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Wondrous Joy, Thy Joy, Lord Jesus!

Appears in 3 hymnals Topics: Praise and Worship The Resurrection of Christ Used With Tune: ROMANZA

ROMANZA

Appears in 137 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Beethoven Incipit: 17123 54323 33654 Used With Text: Wondrous Joy, Thy Joy, Lord Jesus!

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Wondrous Joy, Thy Joy, Lord Jesus!

Hymnal: Hymns of Grace and Truth #55 (1903) Topics: Praise and Worship The Resurrection of Christ Languages: English Tune Title: ROMANZA

Wondrous joy, thy joy, Lord Jesus

Hymnal: Hymns of Grace and Truth. 2nd ed. #d377 (1904) Languages: English

Author: T. P. Hymnal: Hymns of Ter Steegen and Others (Second Series) #47 (1899) First Line: Wondrous joy, Thy joy, Lord Jesus Lyrics: Wondrous joy, Thy joy, Lord Jesus, Deep, eternal, pure, and bright— Thou alone the Man of Sorrows, Thus couldst tell of joy aright. Lord, we know that joy, that gladness, Which in fulness Thou hast given— Sharing all that countless treasure, We on earth with Thee in Heaven. ... Even as He went before us Through the wilderness below. So, in strength unworn, unfailing, Onward also would we go. All the earth a desert round Him, All His springs in God alone; Every heart, save God’s heart only, Making discord with His own. There to walk alone, rejoicing— Through the ruin and the sin; Darkness of the midnight round Him, Glory of God’s love within. From no lower fountain flowing Than the heart of God above, All the gladness of that glory, All the power of that love. Onward to the cross rejoicing, Where all powers of evil met, Giving thanks ’midst deepest darkness That God’s love was deeper yet. Then ascended in the glory, By that love’s unfailing spring, There to sing the song of triumph, There the song of songs to sing. Hearken to that hymn of glory Filling all the holy place, Golden psalm of Him who looketh On the Father’s blessed face. Voice of measureless rejoicing, Joy unmingled, deep and clear, Wonder to the listening Heavens, Music to the Father’s ear. Won in travail of His Spirit, Agony, and shame, and blood, That blest place beside the Father, Nearest to the heart of God. Won for me! my praises leading, Jesus sings that song divine; All His joy my own for ever, All His peace for ever mine. What though drought be all around me, Desert land on every side— With that spring of love and gladness Shall I not be satisfied? Languages: English

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Ludwig van Beethoven

1770 - 1827 Person Name: Beethoven Composer of "ROMANZA" in Hymns of Grace and Truth A giant in the history of music, Ludwig van Beethoven (b. Bonn, Germany, 1770; d. Vienna, Austria, 1827) progressed from early musical promise to worldwide, lasting fame. By the age of fourteen he was an accomplished viola and organ player, but he became famous primarily because of his compositions, including nine symphonies, eleven overtures, thirty piano sonatas, sixteen string quartets, the Mass in C, and the Missa Solemnis. He wrote no music for congregational use, but various arrangers adapted some of his musical themes as hymn tunes; the most famous of these is ODE TO JOY from the Ninth Symphony. Although it would appear that the great calamity of Beethoven's life was his loss of hearing, which turned to total deafness during the last decade of his life, he composed his greatest works during this period. Bert Polman

Frances Bevan

1827 - 1909 Translator of "The Song of His Joy" Bevan, Emma Frances, née Shuttleworth, daughter of the Rev. Philip Nicholas Shuttleworth, Warden of New Coll., Oxford, afterwards Bishop of Chichester, was born at Oxford, Sept. 25, 1827, and was married to Mr. R. C. L. Bevan, of the Lombard Street banking firm, in 1856. Mrs. Bevan published in 1858 a series of translations from the German as Songs of Eternal Life (Lond., Hamilton, Adams, & Co.), in a volume which, from its unusual size and comparative costliness, has received less attention than it deserves, for the trs. are decidedly above the average in merit. A number have come into common use, but almost always without her name, the best known being those noted under “O Gott, O Geist, O Licht dea Lebens," and "Jedes Herz will etwas li ben." Most of these are annotated throughout this Dictionary under their authors' names, or German first lines. That at p. 630, "O past are the fast-days,—the Feast-day, the Feast-day is come," is a translation through the German from the Persian of Dschellaleddin Rumi 1207-1273. Mrs. Bevan also published Songs of Praise for Christian Pilgrims (London, Hamilton, Adams, 1859), the translations in which are also annotated throughout this Dictionary as far as possible. [Rev. James Mearns, M.A.] -- John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)