Schön sind die Wälder, Schöner die Felder In der schönen Frühlingszeit. Jesus ist schöner, Jesus ist reiner, Der unser traurigs Herz erfreut. Alle die Schönheit Himmels und der Erde Ist nur gegen ihn als Schein. Keiner soll nimmer Lieber uns werden Als er, der schönste Jesus mein! _MUSIC._ CRUSADER’S HYMN, also known as _Schönster Herr Jesu_, appeared in a book of Silesian folk songs, _Schlesische Volkslieder_, Leipzig, 1842. The hymn with this tune was first published in America in _Church Carols and Choir Studies_ by the American composer Richard Storrs Willis, 1850. F. Melius Christiansen, director of the St. Olaf Choir, has arranged an exquisite anthem on this melody with the words “Beautiful Savior.” It is a useful and charming melody. Its popularity in Germany ranks with Paul Gerhardt’s “_Befiehl du deine Wege_.” 98. Not always on the mount _Frederick L. Hosmer_, 1840-1929 Based on the story of the transfiguration in Matthew 17, the lesson enforced by the hymn is that the mount is necessary for vision; we cannot abide there, yet our work in the valley will be nobler for the pattern shown us on the mount. For comments on Frederick L. Hosmer see Hymn 72. The hymn, written in 1882, was first published in _Unity_, Chicago, April 1, 1884. A year later it was included, in revised form, in the author’s first series of _The Thought of God_. _MUSIC._ TRANSYLVANIA is from a 16th century Hungarian chorale, arranged by Robert L. Sanders, F. A. A. R., Chicago, for _Hymns of the Spirit_, Beacon Press, 1938. 99. I know not how that Bethlehem’s Babe _Harry W. Farrington_, 1880-1931 A Christmas song written in 1910, while the author was a graduate student at Harvard University. It was awarded the prize which had been offered for the best Christmas hymn written by a student. Though simple and unpretentious, Professor George Herbert Palmer declared it “a perfect poem.” The few lines encompass a vast body of Christian truth. The author, Harry W. Farrington, 1880-1931 (date of death printed erroneously as 1911 in earlier editions of the _Hymnary_), was educated at Harvard and then became a Methodist minister. He was greatly interested in work among children and inaugurated the Week Day Church School at Gary, Ind., in 1914. After returning from service in World War I, he became widely known as a speaker for children and it is estimated that he addressed more than two million children in the public schools of America. He is the author of several volumes of poems and has written books on Franklin, Washington, Lincoln, and Theodore Roosevelt. _MUSIC._ ES IST EIN BORN, also named “I Do Believe,” and “Camp-meeting,” is an early American camp-meeting chorus sung to: I do believe, I now believe, I can hold out no more; I sink by dying love compelled And own Thee Conqueror.