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[Adoro te devote, latens Deitas]

Appears in 2 hymnals Tune Key: C Major Incipit: 34555 11756 45355

Appears in 44 hymnals First Line: Adoro te devote, latens Deitas Lyrics: 1 Adoro te devote, latens Deitas, Quae sub his figuris vere latitas, Tibi se cor meum totum subjicit, Quia Te contemplans totum deficit. Used With Tune: [Adoro te devote, latens Deitas]

Adóro te devóte (Adore we Thee devotedly)

Author: James R. Woodford Appears in 1 hymnal Used With Tune: ADORO TE

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Adoro Te

Hymnal: Laudis Corona #161 (1880) First Line: Adoro te devote, latens Deitas Lyrics: 1 Adoro te devote, latens Deitas, Quae sub his figuris vere latitas, Tibi se cor meum totum subjicit, Quia Te contemplans totum deficit. Languages: Latin Tune Title: [Adoro te devote, latens Deitas]

Adóro te devóte (Adore we Thee devotedly)

Author: James R. Woodford Hymnal: Hymns for Worship #204 (1939) Languages: English Tune Title: ADORO TE

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James Russell Woodford

1820 - 1885 Person Name: James R. Woodford Author of "Adóro te devóte (Adore we Thee devotedly)" in Hymns for Worship Woodford, James Russell, D.D., was born April 30, 1820, and educated at Merchant Taylors School, and Pembroke College, Cambridge, of which he was a scholar; B.A. Senior Optime, and 2nd class in the Classical Tripos. He was ordained in 1843, and became second Master in Bishop's College, Bristol; and Curate of St. John the Baptist, Broad Street, in that city. He became Incumbent of St. Saviour's, Coalpit Heath, 1845; of St. Mark's, Easton, Bristol, 1848; and Vicar of Kempsford, Gloucestershire, 1855. In 1868 he was preferred by the Crown to the important vicarage of Leeds on Dr. Atlay's appointment as Bishop of Hereford. He was several times Select Preacher at Cambridge. He was also Hon. Chaplain to the Queen (1867). In 1873 he was consecrated, in Westminster Abbey, Bishop of Ely. He died at Ely on Oct. 24, 1885. Bishop Woodford published Sermons, 1853; Lectures for Holy Week, 1853; Lectures on the Creed, 1853; Sermons, 1864; and Sermons, Charges, &c, at later dates. His Hymns arranged for the Sundays and Holy Days of the Church of England appeared in 1852 and 1855. He also joined H. W. Beadon, and Greville Phillimore in editing The Parish Hymn Book, 1863, and (enlarged) 1875. To these collections his original hymns, and his translations from the Latin, were contributed. The originals include:— 1. Lamb of God, for sinners slain. Passiontide. 1852. 2. Not by Thy mighty hand. Epiphany. 1863. 3. O come, and with the early morn. Easter. 1852. 4. Within the Father's house. Epiphany. 1863. Bishop Woodford's translations are annotated under their respective Latin first lines. They are good and popular, the best known being "Thee we adore, O hidden Saviour, Thee." -- John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)