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A voice upon the midnight air

Author: James Martineau Appears in 44 hymnals Used With Tune: FEDERAL STREET

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FEDERAL STREET

Appears in 662 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: H. K. Oliver Incipit: 33343 55434 44334 Used With Text: A voice upon the midnight air
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ST. CROSS

Appears in 147 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: J. B. Dykes, Mus. Doc. Incipit: 33451 76555 67354 Used With Text: A voice upon the midnight air
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RIVAULX

Appears in 129 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: John B. Dykes Incipit: 55555 66511 62344 Used With Text: A voice upon the midnight air

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A Voice upon the Midnight Air

Author: James Martineau Hymnal: The Cyber Hymnal #7085 Meter: 8.8.8.8 Lyrics: 1. A voice upon the midnight air, Where Kedron’s moonlit waters stray, Weeps forth in agony of prayer, O Father, take this cup away. 2. Ah! Thou who sorrowest unto death, We conquer in Thy mortal fray; And earth for all her children saith, O God, take not this cup away. 3. O Lord of sorrow, meekly die: Thou’lt heal or hallow all our woe; Thy name refresh the mourner’s sigh, Thy peace revive the faint and low. 4. Great chief of faithful souls, arise, None else can lead the martyr band, Who teach the brave how peril flies, When faith, unarmed, uplifts the hand. 5. O king of earth, the cross ascend; O’er climes and ages ’tis Thy throne; Where’er Thy fading eye may bend, The desert blooms, and is Thine own. 6. Thy parting blessing, Lord, we pray; Make but one fold, below, above; And when we go the last lone way, O give the welcome of Thy love. Languages: English Tune Title: CRUX CRUDELIS

A VOICE UPON THE MIDNIGHT AIR

Author: James Martineau (1805-1900) Hymnal: The Treasury of Easter Music and music for Passiontide #1 (1963) Languages: English Tune Title: BABYLON'S STREAMS
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A voice upon the midnight air

Author: Rev. James Martineau Hymnal: The Hymnal #224 (1895) Lyrics: 1 A voice upon the midnight air, Where Kedron's moonlit waters stray, Weeps forth in agony of prayer, "O Father, take this cup away." 2 Ah! Thou who sorrowest unto death, We conquer in Thy mortal fray; And earth for all her children saith, "O God, take not this cup away." 3 O Lord of sorrow, meekly die: Thou'lt heal or hallow all our woe; Thy Name refresh the mourner's sigh, Thy peace revive the faint and low. 4 Great Chief of faithful souls, arise: None else can lead the martyr-band, Who teach the brave how peril flies, When faith, unarmed, lifts up the hand. 5 O King of earth, the cross ascend; O'er climes and ages 'tis Thy throne: Where'er Thy fading eye may bend, The desert blooms, and is Thine own. 6 Thy parting blessing, Lord, we pray: Make but one fold below, above; And when we go the last lone way, O give the welcome of Thy love. Amen.

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John Bacchus Dykes

1823 - 1876 Person Name: J. B. Dykes, Mus. Doc. Composer of "ST. CROSS" in Worship Song As a young child John Bacchus Dykes (b. Kingston-upon-Hull' England, 1823; d. Ticehurst, Sussex, England, 1876) took violin and piano lessons. At the age of ten he became the organist of St. John's in Hull, where his grandfather was vicar. After receiving a classics degree from St. Catherine College, Cambridge, England, he was ordained in the Church of England in 1847. In 1849 he became the precentor and choir director at Durham Cathedral, where he introduced reforms in the choir by insisting on consistent attendance, increasing rehearsals, and initiating music festivals. He served the parish of St. Oswald in Durham from 1862 until the year of his death. To the chagrin of his bishop, Dykes favored the high church practices associated with the Oxford Movement (choir robes, incense, and the like). A number of his three hundred hymn tunes are still respected as durable examples of Victorian hymnody. Most of his tunes were first published in Chope's Congregational Hymn and Tune Book (1857) and in early editions of the famous British hymnal, Hymns Ancient and Modern. Bert Polman

A. L. Peace

1844 - 1912 Person Name: Albert Lister Peace Composer of "CRUX CRUDELIS" in The Cyber Hymnal Albert Lister Peace DMus United Kingdom 1844-1912. Born at Huddersfield, Yorkshire, England, son of a warehouseman and woolstapler, he was extremely gifted as a musician, largely self-taught, playing the organ at Holmfirth Parish Church near Huddersfield at age nine. He married Margaret Martin Steel Gilchrist, and they had three children: Lister, Archibald, and Margaret. In 1865 he was appointed organist of Trinity Congregational Church in Glasgow, Scotland. He obtained his doctorate degree from the University of Oxford in 1875. He became organist at Glasgow Cathedral in 1879. In 1897 he succeeded William Best as organist at St George’s Hall, Liverpool. In later years he was in much demand to play the organ in recitals. He did so at Canterbury Cathedral (1886), Victoria Hall, Hanley, Stoke-on-Trent (1888), and Newcastle Cathedral (1891). He composed orchestrations, sonatas, cantatas, and concert and church service anthems. He was an arranger, author, and editor. He died at Blundelsands, Liverpool, England. John Perry

Anonymous

Author of "A voice upon the midnight air" in A Collection of Hymns, for the Christian Church and Home 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.
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