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"Somebody's Knocking at Your Door", sometimes given as "Somebody's Knocking" and "Somebody's Knockin ' at Yo' Door", is a spiritual. The song's music and text has no known author, [ 1 ] but originated among enslaved African-Americans on Plantation complexes in the Southern United States sometime in the early 19th century.
Schlegel wrote "Jesus Christus, Menschensohn" as a three-fold call to the Jesus, like the liturgical Kyrie, addressed as the Son of man. [3] The first stanza requests enlightenment to see God face to face. The second stanza recalls that Jesus carried on the Cross what we suffer. The third stanza requests that Jesus, called ("gerufen") from ...
The Hymn of Jesus, H. 140, Op. 37, is a sacred work by Gustav Holst scored for two choruses, semi-chorus, and full orchestra. It was written in 1917–1919 and first performed in 1920. One of his most popular and highly acclaimed compositions, it is divided into two sections.
The overall focus of the hymn is drawn from Matthew 28:5–6 where Mary Magdalene and the other Mary is told by an angel of Jesus' resurrection. [3] The wording as well as the "Alleluias" are drawn from the Book of Psalms with a number of Psalms being used including Psalms 106 , 111 , 112 , 113 , 117 and 135 . [ 5 ]
The tune, Zahn No. 983, was written ten years later by Johann Crüger and first appeared in Crüger's Neues vollkömmliches Gesangbuch Augsburgischer Confession. [1] [3]The tune has been used many times, including settings by J.S. Bach: one of the Neumeister Chorales for organ, BWV 1093, [4] two movements of the St John Passion, and three of the St Matthew Passion.
"Softly and Tenderly" is a Christian hymn. It was composed and written by Will L. Thompson in 1880. [1] It is based on the Bible verse Mark 10:49. [2] Dwight L. Moody used "Softly and Tenderly" in many of his evangelistic rallies in America and Britain. When he was in the hospital and barred from seeing visitors, Thompson had arrived to see him ...
And As Moses Lifted Up the Serpent (bass recitative) – text from John 3:14–15; God So Loved the World (chorus or quartet a cappella) – text from John 3:16–17; Litany of the Passion (hymn) Jesus Said, 'Father, Forgive Them' (tenor and male chorus recitative) – text from Luke 23:34; So Thou Liftest Thy Divine Petition (tenor and bass ...
[1] [2] The Salvation Army adopted the hymn as its favoured processional. [3] The piece became Sullivan's most popular hymn. [1] The hymn's theme is taken from references in the New Testament to the Christian being a soldier for Christ, for example II Timothy 2:3 : "Thou therefore endure hardness, as a good soldier of Jesus Christ."