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O King of mercy, from Thy throne on high
Author: Thomas Rawson Birks, 1810-83 Meter: 10.10 Appears in 54 hymnals Topics: The Christian Life Pilgrimage, Guidance, Perseverance; The Church Worship in the Sanctuary Used With Tune: ST. CYRIL
O King of mercy, from Thy throne on high
O King of mercy, from Thy throne on high
Author: Dr. T. R. Birks, 1810-1883 Hymnal: Methodist Hymn and Tune Book #464 (1917) Lyrics: 1 O king of mercy, from Thy throne on high
Look down in love, and hear our humble cry.
2 Thou tender Shepherd of the blood-bought sheep,
Thy feeble wandering flock in safety keep.
3 O gentle Saviour, by Thy death we live;
To contrite sinners life eternal give.
4 Thou art the Bread of heaven, on Thee we feed;
Be near to help our souls in time of need.
5 Thou art the mourner's Stay, the sinner's Friend,
Sweet Fount of joy and blessings without end.
6 O come and cheer us with Thy heavenly grace;
Reveal the brightness of Thy glorious face.
7 In cooling cloud by day, in fire by night,
Be near our steps, and make our darkness light.
8 Go where we go, abide where we abide,
In life, in death, our Comfort, Strength, and Guide.
9 O lead us daily with Thine eye of love
And bring us safely to our home above. Topics: King Of Mercy; Strength Christ our; King Of Mercy; Strength Christ our; Bread Jesus the; Christ Bread of Heaven; Comfort, for mourners; The Christian Life Aspiration and Prayer; Jesus (See also Christ) Shepherd; Shepherd, the Good; Guide Jesus our Languages: English Tune Title: ST. CYRIL
O King of mercy, from Thy throne on high
O King of mercy, from Thy throne on high
Author: Thomas Rawson Birks, 1810-83 Hymnal: The Methodist Hymn-Book with Tunes #633 (1933) Meter: 10.10 Topics: The Christian Life Pilgrimage, Guidance, Perseverance; The Church Worship in the Sanctuary Languages: English Tune Title: ST. CYRIL
O King of mercy, from Thy throne on high
Charles Vincent
1852 - 1934 Person Name: C. Vincent, 1852-1934 Composer of "ST. CYRIL" in The Methodist Hymn-Book with Tunes Vincent, Charles; b. 9-19-1852, Houghton-le-Spring, Durham, d. 2-28-34, Monte Carlo; English organist. Full name Charles John Vincent, Jr.
Charles Vincent
T. R. Birks
1810 - 1883 Person Name: Dr. T. R. Birks, 1810-1883 Author of "O King of mercy, from Thy throne on high" in Methodist Hymn and Tune Book Birks, Thomas Rawson, M.A., b. Sept. 1810, and educated at Trinity College, Cambridge (B.A. 1834, M.A. 1837), of which he subsequently became a Fellow. Having taken Holy Orders in 1837, he became Rector of Kelshall, Herts, 1844; Vicar of Holy Trinity, Cambridge, 1866; Hon. Canon of Ely Cathedral, 1871; and Professor of Moral Philosophy, Cambridge, 1872. He d. at Cambridge, July 21, 1883. His works, to the number of 25, include Biblical, Astronomical, Scientific, Prophetic, and other subjects. He also wrote the Memoirs of the Rev. E Bickersteth (his father-in-law), 2 vols., 1851. His hymns appeared in Bickersteth's Christian Psalmody; 1833; and, together with Versions of the Psalms, in his Companion Psalter, 1874. They number upwards of 100. [Eng. Psalters, § xx.] Very few are in common use in Great Britain, but in America their use is extending. They include:—
1. Except the Lord do build the house. Ps. cxxvii.
2. O come, let us sing to the Lord. Ps. xcv.
3. O King of Mercy, from Thy throne on high. Ps. lxxx.
4. O taste and see that He is good. Ps. xxxiv.
5. O when from all the ends of earth. Psj xiv.
6. The heavens declare Thy glory. Ps. xix.
7. The Lord Himself my Portion is. Ps. liii.
8. The mighty God, the Lord hath spoken. Ps. l.
9. Thou art gone up on high, O Christ, &c. Ps. xlvii.
10. Whom have I [we] Lord in heaven, but Thee. Ps. lxxiii.
Of these versions of the Psalms, all of which date from 1874, the most popular is No. 3. Mr. Birks' compositions are worthy of greater attention than they have hitherto received.
--John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)
T. R. Birks
Small Church Music
Editors: Thomas R. Birks Description:
The SmallChurchMusic site was launched in 2006, growing out of the requests from those struggling
to provide suitable music for their services and meetings. Rev. Clyde McLennan was ordained in mid
1960’s and was a pastor in many small Australian country areas, and therefore was acutely aware of
this music problem. Having also been trained as a Pipe Organist, recordings on site (which are a subset
of the smallchurchmusic.com site) are all actually played by Clyde, and also include piano and piano
with organ versions. All recordings are in MP3 format.
Churches all around the world use the recordings, with downloads averaging over 60,000 per
month.
The recordings normally have an introduction, several verses and a slowdown on the last verse.
Users are encouraged to use software: Audacity (http://www.audacityteam.org) or Song Surgeon (http://songsurgeon.com) (see http://scm-audacity.weebly.com for more information) to adjust the MP3 number of verses, tempo
and pitch to suit their local needs.
Copyright notice: Rev. Clyde McLennan, performer in this collection, has assigned his performer rights in this collection to Hymnary.org. Non-commercial use of these recordings is permitted. For permission to use them for any other purposes, please contact manager@hymnary.org.
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