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
Written for a “Service of Commemoration of a Century of British
American Peace,” held in the Church of the Messiah, Montreal,
Canada, at a meeting of Unitarian General Conference on September
25, 1917. In _Hymns of the Spirit_, 1937.
27. _Show us thy way, O God!_
6.6.8.6. 4 stas.
Printed in _The Christian Century_ in 1936, included in _Hymns of
the Spirit_, 1937, with a correction by the author.
28. _The Bethlehem stars are dim tonight_
8.6.8.6.D. 3 stas. Dated 1925
29. _The voice of God is calling_
7.6.7.6.D. 4 stas.
Written in September, 1913 for the Young People’s Religious Union
of Boston. In _New Hymn and Tune Book_, 1914. In _Hymns of the
Spirit_, 1937; widely used in the United States, England,
translated into German, Japanese and Spanish.
30. _Thou God of all, whose presence dwells_
8.8.8.8. 4 stas.
Written some time after World War I. Intended as a protest against
nationalistic theism which induced both belligerent nations to
claim a monopoly of God.
31. _Thou God of all, whose Spirit moves_
8.6.8.6.D 3 stas.
Printed in _The Christian Century_, May 29, 1940 and in _The
Christian Register_, August, 1940.
32. _Thy voice, O God, in every age_
8.6.8.6.D. 3 stas.
Written for the Installation of Rev. Donald Harrington at the
Community Church of New York on November 19, 1944.
33. _To earth’s remote horizons_
7.6.7.6.D. 4 stas.
Written in 1949 and first sung on November 27th of that year at a
special service in commemoration of the retirement of Mr. Holmes
from the active ministry.
34. _To Thee, O God, be homage_
7.6.7.6.D. 3 stas. 1945.
35. _When darkness, brooding o’er the deep_
8.6.8.6.D. 4 stas.
Written in 1925 on the occasion of the 100^th anniversary of the
founding of the Community Church of New York.
36. _Why trust we not our God?_
6.6.8.6. 5 stas.
Of the hymns listed above, Nos. 3, 6, 11, 18, 20, 23 and 29 have had
the most widespread use.
H.W.F. in collaboration with J.H.H.
Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.
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