For comments on J. B. Dykes see Hymn 1. 143. Art thou weary, heavy laden _Stephen the Sabaite_, 725-94 _Tr. John M. Neale_, 1818-66 A restful, appealing lyric on the theme, “Come unto me, all ye that labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest” Matt. 11:28. It is one of the few dialog hymns. [Others are “Watchman, tell us of the night” (66), and “Who is He in yonder stall?” (96)]. It may be sung antiphonally, the choir singing the questions and the congregation the answers. Neale published this hymn in his _Hymns of the Eastern Church_, 1862, as a translation of a Greek hymn by Stephen the Sabaite. It is a paraphrase, however, rather than a translation. For comments on John Neale see Hymn 67. Hymnody in the Eastern Church reached its height in the 8th century. Stephen was a nephew of John of Damascus. At the age of 10 he was placed by his uncle in the monastery of Saint Sabas, located on a lofty cliff overhanging the ravine of the Kidron, between Jerusalem and the Dead Sea. Here he lived for more than half a century, known as Stephen the Sabaite. The monastery, many of the cells cut out of solid rock, still stands. The monks have been subjected to persecution, at various times, at the hands of Persians, Moslems, and Bedouin Arabs, and the monastery looks much like a fortress. _MUSIC._ STEPHANOS was composed for this hymn by Henry W. Baker, and was first published in the appendix of the original edition of _Hymns Ancient and Modern_, 1868. The tune was harmonized by W. H. Monk (See 40). Henry Williams Baker, 1821-77, was educated at Cambridge, ordained in 1844, and served as vicar of Monkland, Herefordshire, from 1851 till his death in 1877. He was editor-in-chief of the epoch-making book, _Hymns Ancient and Modern_, to which he contributed several of his own hymns and tunes. As a High Churchman, he held to the doctrine of the celibacy of the clergy and was never married. 144. O Jesus, Thou art standing _William W. How_, 1823-97 Based on Rev. 3:20: “Behold, I stand at the door and knock: if any man hear my voice and open the door, I will come in to him, and sup with him, and he with me.” It was composed after the author had been reading the beautiful poem by Jean Ingelow, entitled “Brothers and a Sermon,” describing two brothers listening to an old parson in a fishing-village church. A part of the poem is as follows: The parson knew that he had lost the eyes And ears of those before him for he made A pause ... ... then with a sigh Fronted the folk, lifted his grand gray head, And said, as one that pondered now the words He had been preaching on with new surprise, And found fresh marvel in their sound, “Behold! Behold!” saith He, “I stand at the door and knock.”