tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24288613.post4100500543995648086..comments2023-12-03T03:04:42.826-05:00Comments on Conjubilant with Song: John EllertonC.W.S.http://www.blogger.com/profile/04745714524175357522noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24288613.post-3723199703442815832008-12-17T12:49:00.000-05:002008-12-17T12:49:00.000-05:00Yes, Savior, again... appeared on June 30, the bir...Yes, <I>Savior, again...</I> appeared on June 30, the birthday of Edward Hopkins, the composer of ELLERS (with a restored verse I had not seen before). I think that is the Ellerton hymn most familiar to US worshippers, as we have far fewer hymnsinging churches with any kind of evening worship, where they might use <I>The day thou gavest</I>.<BR/><BR/>Those four hymnals that do <B>not</B> use ST. CLEMENT are simply prejudiced against the Victorian composers!C.W.S.https://www.blogger.com/profile/04745714524175357522noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24288613.post-37970011248928435382008-12-17T12:48:00.000-05:002008-12-17T12:48:00.000-05:00Oops, forgot the link. Les Commandemens, 1543, Lou...Oops, forgot the link. <A HREF="http://cyberhymnal.org/mid/c/o/m/commandments.mid" REL="nofollow"><I>Les Commandemens</I></A>, 1543, Louis Bourgeois.<BR/><BR/>Leland aka HaruoLeland Bryant Rosshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14211499185401035099noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24288613.post-35258513118804594522008-12-17T12:46:00.000-05:002008-12-17T12:46:00.000-05:00I applaud Ellerton's stand on copyright. And it oc...I applaud Ellerton's stand on copyright. And it occurs to me that Scholefield might have named a tune after his patron saint without egotism, naively blind to the egotism he would <I>appear</I> to have in doing so.<BR/><BR/>Thanks for another oldie but greatie, CWS. I show it in 16 of the hymnals I've indexed thus far; ten of these have it set to <I>St. Clement</I>, but 4 (including the <I>Harvard Hymn Book</I> 3rd ed. and the 1937 Unitarian <I>Hymns of the Spirit</I>) set it to <A HREF="" REL="nofollow"><I>Les Commandemens</I></A>, the Yale <I>New Hymnal</I> gives a new tune called <I>Cedar Springs</I> (©), and the Abilene Christian University's <I>Great Songs of the Church</I> gives the Chinese tune <I>Sheng En</I>.<BR/><BR/>Leland aka HaruoLeland Bryant Rosshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14211499185401035099noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24288613.post-35779371528690704442008-12-17T10:52:00.000-05:002008-12-17T10:52:00.000-05:00This is one of my favourite hymns. I almost alway...This is one of my favourite hymns. I almost always get weepy by the last verse; for me, this is where God's sovereignty comes through so powerfully in Ellerton's text. (No offense, Dorothy) My one regret about this hymn is that I so seldom have a chance to sing it as we have very few evening services where I play.<BR/><BR/>Another wonderful text by Ellerton is "Saviour, again to Thy dear name". Perhaps, CWS you have already posted on this one?AuntEhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11632926330058119348noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24288613.post-58930580908442959712008-12-17T10:06:00.000-05:002008-12-17T10:06:00.000-05:00I've never seen (or sung) this hymn before, C.W.S....I've never seen (or sung) this hymn before, C.W.S., but I love it! Like you, I love thinking about the fact that while we are sleeping others of the church universal are praising our God. I also love the way this hymn speaks of God's sovereignty especially in those first two lines. And then there is God's eternal nature in the last verse. Its just a wonderful, praise-filled hymn all the way through! <BR/><BR/>And, yes, I agree that quite possibly John Ellerton would be writing a hymn blog were he alive today. And I'd be happily benefiting from it as I do from yours!Dorothyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02432234458348984602noreply@blogger.com