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Alexander Ewing composed the tune for the Aberdeen Harmonic Choir for use with "For Thee, O Dear, Dear Country", another hymn derived from Neale's translation of De Contemptu Mundi. [6] The score first appeared in 1853 as a leaflet. In 1857 it was included in A Manual of Psalm and Hymn Tunes and it was published in 1861 in Hymns Ancient and Modern.
Only four bear autograph dates. BWV 61 is dated 1714, with the liturgical designation "am ersten Advent ", [3] the First Sunday of Advent. [4] The prescribed readings for the Sunday were from the Epistle to the Romans, "now is our salvation nearer" (Romans 13:11–14), and from the Gospel of Matthew, the Entry into Jerusalem (Matthew 21:1–9).
Hymns Instrumental, released in 1989, is the final studio album from contemporary Christian music group 2nd Chapter of Acts. It features no vocals, but is an instrumental collection of all but three of the tracks from the previous two Hymns releases.
He comes with clouds descending" is a Christian hymn by Charles Wesley (1707–1788), based on an earlier hymn, "Lo! He cometh, countless Trumpets" by John Cennick (1718–1755). Most commonly sung at Advent, the hymn derives its theological content from the Book of Revelation relating imagery of the Day of Judgment.
The voice of the Lord in Revelation is often likened to the sound of a loud trumpet (Revelation 1:10; 4:1; and 8:13). Revelation 5:11 states that John saw that there are millions of angels in Heaven. The song also alludes to the Parable of the Ten Virgins from the Gospel of Matthew (25:1–13) with the lyrics "The virgins are all trimming their ...
Untitled Hymn: A Collection of Hymns was released on May 17, 2019.. This new collection features Rice's take on classics as "Amazing Grace" and "This Is My Father's World", and also includes Rice's acclaimed original "Untitled Hymn (Come To Jesus)" and closes with "Too Much I Love," a new song that started as one of the poems in his book, Widen: A Collection of Poems.
Like many hymns, too, this one is a tissue of Biblical quotations, including "Alpha and Omega" (st. 2) as an epithet of Christ, from Revelation 21:6; the casting of crowns before God's throne (st. 4), from Revelation 4:10; the promise that Christians shall be "changed from glory into glory" (st. 2 and 4), from 2 Corinthians 3:18; as well as ...
Bach composed the cantata in Weimar, but the composition history is complicated and not at all stages certain. [1] [2] Findings by Martin Petzoldt suggest that the cantata began with the later movements 2–6 and 9–10, most of them on biblical text, performed at a memorial service of Aemilia Maria Haress, the wife of a former prime-minister of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt, at the church St. Peter ...