kindred go,
This mortal life also;
The body they may kill;
God's truth abideth still,
His kingdom is forever.
Languages: English Tune Title: EIN' FESTE BURG
A Mighty Fortress
Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy
1809 - 1847 Person Name: Mendelssohn Topics: God God Our Helper; God God Our Helper; God God Our Helper; God God Our Helper; God God Our Helper; God God Our Helper; God God Our Helper; God God Our Helper; God God Our Helper Composer of "TRUST" in Christ in Song Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy (b. Hamburg, Germany, 1809; d. Leipzig, Germany, 1847) was the son of banker Abraham Mendelssohn and the grandson of philosopher Moses Mendelssohn. His Jewish family became Christian and took the Bartholdy name (name of the estate of Mendelssohn's uncle) when baptized into the Lutheran church. The children all received an excellent musical education. Mendelssohn had his first public performance at the age of nine and by the age of sixteen had written several symphonies. Profoundly influenced by J. S. Bach's music, he conducted a performance of the St. Matthew Passion in 1829 (at age 20!) – the first performance since Bach's death, thus reintroducing Bach to the world. Mendelssohn organized the Domchor in Berlin and founded the Leipzig Conservatory of Music in 1843. Traveling widely, he not only became familiar with various styles of music but also became well known himself in countries other than Germany, especially in England. He left a rich treasury of music: organ and piano works, overtures and incidental music, oratorios (including St. Paul or Elijah and choral works, and symphonies. He harmonized a number of hymn tunes himself, but hymnbook editors also arranged some of his other tunes into hymn tunes.
Bert Polman
Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy
Frederic Henry Hedge
1805 - 1890 Person Name: Rev. Frederick H. Hedge Topics: God our Helper Translator of "A Mighty Fortress is Our God" in Psalter Hymnal (Red) Hedge, Frederick Henry, D.D., son of Professor Hedge of Harvard College, was born at Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1805, and educated in Germany and at Harvard. In 1829 he became pastor of the Unitarian Church, West Cambridge. In 1835 he removed to Bangor, Maine; in 1850 to Providence, and in 1856 to Brookline, Mass. He was appointed in 1857, Professor of Ecclesiastical History at Cambridge (U.S.), and in 1872, Professor of German Literature at Harvard. Dr. Hedge is one of the editors of the Christian Examiner, and the author of The Prose Writers of Germany, and other works. In 1853 he edited, with Dr. F. D. Huntington, the Unitarian Hymns for the Church of Christ, Boston Crosby, Nichols & Co. To that collection and the supplement (1853) he contributed the following translations from the German:—
1. A mighty fortress is our God. (Ein feste Burg.)
2. Christ hath arisen! joy to, &c. (Goethe's Faust.)
3. The sun is still for ever sounding. (Goethe's Faust.)
There is also in the Unitarian Hymn [& Tune] Book for The Church & Home, Boston, 1868, a translation from the Latin.
4. Holy Spirit, Fire divine. (“Veni Sancte Spiritus.")
Dr. Hedge's original hymns, given in the Hymns for the Church, 1853, are:—
5. Beneath Thine hammer, Lord, I lie. Resignation.
6. Sovereign and transforming grace. Ordination. Written for the Ordination of H. D. Barlow at Lynn, Mass., Dec. 9, 1829. It is given in several collections.
7. 'Twas in the East, the mystic East. Christmas.
8. 'Twas the day when God's anointed. Good Friday. Written originally for a Confirmation at Bangor, Maine, held on Good Friday, 1843. The hymn "It is finished, Man of Sorrows! From Thy cross, &c," in a few collections, including Martineau's Hymns, &c, 1873, is composed of st. iv.-vi. of this hymn. [Rev. F. M. Bird, M.A.]
--John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)
Frederic Henry Hedge
William Henry Monk
1823 - 1889 Person Name: William H. Monk Topics: God our Helper Composer of "EVENTIDE" in Psalter Hymnal (Red) William H. Monk (b. Brompton, London, England, 1823; d. London, 1889) is best known for his music editing of Hymns Ancient and Modern (1861, 1868; 1875, and 1889 editions). He also adapted music from plainsong and added accompaniments for Introits for Use Throughout the Year, a book issued with that famous hymnal. Beginning in his teenage years, Monk held a number of musical positions. He became choirmaster at King's College in London in 1847 and was organist and choirmaster at St. Matthias, Stoke Newington, from 1852 to 1889, where he was influenced by the Oxford Movement. At St. Matthias, Monk also began daily choral services with the choir leading the congregation in music chosen according to the church year, including psalms chanted to plainsong. He composed over fifty hymn tunes and edited The Scottish Hymnal (1872 edition) and Wordsworth's Hymns for the Holy Year (1862) as well as the periodical Parish Choir (1840-1851).
Bert Polman
William Henry Monk
