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Lead, kindly light, amid the encircling gloom
Author: John Henry Newman (1801-1890) Meter: 10.4.10.4.10.10 Appears in 1,265 hymnals Lyrics: 1 Lead, kindly light, amid the encircling gloom,
lead thou me on;
the night is dark, and I am far from home;
lead thou me on.
Keep thou my feet; I do not ask to see
the distant scene; one step enough for me.
2 I was not ever thus, nor prayed that thou
shouldst lead me on;
I loved to choose and see my path; but now
lead thou me on.
I loved the garish day, and, spite of fears,
pride ruled my will: remember not past years.
3 So long thy power hath blest me, sure it still
will lead me on,
o'er moor and fen, o'er crag and torrent, till
the night is gone,
and with the morn those angel faces smile,
which I have loved long since, and lost awhile. Topics: Future hope; Guidance; Light; Trust and Confidence Scripture: Exodus 13:21-22 Used With Tune: ALBERTA
Lead, kindly light, amid the encircling gloom
Unto the hills around me I lift up
Author: J. D. S. Campbell (1845-1914) Meter: 10.4.10.4.10.10 Appears in 114 hymnals Topics: God, Father Gracious and Merciful; Pentecost 20 Endurance Scripture: Psalm 121 Used With Tune: ALBERTA
Unto the hills around me I lift up
God of Our Life
Author: Hugh T. Kerr Meter: 10.4.10.4.10.10 Appears in 52 hymnals First Line: God of our life, through all the circling years Lyrics: 1 God of our life, through all the circling years,
we trust in thee;
in all the past, through all our hopes and fears,
thy hand we see.
With each new day, when morning lifts the veil,
we own thy mercies, Lord, which never fail.
2 God of the past, our times are in thy hand;
with us abide.
Lead us by faith to hope's true promised land;
be now our guide.
With thee to bless, the darkness shines as light,
and faith's fair vision changes into sight.
3 God of the coming years, through paths unknown
we follow thee;
when we are strong, Lord, leave us not alone;
our refuge be.
Be thou for us in life our daily bread,
our hearts' true home when all our years have sped. Topics: Funerals; Church Anniversaries and Dedications; God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob Scripture: Psalm 31:15 Used With Tune: ALBERTA
God of Our Life
O Lord, you are my God, for you I long
Author: John G. Dunn Hymnal: Together in Song #34 (1999) Meter: 10.4.10.4.10.10 Topics: Adoration and Praise; Confidence; Consolation; Dévotion; God's Love to Us; Longing for God; Majesty of God; Mercy of God; Personal Petition; Prayer; Revelation; Saints Days and Holy Days St Mary Magdalene; Saints Days and Holy Days St Thomas Scripture: Psalm 63:1-8 Languages: English Tune Title: ALBERTA
O Lord, you are my God, for you I long
Unto the hills around me I lift up
Author: J. D. S. Campbell (1845-1914) Hymnal: Hymns for Today's Church (2nd ed.) #48 (1987) Meter: 10.4.10.4.10.10 Topics: God, Father Gracious and Merciful; Pentecost 20 Endurance Scripture: Psalm 121 Languages: English Tune Title: ALBERTA
Unto the hills around me I lift up
God of Our Life
Author: Hugh T. Kerr Hymnal: Rejoice in the Lord #58 (1985) Meter: 10.4.10.4.10.10 First Line: God of our life, through all the circling years Lyrics: 1 God of our life, through all the circling years,
we trust in thee;
in all the past, through all our hopes and fears,
thy hand we see.
With each new day, when morning lifts the veil,
we own thy mercies, Lord, which never fail.
2 God of the past, our times are in thy hand;
with us abide.
Lead us by faith to hope's true promised land;
be now our guide.
With thee to bless, the darkness shines as light,
and faith's fair vision changes into sight.
3 God of the coming years, through paths unknown
we follow thee;
when we are strong, Lord, leave us not alone;
our refuge be.
Be thou for us in life our daily bread,
our hearts' true home when all our years have sped. Topics: Funerals; Church Anniversaries and Dedications; God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob Scripture: Psalm 31:15 Languages: English Tune Title: ALBERTA
God of Our Life
John Henry Newman
1801 - 1890 Person Name: John Henry Newman, 1801-1890 Author of "Lead, Kindly Light" in The Hymn Book of the Anglican Church of Canada and the United Church of Canada Newman, John Henry , D.D. The hymnological side of Cardinal Newman's life and work is so small when compared with the causes which have ruled, and the events which have accompanied his life as a whole, that the barest outline of biographical facts and summary of poetical works comprise all that properly belongs to this work. Cardinal Newman was the eldest son of John Newman, and was born in London, Feb. 21, 1801. He was educated at Ealing under Dr. John Nicholas, and at Trinity College, Oxford, where he graduated in honours in 1820, and became a Fellow of Oriel in 1822. Taking Holy Orders in 1824, he was for a short time Vice-Principal of St. Alban's Hall, and then Tutor of Oriel. His appointment to St. Mary's, Oxford, was in the spring of 1828. In 1827 he was Public Examiner, and in 1830 one of the Select University Preachers. His association with Keble, Pusey, and others, in what is known as "The Oxford Movement," together with the periodical publication of the Tracts for the Times, are matters of history. It is well known how that Tract 90, entitled Bernards on Certain Passages in the Thirty-nine Articles, in 1841, was followed by his retirement to Littlemore; his formal recantation, in February, 1843, of all that he had said against Rome; his resignation in September of the same year of St. Mary's and Littlemore; and of his formal application to be received into the communion of the Church of Rome, Oct. 8, 1845. In 1848 he became Father Superior of the Oratory of St. Philip Neri, at Birmingham; in 1854 Rector of the newly founded Roman Catholic University at Dublin; and in 1858 he removed to the Edgbaston Oratory, Birmingham. In 1879 he was created a Cardinal, and thus received the highest dignity it is in the power of the Pope to bestow. Cardinal Newman's prose works are numerous, and his Parochial Sermons especially being very popular. His Apologia pro Vita Sua, 1864, is a lucid exposition and masterly defence of his life and work.
Cardinal Newman's poetical work began with poems and lyrical pieces which he contributed to the British Magazine, in 1832-4 (with other pieces by Keble and others), under the title of Lyra Apostolica. In 1836 these poems were collected and published under the same title, and Greek letters were added to distinguish the authorship of each piece, his being δ. Only a few of his poems from this work have come into use as hymns. The most notable is, "Lead, kindly Light". His Tract for the Times, No. 75, On the Roman Breviary, 1836, contained translations of 14 Latin hymns. Of these 10 were repeated in his Verses on Religious Subjects, 1853, and his Verses on Various Occasions, 1865, and translations of 24 additional Latin hymns were added. Several of these translations are in common use, the most widely known being "Nunc Sancte nobis" ("Come, Holy Ghost, Who ever One"). His collection of Latin hymns from the Roman and Paris Breviaries, and other sources was published as Hymni Ecclesiae, in 1838, and again in 1865. His Dream of Gerontius, a poem from which his fine hymn, "Praise to the Holiest in the height," is taken, appeared in his Verses on Various Occasions, in 1868. Cardinal Newman's influence on hymnology has not been of a marked character. Two brilliant original pieces, and little more than half a dozen translations from the Latin, are all that can claim to rank with his inimitable prose.
--John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)
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Newman, John Henry, p. 822, ii. He died at Edgbaston, Birmingham, Aug. 11, 1890.
--John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, Appendix, Part II (1907)
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Newman, Card. J. H., pp. 802, ii.; 1581, ii. The following are also in use at the present time, but, except No. 13, almost exclusively in R. C. collections. The dates in brackets are those given in Newman's Verses, 1868; all thus marked were composed in the Birmingham Oratory at these dates:—
i. In the Rambler, 1850.
1. In the far North our lot is cast. [S. Philip Neri.] (1850.) March, 1850, p. 250. In the Birmingham Oratory Hymn Book, 1857 and 1906, it begins, " On Northern coasts," and in the Parochial Hymn Book, 1880, with st. ii. " Founder and Sire! to mighty Rome."
2. The Angel-lights of Christmas morn. [Candlemas.] (1849.) March, 1850, p. 251.
3. There sat a Lady all on the ground. [B. V. M.] (1849.) May, 1850, p. 425.
ii. Verses, 1853.
4. All is Divine which the Highest has made. [For an inclement May.] (1850.) 1853, p. 128.
5. Green are the leaves, and sweet the flowers. [May.] (1850.) 1853, p. 125.
6. My oldest friend, mine from the hour. [Guardian Angel] (1853.) 1853, p. 12.
7. The holy monks conceal'd from men. [S. Philip Neri.] (1850.) 1853, p. 134.
8. The one true Faith, the ancient Creed. [The Catholic Faith.] 1853, p. 140.
9. This is the saint of sweetness and compassion. [S. Philip Neri.] 1853, p. 136. Rewritten (1857) as "This is the saint of gentleness and kindness" in the Birmingham Oratory Hymn Book, 1857, No. 49.
iii. Birmingham Oratory Hymn Book, 1857.
10. Help, Lord, the souls which Thou hast made. [The Faithful Departed.] (1857.) 1857, No. 76.
iv. Birmingham Oratory H. Book, 1862.
11. I ask not for fortune, for silken attire. [S. Philip Neri.] (1857.) 1862, No. 54.
12. Thou champion high. [S. Michael.] (1862.) 1862, No. 41.
v. Dream of Gerontius, 1866.
13. Firmly I believe and truly. [The Faith of a Christian.] 1866, p. 9; Verses, 1868, p. 318; The English Hymnal 1906. [Rev. James Mearns, M.A.]
--John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, New Supplement (1907)
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John Henry Newman was born in London, in 1801. He studied at Trinity College, Oxford, graduating B.A. in 1820, and was subsequently Fellow of Oriel College. In 1825, he became Vice Principal of S. Alban's Hall, and was Tutor of his college for several years. In 1828, he became incumbent of S. Mary's, Oxford, with the chaplaincy of Littlemore. In 1842, he went to preside over a Brotherhood he had established at Littlemore. He was the author of twenty-four of the "Tracts for the Times," amongst them the celebrated Tract No. 90, which brought censure upon its author. In 1845, he left the Church of England and entered the Church of Rome. He was appointed Father Superior of the Oratory of S. Philip Neri, at Birmingham, and in 1854, Rector of the new Roman Catholic University at Dublin, an office he filled till 1858. He has published a large number of works.
--Annotations of the Hymnal, Charles Hutchins, M.A. 1872.
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John Henry Newman
William Henry Harris
1883 - 1973 Composer of "ALBERTA" in The Hymn Book of the Anglican Church of Canada and the United Church of Canada Sir William Henry Harris KCVO (28 March 1883 - 6 September 1973) was an English organist and composer, affectionately nicknamed 'Doc H' by his choristers.
Harris was born in Fulham, London and died in Petersfield. He was a chorister of Holy Trinity, Tulse Hill. At the age of 14, he took up a "flexible" position as Assistant Organist at St David's Cathedral in Wales, followed at 16 by a scholarship to the Royal College of Music where he was Professor of Organ and Harmony from 1921 to 1955. He was organist at St Augustine's Church, Edgbaston from 1911 to 1919 and concurrently of Assistant Organist at Lichfield Cathedral followed in 1919 by becoming Organist successively at New College and in 1929 Christ Church, Oxford, moving to St. George's Chapel, Windsor in 1933.
As Organist at Windsor, Harris was at his most productive. He produced music for the Three Choirs Festival, was a conductor at both the 1937 and 1953 coronations, and had music premiered at the Proms, all of which led to being appointed KCVO in 1954.
Harris is best remembered for his Anglican church music, though his main achievements were as a choir-trainer. His most famous works are the anthems "Faire is the heaven" (1925) and to a lesser extent "Bring us, O Lord God" (1959), both for unaccompanied double choir, and "Strengthen ye the weak hands" (1949) for choir and organ. His very accessible Communion Service in F was frequently sung in a great many Anglican parish churches up until the 1970s. The canticles Harris in A and Harris in A minor are still sung at Evensong in a number of Anglican cathedrals. He also composed cantatas and organ pieces, as well as the hymn tune Alberta (often used for the words "Lead, Kindly Light"), and various Anglican psalm chants.
--en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
William Henry Harris
Hugh Thomson Kerr
1871 - 1950 Person Name: Hugh T. Kerr Author of "God of Our Life" in Rejoice in the Lord Hugh Thomson Kerr (1872-1950)
Born: February 11, 1872, Elora, Canada.
Died: June 27, 1950, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
Buried: Homewood Cemetery, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
Kerr attended the University of Toronto and Western Theological Seminary, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Ordained a Presbyterian minister, he pastored in Kansas and Illinois, and at the Shadyside Presbyterian Church, Pittsburgh (1913-1946). A pioneer in religious broadcasting, his 1922 Christmas Day sermon was broadcast to the North and South Poles by radio station KDKA. He served as Moderator of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in the USA in 1930, helped compile the Presbyterian Hymnal in 1933, the Presbyterian Book of Common Worship, and helped found Worldwide Communion Sunday.
--cyberhymnal.org/bio/k/e/kerr_ht.htm
Hugh Thomson Kerr
