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Only-Begotten Son (Ancient Greek: Ὁ Μονογενὴς Υἱὸς, Russian: Единородный Сыне, Ukrainian: Єдинородний Сине, Old Armenian: Միածին Վորդի), sometimes called "Justinian's Hymn", the "Anthem of Orthodoxy" and/or the "Hymn of the Incarnation", is an ancient Christian hymn that was composed prior to the middle of the 6th century.
The hymn's lyrics refer to the heavenly host: "Thee we would be always blessing / serve thee with thy hosts above".. At its first appearance, the hymn was in four stanzas of eight lines (8.7.8.7.D), and this four-stanza version remains in common and current use to the present day, being taken up as early as 1760 in Anglican collections such as those by Madan (1760 and 1767), Conyers (1772 ...
The text of "Come down, O Love divine" originated as an Italian poem, "Discendi amor santo" by the medieval mystic poet Bianco da Siena (1350-1399). The poem appeared in the 1851 collection Laudi Spirituali del Bianco da Siena of Telesforo Bini, and in 1861, the Anglo-Irish clergyman and writer Richard Frederick Littledale translated it into English.
O come, divine Messiah! The world in silence waits the day When hope shall sing its triumph, And sadness flee away. 1, Dear Savior haste; Come, come to earth, Dispel the night and show your face, And bid us hail the dawn of grace. 2. O come, divine Messiah! The world in silence waits the day When hope shall sing its triumph, And sadness flee ...
The original words as published in “The Spiritual Magazine” in August 1761. Jesus Christ the Apple Tree lyrics in an 1897 republication of 1797 printing Jesus Christ the Apple Tree (also known as Apple Tree and, in its early publications, as Christ Compared to an Apple-tree ) is a poem, possibly intended for use as a carol , written in the ...
Wrestling Jacob", also known by its incipit, "Come, O thou Traveller unknown", is a Christian hymn written by Methodist hymn writer Charles Wesley. It is based on the biblical account of Jacob wrestling with an angel , from Genesis 32:24-32, with Wesley interpreting this as an analogy for Christian conversion.
The unusual word Ebenezer commonly appears in hymnal presentations of the lyrics (verse 2). Various revised versions appear in hymnals, often changing phrases or replacing the reference to Ebenezer. [ 8 ] [ 9 ] The version in Nazarene hymnals and those of the Holiness movement replaces "wandering" with "yielded," and "prone to wander" with "let ...
The text has its origins in a hymn "Lo! He cometh, countless Trumpets" by John Cennick published in his Collection of Sacred Hymns of 1752. [1] This was substantially revised by Charles Wesley for publication in Hymns of intercession for all mankind of 1758. [2] [3] Some hymnals present a combination of the two texts. [2]