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Alford wrote "Come, Ye Thankful People, Come" in 1844 while he was rector of Aston Sandford in Buckinghamshire, England. [2] It was first published in Hymns and Psalms in 1844 with seven verses under the title "After Harvest". [1] "Come, Ye Thankful People, Come" was set to George J. Elvey's hymn tune St. George's, Windsor in 1858. [3]
"The Hymn of Joy" [1] (often called "Joyful, Joyful We Adore Thee" after the first line) is a poem written by Henry van Dyke in 1907 in being a Vocal Version of the famous "Ode to Joy" melody of the final movement of Ludwig van Beethoven's final symphony, Symphony No. 9.
One of the hymns—"Cleanse Me"—was selected for inclusion in Amazing Grace: 366 Inspiring Hymn Stories for Daily Devotions [7] and The One Year Great Songs of Faith. [8] The words of "Cleanse Me" are based on Psalm 139:23-24 and Psalm 51:2; it is set to the Maori folk tune "Po Ata Rau" (translated as "Now Is the Hour").
The story behind the hymn is as amazing as the hymn itself. Newton was a sailor, but his “character issues” got him transferred to a slave ship, where he became a ruthless slave trader.
Go and tell unto all the gospel story: 12 God holds the key to the crosses: 2 God is calling now for workers where no light has gone: 2 God is ever careful of his own: 4 God laid on me a cross to carry: 2 God's own hand shall lead me: 5 Good night and God bless you: 2 Grant, my dear Lord, thy blessing unto me: 5 Great is the Lord, and greatly ...
Orson Pratt Huish (September 5, 1851 – December 4, 1932) was an American hymnwriter and artist, associated with the Latter Day Saint movement.. He is particularly notable for writing the words and music to "Come Unto Jesus", as well as a few other hymns found in the 1985 English edition of the hymnal of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. [1]
6. But when to Bethlehem they came, Whereas this infant lay, They found him in a manger, Where oxen feed on hay, His mother Mary kneeling Unto the Lord did pray. – O tidings, &c. 7. Now to the Lord sing praises, All you within this place, And with true love and brotherhood Each other now embrace; This holy tide of Christmas All other doth deface.
The verses tell the story of Jesus and the Samaritan woman at the well, found in the Gospel of John at 4:4-30. The refrain draws from the Gospel of John at 12:32, often interpreted as a prophecy of the Crucifixion and/or the Resurrection of Jesus: And I, if I be lifted up from the earth, will draw all men unto me. and runs as follows: [3]