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Jesus Calls Us; O'er the Tumult

Author: Mrs. Cecil F. Alexander Meter: 8.7.8.7 Appears in 920 hymnals Person Name: Mrs. Cecil F. Alexander Topics: Call, Divine; Following Christ; Home; Lord, Jesus The; Post-Communion Service; Profession of Faith; Renunciation; Voice of Jesus; Life And Ministry, Christ's; Commitment To Christ Scripture: Psalm 150 Used With Tune: GALILEE (JUDE)

O Sacred Head, Now Wounded

Author: James W. Alexander; Bernard of Clairvaux Meter: 7.6.7.6 D Appears in 724 hymnals Person Name: James W. Alexander Topics: Mediator; Suffering of Christ; Cross of Christ Used With Tune: PASSION CHORALE

O God, to Thine Anointed King

Meter: 8.6.8.6 D Appears in 3 hymnals Person Name: Gerhard Th. Alexis Topics: Judge, God, Christ As; King, Christ Our; Peace Among Men; Peace and Rest; Prince Of Peace, Christ The; Kingdom of Christ; Poor Scripture: Psalm 72 Used With Tune: ISHPEMING

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PASSION CHORALE

Meter: 7.6.7.6 D Appears in 504 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: H. L. Hassler, 1564-1612; Johann Sebastian Bach Person Name: James W. Alexander Tune Key: C Major Incipit: 51765 45233 2121 Used With Text: O Sacred Head, Now Wounded

ISHPEMING

Meter: 8.6.8.6 D Appears in 4 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Gerhard Th. Alexis Person Name: Gerhard Th. Alexis Tune Key: A Flat Major Used With Text: O God, to Thine Anointed King

MAITLAND

Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 578 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: George N. Allen Person Name: George N. Allen Tune Key: B Flat Major Incipit: 34551 32161 65513 Used With Text: When in the Night I Meditate

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Jesus Calls Us; O'er the Tumult

Author: Mrs. Cecil F. Alexander Hymnal: BPsH #459 (1976) Meter: 8.7.8.7 Person Name: Mrs. Cecil F. Alexander Topics: Call, Divine; Following Christ; Home; Lord, Jesus The; Post-Communion Service; Profession of Faith; Renunciation; Voice of Jesus; Life And Ministry, Christ's; Commitment To Christ Scripture: Psalm 150 Languages: English Tune Title: GALILEE (JUDE)

O Sacred Head, Now Wounded

Author: James W. Alexander; Bernard of Clairvaux Hymnal: BPsH #355 (1976) Meter: 7.6.7.6 D Person Name: James W. Alexander Topics: Mediator; Suffering of Christ; Cross of Christ Languages: English Tune Title: PASSION CHORALE

O God, to Thine Anointed King

Hymnal: BPsH #133 (1976) Meter: 8.6.8.6 D Person Name: Gerhard Th. Alexis Topics: Judge, God, Christ As; King, Christ Our; Peace Among Men; Peace and Rest; Prince Of Peace, Christ The; Kingdom of Christ; Poor Scripture: Psalm 72 Languages: English Tune Title: ISHPEMING

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Cecil Frances Alexander

1818 - 1895 Person Name: Mrs. Cecil F. Alexander Hymnal Number: 459 Author of "Jesus Calls Us; O'er the Tumult" in Psalter Hymnal (Blue) As a small girl, Cecil Frances Humphries (b. Redcross, County Wicklow, Ireland, 1818; Londonderry, Ireland, 1895) wrote poetry in her school's journal. In 1850 she married Rev. William Alexander, who later became the Anglican primate (chief bishop) of Ireland. She showed her concern for disadvantaged people by traveling many miles each day to visit the sick and the poor, providing food, warm clothes, and medical supplies. She and her sister also founded a school for the deaf. Alexander was strongly influenced by the Oxford Movement and by John Keble's Christian Year. Her first book of poetry, Verses for Seasons, was a "Christian Year" for children. She wrote hymns based on the Apostles' Creed, baptism, the Lord's Supper, the Ten Commandments, and prayer, writing in simple language for children. Her more than four hundred hymn texts were published in Verses from the Holy Scripture (1846), Hymns for Little Children (1848), and Hymns Descriptive and Devotional ( 1858). Bert Polman ================== Alexander, Cecil Frances, née Humphreys, second daughter of the late Major John Humphreys, Miltown House, co. Tyrone, Ireland, b. 1823, and married in 1850 to the Rt. Rev. W. Alexander, D.D., Bishop of Derry and Raphoe. Mrs. Alexander's hymns and poems number nearly 400. They are mostly for children, and were published in her Verses for Holy Seasons, with Preface by Dr. Hook, 1846; Poems on Subjects in the Old Testament, pt. i. 1854, pt. ii. 1857; Narrative Hymns for Village Schools, 1853; Hymns for Little Children, 1848; Hymns Descriptive and Devotional, 1858; The Legend of the Golden Prayers 1859; Moral Songs, N.B.; The Lord of the Forest and his Vassals, an Allegory, &c.; or contributed to the Lyra Anglicana, the S.P.C.K. Psalms and Hymns, Hymns Ancient & Modern, and other collections. Some of the narrative hymns are rather heavy, and not a few of the descriptive are dull, but a large number remain which have won their way to the hearts of the young, and found a home there. Such hymns as "In Nazareth in olden time," "All things bright and beautiful," "Once in Royal David's city," "There is a green hill far away," "Jesus calls us o'er the tumult," "The roseate hues of early dawn," and others that might be named, are deservedly popular and are in most extensive use. Mrs. Alexander has also written hymns of a more elaborate character; but it is as a writer for children that she has excelled. - John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907) =============== Alexander, Cecil F., née Humphreys, p. 38, ii. Additional hymns to those already noted in this Dictionary are in common use:— 1. Christ has ascended up again. (1853.) Ascension. 2. His are the thousand sparkling rills. (1875.) Seven Words on the Cross (Fifth Word). 3. How good is the Almighty God. (1S48.) God, the Father. 4. In [a] the rich man's garden. (1853.) Easter Eve. 5. It was early in the morning. (1853.) Easter Day. 6. So be it, Lord; the prayers are prayed. (1848.) Trust in God. 7. Saw you never in the twilight? (1853.) Epiphany. 8. Still bright and blue doth Jordan flow. (1853.) Baptism of Our Lord. 9. The angels stand around Thy throne. (1848.) Submission to the Will of God. 10. The saints of God are holy men. (1848.) Communion of Saints. 11. There is one Way and only one. (1875.) SS. Philip and James. 12. Up in heaven, up in heaven. (1848.) Ascension. 13. We are little Christian children. (1848.) Holy Trinity. 14. We were washed in holy water. (1848.) Holy Baptism. 15. When of old the Jewish mothers. (1853.) Christ's Invitation to Children. 16. Within the Churchyard side by side. (1848.) Burial. Of the above hymns those dated 1848 are from Mrs. Alexander's Hymns for Little Children; those dated 1853, from Narrative Hymns, and those dated 1875 from the 1875 edition of Hymns Ancient & Modern. Several new hymns by Mrs. Alexander are included in the 1891 Draft Appendix to the Irish Church Hymnal. --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, Appendix, Part II (1907) ============= Alexander, Cecil F. , p. 38, ii. Mrs. Alexander died at Londonderry, Oct. 12, 1895. A number of her later hymns are in her Poems, 1896, which were edited by Archbishop Alexander. --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, New Supplement (1907) See also in:Hymn Writers of the Church

James W. Alexander

1804 - 1859 Person Name: James W. Alexander Hymnal Number: 355 Translator of "O Sacred Head, Now Wounded" in Psalter Hymnal (Blue) James W. Alexander (b. Hopewell, Louisa County, VA, 1804; d. Sweetsprings, VA, 1859) was often overshadowed by his father, the renowned Archibald Alexander, first professor at Princeton Theological Seminary. But James Alexander was also a fine preacher, teacher, and writer. He studied at New Jersey College (now Princeton University) and Princeton Seminary. Ordained in the Presbyterian Church, he alternated his career between teaching and pastoring; for two years (1849-1851) he was professor of ecclesiastical history and church government at Princeton Seminary. Alexander translated a number of hymns from Greek, Latin, and German but is mainly known today for his translation of "O Sacred Head." Bert Polman ===================== Alexander, James Waddell, D.D., son of Archibald Alexander, D.D., b. at Hopewell, Louisa, county of Virginia, 13 Mar., 1804, graduated at Princeton, 1820, and was successively Professor of Rhetoric at Princeton, 1833; Pastor of Duane Street Presbyterian Church, New York, 1844; Professor of Church History, Princeton, 1849; and Pastor of 5th Avenue Presbyterian Church, New York, 1851; d. at Sweetsprings, Virginia, July 31, 1859. His works include Gift to the Afflicted, Thoughts on Family Worship, and others. His Letters were published by the Rev. Dr. Hall, in 2 vols., some time after his death, and his translations were collected and published at New York in 1861, under the title, The Breaking Crucible and other Translations. Of these translations the following are in use: O Sacred Head, now wounded” a translation of "Salve Caput," through the German; "Near the cross was Mary weeping," a translation of "Stabat Mater"; and "Jesus, how sweet Thy memory is," a translation of "dulcis memoria." The annotations of these translations are given under their respective Latin first lines. --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)