The translator, Robert Bridges, was one of England’s great literary scholars who gave serious attention to hymnology. After graduating from Eton and Oxford, he turned his attention to medicine and became a distinguished surgeon. At the early age of 38, however, he retired from medicine to give himself to literature and music. In 1913, he was made Poet Laureate of England. His most significant work in hymnology was the famous _Yattendon Hymnal_, which he published in 1899 while living in the village of Yattendon. It consisted of 100 hymns, 44 of which were from his own pen, either as author or translator. The hymns were set to music derived largely from the _Genevan Psalter_. The hymnal represented an extraordinarily high standard, both as to words and music, but it never became popular, and copies of it are nearly impossible to find. _MUSIC._ The tune, UNTER LILIEN JENER FREUDEN, is found at No. 546 of the _Gesangbuch mit Noten_ where it is set to a poem by J. Allendorf. No information has been traced concerning the composer, J. Voigtländer. 33. All praise to Thee, my God this night _Thomas Ken_, 1637-1711 Based on Psalm 91:4: “He shall cover thee with his feathers; and under his wings shalt thou trust.” This is the “Evening Hymn,” whereas No. 25 is the “Morning Hymn” which Bishop Ken wrote for the devotional use of students at Winchester College. His endeavor was to express in simple, fitting words the thoughts that ought to be in the minds of the boys of the school “and all other devout Christians” in the evening. The two hymns were published in 1695 and have been growing in fame and power these two and one-half centuries. Both concluded with the doxology, “Praise God from whom all blessings flow,” now known and sung throughout Christendom. _MUSIC._ The tune, EVENING HYMN, was originally in canon form, i.e., a form in which one voice begins the melody which is then imitated note for note by some other voice, as in a “round.” Tallis, as was customary at the time, started the melody in the tenor, imitated by the soprano. The tune used here is a later and altered form which, in the judgment of this writer, is less interesting than the canonic form used in many hymnbooks. Its choice was an editorial inadvertence. Thomas Tallis, composer of the tune, died in 1585. The exact date of his birth, probably before 1520, remains uncertain. Styled the “Father of English Cathedral Music,” he was chorister at St. Paul’s Cathedral, London, and later held important posts as organist. He was indisputably the greatest English musician of his age, and EVENING HYMN is his most famous tune. 34. O Gladsome Light, O Grace _Greek 1st or 2d Century_ _Tr. Robert Bridges,_ 1844-1930