Creator of the Stars of Night

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Creator of the stars of night

Translator: J. M. Neale
Tune: CONDITOR ALME SIDERUM
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	Four Advent Hymn Preludes, Set 2

Choral
	You Call Us Lord (and Creator of the Sta…

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	Creator of the Stars of Night / De las E…

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1. Creator of the stars of night,
Your people's everlasting light,
Jesu, Redeemer, save us all,
And hear your servants when they call.

2. In sorrow at the helpless cry
Of all creation doomed to die,
Did save our lost and guilty race
By healing gifts of heav'nly grace.

3. When Earth was near its evening hour,
You did, in love’s redeeming pow’r,
Like bridegroom from his chamber, come
Forth from a virgin mother’s womb.

4. At your great name, exalted now,
All knees in lowly homage bow;
All things in Heav’n and Earth adore
And own you King forevermore.

5. To you, O Holy One, we pray,
Our Judge in that tremendous day,
Ward off, while yet we dwell below,
The weapons of our crafty foe.

6. To God the Father, God the Son,
And God the Spirit, Three in One,
Praise, honor, might, and glory be,
From age to age eternally.

Source: Hymns and Devotions for Daily Worship #8a

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Translator: J. M. Neale

John M. Neale's life is a study in contrasts: born into an evangelical home, he had sympathies toward Rome; in perpetual ill health, he was incredibly productive; of scholarly temperament, he devoted much time to improving social conditions in his area; often ignored or despised by his contemporaries, he is lauded today for his contributions to the church and hymnody. Neale's gifts came to expression early–he won the Seatonian prize for religious poetry eleven times while a student at Trinity College, Cambridge, England. He was ordained in the Church of England in 1842, but ill health and his strong support of the Oxford Movement kept him from ordinary parish ministry. So Neale spent the years between 1846 and 1866 as a warden of Sackvi… Go to person page >

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First Line:	Creator of the stars of night
Title:	Creator of the Stars of Night
Latin Title:	Conditor alme siderum
Translator:	J. M. Neale
Meter:	8.8.8.8
Source:	Latin Hymn, 9th Century; Latin, 6th-7th c.
Language:	English
Copyright:	Public Domain

Year A, Lent, Palm Sunday
This is recommended for Year A, Lent, Palm Sunday by 2 hymnal lectionary indexes including Glory to God: the Presbyterian Hymnal #84 and Lift Up Your Hearts: psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs #71.
Year A, Lent, Palm Sunday
Related to Philippians 2 (LUYH)
Year A, Ordinary Time, Proper 21 (26)
This is recommended for Year A, Ordinary Time, Proper 21 (26) by 2 hymnal lectionary indexes including Glory to God: the Presbyterian Hymnal #84 and Lift Up Your Hearts: psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs #71.
Year B, Christmas season, Holy Name of Jesus (Mary, Mother of God)
Year B, Lent, Palm Sunday
This is recommended for Year B, Lent, Palm Sunday by 2 hymnal lectionary indexes including Glory to God: the Presbyterian Hymnal #84 and Lift Up Your Hearts: psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs #71.
Year C, Christmas season, Christmas Day
Year C, Christmas season, Holy Name of Jesus (Mary, Mother of God)
Year C, Lent, Palm Sunday
This is recommended for Year C, Lent, Palm Sunday by 2 hymnal lectionary indexes including Glory to God: the Presbyterian Hymnal #84 and Lift Up Your Hearts: psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs #71.
Year C, Ordinary Time, Trinity Sunday

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Notes

Conditor [Creator] alme siderum. [Advent.] This hymn is sometimes ascribed to St. Ambrose, but on insufficient evidence. It was rejected as such by the Benedictine editors; and with this the best authorities agree. It is known in various forms…
Translation in common use:— i. The Sarum Breviary Text: Conditor alme siderum.
1. Creator of the stars of night, by J. M. Neale, in the first edition of the Hymnal Noted, 1852, No. 10, in 6 stanzas of 4 lines. This is repeated without alteration in later editions of the Hymnal Noted; in Skinner's Daily Hymnal, 1864; in the Hymner, 1882, and others. It is also given as "Creator of the starry height, Thy people's," &c, in Hymns Ancient & Modern, 1861 (the alterations being by the compilers, who had printed another arrangement of the text in their trial copy of 1859), and Allon's Supplemental Hymns, 1868, &c. In Mercer, Oxford ed., 1864, it is rewritten by Mercer. Another rendering, slightly altered, from the Hymnal Noted is, "Creator of the starry height, Of faithful hearts," &c, in the Hymnary, 1872.

--Excerpts from John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)

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CONDITOR ALME SIDERUM

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Piano/Organ Four Advent Hymn Preludes, Set 2 The Organist in Season: Winter Creator of the Stars of Night More Piano/Organ...
Choral You Call Us Lord (and Creator of the Stars) Creator of the Stars of Night Creator of the Stars of Night More Choral...
Instrumental Creator of the Stars of Night / De las Estrellas, Creador Creator of the Stars of Night Creator of the Stars of Night More Instrumental...
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