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[Angels rejoiced and sweetly sung]

Appears in 2 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: S. B. Ellenberger Incipit: 32161 35554 31334 Used With Text: Christmas Song

Author: Hurn Appears in 49 hymnals First Line: Angels rejoiced and sweetly sung Refrain First Line: Ring the merry, merry, merry, merry Christmas bells Used With Tune: [Angels rejoiced and sweetly sung]

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Christmas Song

Author: Hurn Hymnal: The Christian Sunday School Hymnal #141 (1883) First Line: Angels rejoiced and sweetly sung Refrain First Line: Ring the merry, merry, merry Lyrics: 1 Angels rejoiced and sweetly sung At our Redeemer's birth; Mortals, awake! let every tongue Proclaim his matchless worth. Refrain: Ring the merry, merry, merry, merry Christmas bells; Chime on, Chime on, Glory, glory, glory, glory be to God who dwells on high; Good will to men, ye fallen race, Arise, and shout for joy. 2 Glory to God, who dwells on high, And sent his only Son To take a servant's form, and die For evils we have done. [Refrain] 3 Good-will to men; ye fallen race! Arise, and shout for joy; He comes, with rich, abounding grace, To save, and not destroy. [Refrain] 4 Lord, send the gracious tidings forth, And fill the world with light; That Jew and Gentile, through the earth, May know thy saving might. [Refrain] Scripture: Luke 2:13 Tune Title: [Angels rejoiced and sweetly sung]

Christmas Song

Author: Hurn Hymnal: Bright Gems #21 (1881) First Line: Angels rejoiced and sweetly sung Refrain First Line: Ring the merry, merry, merry, merry Christmas bells Languages: English Tune Title: [Angels rejoiced and sweetly sung]

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William Hurn

1754 - 1829 Person Name: Hurn Author of "Christmas Song" in The Christian Sunday School Hymnal Hurn, William, born at Breccles Hall, Norfolk, Dec. 21, 1754. His education was superior, enabling him, in 1777 to take the post of classical tutor in the Free Grammar School, Dedham, Essex. In 1779 he entered the army, but resigning his commission in 1780, he was ordained by Bishop Young of Norwich, in 1781. After holding various curacies, including Beighton Broome, Stowmarket, &c, he was presented in 1790 to the Vicarage of Debenham, Suffolk. In October, 1822, he resigned his Vicarage, and in April, 1823, undertook the pastorate of the Congregational chapel at Woodbridge, in the same county. This he retained to his death, Oct. 9, 1829. His poetical works included:— (1) Health Hill, a descriptive poem, 1777; (2) Blessings of Peace, a Lyric Poem, 1784; (3) Laughter in Death, appended to Preparation for Death (a Sermon), 1792; and (4) Psalms & Hymns, the greater part original; and the selected compositions altered with a view to purity of Doctrine and General Usefulness. By W. Hurn, Vicar of Debenham. Ipswich, J. Raw, 1813. This contained 417 hymns, and a doxology. Of these 264 were by Hurn. After seceding from the Church of England this collection was enlarged and published as Hymns and Spiritual Songs, with Metrical Versions from the Psalms: designed to teach the Christian Doctrine according to the Analogy of Scripture, by combining Knowledge and Practice, or the Duties with the Principles of the Gospel. Woodbridge, 1824. This contained 420 of his hymns. From the first edition of Hurn's collection the following hymns are in common use:— 1. Angels rejoiced and sweetly sung. Christmas. 2. Rise, gracious God, and shine. Missions. Altered in the Salisbury Hymn Book, 1857, to "Arise, O Lord, aud shine." 3. The God of truth His Church has blest. God's love of the Church. A biographical notice of Hurn was given in the Evangelical Magazine, 1829, and his Brief Memorials were published in 1831. --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)