THT HYMNAL ryBz COMPANION

RaltmondE Glover GENERAL EDITOR

VolumeThree B HYMNS 385 THRU 720

The CHURCH HYMNAL CORPORATION lVewYork 437' TelIout, my soul,the greatness of the Lord (8r+ 8zs) What wondrousloye is this. 439 , Example copyright.In all of thesebooks the tune wasassociated with textsin a lo lo. ro ro metre t;5 It wasin Hymns1/1 that thetunewas first matched with Timothy N*I.1 . BIITMI}iGHAM. L.M Dudley-Smith'stext "Tell out.my soul,the greatnessof the Lordl,,

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438 Tell9ut, mysoul, the greatness of the Lord

light bove I Music: WOODLANDS In an increasing number of contemporaryhymnals, the matchingof this text with the tune woopraNos is becomingthe standardpractice. Words:See hymn 437.

Music:wooDLANDS, a stirring unisontune, first appearedin the Pub-lic schoolHymnbook (London, rqrq) The tune isnamed after one of the schoolhouses at Gresham'sSchool, Norfolk, England,*hr* th. Be thou.lur guartliarr , our guide I O'er composer' walter Greatorex, was Director of Music. (one of the distinguished pupils of Gresham'sschool in the early part of this centurywas Benjamin Britten.) It appearedin H4o witir ihe Addison "Rise, text crownedwith light, imperialsalem, rise." The opening four-notefigure of the tune ; = is ideallysuited tothe declamatory opening of eachline of thetext, "Tell out, my soul." e+ AW tht,tr.qht prns i,ii 439 What wondrouslove is this Music: WONDROUS LOVE This well-knownAmerican Reproduced trom A Selection ot' Psalm Tunes (London, r834), courtesy of Special Collections, folk hymn,matched with its propertune, Universityof Vermont Library. appearsfor the first time in the Hymnal, whereit makesa *el"o-" 439 ' What wondrouslove is this (826 8rZ) What wondrousloye is this. 439 additionto the GeneralHymns appropriate to )esusChrist our Lord. With the news!with the news! TheHymnal t98z offersthree possible performance practices, includ- Fill vasteternity, etc. form. ing the singingof the tuneas it Frstappeared in its three-part Ye friendsof Zion'sKing, Words:This anonymoustext appearedin print at leastas early as foin his praise,join his praise, the secondenlarged edition of A GeneralSelection of theNewest and Come,friends of Zion'sKing, Most AdmiredHymns and Spiitual SongsNow in Use By the Rev. foin his praise.- Stith Mead, preacherof the Gospel,M. E. C. lMethodistEpiscopal Ye friendsof Zion'sKing, Churchl . . . . Publishedby permissionof the Virginia Conference With heartsand voicessing, (Lynchburg,VA, r8r r). That versionis reproducedbelow from And strikeeach tuneful string, a transcription: In his praise,in his praise! And strike,etc. What wond'rouslove is this O -y soul!O my soul! To God, and to the Lamb, What wond'rouslove is this! I will sing,I will sing; O my Soul! To God and to the Lamb, I will sing- What wondrouslove is this! To God, and to the Lamb, That caus'dthe Lord of bliss! Who is the greatI AM, To sendthis preciouspeace, While millionsjoin the theme, To my soul,to my soul! I will sing,I will sing! To sendthis preciouspeace, etc. While millions,etc. When I wassinking down, And while from deathI'm free. Sinkingdown, sinking down, I'll singon, I'll singon, When I wassinking down, And whilefrom deathI'm free, Sinkingdown I'll singon. When I wassinking down, And whilefrom deathI'm free. BeneathGod's righteous frown, I'll singand joyfulbe, Christlaid asidehis Crown, And throughEternity, For my soul,for my soul! I'll singon, I'll singon, Christlaid asidehis crown,etc. And througheternity, etc. Ye wingedSeraphs, fy, A variantform of this text wasprobably printed in the no-longer- Bearthe news,bear the news; extantfirst editionof anotherbook published the sameyear, Hymns Ye wingedseraphs, fy, and SpiritualSongs, Oiginal and Selected(Frankfort, KY, r8rr) by Bearthe news'- a Baptistclergyman, the Rev. StarkeDupuy.l The text reproduced Ye wingedseraphs, fly belowis fromthe third editionof that work(r8r8), wherests. 4 and Like Cometsthro' the sky, S arereversed, there is an additionalstanza and alterationsare made Fill vasteternity! in the text (indicatedhere in italics): 439' What wondrouslove is this (828 8rq) Wat wondrousloye h this. 419 What wond'rouslove is this, O my soul,O my soul, Somelater printings seem to havedescended from Mead's version, but What wond'rouslove is this, O my Soul; mostare from Dupuy's. What wondrouslove is this, that caus'dthe Lord of bliss The text is in an uncommonmetre and stanzaicstructure, some- To bearthe dreadfulcurse, for my soul,for my soul, timesreferred to asthe "captainKidd" metrebecause of its usein a To bearthe dreadfulcurse for my soul. ballad"My namewas Robert Kidd, when I sailed,when I sailed," whichis aboutthe famouspirate When I wassinking down, sinking down, sinking down, executedin r7or. This text first appearedin an When I wasetc. Episcopalhymnal in MHSS in the sameform as in TheMennonite Hymnal (Scottdale, When I wassinking down beneath God's righteous frown, PA, 1969).That formconsisted of sts.r,2,4, and6 fromDupuy's Christ laid asidehis crown,for my soul,for my soul, version,except that in st. 6 "l'll sing on" was usedrather "we'll Christ,etc. than sing on" and "througheternity" rather than "in eternity."rn HymnsIII thetext was Ye wingedSeraphs fly, bearthe news,bear the news; abbreviatedto threestanzas, st. r beingconstructed from sts.r and z Ye winged,etc. of earlierversions. Scriptural allusions include Phil. z:6-rr, r fn. 4:9; Ye wingedseraphs fly, like Cometsthro' the sky, Rev.5:6-r4, r4:r-8, 19:r-9; Ex. 3:r3-r4, and fn. 8:58. Fill vasteternity, with the news,with the news, Fill, etc. r W Reynolds, Companion (Nashville, To God and to the Lamb, I will sing,I will sing; ). to the Baptist Hymna! 1976), 49. to God, etc. Music:A three-partversion of the hexatonictune woNDRous To God and to the Lamb,and to the greatI AM LovE firstappeared in printamong the additional tunes in the printing While millionsjoin the theme,I will sing,I will sing, r84o of TheSouthem Harmony (New Haven,CT), compiled While. etc. by William Walker(see Example r). The tune,linked with the text "What won- Ye sonsof Zion's King, ioin the praise,ioin the praise, drouslove is this,O -y soul,"was attributed to "Christopher."In Ye sons,etc. Walker'slater book ChristianHarmony (Philadelphia, t867), fames Ye sonsof Zion'sKing, with heartsand voicessing, christopherof Spartanburg,South carolina is identifiedas the ar- And strikeeach tuneful string, in his praise,in his praise, rangerof the tune. And strike,etc. This tuneand text weresoon picked up by severalother shape-note books.In someof thesebooks the bassline of the antepenultimate And when from deathwe're free,we'll singon, rve 7/ singon, measurewas brought into conformitywith the bassline of the first full And when, etc. measureof the secondphrase. Walker added a counterpart in Chris- And when from deathwe're free,we'll singand loyfulbe, tianHormony and an "alto by S. M. Denson"was added in S. And in eternitywe'll singon, we'll singon, |. fames's Oiginal SacredHarp (Cullman,AL, rgrr). A four-partarrangement And in, etc on two staffsin C. H. Cayce'sThe Good Old Songs(Thornton, AK, And when to that bright world we ani:,'e,we dnive, r9r3), whichis still usedamong Primitive Baptists, incorporates yet and when.etc.. anotheralto part. whento that world we go, free from all pain tnd woe, A differentarrangement of thetune is included in WilliamHauser's We'll ioin the happythrong, and singon, and singon, OliveLeaf (Wadley,GA, r878).This versionis printedon two staffs We'll ioin the happythrong, and singon. with the melodyin the treblein a bookstill usedamons primitive 439' What wondrouslove is this (8ro 8rt) Blessedfesus, at thy word' 440 !-+l+{ Baptists,fohn R. and f. HarveyDaily's Primitive Baptist Hymn and TuneBook (lndianapolis,rgoz). A harmonizationthat is somewhat I4lill q (tlu closeto this wasincluded in the "supplement"in the SouthernMeth- ':r:i I tlttl odistHymn and TuneBooA (Nashville, r889). f s - woNDRousr.ovn 6rst entered an Episcopalhymnal in MHSS where 3 I it wasprinted with an accompanimentby CarltonR. Youngfrom the 6. C) MethodistHymnal (Nashville, ry6+).ln Hymns/11 it wasprinted with |: o an accompanimentby AlastairCassels-Brown and with the three-part (, harmonization,with the melodyin the tenor,from William Walker's SouthemHarmony. ln H8z the rhythm of measureseven has been alteredfrom a wholenote followed by a half restas found in mostolder ri sourcesof this tune,including Southem Harmony. The Hymnal t98z printsboth William Walker'sharmonization and the accompaniment by CarltonR. Young.Guitar chordsare also provided.

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', g 6'r 3 440 Blessedfesus, at thyword 8 = Music:LIEBSTER @ IESU E The tune to whichthis text is matchedwas originally associated with ! E a baptismal N textwith the sameopening line, "Liebster |esu, wir sind I t hier." Its translationfirst appeared in an Episcopalpublication in H4o matchedwith this tune. Ji : a\ Words:The Germanhymn "Liebster wir sindhier" writ- *l ! /esu, ten by TobiasClausnitzer was first published (anonymously) in From- (n -1 b : mer Chisten BetendesHertz und SingenderMund (Altdorf, 1663) t underthe title "Beforethe Sermon."Clausnitzer's point of departure * isfound ,o in thewords of Corneliusto Peterin Actsro:33: "So now all F Z of usare here in the presenceof God to listento all that the Lord has t. i commandedyou to say" (NRSV).There is alsoan allusionto the E Sursumcorda in thefirst stanza, "dass die Herzen von der Erden/Ganz FC r zu dir gezogenwerden" ("that our heartsfrom the earthare wholly lhi] lirii 3 |tilI drawnto thee"),which is lost in theEnglish version. In thesecond line YO llllf ll.lll .g li lll U!z of st. 3 thereis a moredirect quotation from the NiceneCreed. The { *= translationis substantiallythat of CatherineWinkworth, which first llill nlll : l+lli9ts appearedin the secondseries of her Lyra Germanica(London, r858) R* Dr€}. Fi_lj rI ;i