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Minnetonka Songs

Publication Date: 1879 Publisher: John Church Publication Place: Cincinnati Editors: I. H. Bunn; J. F. Merry; John Church

Appears in 2,016 hymnals First Line: When I survey the wondrous cross Lyrics: 1 When I survey the wondrous cross, On which the Prince of Glory died, My richest gain I count but loss, And pour contempt on all my pride. 2 Forbid it, Lord, that I should boast Save in the death of Christ, my God, All the vain things that charm me most, I sacrifice them to his blood. 3 See from his head, his hands, his feet, Sorrow and love flow mingled down! Did e'er such love and sorrow meet, Or thorns compose so rich a crown. 4 Were the whole realm of nature mine That were a present far too small; Love so amazing, so divine, Demands my soul, my life, my all. Used With Tune: [When I survey the wondrous cross]

Yield not to Temptation

Author: H. R. P. Appears in 739 hymnals Refrain First Line: Ask the Savior to help you Lyrics: 1 Yield not to temptation, For weakness is sin, Each vict’ry will help us Some other to win. Fight manfully onward, Dark passions subdue, Look ever to Jesus, He'll carry you through. Chorus: Ask the Savior to help you, Comfort, strengthen and keep you, He is willing to aid you, He will carry you through. 2 Shun evil companions, Bad language disdain, God’s name hold in rev’rence, Nor take it in vain, Be thoughtful and earnest, Kind-hearted and true, Look ever to Jesus, He'll carry you through. [Chorus] 3 To him that o’ercometh God giveth a crown, Thro' faith we shall conquer, Tho' often cast down, He who is the Savior, Our strength will renew, Look ever to Jesus, He'll carry you through. [Chorus] Used With Tune: [Yield not to temptation]

I've Found a Friend

Appears in 393 hymnals First Line: I've found a Friend; oh, such a Friend! Lyrics: 1 I’ve found a Friend; oh, such a Friend! He loved me ere I knew him; He drew me with the cords of love, And thus He bound me to him. And 'round my heart still closely twine Those ties which naught can sever, For I am his and he is mine, Forever and forever. 2 I’ve found a Friend; oh, such a Friend! He bled, he died to save me; And not alone the gift of life, But his own self he gave me. Naught that I have my own I call, I hold it for the Giver: My heart, my strength, my life, my all, Are his, and his forever. 3 I’ve found a Friend, oh such a Friend! All pow'r to him is given; To guard me on my onward course, And bring me save to heaven. Th'eternal glories gleam afar, To nerve my faint endeavor; So now to watch, to work, to war, And then to rest forever. 4 I've found a Friend; oh, such a Friend! So kind, and true, and tender, So wise a Counselor and Guide, So mighty a Defender! From him who loves me now so well, What power my soul can sever? Shall life or death, shall earth or hell? No; I am his forever. Used With Tune: [I've found a Friend; oh, such a Friend!] Text Sources: From "Word and Work."

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Tunes

Tune authorities

[Our Father who art in heaven]

Appears in 111 hymnals Tune Key: F Major or modal Incipit: 32343 23321 2321 Used With Text: The Lord's Prayer

[Rock of Ages, cleft for me]

Appears in 6 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Mrs. P. P. Bliss Tune Key: A Flat Major Incipit: 51351 23232 43235 Used With Text: Rock of Ages

[Why do you wait, dear brother]

Appears in 237 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Geo. F. Root, by per. Tune Key: A Major Incipit: 55565 51122 21123 Used With Text: Why do You Wait?

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Instances

Published text-tune combinations (hymns) from specific hymnals

Coronation

Hymnal: MSCC1879 #3 (1879) First Line: All hail the pow'r of Jesus' name Lyrics: 1 All hail the pow'r of Jesus' name, Let angels prostrate fall; Bring forth the royal diadem, And crown him Lord of all. Bring forth the royal diadem, And crown him Lord of all. 2 Ye, chosen seed of Israel's race, A remnant weak and small, Hail him, who saves you by his grace, And crown him Lord of all. Hail him, who saves you by his grace, And crown him Lord of all. 3 Babes, men and sires who know his love, Who feel your sin and thrall, Now join with all the hosts above, And own him Lord of all. Now join with all the hosts above, And own him Lord of all. 4 Let every kindred, every tribe, On this terrestrial ball, To him all majesty ascribe, And crown him Lord of all. 5 O that with yonder sacred throng, We at his feet may fall; We'll join the everlasting song, And crown him Lord of all. Languages: English Tune Title: [All hail the pow'r of Jesus' name]

Tell Me More About Jesus

Author: P. P. Bliss Hymnal: MSCC1879 #4 (1879) First Line: 'Tis known on earth and heaven too Lyrics: 1 ’Tis known on earth and heaven too, ’Tis sweet to me because its true; The old, old story is e’er new; Tell me more about Jesus. Chorus: Tell me more about Jesus, Tell me more about Jesus; Him would I know who loved me so; Tell me more about Jesus. 2 Earth’s fairest flow'rs will droop and die, Dark clouds o’erspread yon azure sky, Life’s dearest joys flit fleetest by; Tell me more about Jesus. [Chorus] 3 When overwhelmed with unbelief, When burdened with a blinding grief, Come kindly then to my relief; Tell me more about Jesus. [Chorus] 4 And when the glory land I see, And take the place prepared for me, Thro' endless years my song shall be, Tell me more about Jesus. [Chorus] Languages: English Tune Title: ['Tis known on earth and heaven too]

The King in the Manger

Author: J. G. Holland Hymnal: MSCC1879 #5 (1879) First Line: There's a song in the air! Refrain First Line: Jesus is King! Lyrics: 1 There's a song in the air! There's a star in the sky! There's a mother's deep pray'r, And a baby's low cry! And the star rains its fire, while the Beautiful sing, For the manger of Bethlehem cradles a King! REFRAIN: Jesus is King! Jesus is King! The manger of Bethlehem cradles a King. 2 There's a tumult of joy O'er the wonderful birth, For the Virgin's sweet boy Is the Lord of the earth. Ay the star rains its fire, while the Beautiful sing, For the manger of Bethlehem cradles a King. [Refrain] 3 In the light of that star Lie the ages impearled, And that song from afar Has swept over the world. Every hearth is aflame, while the Beautiful sing In the homes of the nations, that Jesus is King. [Refrain] 4 We rejoice in the light, And we echo the song That comes down, thro' the night, From the heavenly throng. Ay, we shout to the lovely evangel they bring, And we greet in his cradle our Saviour and King. [Refrain] Languages: English Tune Title: [There's a song in the air!]

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People

Authors, composers, editors, etc.

George C. Stebbins

1846 - 1945 Person Name: Geo. C. Stebbins, by per. Hymnal Number: 37 Composer of "[I've found a Friend; oh, such a Friend!]" in Minnetonka Songs Stebbins studied music in Buffalo and Rochester, New York, then became a singing teacher. Around 1869, he moved to Chicago, Illinois, to join the Lyon and Healy Music Company. He also became the music director at the First Baptist Church in Chicago. It was in Chicago that he met the leaders in the Gospel music field, such as George Root, Philip Bliss, & Ira Sankey. At age 28, Stebbins moved to Boston, Massachusetts, where he became music director at the Claredon Street Baptist Church; the pastor there was Adoniram Gordon. Two years later, Stebbins became music director at Tremont Temple in Boston. Shortly thereafter, he became involved in evangelism campaigns with Moody and others. Around 1900, Stebbins spent a year as an evangelist in India, Egypt, Italy, Palestine, France and England. (www.hymntime.com/tch)

Joseph Haydn

1732 - 1809 Person Name: Jos. Hayden Hymnal Number: 55 Arranger of "[Onward, Christian soldiers]" in Minnetonka Songs Franz Joseph Haydn (b. Rohrau, Austria, 1732; d. Vienna, Austria, 1809) Haydn's life was relatively uneventful, but his artistic legacy was truly astounding. He began his musical career as a choirboy in St. Stephen's Cathedral, Vienna, spent some years in that city making a precarious living as a music teacher and composer, and then served as music director for the Esterhazy family from 1761 to 1790. Haydn became a most productive and widely respected composer of symphonies, chamber music, and piano sonatas. In his retirement years he took two extended tours to England, which resulted in his "London" symphonies and (because of G. F. Handel's influence) in oratorios. Haydn's church music includes six great Masses and a few original hymn tunes. Hymnal editors have also arranged hymn tunes from various themes in Haydn's music. Bert Polman

H. R. Palmer

1834 - 1907 Person Name: H. R. P. Hymnal Number: 82 Author of "Yield not to Temptation" in Minnetonka Songs Palmer, Horatio Richmond, MUS. DOC, was born April 26, 1834. He is the author of several works on the theory of music; and the editor of some musical editions of hymnbooks. To the latter he contributed numerous tunes, some of which have attained to great popularity, and 5 of which are in I. D. Sankey's Sacred Songs and Solos, London, 1881. His publications include Songs of Love for the Bible School; and Book of Anthems, the combined sale of which has exceeded one million copies. As a hymnwriter he is known by his "Yield not to temptation," which was written in 1868, and published in the National Sunday School Teachers' Magazine, from which it passed, with music by the author, into his Songs of Love, &c, 1874, and other collections. In America its use is extensive. Dr. Palmer's degree was conferred by the University of Chicago in 1880. -- John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907) =============== Palmer, H. R., p. 877, i. The hymn "Would you gain the best in life" (Steadfastness), in the Congregational Sunday School Supplement, 1891, the Council School Hymn Book, 1905, and others, is by this author. --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, New Supplement (1907)

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