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Since Jesus freely did appear

Author: John Berridge Appears in 158 hymnals Used With Tune: DEDHAM

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WEDDING GUEST

Appears in 3 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Flora H. Good Tune Key: B Flat Major Incipit: 51343 23176 63225 Used With Text: Since Jesus Freely Did Appear
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SABBATA

Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 35 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Henri Frederick Hemy, 1818-1888 Tune Sources: Crown of Jesus Music, 1864 Tune Key: A Major Incipit: 55517 12511 67132 Used With Text: Since Jesus Freely Did Appear
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MANOAH

Appears in 677 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Franz Joseph Haydn Incipit: 12321 77662 34321 Used With Text: Since Jesus freely did appear

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Since Jesus Freely Did Appear

Author: Unknown Hymnal: Christian Hymnal (Rev. ed.) #551 (1959) Languages: English Tune Title: [Since Jesus freely did appear]
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Since Jesus Freely Did Appear

Author: John Berridge Hymnal: The Cyber Hymnal #6139 Meter: 8.6.8.6 Lyrics: 1. Since Jesus freely did appear To grace a marriage feast O Lord, we ask Thy presence here, To make a wedding Guest. 2. Upon the bridal pair look down, Who now have plighted hands; Their union with Thy favor crown, And bless the nuptial bands. 3. With gifts of grace their hearts endow, Of all rich dowries blest; Their substance bless, and peace bestow, To sweeten all the rest. 4. In purest love their souls unite, That they with Christian care, May make domestic burdens light, By taking mutual share. 5. As Isaac and Rebecca give A pattern chaste and kind; So may this new-met couple live In faithful friendship joined. Languages: English Tune Title: SABBATA
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Since Jesus Freely Did Appear

Author: John Berridge Hymnal: The Christian Hymnary. Bks. 1-4 #481 (1972) Lyrics: 1 Since Jesus freely did appear To grace a marriage feast, O Lord, we ask Thy presence here, To be a wedding Guest. 2 Upon the bridal pair look down, Who now have plighted hands; Their union with Thy favor crown, And bless the nuptial bands. 3 In purest love these souls unite, That they with Christian care, May make domestic burdens light By taking mutual share. 4 And when that solemn hour shall come, And life's short space be o'er, May they in triumph reach that home, Where they shall part no more. Topics: Book One: Hymns, Songs, Chorales; Ordinances Marriage Scripture: John 2:2 Languages: English Tune Title: WEDDING GUEST

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John Berridge

1716 - 1793 Author of "Since Jesus freely did appear" in Hymn and Tune Book of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South (Round Note Ed.) Berridge, John, born at Kingston, Notis, March 1, 1716, and educated at Clare Hall, Cambridge. In 1749 he was ordained as curate to the parish of Stapleford, near Cambridge, and in 1755 he was preferred to the Vicarage of Everton, where he died Jan. 22, 1793. His epitaph, written by himself for his own tombstone (with date of death filled in), is an epitome of his life. It reads:— " Here lies the remains of John Berridge, late Vicar of Everton, and an itinerate servant of Jesus Christ, who loved his Master and His work; and after running on His errands for many years, was caught up to wait on Him above. Reader! art thou born again? (No salvation without a new birth.) I was born in sin, February, 1716; remained ignorant of my fallen state till 1730; lived proudly on faith and works for salvation till 1754; was admitted to Everton Vicarage, 1755; fled to Jesus for refuge, 1755; fell asleep in Jesus, January 22,1793." The first collection of Berridge's hymns was published as A Collection of Divine Songs, 1760. This was subsequently suppressed. In 1785 his Sion's Songs; or, Hymns composed for the use of them that love and follow the Lord Jesus Christ in Sincerity were published. The work contains 342 hymns, some of which had previously appeared in the Gospel Magazine (from 1775 to 1777, 20 in all), under the signature of "Old Everton" and others were adapted from C. Wesley. The most popular of these in modern collections are, "Jesus, cast a look on me;" "O happy saints who dwell in light;” and "Since Jesus freely did appear." Concerning his hymns published in 1785, he says in his Preface:— “Twelve years ago these hymns were composed in a six months' illness, and have since laid neglected by me, often threatened with the fire, but have escaped that martyrdom." -- John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907) ================== Berridge, John, p. 138, i. The 1842 edition of his Sion's Songs has an elaborate preface by J. C. Philpot, the editor. From this collection the following additional hymns are in common use:— 1. I ask my dying Saviour dear. Sealed by Christ. 2. Lord Jesus, Who didst once appear. Holy Matrimony. An altered form of "Since Jesus freely did appear," p. 1059, i. 3. Soon as faith the Lord can see. None but Jesus. --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, Appendix, Part II (1907)

John Bacchus Dykes

1823 - 1876 Person Name: Rev. John B. Dykes Composer of "BEATITUDO" in The Evangelical 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

William Gardiner

1770 - 1853 Person Name: William Gardner Composer of "DEDHAM" in Hymn and Tune Book of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South (Round Note Ed.) William Gardiner (b. Leicester, England, 1770; d. Leicester, 1853) The son of an English hosiery manufacturer, Gardiner took up his father's trade in addition to writing about music, composing, and editing. Having met Joseph Haydn and Ludwig van Beethoven on his business travels, Gardiner then proceeded to help popularize their compositions, especially Beethoven's, in England. He recorded his memories of various musicians in Music and Friends (3 volumes, 1838-1853). In the first two volumes of Sacred Melodies (1812, 1815), Gardiner turned melodies from composers such as Haydn, Mozart, and Beethoven into hymn tunes in an attempt to rejuvenate the singing of psalms. His work became an important model for American editors like Lowell Mason (see Mason's Boston Handel and Haydn Collection, 1822), and later hymnbook editors often turned to Gardiner as a source of tunes derived from classical music. Bert Polman
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