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"Altogether lovely"
Author: Frances E. Cox Appears in 73 hymnals First Line: Earth has nothing sweet or fair Lyrics: 1 Earth has nothing sweet or fair,
Lovely forms or beauties rare,
But before my eyes they bring
Christ, of beauty Source and Spring.
2 When the morning paints the skies,
When the golden sunbeams rise,
Then my Saviour's form I find
Brightly imaged on my mind.
3 When the star-beams pierce the night,
Oft I think on Jesus' light;
Think how bright that light will be,
Shining through eternity.
4 Come, Lord Jesus! and dispel
This dark cloud in which I dwell,
And to me the power impart
To behold thee as thou art.
Topics: Christ Character of; Christ Morning Star; Christians Love for Christ; Communion of Saints With Christ Scripture: Psalm 45:2 Used With Tune: ST. BEES
"Altogether lovely"
[Earth has nothing sweet or fair]
Appears in 1 hymnal Composer and/or Arranger: T. E. Perkins Used With Text: Earth Has Nothing Sweet or Fair
[Earth has nothing sweet or fair]
NEW CALABAR
Appears in 30 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: J.D. Farrer Tune Key: G Major Incipit: 32177 65123 43212 Used With Text: Earth Has Nothing Sweet or Fair
NEW CALABAR
Earth Has Nothing Sweet or Fair
Author: F. E. Cox Hymnal: Calvary Songs #146 (1875) Lyrics: 1 Earth has nothing sweet or fair,
Lovely forms or beauties rare,
But before my eyes they bring
Christ, of beauty Source and Spring.
When the morning paints the skies,
When the golden sunbeams rise,
Then my Saviour's form I find
Brightly imaged on my mind.
Refrain:
Earth has nothing sweet or fair
Lovely forms or beauties rare,
But before my eyes they bring
Christ, of beauty Source and Spring.
2 When the day-beams pierce the night,
Oft I think on Jesus' light,—
Think,—how bright that light will be,
Shining through eternity.
When, as moonlight softly steals,
Heaven its thousand eyes reveals,
Then I think;—who made their light
Is a thousand times more bright.
3 When I see, in spring-tide gay,
Fields their varied tints display,
Wakes the thrilling thought in me,—
What must their Creator be?
Lord of all that's fair to see!
Come, reveal thyself to me;
Let me, mid thy radiant light,
See thine unvailed glories bright. Languages: English Tune Title: [Earth has nothing sweet or fair]
Earth Has Nothing Sweet or Fair
Earth Has Nothing Sweet or Fair
Author: F. E. Cox; J. Scheffler Hymnal: Primary Teachers' Manual #24 (1913) Languages: English Tune Title: [Earth has nothing sweet or fair]
Earth Has Nothing Sweet or Fair
Earth Has Nothing Sweet or Fair
Author: F. E. Cox; J. Scheffler Hymnal: Songs of the Covenant #156 (1892) Languages: English Tune Title: [Earth has nothing sweet or fair]
Earth Has Nothing Sweet or Fair
Conrad Kocher
1786 - 1872 Person Name: Kocher Composer of "DIX" in The Christian Hymnal Trained as a teacher, Conrad Kocher (b. Ditzingen, Wurttemberg, Germany, 1786; d. Stuttgart, Germany, 1872) moved to St. Petersburg, Russia, to work as a tutor at the age of seventeen. But his love for the music of Haydn and Mozart impelled him to a career in music. He moved back to Germany in 1811, settled in Stuttgart, and remained there for most of his life. The prestigious Cotta music firm published some of his early compositions and sent him to study music in Italy, where he came under the influence of Palestrina's music. In 1821 Kocher founded the School for Sacred Song in Stuttgart, which popularized four-part singing in the churches of that region. He was organist and choir director at the Stiftskirche in Stuttgart from 1827 to 1865. Kocher wrote a treatise on church music, Die Tonkunst in der Kirche (1823), collected a large number of chorales in Zions Harfe (1855), and composed an oratorio, two operas, and some sonatas. William H. Monk created the current form of DIX by revising and shortening Conrad Kocher's chorale melody for “Treuer Heiland, wir sind hier,” found in Kocher's Stimmen aus dem Reiche Gottes (1838).
Bert Polman
Conrad Kocher
Frances Elizabeth Cox
1812 - 1897 Person Name: Frances E. Cox Translator of ""Altogether lovely"" in Laudes Domini Cox, Frances Elizabeth, daughter of Mr. George V. Cox, born at Oxford, is well known as a successful translator of hymns from the German. Her translations were published as Sacred Hymns from the German, London, Pickering. The 1st edition, pub. 1841, contained 49 translations printed with the original text, together with biographical notes on the German authors. In the 2nd edition, 1864, Hymns from the German, London, Rivingtons, the translations were increased to 56, those of 1841 being revised, and with additional notes. The 56 translations were composed of 27 from the 1st ed. (22 being omitted) and 29 which were new. The best known of her translations are "Jesus lives! no longer [thy terrors] now" ; and ”Who are these like stars appearing ?" A few other translations and original hymns have been contributed by Miss Cox to the magazines; but they have not been gathered together into a volume.
-- John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)
Frances Elizabeth Cox
John Bacchus Dykes
1823 - 1876 Person Name: J. B. Dykes Composer of "ST. BEES" in Gloria Deo As a young child John Bacchus Dykes (b. Kingston-upon-Hull' England, 1823; d. Ticehurst, Sussex, England, 1876) took violin and piano lessons. At the age of ten he became the organist of St. John's in Hull, where his grandfather was vicar. After receiving a classics degree from St. Catherine College, Cambridge, England, he was ordained in the Church of England in 1847. In 1849 he became the precentor and choir director at Durham Cathedral, where he introduced reforms in the choir by insisting on consistent attendance, increasing rehearsals, and initiating music festivals. He served the parish of St. Oswald in Durham from 1862 until the year of his death. To the chagrin of his bishop, Dykes favored the high church practices associated with the Oxford Movement (choir robes, incense, and the like). A number of his three hundred hymn tunes are still respected as durable examples of Victorian hymnody. Most of his tunes were first published in Chope's Congregational Hymn and Tune Book (1857) and in early editions of the famous British hymnal, Hymns Ancient and Modern.
Bert Polman
John Bacchus Dykes
