American Unitarian Hymn Writers and Hymns — John Shaqi
American Unitarian Hymn Writers and HymnsFoote, Henry Wilder
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American Unitarian Hymn Writers and Hymns
Foote, Henry Wilder
Hymn writers; Hymns, English -- History and criticism; Unitarian Universalist churches -- Hymns -- History and criticism
It has been widely used in Great Britain and in this country. Other
hymns by him have had considerable use, as follows:
5. _Another year of setting suns_, (New Year’s) 1873
This was written in ten stanzas beginning
“That this shall be a better year,”
but in _Hymns of the Spirit_, 1937, only stas. 5, 6, 7, and 10 are
given, beginning as above.
6. _It singeth low in every heart_, (Commemoration) 1876
Written for the 25^th anniversary of the dedication of his church
in Brooklyn, and widely used.
7. _Now sing we a song of the harvest_, (Thanksgiving Day) 1871
8. _O Love Divine, of all that is_, (A song of Trust) 1865
9. _O Thou, whose perfect goodness crowns_, (Anniversary Hymn)
Written in 1889 for the 25^th anniversary of his ordination.
10. _Thou glorious God, before whose face_, (Anniversary Hymn)
Undated.
11. _Thou whose spirit dwells in all_, (Easter)
Written in 1890.
12. _Thy seamless robe conceals Thee not_, (Jesus)
Written in 1876. Included in _The New Hymn and Tune Book_, 1914,
but not in later publications.
13. _What has drawn us thus apart_, (Unity of Spirit)
Written in 1891.
Several of the above hymns, as printed in current hymn-books, consist
of selected stanzas, or have been slightly altered from their original
forms, in most cases by Gannett and Hosmer, for inclusion in their
collection _Unity Hymns and Chorals_, 1880, 1911. Two others included
in _Hymns of the Spirit_, 1937, were not written as hymns but have
been quarried out of verses in _Later Poems_, by permission of the
author’s widow, viz:
14. _Spirit of God, in thunder speak_, (Summons to Duty)
This arrangement combines stanzas 13 and 16 in the poem entitled
“A Missionary Chant”, used as the first two stanzas of the hymn,
with stanzas 8 and 9 of the poem to “William Cullen Bryant” as the
third and fourth stanzas of the hymn, both poems being found in
_Later Poems_, 1905.
15. _Thou mighty God, who didst of old_, (Communion of Saints)
This is arranged from the same sources. Stanzas 1 and 2 are the
first two stanzas in “William Cullen Bryant,” the last three
stanzas are stanzas 11, 7, and 8 in “A Missionary Chant,”
considerably altered. These arrangements were made by H. W. Foote,
with the coöperation of F. L. Hosmer and W. C. Gannett, for
inclusion in _The New Hymn and Tune Book_, 1914.
Of the hymns listed above _Hymns of the Spirit_, 1937 includes Nos. 4,
5, 6, 8, 9, 10, 11, 13, 14, and 15.
J. 216, 1619
Revised by H.W.F.
Chapman, Mrs. (No information available).
An anti-slavery hymn beginning
_O God of freedom! Hear us pray_,
is attributed to “Mrs. Chapman” in Hedge and Huntington’s _Hymns for
the Church of Christ_, 1853.
Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.
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