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Meter: 8.8.8.6.8.6 Appears in 5 hymnals Lyrics: 1 Before thy people I confess The wonders of thy righteousness; Thou knowest, Lord, that I have made Thy great salvation known, Thy truth and faithfulness displayed, Thy loving-kindness shown. 2 Withhold not thou thy grace from me, O Lord, thy mercy let me see, To me thy lovin-gkindness show, Thy truth be still my stay; Let them preserve me where I go, And keep me ev'ry day. 3 Let all who seek to see thy face Be glad and joyful in thy grace; Let those who thy salvation love Forevermore proclaim: O praise the Lord who dwells above, And magnify his Name. 4 Although I poor and needy be, The Lord in love takes thought for me; Thou art my help in time of need, My Saviour, Lord, art thou; Then, O my God, I pray, I plead: Stay not, but save me now. Amen. Topics: Christian Life Trust in God; God Glory of; Praise; Rejoicing in God; Witnessing Scripture: Psalm 40:9-11 Used With Tune: DUNSTAN

I waited for the Lord most high

Meter: 8.8.8.6.8.6 Appears in 6 hymnals Lyrics: 1 I waited for the Lord most high, And he inclined to hear my cry; He took me from destruction's pit And from the miry clay; Upon a rock he set my feet, And stedfast made my way. 2 A new and joyful song of praise He taught my thankful heart to raise; And many, seeing me restored, Shall fear the Lord and trust; And blest are they that trust the Lord, The humble and the just. 3 O Lord my God, how manifold Thy wondrous works which I behold, And all thy loving, gracious thought Thou hast bestowed on man; To count thy mercies I have sought, But boundless is their span. Amen. Topics: Christian Life God's Refreshing Grace; God Mercies of; Grace Refreshing; Rejoicing in God Scripture: Psalm 40:1-5 Used With Tune: DUNSTAN Text Sources: The Psalter,, 1912

Jesus, Thy Saving Name I Bless

Author: Charles Wesley Meter: 8.8.8.6.8.6 Appears in 2 hymnals Lyrics: 1 Jesus, Thy saving name I bless, Delivered out of my distress, Thy faithfulness I prove; I magnify Thy mercy’s power; My refuge in the trying hour Was Thy almighty love. 2 Snatched from the rage of cruel men, Brought up out of the lion’s den, And thro’ the burning flame: Jesus, Thine outstretched hand I see, Might, wisdom, strength ascribe to Thee, And bless Thy saving name. 3 Hereby Thou favorest me, I know, Because Thou wouldst not let the foe My hunted soul destroy; Better than life Thy favor is, ’Tis pure delight, and perfect bliss, And everlasting joy. 4 Saved by a miracle of grace, Lord, I with thankful heart embrace The token of Thy love: This, this, the comfortable sign, That I the first born church shall join, And bless Thy name above. Used With Tune: FRANCES Text Sources: Hymns and Sacred Poems, 1749, Vol. I

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FLEMMING

Meter: 8.8.8.6.8.6 Appears in 449 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: F. F. Flemming Tune Key: A Flat Major Incipit: 11122 31121 73333 Used With Text: Before Thy People I Confess

DUNSTAN

Meter: 8.8.8.6.8.6 Appears in 157 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Sir Joseph Barnby, 1838-1896 Tune Key: A Flat Major Incipit: 56175 12333 34321 Used With Text: I waited for the Lord most high

MORNING STAR (Bell)

Meter: 8.8.8.6.8.6 Appears in 2 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: John L. Bell Tune Key: F Major Incipit: 56715 67112 23122

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I Waited For The Lord Most High

Hymnal: Psalter Hymnal (Blue) #71 (1976) Meter: 8.8.8.6.8.6 Topics: Hearer Of Prayer, God The; Praise To God, Jesus Christ; Stedfastness; Goodness of God Scripture: Psalm 40 Languages: English Tune Title: DUNSTAN

Before Thy People I Confess

Hymnal: Psalter Hymnal (Blue) #72 (1976) Meter: 8.8.8.6.8.6 Topics: Hearer Of Prayer, God The; Profession of Faith; Glorifying God Scripture: Psalm 40 Languages: English Tune Title: FLEMMING

I Waited for the Lord Most High

Hymnal: Psalter Hymnal (Red) #77 (1934) Meter: 8.8.8.6.8.6 Lyrics: 1 I waited for the Lord Most High, And He inclined to hear my cry; He took me from destruction's pit And from the miry clay; Upon a rock He set my feet, And steadfast made my way. 2 A new and joyful song of praise He taught my thankful heart to raise; And many, seeing me restored, Shall fear the Lord and trust; And blest are they that trust the Lord, The humble and the just. 3 O Lord my God, how manifold Thy wondrous works which I behold, And all Thy loving, gracious thought Thou hast bestowed on man; To count Thy mercies I have sought, But boundless is their span. 4 Not sacrifice delights the Lord, But he who hears and keeps His Word; Thou gavest me to hear Thy will, Thy law is in my heart; I come the Scripture to fulfil, Glad tidings to impart. Topics: Goodness of God; God the Hearer of Prayer; Obedience; Praise for Blessings; Stedfastness; Thanksgiving Scripture: Psalm 40 Languages: English Tune Title: DUNSTAN

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Anonymous

Meter: 8.8.8.6.8.6 Author of "I Waited for the Lord Most High" in The Cyber Hymnal In some hymnals, the editors noted that a hymn's author is unknown to them, and so this artificial "person" entry is used to reflect that fact. Obviously, the hymns attributed to "Author Unknown" "Unknown" or "Anonymous" could have been written by many people over a span of many centuries.

Joseph Barnby

1838 - 1896 Person Name: Sir Joseph Barnby Meter: 8.8.8.6.8.6 Composer of "DUNSTAN" in Trinity Hymnal (Rev. ed.) 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

John L. Bell

b. 1949 Person Name: John L. Bell (b. 1949) Meter: 8.8.8.6.8.6 Composer of "MORNING STAR" in Church Hymnary (4th ed.) John Bell (b. 1949) was born in the Scottish town of Kilmarnock in Ayrshire, intending to be a music teacher when he felt the call to the ministry. But in frustration with his classes, he did volunteer work in a deprived neighborhood in London for a time and also served for two years as an associate pastor at the English Reformed Church in Amsterdam. After graduating he worked for five years as a youth pastor for the Church of Scotland, serving a large region that included about 500 churches. He then took a similar position with the Iona Community, and with his colleague Graham Maule, began to broaden the youth ministry to focus on renewal of the church’s worship. His approach soon turned to composing songs within the identifiable traditions of hymnody that began to address concerns missing from the current Scottish hymnal: "I discovered that seldom did our hymns represent the plight of poor people to God. There was nothing that dealt with unemployment, nothing that dealt with living in a multicultural society and feeling disenfranchised. There was nothing about child abuse…,that reflected concern for the developing world, nothing that helped see ourselves as brothers and sisters to those who are suffering from poverty or persecution." [from an interview in Reformed Worship (March 1993)] That concern not only led to writing many songs, but increasingly to introducing them internationally in many conferences, while also gathering songs from around the world. He was convener for the fourth edition of the Church of Scotland’s Church Hymnary (2005), a very different collection from the previous 1973 edition. His books, The Singing Thing and The Singing Thing Too, as well as the many collections of songs and worship resources produced by John Bell—some together with other members of the Iona Community’s “Wild Goose Resource Group,” —are available in North America from GIA Publications. Emily Brink

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Small Church Music

Meter: 8.8.8.6.8.6 Editors: Edward Shillito Description: The SmallChurchMusic site was launched in 2006, growing out of the requests from those struggling to provide suitable music for their services and meetings. Rev. Clyde McLennan was ordained in mid 1960’s and was a pastor in many small Australian country areas, and therefore was acutely aware of this music problem. Having also been trained as a Pipe Organist, recordings on site (which are a subset of the smallchurchmusic.com site) are all actually played by Clyde, and also include piano and piano with organ versions. All recordings are in MP3 format. Churches all around the world use the recordings, with downloads averaging over 60,000 per month. The recordings normally have an introduction, several verses and a slowdown on the last verse. Users are encouraged to use software: Audacity (http://www.audacityteam.org) or Song Surgeon (http://songsurgeon.com) (see http://scm-audacity.weebly.com for more information) to adjust the MP3 number of verses, tempo and pitch to suit their local needs. Copyright notice: Rev. Clyde McLennan, performer in this collection, has assigned his performer rights in this collection to Hymnary.org. Non-commercial use of these recordings is permitted. For permission to use them for any other purposes, please contact manager@hymnary.org. Home/Music(smallchurchmusic.com) List SongsAlphabetically List Songsby Meter List Songs byTune Name About

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