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James Leith Macbeth Bain (1860–1925) was a Scottish hymn writer, religious minister and author who became known to his peers as Brother James. He is remembered for his religious publications, as well as the hymn tune "Brother James's Air".
"The Lord's My Shepherd" is a Christian hymn. It is a metrical psalm commonly attributed to the English Puritan Francis Rous and based on the text of Psalm 23 in the Bible. The hymn first appeared in the Scots Metrical Psalter in 1650 traced to a parish in Aberdeenshire. [1]
The hymn is one of the most popular hymns amongst English-speaking congregations today, and it is traditionally sung to the hymn tune Crimond, generally attributed to Jessie Seymour Irvine. [23] [24] Other melodies, such as Brother James' Air or Amazing Grace, Belmont, Evan, Martyrdom, Orlington, and Wiltshire may also be used. [25]
Air—My Lodging is on the cold Ground I. Believe me, if all those endearing young charms, Which I gaze on so fondly to-day, Were to change by to-morrow, and fleet in my arms, Like fairy-gifts fading away,— Thou wouldst still be ador'd as this moment thou art, Let thy loveliness fade as it will;
W. G. Rothery, a British lyricist (1858-1930) who wrote the English lyrics for songs such as Handel's "Art Thou Troubled", wrote the following lyrics to the tune of "The Londonderry Air": In Derry Vale, beside the singing river, so oft' I strayed, ah, many years ago, and culled at morn the golden daffodillies
My life flows on in endless song: R. Lowry: 257: Oh, tell me the story that never grows old: James M. Gray: 264: Oh Wonderful Word: Oh, wonderful, wonderful Word of the Lord: Julia Sterling* 266: Thanks for the Bible: Thanks for Thy Word, O blessed Redeemer: F.J. Crosby: 293: Once more at rest, my peaceful thoughts are blending: F.J. Crosby ...
In this hymn, several themes from The Pilgrim's Progress are developed. The song talks about today's Christian life as one that border Heaven and from where one can almost see Heaven. It speaks of a place of victory and fellowship with God. [2] Stites explained the hymn's origins: It was in 1876 that I wrote "Beulah Land".
This is the text as printed in the score (Ives 1970), taken from the King James version of the Bible, numbers indicate verses: Lord, thou hast been our dwelling place from one generation to another. Before the mountains were brought forth, or ever thou hadst formed the earth and the world, even from everlasting to everlasting, thou art God.