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O God of love, O King of peace
Author: Henry W. Baker, 1821-1877 Appears in 250 hymnals Used With Tune: THEODORE
O God of love, O King of peace
Our fathers' God, to Thee we raise
Author: Benjamin Copeland, 1855-1940 Appears in 11 hymnals Used With Tune: THEODORE
Our fathers' God, to Thee we raise
Our fathers' God, to Thee we raise
Author: Benjamin Copeland, 1855-1940 Hymnal: The Methodist Hymnal #494 (1935) Languages: English Tune Title: THEODORE
Our fathers' God, to Thee we raise
O God of love, O King of peace
Author: Henry W. Baker, 1821-1877 Hymnal: The Methodist Hymnal #511 (1935) Languages: English Tune Title: THEODORE
O God of love, O King of peace
Our fathers' God, to thee we raise
Author: Benjamin Copeland Hymnal: The Methodist Hymnal #713b (1905) Languages: English Tune Title: THEODORE
Our fathers' God, to thee we raise
H. W. Baker
1821 - 1877 Person Name: Henry W. Baker, 1821-1877 Author of "O God of love, O King of peace" in The Methodist Hymnal Baker, Sir Henry Williams, Bart., eldest son of Admiral Sir Henry Loraine Baker, born in London, May 27, 1821, and educated at Trinity College, Cambridge, where he graduated, B.A. 1844, M.A. 1847. Taking Holy Orders in 1844, he became, in 1851, Vicar of Monkland, Herefordshire. This benefice he held to his death, on Monday, Feb. 12, 1877. He succeeded to the Baronetcy in 1851. Sir Henry's name is intimately associated with hymnody. One of his earliest compositions was the very beautiful hymn, "Oh! what if we are Christ's," which he contributed to Murray's Hymnal for the Use of the English Church, 1852. His hymns, including metrical litanies and translations, number in the revised edition of Hymns Ancient & Modern, 33 in all. These were contributed at various times to Murray's Hymnal, Hymns Ancient & Modern and the London Mission Hymn Book, 1876-7. The last contains his three latest hymns. These are not included in Hymns Ancient & Modern. Of his hymns four only are in the highest strains of jubilation, another four are bright and cheerful, and the remainder are very tender, but exceedingly plaintive, sometimes even to sadness. Even those which at first seem bright and cheerful have an undertone of plaintiveness, and leave a dreamy sadness upon the spirit of the singer. Poetical figures, far-fetched illustrations, and difficult compound words, he entirely eschewed. In his simplicity of language, smoothness of rhythm, and earnestness of utterance, he reminds one forcibly of the saintly Lyte. In common with Lyte also, if a subject presented itself to his mind with striking contrasts of lights and shadows, he almost invariably sought shelter in the shadows. The last audible words which lingered on his dying lips were the third stanza of his exquisite rendering of the 23rd Psalm, "The King of Love, my Shepherd is:"—
Perverse and foolish, oft I strayed,
But yet in love He sought me,
And on His Shoulder gently laid,
And home, rejoicing, brought me."
This tender sadness, brightened by a soft calm peace, was an epitome of his poetical life.
Sir Henry's labours as the Editor of Hymns Ancient & Modern were very arduous. The trial copy was distributed amongst a few friends in 1859; first ed. published 1861, and the Appendix, in 1868; the trial copy of the revised ed. was issued in 1874, and the publication followed in 1875. In addition he edited Hymns for the London Mission, 1874, and Hymns for Mission Services, n.d., c. 1876-7. He also published Daily Prayers for those who work hard; a Daily Text Book, &c. In Hymns Ancient & Modern there are also four tunes (33, 211, 254, 472) the melodies of which are by Sir Henry, and the harmonies by Dr. Monk. He died Feb. 12, 1877.
--John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)
H. W. Baker
Peter Christian Lutkin
1858 - 1931 Person Name: Peter C. Lutkin, 1858-1931 Composer of "THEODORE" in The Methodist Hymnal
Peter Christian Lutkin
Benjamin Copeland
1855 - 1940 Author of "Our fathers' God, to thee we raise" in The Methodist Hymnal Born: June 14, 1855, Clarendon, New York.
Died: December 1, 1940, Buffalo, New York.
A Methodist Episcopal minister, Copeland served 22 churches in western New York state over the course of 42 years. He founded five churches, four of which were in Buffalo. In 1892, he became secretary of the Methodist Union, and in 1918, Syracuse University gave him an honorary STD degree. He retired in Buffalo in 1919.
--www.hymntime.com/tch/
Benjamin Copeland
