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Let angels prostrate fall. Bring forth the royal diadem, Refrain: and crown him, crown him, crown him, crown him Lord of all! 2 O seed of Israel's chosen race now ransomed from the fall, hail him who saves you by his grace, Refrain 3 Let every tongue and every tribe responsive to his call, to him all majesty ascribe, Refrain
Book of Hymns for the Evangelical Lutheran Joint Synod of Wisconsin and Other States, Northwestern Publishing House (1920) [341] Hymnal and Prayer Book: compiled by the Lutheran Church Board for Army and Navy, Concordia Publishing House (1918) [301] The Lutheran Hymnal, Concordia Publishing House (1941) [342]
sweetest angel voices. "Christ is born," their choirs are singing till the air ev'rywhere now with joy is ringing. Forth today the Conqu'ror goeth, who the foe, sin and woe, death and hell, o'erthroweth. God is man, man to deliver; His dear Son now is one with our blood forever. Shall we still dread God's displeasure, who, to save, freely gave
The popular English Hymnal of 1906 was considered too 'High church' by many people, and a new book on broader lines was indicated. It was initially to be called Songs of the Spirit but in the end the title was changed to Songs of Praise, from the hymn by J. Montgomery, "Songs of Praise the angels sang".
In 1875, while living in Switzerland, Jane Laurie Borthwick produced another book of translations, the Alpine Lyrics. [21] In this book she translated German poems of Meta Heusser-Schweizer . [ 22 ] [ 2 ] The Alpine Lyrics were incorporated in the 1884 edition of the Hymns from the Land of Luther .
Angels are typically pictured to be the holier-than-thou servants of God adorned with cherubic faces and fluffy wings, but some books in the Bible paint a vastly different — and much scarier ...
Hymnology (from Greek ὕμνος hymnos, "song of praise" and -λογία -logia, "study of") is the scholarly study of religious song, or the hymn, in its many aspects, with particular focus on choral and congregational song. It may be more or less clearly distinguished from hymnody, the creation and practice of such song.
A Dictionary of Hymnology (or, more completely, A Dictionary of Hymnology: Origin and History of Christian Hymns and Hymnwriters of All Ages and Nations, Together with Biographical and Critical Notices of Their Authors and Translators) by John D. Julian, first published in 1892, was for over 100 years a standard historical reference for early Christian hymns, with more than 40,000 entries.