Holmes, Oliver W., “Lord of all being, throned afar” (53) Hosmer, Frederick L., “Father, to Thee we look in all our” (249) Johnson, Samuel, “Father, in Thy mysterious presence” (188) Longfellow, Samuel, “I look to Thee in every need” (244) Martineau, James, “Thy way is in the deep, O Lord” (242) Parker, Theodore, “O Thou great Friend to all the sons” (224) Sears, Edmund, “It came upon a midnight clear” (75) Ware, Henry, Jr., “Great God, the followers of Thy Son” (13) m. _No Church Affiliation_ Bates, Katherine Lee, “O beautiful, for spacious skies” (343) Vories, Wm. M., “Let there be light, Lord God of hosts” (353) 17. Hymn Meters. Meter (English, _Metre_) refers to the rhythmic element in poetry: a. the number of lines in a stanza. b. the number of syllables in a line. c. the arrangement of accented and unaccented syllables. The figures attached to the tune names in the _Hymnary_ indicate the number of lines in a stanza and the number of syllables in a line, e. g., 8.7.8.7. means that the hymn has four lines in each stanza, the first line being made up of 8 syllables, the second of 7 syllables, the third of 8 syllables, and the last of 7 syllables. The figures are placed there to facilitate the fitting of tunes to hymns, a responsibility which is left now-a-days largely to hymnbook editors. A given tune may be used with any variety of hymns provided the latter have the same meter as the tune. Likewise a given hymn may be sung to any tune that fits its meter, e.g., “Come, Thou Almighty King,” set to the tune, “Italian Hymn,” as both have the meter pattern 6.6.4.6.6.6.4. This is also the meter of “My country ’tis of thee” set to “America.” Hence the words and tunes of these hymns may be interchanged. As a matter of fact, “Come Thou Almighty King” was originally used with the tune “America.” The practice of using alternate tunes is less common now than formerly and must be done with care for while the meters may be suited, the words and tune may be incompatible otherwise. Meter Names A few meters have specific names. These, with their abbreviations are as follows: _Short Meter_ (S.M.) 6.6.8.6, e.g. Blest be the tie that binds (6) Our hearts in Christian love: (6) The fellowship of kindred minds (8) Is like to that above. (6) _Short Meter Double_ (S.M.D.) is used for a tune in which the quatrain is repeated, e.g. “Terra Beata” (48), set to the words “This is my Father’s world.” _Common Meter_ (C.M.), also called Ballad Meter, consists of four lines of 8.6.8.6. syllables, e.g. In Christ there is no East or West (8) In Him no South or North; (6) But one great fellowship of love (8) Throughout the whole wide earth. (6)