Nahum Tate, 1652-1715, was the son of an Irish clergyman, and, like Brady, received his education at Trinity College, Dublin. He was only a second-rate poet but managed to receive appointment as Poet Laureate of England in 1690. Nicholas Brady, 1659-1726, was granted the honorary degree of Doctor of Divinity from Dublin University for services rendered to the Protestant cause. Among his many appointments were the chaplaincy to the king of England and incumbency of Stratford-on-Avon. Tate and Brady recast all of the Psalms into metrical verse in an attempt to improve on the old version then in use in the churches. Their work was done in a day when only the psalms were permitted to be sung in worship services in England. The writing of hymns was still in the future. Only a few of their renderings still find a place among our modern English hymns. The _Hymnary_ includes two besides this one, Nos. 583 and 586. _MUSIC._ The tune was found in _St. Basil’s Hymn Book_ where it is credited to Haydn, but we are not told which Haydn. No further information concerning its origin has been traced. It is especially effective when sung by a large congregation. MORNING 19. When morning gilds the skies _19th century_ _Tr. E. Caswall_, 1814-78 A radiant morning hymn of adoration. It comes from the German song, “Bei frühem Morgenlicht,” of unknown authorship, which first appeared in print in the _Katholisches Gesangbuch_, 1828, bearing the title, “A Christian Greeting.” Bei frühem Morgenlicht Erwacht mein Herz und spricht. Gelobt sei Jesus Christus! So sing ich früh and spät, Bei Arbeit und Gebet, Gelobt sei Jesus Christus! The translator, Edward Caswall, was an English scholar and clergyman, educated at Oxford. He left the Church of England to become a Roman Catholic priest. Caswall did much for the sick poor and the poor children in Birmingham, England, where he lived. He wrote excellent original hymns and made many translations from German and Latin sources. (See Nos. 88 and 155.) _MUSIC._ O SEIGNEUR was composed or arranged by the Frenchman L. Bourgeois, _c._ 1500- _c._ 1561, who was an adherent of Calvin and followed him to Geneva in 1541. He was assigned by Calvin the task of providing music for the metrical psalter, but his work was attended with troubles and difficulties. Once he was thrown in prison for making unauthorized alterations in certain well-known tunes. He tried hard to introduce part-singing in a day when only unison singing was permitted by Calvin. Not succeeding in this, he left Geneva and returned to Paris, his birthplace. O SEIGNEUR is a superb tune. It gathers interest and force throughout its considerable length. The tune, which also may be used as a choir anthem, should be sung in fairly lively tempo to bring out its extraordinary power.