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Holy Manna. Published. 1819 (lyrics) 1825 (tune) "Brethren, We Have Met Together", commonly known by the first line "Brethren, we have met to worship", is one of the oldest published American folk hymns. The lyrics were written by George Atkins and first published in 1819. The traditional tune, Holy Manna, is a pentatonic melody in Ionian mode ...
Composition and lyrics. "Like a Prayer" is a pop rock [1] and gospel [16] song that also incorporates elements of funk. [17] According to the sheet music published in Musicnotes.com, the song follows a time signature of common time, and is composed in the key of D minor, with a moderate tempo of 120 beats per minute.
Genre. Spiritual. " There Is a Balm in Gilead " is a traditional African American spiritual dating back to at least the 19th century. Its refrain appears in Washington Glass's 1854 hymn "The Sinner's Cure", although the hymn is substantially based on an earlier work by John Newton. The Clark Sisters recorded a version of "Balm in Gilead" in 1986.
The Alexandrian Rite is the liturgical rite of the Coptic Orthodox Church. The Memorial Acclamation is present within the conclusion of the Institution Narrative of all three liturgies of the rite, which are the Liturgy of St. Cyril, the Liturgy of St. Basil, and the Liturgy of St. Gregory. The memorial acclamation is made up of a short prayer ...
William Blake. " And did those feet in ancient time " is a poem by William Blake from the preface to his epic Milton: A Poem in Two Books, one of a collection of writings known as the Prophetic Books. The date of 1804 on the title page is probably when the plates were begun, but the poem was printed c. 1808. [1]
Robert Lowry, quoted in "Robert Lowry: Baptist Preacher and Hymn Writer" by J.H.Hall Although he considered preaching as his principal vocation, Lowry continued to write hymns and compose music. In 1864, while at Hanson Place, he wrote and composed what became perhaps his best-known hymn, " Shall We Gather at the River ". He wrote this during a heatwave which accompanied an epidemic in the ...
At the time he was writing "We Three Kings" in 1857, John Henry Hopkins Jr. was serving as the rector of Christ Episcopal Church in Williamsport, Pennsylvania. [5] [10] Although he originally worked as a journalist for a New York newspaper and studied to become a lawyer, [6] [11] he chose to join the clergy upon graduating from the University ...
Faith of our Fathers! Holy Faith! We will be true to thee till death. However, there is a variant, called Faith of our Mothers, authored by Arthur Bardwell Patten. [5] The lyrics of this variant are as follows: Faith of our mothers, living still In cradle song and bedtime prayer; In nursery lore and fireside love, Thy presence still pervades ...