_MUSIC._ AMSTERDAM is attributed to James Nares, 1715-1783, but most authorities believe the tune to be much older. It appears in what is known as the _Foundery Collection_, the first Methodist hymnal, by John Wesley, 1742, and is said to be one of the German chorale tunes which John Wesley acquired from the Moravian Brethren. 201. We would see Jesus _Anna B. Warner_, 1820-1915 Based on John 12:20-23: “There were certain Greeks among them that came up to worship at the feast: the same came therefore to Philip, which was of Bethsaida of Galilee, and desired him, saying, Sir, we would see Jesus.... And Jesus answered them saying, The hour is come, that the Son of man should be glorified.” The hymn first appeared in six stanzas in _Hymns of the Church Militant_, compiled by Anna Warner, New York, 1858, and published in 1861. It is another example of a fine hymn contributed by a woman. The third and fourth stanzas, omitted here, are of the same excellent quality as the others: We would see Jesus: other lights are paling, Which for long years we have rejoiced to see; The blessings of our pilgrimage are failing; We would not mourn them for we go to Thee. We would see Jesus: yet the spirit lingers Round the dear objects it has loved so long, And earth from earth can scarce unclose its fingers; Our love to Thee makes not this love less strong. Anna Bartlett Warner, lived on Constitution Island in the Hudson River, near West Point, where she and her more famous sister, Susan Warner, conducted a Bible class for nearly two generations for the cadets of the United States Military Academy. Because of this service, she was buried with military honors upon her death in 1915. Miss Warner wrote novels under the pseudonym of “Amy Lothrop,” but she is best known for this hymn and the song beloved of all little children, “Jesus loves me: this I know.” _MUSIC._ HENLEY. For comments on this tune see Hymn 188. 202. Nearer, my God, to Thee _Sarah Flower Adams_, 1805-48 A hymn of high poetic quality which has preserved its popularity from generation to generation. It is based on the story of Jacob at Bethel in Gen. 28:10-22: And Jacob went out from Beersheba, and went toward Haran. And he lighted upon a certain place, and tarried there all night, because the sun was set; and he took of the stones of that place, and put them for his pillows, and lay down in that place to sleep. And he dreamed, and behold a ladder set up on the earth, and the top of it reached to heaven: and behold the angels of God ascending and descending on it.... And Jacob rose up early in the morning, and took the stone that he had put for his pillows, and set it up for a pillar, and poured oil upon the top of it. And he called the name of that place Bethel.