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 in 1859, included in his _Book of Hymns and Tunes for the
Sunday School_, and in Hys. Sp. 1864, under title “Life’s
Mission.” 4 stas. of 4 l.
8. _God of the earth, the sea, the sky._ (Divine Immanence)
Printed anonymously in Hys. Sp. 1864, under title “God, through
all and in you all”; included in H. & V. with l. 2 in sta. 1
altered; no date. (H. W. Foote, _The Anonymous Hymns of Samuel
Longfellow_, Harv. Theol. Rev. October, 1917).
9. _God of Truth! Thy sons should be_,
No. 550 in Hys. Sp. 1864, where it is listed as “Anon,” because,
as he later wrote, it was “founded on a H. of Wesley” though
“nearly all mine.” (H. W. Foote, _The Anonymous Hymns of Samuel
Longfellow_, Harv. Theol. Rev., October, 1917).
10. _God’s trumpet wakes the slumbering world._ (Courage)
Printed anonymously in Hys. Sp. 1864 under title “On the Lord’s
Side”; in H. & V., no date. 5 stas. of 4 l.
11. _He, who himself and God would know._ (Silent worship)
Printed in Hys. Sp. 1864 as “From Martineau” under title of “Be
still, and know that I am God.” This is S.L.’s versification of a
passage from Martineau’s sermon, “Silence and Meditation”, no. 17
in “Endeavors after the Christian Life,” in which Martineau
paraphrased a few sentences in Pascal’s “Thoughts”, no. 72. Not
dated; not included in H. & V. (H. W. Foote, _The Anonymous Hymns
of Samuel Longfellow_, Harv. Theol. Rev. October, 1917.)
12. _Holy Spirit, Truth [Light] Divine._
Included in Hys. Sp. under title “Prayer for Inspiration”; also in
H. & V., without date. In the introductory note to H. & V. it is
stated that this hymn “bears some resemblance to one by Andrew
Reed, but after careful investigation they appear to be quite
distinct.” In spite of this disclaimer it is clear that the theme
of the hymn as a whole, and several of its lines, are borrowed
from the hymn, “Holy Ghost, with light divine” by Andrew Reed,
1817. Furthermore, S.L.’s arrangement of this hymn is found in two
different versions, the one in H. & V. beginning, “Holy Spirit,
Truth divine,” the other, and superior one, beginning, “Holy
Spirit, Light divine.” It will be found in this latter form in
_The New Hymn and Tune Book_, 1914, and in _Hymns of the Spirit_,
1937, in both of which it is attributed to both Reed and
Longfellow.
13. _Holy Spirit, source of gladness._
S.L.’s adaptation of Jacobi and Toplady’s version of Gerhardt’s “O
du allersusste Freude”; included in _Supplement to Bk. Hys._ 1848,
and in altered form in Hys. Sp. 1864; set down as “Anon.” in both;
not included in H. & V.
14. _I look to Thee in every need_, (Trust)
Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.
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