Christe, du Beistand deiner Kreuzgemeine, Eile, mit Hilf’ und Rettung uns erscheine; Steure den Feinden, ihre Blutgerichte Mache zunichte! Streite doch selber für uns arme Kinder, Wehre dem Teufel, seine Macht verhinder’; Alles, was kämpfet wider deine Glieder, Stürze danieder! Frieden bei Kirch’ und Schulen uns beschere, Frieden zugleich der Obrigkeit gewähre, Frieden dem Herzen, Frieden dem Gewissen Gib zu geniessen! Also wird zeitlich deine Güt’ erhoben, Also wird ewig und ohn’ Ende loben Dich, o du Wächter deiner armen Herde, Himmel und Erde. The English version by Pusey is not a translation of the German but rather a free paraphrase. Philip Pusey, brother of Edward Pusey, the famous leader in the Oxford Movement, was educated at Oxford. After graduating he settled on his estate and devoted himself largely to agriculture. He wrote extensively on agricultural subjects and was one of the founders of the Royal Agriculture Society. Later he became a member of Parliament. He wrote this hymn to portray the state of the Church of England at the time, which he described as being “assailed from without, enfeebled and detracted from within, but on the eve of a great awakening.” _MUSIC._ INTEGER VITAE. For comments on this tune see Hymn 59. 279. Dear Shepherd of Thy people _John Newton_, 1725-1807 A hymn composed for a prayer meeting. John Newton and William Cowper, the English poet, instituted prayer meetings at Olney where the two labored together in a famous ministry, Newton as minister of the church, and Cowper as his voluntary assistant. The prayer meetings were attended in such large numbers that it became necessary to move the services into a large room. For the first meeting in this new room, each of the men prepared a special hymn, the one by Newton being our hymn, with his first, third, and seventh stanzas omitted. For further comments on John Newton see Hymn 274. _MUSIC._ DURHAM appeared in _Ravenscroft’s Psalter_, 1621, set to Psalms 28 and 76, and marked as a “Northern Tune.” The _Scottish Psalter_ of 1635 includes it among the Common Tunes. 280. Again, as evening’s shadow falls _Samuel Longfellow_, 1819-92 “Vesper Hymn” is the title which this hymn bears in the author’s volume, _Vespers_, 1859, a small book of songs prepared for use in evening services. In a letter dated Feb. 11, 1890, Longfellow wrote, “My two favorites among my hymns are the vesper hymn, ‘Again, as evening’s shadow falls,’ and the one beginning, ‘I look to Thee in every need’” (244). For comments on Samuel Longfellow see Hymn 28. _MUSIC._ GERMANY. For comments on this tune see Hymn 222. 281. We love the place, O God _William Bullock_, 1798-1874 _Henry W. Baker_, 1821-77