- |
User Links
My Starred Hymns
My FlexScores
My Hymnals
My Purchased Files792
Through the Red Sea
Hymn Information
- First Line
- Through the Red Sea brought at last
- Author
- Ronald A. Knox, 1888-1957
- Tune Name
- STRAF MICH NICHT
- Tune Source
- <i>Straf mich nicht</i>, melody from <cite>Hundert Arien</cite>, 1694
- Topic
- Biblical Names and Places: Egypt · Biblical Names and Places: Escape from Egypt · Biblical Names and Places: Pillar of Cloud/Pillar of Fire · Church Year: Easter Vigil · Exile and Return · Elements of Worship: Baptism
Copyright Information
- Text Copyright
- Public Domain
- Tune Copyright
- Public Domain
- Reprint/Projection Information
- Words and Music: The Words and Music are in the Public Domain; you do not need permission to project or reprint the Words and Music.
Full Text
Scripture References
Confessions and Statements of Faith References
Further Reflections on Confessions and Statements of Faith References
Historically the passage of the Israelites through the Red Sea has been the metaphor for baptism into new life. Belgic Confession, Article 34, speaks of the Son of God “…who is our Red Sea through which we must pass to escape the tyranny of Pharaoh who is the devil...”
792
Through the Red Sea
Additional Prayers
A Prayer of Acclamation
Powerful God, you led Israel in Exodus through the Red Sea.
Alleluia!
Alleluia!
You led Jesus in second Exodus through death to life.
Alleluia!
Alleluia!
You lead us through the water of baptism to new life in Christ.
Alleluia! Alleluia! Amen.
Alleluia! Alleluia! Amen.
—
Cornelius Plantinga, Jr.
792
Through the Red Sea
Tune Information
- Name
- STRAF MICH NICHT
- Key
- D Major
- Meter
- 7.4.7.4.6.7.4
Recordings
792
Through the Red Sea
Hymn Story/Background
STRAF MICH NICHT was the melody used with Johann Georg Albinus’ text, “Straf mich nicht in deinem Zorn,” in Hundert ahnmüthig- und sonderbahr geistlicher Arien, 1694, an appendix to Geist- und Lehr-reiches Kirchen- und Hauss-Buch, published in Dresden the same year. The tune appeared earlier as a “Lamente,” in a manuscript collection of dance music written down before 1681. J.S. Bach included a setting in his Cantata 115.
Hymnal Companion to the Lutheran Book of Worship, Fortress Press, 1981, p. 472
—
Hymnal Companion to the Lutheran Book of Worship
Author Information
Ronald Arbuthnott Knox (b. Kibworth Leicestershire, England, February 17, 1888; d. August 24, 1957) was an English priest and theologian. He was also a writer and a regular broadcaster for BBC Radio.
Knox had attended Eton College and won several scholarships at Balliol College, Oxford. He was ordained an Anglican priest in 1912 and was appointed chaplain of Trinity College, Oxford, but he left in 1917 upon his conversion to Catholicism. In 1918 he was ordained a Catholic priest. Knox wrote many books of essays and novels. Directed by his religious superiors, he re-translated the Latin Vulgate Bible into English, using Hebrew and Greek sources, beginning in 1936.
—
Wikipedia
You have access to this FlexScore.
Download:
Download:
Are parts of this score outside of your desired range?
Try transposing this FlexScore.
Suggestions or corrections? Contact us
