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Hasten the time appointed

Author: J. Borthwick Meter: 7.6.7.6 D Appears in 58 hymnals Lyrics: 1 Hasten the time appointed, By prophets long foretold, When all shall dwell together, One Shepherd and one Fold. Let every idol perish, To moles and bats be thrown, And every prayer be offered To God in Christ alone. 2 Let Jew and Gentile, meeting From many a distant shore Around one altar kneeling, One common Lord adore. Let all that now divides us Remove and pass away, Like shadows of the morning Before the blaze of day. 3 Let all that now unites us More sweet and lasting prove, A closer bond of union, In a blest land of love. Let war be learned no longer, Let strife and tumult cease, All earth His blessèd kingdom, The Lord and Prince of Peace. 4 O long-expected dawning, Come with thy cheering ray! When shall the morning brighten, The shadows flee away? O sweet anticipation! It cheers the watchers on To pray, and hope, and labour, Till the dark night be gone. Amen. Topics: Epiphany; Missions Used With Tune: LANCASHIRE

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MARTYRDOM

Appears in 997 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: H. Wilson Incipit: 51651 23213 53213 Used With Text: Now is the time approaching
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BLAIRGOWRIE

Meter: 7.6.7.6 D Appears in 90 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: John Bacchus Dykes Tune Key: D Major Incipit: 32346 53353 12332 Used With Text: Hasten the Time Appointed
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WEBB

Meter: 7.6.7.6 D Appears in 1,594 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: George J. Webb Tune Key: A Major Incipit: 51131 16151 2325 Used With Text: Now Is the Time Approaching

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Now Is the Time Approaching

Author: Jane Laurie Borthwick, 1813-1897 Hymnal: Singing the Living Tradition #144 (1993) Meter: 7.6.7.6 D Lyrics: 1 Now is the time approaching, by prophets long foretold, when all shall dwell together, secure and manifold. Let war be learned no longer, let strife and tumult cease, all earth a blessed garden and God the god of peace. 2 Let all that now divides us remove and pass away, like shadows of the morning before the blaze of day. Let all that now unites us more sweet and lasting prove, a closer bond of union, in a blessed land of love. 3 O long-expected dawning, come with your cheering ray! Yet shall the promise beckon and lead us not astray. O sweet anticipation! It cheers the watchers on to pray, and hope, and labor, till all our work is done. Topics: Words and Deeds of Prophetic Women and Men In Time To Come; Peace and War; Unity and Diversity Languages: English Tune Title: WEBB
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Now Is the Time Approaching

Author: Jane L. Borthwick, 1813-1897 Hymnal: One in Faith #348 (2015) Meter: 7.6.7.6.7.6.7.6 Lyrics: 1 Now is the time approaching, By prophets long foretold, When all shall dwell together, One Shepherd and one fold. Let war be learned no longer, Let strife and tumult cease, All earth one blessed kingdom, The Lord and Prince of Peace. 2 Let all that now divides us Remove and pass away, Like shadows of the morning Before the blaze of day. Let all that now unites us More sweet and lasting prove, A closer bond of union, In a blest land of love. 3 O long expected dawning, Come with your cheering ray! Yet shall the morning brighten, The shadows flee away. O sweet anticipation! It cheers the watchers on, To pray and hope and labor, Till dark of night be gone. Topics: Advent Languages: English Tune Title: WEBB
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Now Is the Time Approaching

Author: Jane Laurie Borthwick Hymnal: The New Century Hymnal #609 (1995) Meter: 7.6.7.6 D Lyrics: 1 Now is the time approaching, by prophets long foretold, when all shall dwell together, secure and manifold. Let war be learned no longer, let strife and tumult cease, all earth a blessed garden that God shall tend in peace. 2 Let all that now devides us remove and bass away, like mists of early morning before the blaze of day. Let all that now unites us more sweet and lasting prove, a closer bond of union, in blessed lands of love. 3 O long-expected dawning, come with your cheering ray! Yet shall the promise beckon and lead us not astray. O sweet anticipation! It cheers the watchers on to pray, and hope, and labor till Christ's new realm is come. Topics: Christian unity; New Creation; Peace World; Realm of God; Year A Advent 2; Year B Advent 3; Year C Advent 1 Scripture: Isaiah 61:11 Languages: English Tune Title: WEBB

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Frederick C. Maker

1844 - 1927 Composer of "ST. CHRISTOPHER" in Hymni Ecclesiae Frederick C. Maker (b. Bristol, England, August 6, 1844; d. January 1, 1927) received his early musical training as a chorister at Bristol Cathedral, England. He pursued a career as organist and choirmaster—most of it spent in Methodist and Congregational churches in Bristol. His longest tenure was at Redland Park Congregational Church, where he was organist from 1882-1910. Maker also conducted the Bristol Free Church Choir Association and was a long-time visiting professor of music at Clifton College. He wrote hymn tunes, anthems, and a cantata, Moses in the Bulrushes. Bert Polman

Jane Borthwick

1813 - 1897 Person Name: Jane Laurie Borthwick Author of "Now Is the Time Approaching" in The New Century Hymnal Miss Jane Borthwick, the translator of this hymn and many others, is of Scottish family. Her sister (Mrs. Eric Findlater) and herself edited "Hymns from the Land of Luther" (1854). She also wrote "Thoughts for Thoughtful Hours (1859), and has contributed numerous poetical pieces to the "Family Treasury," under the signature "H.L.L." --Annotations of the Hymnal, Charles Hutchins, M.A. 1872. ================================= Borthwick, Jane, daughter of James Borthwick, manager of the North British Insurance Office, Edinburgh, was born April 9, 1813, at Edinburgh, where she still resides. Along with her sister Sarah (b. Nov. 26, 1823; wife of the Rev. Eric John Findlater, of Lochearnhead, Perthshire, who died May 2, 1886) she translated from the German Hymns from the Land of Luther, 1st Series, 1854; 2nd, 1855; 3rd, 1858; 4th, 1862. A complete edition was published in 1862, by W. P. Kennedy, Edinburgh, of which a reprint was issued by Nelson & Sons, 1884. These translations, which represent relatively a larger proportion of hymns for the Christian Life, and a smaller for the Christian Year than one finds in Miss Winkworth, have attained a success as translations, and an acceptance in hymnals only second to Miss Winkworth's. Since Kennedy's Hymnologia Christiana, 1863, in England, and the Andover Sabbath Hymn Book, 1858, in America, made several selections therefrom, hardly a hymnal in England or America has appeared without containing some of these translations. Miss Borthwick has kindly enabled us throughout this Dictionary to distinguish between the 61 translations by herself and the 53 by her sister. Among the most popular of Miss Borthwick's may be named "Jesus still lead on," and "How blessed from the bonds of sin;" and of Mrs. Findlater's "God calling yet!" and "Rejoice, all ye believers." Under the signature of H. L. L. Miss Borthwick has also written various prose works, and has contributed many translations and original poems to the Family Treasury, a number of which were collected and published in 1857, as Thoughts for Thoughtful Hours (3rd edition, enlarged, 1867). She also contributed several translations to Dr. Pagenstecher's Collection, 1864, five of which are included in the new edition of the Hymns from the Land of Luther, 1884, pp. 256-264. Of her original hymns the best known are “Come, labour on” and "Rest, weary soul.” In 1875 she published a selection of poems translated from Meta Heusser-Schweizer, under the title of Alpine Lyrics, which were incorporated in the 1884 edition of the Hymns from the Land of Luther. She died in 1897. [Rev. James Mearns, M.A.] -- John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907) ======================== Borthwick, Jane, p. 163, ii. Other hymns from Miss Borthwick's Thoughtful Hours, 1859, are in common use:— 1. And is the time approaching. Missions. 2. I do not doubt Thy wise and holy will. Faith. 3. Lord, Thou knowest all the weakness. Confidence. 4. Rejoice, my fellow pilgrim. The New Year. 5. Times are changing, days are flying. New Year. Nos. 2-5 as given in Kennedy, 1863, are mostly altered from the originals. --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, Appendix, Part II (1907) ============= Works: Hymns from the Land of Luther

John Bacchus Dykes

1823 - 1876 Composer of "BLAIRGOWRIE" in The Cyber Hymnal 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
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