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Saviour, for the little one

Author: Mrs. Thompson Appears in 8 hymnals

GLASTONBURY

Meter: 7.7.7.7.7.7 Appears in 21 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: J. B. Dykes Tune Key: A Flat Major Incipit: 33216 15555 3212 Used With Text: Saviour, for the little one

[Savior, for the little one]

Appears in 2 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: W. W. Rousseau Tune Key: F Major Incipit: 33513 21653 17123 Used With Text: Saviour, for the little one

Meter: 7.7.7.7.7.7 Appears in 1 hymnal Composer and/or Arranger: Gerhard Theodore Alexis Tune Key: B Flat Major Incipit: 55157 65221 65457 Used With Text: Saviour, For the Little One

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Saviour, for the little one

Author: Mrs. M. A. Thomson Hymnal: The Hymnal, Revised and Enlarged, as adopted by the General Convention of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America in the year of our Lord 1892 #247 (1894) Lyrics: 1 Saviour, for the little one, Safely gathered in Thine arms, Ere the battle had begun, Victor, spared from war's alarms, We who toil and struggle sing Praise to Thee, the children's King. 2 First of all Thy martyr-band, Infants for Thy sake were slain; Day by day, from every land, Infants swell the guileless train, Who, this vale of tears untrod, Stand before the throne of God. 3 Thou dost give and take away, Full of love, in all Thy ways: Be each mourner's heart to-day Full of loving trust and praise, In the midst of grief to bring Thanks to Thee, the children's King. Amen. Topics: Burial of the Dead For a Child Languages: English Tune Title: [Savior, for the little one]

Savior, for the little one

Author: Thomson Hymnal: Hymns for Divine Worship in Churches and Sunday Schools and at Various Occasions #d133 (1922) Languages: English

Savior, for the little one

Author: Thomson Hymnal: The Hymnal of the Evangelical Lutheran Augustana Synod. Text ed. #d504 (1923) Languages: English

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Mary Ann Thomson

1834 - 1923 Person Name: M. A. Thomson Author of "Saviour, for the little one" in The Church Hymnal Thomson, Mary Ann, wife of Mr. John Thomson, Librarian of the Free Library, Philadelphia, was born in London, England, December 5, 1834. She has written about forty hymns, which have appeared mostly in the Churchman, New York, and in the Living Church, Chicago. Four of her hymns are found in the Protestant Episcopal Hymnal, 1892. Of the origin of the missionary hymn by Mrs. Thomson which is found in our Hymnal she writes as follows: I wrote the greater part of the hymn, "O Zion, haste," in the year 1868. I had written many hymns before, and one night, while I was sitting up with one of my children who was ill of typhoid fever, I thought I should like to write a missionary hymn to the tune of the hymn beginning "Hark, hark, my soul, angelic songs are swelling," as I was fond of that tune; but as I could not then get a refrain I liked, I left the hymn unfinished, and about three years later I finished it by writing the refrain which now forms part of it. By some mistake 1891 is given instead of 1871 as the date of the hymn in the (Episcopal) Hymnal. I do not think it is ever sung to the tune for which I wrote it. Rev. John Anketell told me, and I am sure he is right, that it is better for a hymn to have a tune of its own, and I feel much indebted to the composer of the tune "Tidings" for writing so inspiring a tune to my words. Hymn Writers of the Church by Wilber F. Tillett and Charles S. Nutter, 1915 ================== Thomson, Mary Ann, wife of John Thomson, Librarian of the Free Library, Phila., was born in London, England, Dec. 5, 1834. She has written several hymns and poems. To 1895, eight of these appeared in The Churchman (New York); and thirty-four in The Living Church (Chicago). Of her hymns the following were included in The Hymnal, Revised and Enlarged .. . The P. E. Church, U.S.A., 1892 :— 1. Now the blessed Dayspring. [Annunciation B. V. M.] Begins with stanza ii. of "Through the sins and sorrows," which appeared in The Living Church, March 29, 1890. 2. O King of saints, we give Thee praise and glory. [All Saints.] First published in The Living Church, Nov. 8, 1890. In the first ed. of The Book of Praise, N.Y., 1894, it was attributed to Bp. W. W. How in error. 3. O Sion, haste, thy mission high fulfilling. [Missions.] No. 249 in The Hymnal, &c., 1892. 4. Saviour, for the little one. [Burial of a Child.] The Hymnal, &c., 1892, No. 247. Mrs. Thomson's Christmas Carol, "Lo! amid the shades of night," appeared, with music by B. Cecil Klein, in The Churchman, N.Y., Dec. 19, 1891, and separately at Phila. in 1892. --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, New Supplement (1907)

John Bacchus Dykes

1823 - 1876 Person Name: J. B. Dykes Composer of "GLASTONBURY" in The Church 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