171. Jesus, Thou Joy of loving hearts _Latin 11th Century_ _Tr. Ray Palmer_ A hymn of devotional meditation especially appropriate for the Communion Service. From the same Latin hymn, “_Jesu dulcis memoria_,” as Hymn 155 (which see) but using a different set of quatrains, Nos. 4, 3, 20, 28, and 10, which appear in the Latin as follows: Jesu, dulcedo cordium; Fons veri, lumen mentium, Excedit omne gaudium, Et omne desiderium. Jesus, spes poenitentibus, Quam pius es petentibus, Quam bonus te quaerentibus! Sed quid invenientibus? Qui te gustant, esuriunt; Qui bibunt, adhuc sitiunt: Desiderare nesciunt Nisi Jesum, quem diligunt. Quoconque loco fuero, Mecum Jesum desidero; Quam laetus, cum invenero! Quam felix, cum tenuero! Mane nobiscum, Domine, Et nos illustra lumine, Pulsa mentis caligine, Mundum replens dulcedine. For comments on the translator, Ray Palmer, see Hymn 131. _MUSIC._ QUEBEC. This tune by Henry Baker was originally set to the hymn, “Sun of my soul.” It is also called “Hesperus” and “Whitburn.” Henry Baker (not to be confused with Henry W. Baker), 1835-1910, son of Rev. James Baker, was educated as a civil engineer and spent many years in his profession on railroad work in India. He loved music, and, encouraged by John B. Dykes, proceeded in 1867 to his musical degree (Mus. Bac.) at Exeter College, Oxford. 172. O love divine, that stooped to share _Oliver Wendell Holmes_, 1809-94 One of Holmes’ best hymns to which he gave the title, “Hymn of Trust.” It is found in the author’s _Poems_, 1862. It was first published as one of the poems in _The Professor at the Breakfast Table_, where it was represented as having been heard by the professor as he walked by a sick room. The little refrain, “Thou art near,” is based on Psalm 119:151: “Thou art near, O Lord; and all thy commandments are truth.” Oliver Wendell Holmes, American poet and man of letters, was the son of Rev. Abiel Holmes, a Congregational minister. He graduated from Harvard in 1829, studied medicine at home and abroad, and became Professor of Anatomy and Physiology at Dartmouth in 1838. He was elected to the same chair at Harvard in 1847, a position he filled with distinction for 35 years. During all his years of teaching he was also engaged in literary work and published many volumes. Holmes was chief founder of the _Atlantic Monthly_. He was a member of the Unitarian Church though in later years he fell back for spiritual comfort on the great evangelical hymns of Watts and Wesley, finding in them a source of satisfaction and power which the hymns of his own denomination failed to supply. His son, Oliver Wendell, Jr., became an eminent member of the Supreme Court of the United States. For further comments on Holmes see Hymn 53.