The author, Josiah Conder, born in London, was an editor and publisher. His friends included a large number of eminent literary and church men of the early 19th century. He was a member of the Congregationalist Church. A devout and earnest believer who knew what it was to struggle for daily bread, he had the occasion to practice the gospel of daily trust. He wrote many hymns, published more than a dozen scholarly books, and edited _The Congregational Hymn Book_ in 1836, a work which attained wide popularity in England. _MUSIC._ SEYMOUR. For comments on this tune see Hymn No. 36. 248. One thought I have, my ample creed _Frederick L. Hosmer_, 1840-1929 Several of Hosmer’s hymns express his “thought of God,” this being one of the finest. It relates all of life and its needs to the thought of God. For comments on Frederick L. Hosmer see Hymn 72. _MUSIC._ PRAETORIUS is from _Harmoniae Hymnorum Scholae Gorlicensis_, Görlitz, 1599. It is supposed to have been written by M. Praetorius, for it appeared in his _Musae Sionae_, Pt. VI, 1609, and hence its name. Michael Praetorius, 1571-1621, was born in Kreuzburg, Thuringia. He was educated at the University of Frankfurt-an-der-Oder and became Kapellmeister at Lüneburg. Praetorius was a prolific composer, but his fame rests chiefly on a four-volume work on musical theory entitled, _Syntagma musicum_. 249. Father, to Thee we look in all our sorrow _Frederick L. Hosmer_, 1840-1929 A hymn of comfort written in 1881 on the death of a member of the author’s congregation. The hymn was published in Hosmer’s _Thought of God_, 1st series, 1885. The last lines are particularly striking: “Yet shalt thou praise Him when these darkened furrows, Where now He ploweth, wave with golden grain.” _MUSIC._ STRENGTH AND STAY. For comments on J. B. Dykes, the composer of this tune, see Hymn 1. 250. My Jesus, as Thou wilt _Benjamin Schmolck_, 1672-1737 _Tr. Jane Borthwick_, 1813-97 Based on Mark 14:36: “Abba, Father, all things are possible unto Thee; take away this cup from me: nevertheless not what I will, but what thou wilt.” The hymn was originally published in eleven stanzas in his _Heilige Flammen_, 1704. We give here five stanzas of the original, our hymn being the usual selection of 1, 3, and 5. Mein Jesu, wie du willt, So lass mich allzeit wollen; Wenn Trübsal, Angst und Leid Mich hier betreffen sollen, So gib, dass allezeit Dein Wille werd’ erfüllt, Ich leb’ und sterbe dir; Mein Jesu, wie du willt! Mein Jesu, wie du willt! Soll ich in Armut leben, So mach hingegen du Die Seele reich, daneben Gib, dass dein Wort mir nur Den Hunger allzeit stillt, Und nimm sonst alles hin: Mein Jesu, wie du willt!