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"The day thou gavest, Lord, is ended" is a Christian hymn written by the Anglican hymnodist the Reverend John Ellerton (1826–1893) in 1870 for its inclusion in A Liturgy for Missionary Meetings. It is often sung to the tune of St Clement and its theme focusses on the worldwide fellowship of the church and its continual offering of prayer and ...
Original print of The day Thou gavest, Lord, is ended from Arthur Sullivan's Church hymns with tunes (1874) St Clement is a popular British hymn tune, most commonly set to John Ellerton's hymn The Day Thou Gavest, Lord, is Ended. The tune is generally credited to the Rev. Clement Cotteril Scholefield (1839–1904). [1]
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Ellerton was best known as a hymnologist, editor, hymn-writer and translator. He published Hymns for Schools and Bible Classes in Brighton in 1859. He was co-editor with William Walsham How and others of the Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge (SPCK) Church Hymns, 1871.
Christ the Lord Is Risen Today; Christians, awake, salute the happy morn; The Church's One Foundation; Come Down, O Love Divine; Come, O thou Traveller unknown; Come, Thou Long Expected Jesus; Come, Ye Thankful People, Come; Conditor alme siderum; Crown Him with Many Crowns
The writer James T. Lightwood said of it: "there is probably no tune in Christendom so universally sung on any festal day as the Easter hymn, with its rolling "Hallelujah", on Easter morning." [18] "Christ the Lord Is Risen Today" also gained popularity as a children's hymn by editors of children's hymnals. This was attributed to the tune being ...
"Lord of all Hopefulness" is a Christian hymn written by English writer Jan Struther, which was published in the enlarged edition of Songs of Praise [1] (Oxford University Press) in 1931. The hymn is used in liturgy , at weddings and at the beginning of funeral services , and is one of the most popular hymns in the United Kingdom .
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