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22 The light of the body is the eye: if therefore thine eye be single, thy whole body shall be full of light. Johann Bengel argues that the Pharisees in Luke's Gospel , who derided Jesus' teaching on singleness of heart, [ 1 ] also considered themselves "accomplished" in the skills of serving two masters.
Psalm 100 is the 100th psalm in the Book of Psalms in the Tanakh. [1] In English, it is translated as "Make a joyful noise unto the Lord, all ye lands" in the King James Version (KJV), and as "O be joyful in the Lord, all ye lands" in the Book of Common Prayer (BCP).
" Fröhlich soll mein Herze springen" ("Merrily my heart shall leap") is a Christian Christmas hymn by Paul Gerhardt, originally in 15 stanzas in artful metre. It was first published, " Frölich sol mein hertze springen ", in 1653 in the fifth edition of the hymnal Praxis Pietatis Melica by Johann Crüger , who also created a melody.
For example, Acts 2:46–47 states that "with one accord in the Temple, and breaking bread from house to house did eat their meat with gladness and singleness of heart, praising God, and having favour with all the people". [3]
Only feasts honoring New Testament saints were kept in the 1549 BCP. But the 1552 BCP reintroduced three non-biblical saints (Saint George, Saint Lawrence and Saint Clement of Rome). It also reintroduced Lammas Day, which had originally commemorated the liberation of Saint Peter but in England was an agricultural festival. [16]
The organ was modified over the years, but it was restored in 1994, using the surviving parts of the original 1716 single-manual instrument as a reference. [ 6 ] Handel probably selected and compiled the texts himself, drawing from both the Book of Common Prayer (BCP) and from a metrical version of the psalms by Nahum Tate and Nicholas Brady ...
Serve the Lord with gladness And come before his presence with a song. Duet for soprano and bass, with solo violin and solo oboe: Be sure that the Lord, he is God, It is He that has made us, and not we ourselves. We are His people, and the sheep of His pasture. Polyphonic chorus: O go your ways into His gates with thanksgiving
" Schmücke dich, o liebe Seele" ("Deck thyself, my soul, with gladness", literally: Adorn yourself, O dear soul) is a Lutheran hymn in German, with lyrics by Johann Franck and a hymn tune by Johann Crüger.