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Raise, Raise The Ensign
Author: John Bell Appears in 2 hymnals First Line: Great, and high, and holy, Lord Refrain First Line: Raise, raise the ensign far, far and wide Lyrics: 1 Great, and high, and holy, Lord,
Heav’n and earth are full of Thee;
Spread abroad Thy precious word,
Let the world Thy glory see.
Refrain:
Raise, raise the ensign far, far and wide,
Out over mountain, hill and plain!
Tell, tell of Christ, the Crucified,
Bring all the world to own His reign!
2 Why in darkness, still and deep,
Should the heathen nations lie,
Afric’s stricken daughters weep,
India’s sons no light descry? [Refrain]
3 May Thy Spirit pierce the gloom,
Scatter night and mist afar;
Save the heathen from their doom,
By the rising Morning Star. [Refrain]
Used With Tune: [Great, and high, and holy, Lord] Text Sources: Hymns, Psalms and Gospel Songs by James McGranahan et al. (Pittsburgh: H. H. McGranahan, 1904)
Raise, Raise The Ensign
[Great, and high, and holy, Lord]
Appears in 1 hymnal Composer and/or Arranger: Louis D. Eichhorn Tune Key: F Major Incipit: 51323 72151 3433 Used With Text: Raise, Raise The Ensign
[Great, and high, and holy, Lord]
Raise, Raise The Ensign
Author: John Bell Hymnal: The Cyber Hymnal #10183 First Line: Great, and high, and holy, Lord Refrain First Line: Raise, raise the ensign far, far and wide Lyrics: 1 Great, and high, and holy, Lord,
Heav’n and earth are full of Thee;
Spread abroad Thy precious word,
Let the world Thy glory see.
Refrain:
Raise, raise the ensign far, far and wide,
Out over mountain, hill and plain!
Tell, tell of Christ, the Crucified,
Bring all the world to own His reign!
2 Why in darkness, still and deep,
Should the heathen nations lie,
Afric’s stricken daughters weep,
India’s sons no light descry? [Refrain]
3 May Thy Spirit pierce the gloom,
Scatter night and mist afar;
Save the heathen from their doom,
By the rising Morning Star. [Refrain]
Languages: English Tune Title: [Great, and high, and holy, Lord]
Raise, Raise The Ensign
Raise, raise the ensign far
Author: John Bell Hymnal: Hymns, Psalms and Gospel Songs with Responsive Readings #d105 (1911) First Line: Great, and high, and holy Lord Languages: English
Raise, raise the ensign far
John L. Bell
b. 1949 Person Name: John Bell Author of "Raise, raise the ensign far" in Hymns, Psalms and Gospel Songs with Responsive Readings 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
John L. Bell
Louis D. Eichhorn
1874 - 1927 Composer of "[Great, and high, and holy, Lord]" in The Cyber Hymnal Born: 1874, Indiana.
Buried: Hillside Memorial Park, Redlands, California.
Eichhorn was living in Creek, Indiana, by 1880. He and his wife Edna were in Denver, Colorado, by 1910, and in Redlands, California, by 1920. Eichhorn’s works include:
The New Deal, with William Giffe (Logansport, Indiana: Home Music Company, 1898)
Conquest Hymns, New and Old (Chicago, Illinois: New Era Publishing Company, 1902)
Songs for Sunday Schools and How to Use Them (New York: A. S. Barnes, 1910)
The Moonseed’s Ministry and Other Sonnets and Songs (Redlands, California: Louis D. Eichhorn, 1924)
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Louis D. Eichhorn
