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BETHLEHEM (FINK)
Meter: 8.6.8.6 D Appears in 262 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Gottfried W. Fink Tune Key: B Flat Major Incipit: 51176 56556 21715 Used With Text: God Is Our Refuge and Our Strength
BETHLEHEM (FINK)
Thy Word is Like a Garden, Lord
Author: Edwin Hodder Appears in 158 hymnals Used With Tune: BETHLEHEM
Thy Word is Like a Garden, Lord
While Shepherds Watched Their Flocks by Night
Author: Nahum Tate Meter: 8.6.8.6 D Appears in 1,111 hymnals Lyrics: 1 While shepherds watched their flocks by night,
All seated on the ground,
The angel of the Lord came down,
And glory shone around.
"Fear not," said he, for mighty dread
Had seized their troubled mind;
"Glad tidings of great joy I bring
To you and all mankind.
2 "To you, in David's town, this day,
Is born of David's line
A Savior, who is Christ the Lord;
And this shall be the sign:
The heav'nly Babe you there shall find
To human view displayed,
All meanly wrapped in swaddling-clothes
And in a manger laid."
3 Thus spake the seraph,--and forthwith
Appeared a shining throng
Of angels, praising God, and thus
Addressed their joyful song:
"All glory be to God on high,
And to the earth be peace;
Good will henceforth from Heav'n to men
Begin and never cease."
Amen. Topics: The Church Year Christmas Scripture: Luke 2:11 Used With Tune: BETHLEHEM
While Shepherds Watched Their Flocks by Night
O sing a song of Bethlehem
Author: Louis Fitzgerald Benson,1855- Meter: 8.6.8.6 D Appears in 65 hymnals Topics: Hymns for the Young The Lord Jesus - His Life and Death Used With Tune: BETHLEHEM
O sing a song of Bethlehem
Bethlehem
Author: Henry W. Frost Hymnal: The Cyber Hymnal #14826 Meter: 8.6.8.6 D First Line: O Bethlehem, sweet Bethlehem Lyrics: 1 O Bethlehem, sweet Bethlehem,
To thee my song I sing;
To thee I raise my humble lay,
Thou city of the King.
Above thy courts the angels sang
Their brightest seraph song,
And, faintly echoing their refrain,
I would their praise prolong.
2 I see thy wide and wooded fields,
Thy rocky slopes and hills,
Thy valleys deep, where waters flow,
In sparkling, tuneful rills.
Thy balmy air is rich with scent,
Of olive and of vine,
Thy trees hang low with ripened fruit,
Thy vats o’erflow with wine.
3 Thy shepherd boys, like David, lead
Their flocks with winsome call,
Across thy uplands bright, and through
Deep vales where shadows fall.
Thy dusky men and ruddy maids
Are scattered ’cross the plain—
Where Ruth once followed Boaz’s men—
And harvest golden grain.
4 Thy mothers hush their babes to rest,
With hymns of David’s Lord,
Thy sing how in yon cave He came
To heav’nly love afford;
The scene is fair, and all is joy
About thy well kept walls;
Yea, sorrows never touch thy gates,
Thy hearthstones or thy halls.
5 Beyond is darksome Calvary
And sad Gethsemane;
But shadows flee, bright Bethlehem,
Whene’er they come to thee!
Lo, as I gaze, a vision breaks:
Behold, I see the Child
Lie once again in cave of stone,
All pure and undefiled.
6 The virgin mother bends above,
To watch the face divine,
From which, so fair and beautiful,
Bright rays of glory shine;
And oh, what longings fill my soul,
As I behold my Lord!
I fall and worship at His feet,
My every sin abhorred.
7 And here I pray to be like Him,
A holy infant child,
All meek and gentle, sweet and good,
All pure and undefiled!
And so to thee, O Bethlehem,
My song of love I sing;
All praise to thee, sweet Bethlehem,
Thou city of my king! Languages: English Tune Title: BETHLEHEM
Bethlehem
O Baby Born in Bethlehem
Author: Beth Rice Luttrell Hymnal: Sing Justice! Do Justice! #11 (1998) Meter: 8.6.8.6 D First Line: O baby born in Bethlehem, we sing about your birth Topics: Justice Role of the body of Christ in bringing about justice; Justice Environment Scripture: Luke 4:18-19 Languages: English Tune Title: SERAPH
O Baby Born in Bethlehem
O sing a song of Bethlehem
Author: Louis FitzGerald Benson, 1855-1930 Hymnal: The Hymnary of the United Church of Canada #71 (1930) Meter: 8.6.8.6 D Topics: God The Lord Jesus Christ - His Advent and Nativity; God The Lord Jesus Christ - His Life Among Men Languages: English Tune Title: BETHLEHEM
O sing a song of Bethlehem
Cecil Frances Alexander
1818 - 1895 Person Name: Mrs. C. F. Alexander Author of "The golden gates are lifted up" in The Praise Hymnal As a small girl, Cecil Frances Humphries (b. Redcross, County Wicklow, Ireland, 1818; Londonderry, Ireland, 1895) wrote poetry in her school's journal. In 1850 she married Rev. William Alexander, who later became the Anglican primate (chief bishop) of Ireland. She showed her concern for disadvantaged people by traveling many miles each day to visit the sick and the poor, providing food, warm clothes, and medical supplies. She and her sister also founded a school for the deaf. Alexander was strongly influenced by the Oxford Movement and by John Keble's Christian Year. Her first book of poetry, Verses for Seasons, was a "Christian Year" for children. She wrote hymns based on the Apostles' Creed, baptism, the Lord's Supper, the Ten Commandments, and prayer, writing in simple language for children. Her more than four hundred hymn texts were published in Verses from the Holy Scripture (1846), Hymns for Little Children (1848), and Hymns Descriptive and Devotional ( 1858).
Bert Polman
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Alexander, Cecil Frances, née Humphreys, second daughter of the late Major John Humphreys, Miltown House, co. Tyrone, Ireland, b. 1823, and married in 1850 to the Rt. Rev. W. Alexander, D.D., Bishop of Derry and Raphoe. Mrs. Alexander's hymns and poems number nearly 400. They are mostly for children, and were published in her Verses for Holy Seasons, with Preface by Dr. Hook, 1846; Poems on Subjects in the Old Testament, pt. i. 1854, pt. ii. 1857; Narrative Hymns for Village Schools, 1853; Hymns for Little Children, 1848; Hymns Descriptive and Devotional, 1858; The Legend of the Golden Prayers 1859; Moral Songs, N.B.; The Lord of the Forest and his Vassals, an Allegory, &c.; or contributed to the Lyra Anglicana, the S.P.C.K. Psalms and Hymns, Hymns Ancient & Modern, and other collections. Some of the narrative hymns are rather heavy, and not a few of the descriptive are dull, but a large number remain which have won their way to the hearts of the young, and found a home there. Such hymns as "In Nazareth in olden time," "All things bright and beautiful," "Once in Royal David's city," "There is a green hill far away," "Jesus calls us o'er the tumult," "The roseate hues of early dawn," and others that might be named, are deservedly popular and are in most extensive use. Mrs. Alexander has also written hymns of a more elaborate character; but it is as a writer for children that she has excelled.
- John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)
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Alexander, Cecil F., née Humphreys, p. 38, ii. Additional hymns to those already noted in this Dictionary are in common use:—
1. Christ has ascended up again. (1853.) Ascension.
2. His are the thousand sparkling rills. (1875.) Seven Words on the Cross (Fifth Word).
3. How good is the Almighty God. (1S48.) God, the Father.
4. In [a] the rich man's garden. (1853.) Easter Eve.
5. It was early in the morning. (1853.) Easter Day.
6. So be it, Lord; the prayers are prayed. (1848.) Trust in God.
7. Saw you never in the twilight? (1853.) Epiphany.
8. Still bright and blue doth Jordan flow. (1853.) Baptism of Our Lord.
9. The angels stand around Thy throne. (1848.) Submission to the Will of God.
10. The saints of God are holy men. (1848.) Communion of Saints.
11. There is one Way and only one. (1875.) SS. Philip and James.
12. Up in heaven, up in heaven. (1848.) Ascension.
13. We are little Christian children. (1848.) Holy Trinity.
14. We were washed in holy water. (1848.) Holy Baptism.
15. When of old the Jewish mothers. (1853.) Christ's Invitation to Children.
16. Within the Churchyard side by side. (1848.) Burial.
Of the above hymns those dated 1848 are from Mrs. Alexander's Hymns for Little Children; those dated 1853, from Narrative Hymns, and those dated 1875 from the 1875 edition of Hymns Ancient & Modern.
Several new hymns by Mrs. Alexander are included in the 1891 Draft Appendix to the Irish Church Hymnal.
--John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, Appendix, Part II (1907)
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Alexander, Cecil F. , p. 38, ii. Mrs. Alexander died at Londonderry, Oct. 12, 1895. A number of her later hymns are in her Poems, 1896, which were edited by Archbishop Alexander.
--John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, New Supplement (1907)
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Cecil Frances Alexander
Anonymous
Person Name: Anon. Composer of "[Thy Word is like a garden, Lord]" in Carols of Hope In some hymnals, the editors noted that a hymn's author is unknown to them, and so this artificial "person" entry is used to reflect that fact. Obviously, the hymns attributed to "Author Unknown" "Unknown" or "Anonymous" could have been written by many people over a span of many centuries.
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Arthur Sullivan
1842 - 1900 Person Name: Sir A. Sullivan, 1842-1900 Arranger of "BETHLEHEM " in Methodist Hymn and Tune Book Arthur Seymour Sullivan (b Lambeth, London. England. 1842; d. Westminster, London, 1900) was born of an Italian mother and an Irish father who was an army bandmaster and a professor of music. Sullivan entered the Chapel Royal as a chorister in 1854. He was elected as the first Mendelssohn scholar in 1856, when he began his studies at the Royal Academy of Music in London. He also studied at the Leipzig Conservatory (1858-1861) and in 1866 was appointed professor of composition at the Royal Academy of Music. Early in his career Sullivan composed oratorios and music for some Shakespeare plays. However, he is best known for writing the music for lyrics by William S. Gilbert, which produced popular operettas such as H.M.S. Pinafore (1878), The Pirates of Penzance (1879), The Mikado (1884), and Yeomen of the Guard (1888). These operettas satirized the court and everyday life in Victorian times. Although he composed some anthems, in the area of church music Sullivan is best remembered for his hymn tunes, written between 1867 and 1874 and published in The Hymnary (1872) and Church Hymns (1874), both of which he edited. He contributed hymns to A Hymnal Chiefly from The Book of Praise (1867) and to the Presbyterian collection Psalms and Hymns for Divine Worship (1867). A complete collection of his hymns and arrangements was published posthumously as Hymn Tunes by Arthur Sullivan (1902). Sullivan steadfastly refused to grant permission to those who wished to make hymn tunes from the popular melodies in his operettas.
Bert Polman
Arthur Sullivan
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