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Meter: 7.6.7.6 D Appears in 624 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: William H. Monk; William H. Monk Tune Sources: Gesangbuch der Herzogl, Würtemburg, 1784; Arr.: Appendix to Hymns Ancient and Modern, 1868 Tune Key: B Flat Major Incipit: 51765 13455 67122 Used With Text: The Princely City Passing By

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The Princely City Passing By

Author: Charles Coffin; J. C. Earle Hymnal: The Cyber Hymnal #8367 Meter: 7.6.7.6 D Lyrics: 1 The princely city passing by, The Magi turn to greet The goal of all their toilsome march In Bethlehem’s lowly street; And while, from many tuneful lips, Spontaneous anthems rise, Triumphant faith takes wings of hope, And wafts them to the skies. 2 Transporting joy, when once again The star that they had lost, With heav’nly light and promise bright, Their eager pathway crossed; Nor stayed its radiant course until It took its golden rest, Above the place where Jesus lay Upon His mother’s breast. 3 No glint is here of ivory, No blaze of burnished gold; No purple robes the infant limbs In gorgeous hues enfold: His palace is a stable rude, His throne a manger wild, And raiment rough in web and woof, The purple of that Child. 4 Let pomp and splendor other kings Luxuriously adorn; For better proves He thus His reign Supreme the Babe new born: In peasant garb and culture mean, He sways the realms of thought; And ’neath the scepter of His will The hearts of men are brought. 5 Beside the cradle where He sleeps, They worship on their knees; And in the Child the eye of faith The present Godhead sees; Let us, their offspring in the faith, Adore the Infant here; And offer Him our best of gifts, Hearts filled with sacred fear. 6 Let chaste and ardent love supply The gold of Eastern kings, And bodies penance-chastened yield The myrrh devotion brings: Our vows and prayers, like frankincense And myrrh, shall sweetly rise To hail the Babe recumbent here As ruler of the skies. 7 To God the Father, fount of light, Be glory evermore; To God the Son, whose light and grace Extend from shore to shore, Be equal glory given here And in the realms above, In never ending songs of praise Commensurate with love. Languages: English Tune Title: ELLACOMBE

The princely city passing by

Hymnal: A Treasury of Catholic Song #37 (1915) Languages: English

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Charles Coffin

1676 - 1749 Author of "The Princely City Passing By" in The Cyber Hymnal Coffin, Charles, born at Buzaney (Ardennes) in 1676, died 1749, was principal of the college at Beauvais, 1712 (succeeding the historian Rollin), and rector of the University of Paris, 1718. He published in 1727 some, of his Latin poems, for which he was already noted, and in 1736 the bulk of his hymns appeared in the Paris Breviary of that year. In the same year he published them as Hymni Sacri Auctore Carolo Coffin, and in 1755 a complete ed. of his Works was issued in 2 vols. To his Hymni Sacri is prefixed an interesting preface. The whole plan of his hymns, and of the Paris Breviary which he so largely influenced, comes out in his words. "In his porro scribendis Hymnis non tam poetico indulgendunv spiritui, quam nitoro et pietate consulendum esse existimavi. Pleraque igitur, argumentis convenientia e purissiinis Scripturae Sacrae fontibus deprompsi quac idoneis Ecclesiae cantui numeris alligarem." His hymns are described by a French critic as having less brilliancy than those of Santüil (q.v.), but more simplicity and unction. They number 100 in the edition of 1736. Translated into English by J. Chandler, I. Williams and others, are noted under their respective Latin first lines. [William T. Brooke] -- John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)

William Henry Monk

1823 - 1889 Person Name: William H. Monk Adapter of "ELLACOMBE" in The Cyber Hymnal William H. Monk (b. Brompton, London, England, 1823; d. London, 1889) is best known for his music editing of Hymns Ancient and Modern (1861, 1868; 1875, and 1889 editions). He also adapted music from plainsong and added accompaniments for Introits for Use Throughout the Year, a book issued with that famous hymnal. Beginning in his teenage years, Monk held a number of musical positions. He became choirmaster at King's College in London in 1847 and was organist and choirmaster at St. Matthias, Stoke Newington, from 1852 to 1889, where he was influenced by the Oxford Movement. At St. Matthias, Monk also began daily choral services with the choir leading the congregation in music chosen according to the church year, including psalms chanted to plainsong. He composed over fifty hymn tunes and edited The Scottish Hymnal (1872 edition) and Wordsworth's Hymns for the Holy Year (1862) as well as the periodical Parish Choir (1840-1851). Bert Polman