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O Christ the King! since breath pent up so long
Author: Allen W. Chatfield; St. Gregory of Nazianzus Appears in 2 hymnals Hymnal Title: Calvin Hymnary Project First Line: O Christ the King, since breath pent up Lyrics:
O Christ the King! since breath pent up so long
I have outpoured, Thou first shalt be my song;
May this my word, the current of my mind,
If lawful thus to speak, acceptance find,
And unto Thee as holy incense rise
Of holiest priest, a grateful sacrifice!
The Father's Brightness, Word of the Great Mind,
Who cannot be by power of speech defined,
High Light of highest Light, the Only Son,
Image and Seal of the Immortal One,
Without beginning; from same Fount of Light
With the Great Spirit; infinite in might:
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All-glorious Thou, and Author of all good:
From age to age Thy truth hath firmly stood.
Enthroned Thou reignest high in heaven above,
Almighty Breath of Mind and Lord of Love.
Throughout this framèd universe Divine
Whatever is, or shall be, all is Thine:
Thou madest all, to all Thou givest life,
O Christ the King! since breath pent up so long
O Christ the King! since breath pent up so long
Author: Chatfield; Gregory of Nazianzus Hymnal: Hymns and Poetry of the Eastern Church #38 (1908) Hymnal Title: Hymns and Poetry of the Eastern Church Languages: English
O Christ the King! since breath pent up so long
O Christ the King! since breath pent up so long
Author: Allen W. Chatfield; Gregory Nazianzen Hymnal: Songs and Hymns of the Earliest Greek Christian Poets #13 (1876) Hymnal Title: Songs and Hymns of the Earliest Greek Christian Poets Lyrics:
O Christ the King! since breath pent up so long
I have outpoured, Thou first shalt be my song;
May this my word, the current of my mind,
If lawful thus to speak, acceptance find,
And unto Thee as holy incense rise
Of holiest priest, a grateful sacrifice!
The Father's Brightness, Word of the Great Mind,
Who cannot be by power of speech defined,
High Light of highest Light, the Only Son,
Image and Seal of the Immortal One,
Without beginning; from same Fount of Light
With the Great Spirit; infinite in might:
All-glorious Thou, and Author of all good:
From age to age Thy truth hath firmly stood.
Enthroned Thou reignest high in heaven above,
Almighty Breath of Mind and Lord of Love.
Throughout this framèd universe Divine
Whatever is, or shall be, all is Thine:
Thou madest all, to all Thou givest life,
And all Thou guidest: nowhere fault or strife,
Nor error in Thy workmanship is found:
The whole in willing chain to Thee is bound.
Thou laid'st the world's foundation: and Thy nod
All things obey, and own their Sovereign God.
For Thee the lofty sun, the king of day,
Quenching the stars, holds on his fiery way.
For Thee, for so Thou bidst, the eye of night,
The moon, waxes and wanes, full orb of light.
For Thee the belt of heaven, all-dancing ring,
And seasons kindly mingling, laugh and sing.
For Thee the fixèd stars and planets shine
In course, and speak Thy wisdom all divine.
Thy light they are, the heavenly minds that be,
All sing on high the glorious Trinity.
Man is Thy glory too, angel below,
Here placed to sing, O Light, Thy beauteous glow.
Immortal, fleshless, glory's highest ray,
Who mortal flesh yet took'st, man's woes to stay,
For Thee I live, for Thee my songs arise,
For Thee I am a breathing sacrifice;
For this, of all things once possessed by me,
Alone remains, and this I give to Thee.
I tie my tongue, and loose it at Thy will;
In either, what Thou wouldst may I fulfil,
Speak what is right, nor think aught else beside:
From mire select the pearl, with Thee my Guide;
Gold from the sand, the rose from thorny brake,
From straw-encumbered ears the pure grain take.
To Thee, O Christ, this wreath of uttered praise,
As firstfruits of my loving toil, I raise.
For from the dead, with whom He mingled lay,
Great Christ arose, upon this gladsome day;
Gates of grim Hades He did open fling;
And broke death's power, and robbed him of his sting;
Rushed from the tomb, appeared to speaking men,
For whom, once born, He died and rose again;
That we new-born might rise, from death set free,
And ever live, ascending Lord, with Thee.
This day glad Heaven with acclamation rings,
And choir angelic crowning anthem sings.
This day my closèd lips I loose in song
To Thee, to whom my lute and breath belong.
Of mind to Mind, of word to the true Word,
I here have offered what I could afford:
Hereafter, if He will, I hope to bring
To the Great Spirit worthier offering.
Languages: English
O Christ the King! since breath pent up so long
Allen William Chatfield
1808 - 1896 Person Name: Allen W. Chatfield Hymnal Title: Songs and Hymns of the Earliest Greek Christian Poets Translator of "O Christ the King! since breath pent up so long" in Songs and Hymns of the Earliest Greek Christian Poets Chatfield, Allen William, M.A., born at Chatteris, Oct. 2nd, 1808, and educated at Charterhouse School and Trinity College, Cambridge, where he was Bell's Univ. Scholar and Members' Prizeman. He graduated in 1831, taking a first class in classical honours. Taking Holy Orders in 1832, he was from 1833 to 1847 Vicar of Stotfold, Bedfordshire; and since 1847 Vicar of Much-Marcle, Herefordshire. Mr. Chatfield has published various Sermons from time to time. His Litany, &c. [Prayer Book] in Greek verse is admirable, and has been commended by many eminent scholars. His Songs and Hymns of Earliest Greek Christian Poets, Bishops, and others, translated into English Verse, 1876, has not received the attention of hymnal compilers which it merits. One hymn therefrom, "Lord Jesu, think on me," is a specimen of others of equal merit, which might be adopted with advantage. He died Jan. 10, 1896.
-- John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)
Allen William Chatfield
St. Gregory of Nazianzus
329 - 389 Person Name: Gregory Nazianzen Hymnal Title: Songs and Hymns of the Earliest Greek Christian Poets Author of "O Christ the King! since breath pent up so long" in Songs and Hymns of the Earliest Greek Christian Poets Gregory of Nazianzus (St. Gregory Nazianzen), Bishop of Sasima and of Constantinople, son of Gregory, Bishop of Nazianzus in Cappadocia, and Nonna, his wife, was born at a village near that city where his father had an estate, and called Arizanzus. The date of his birth is unknown, but is generally given as A.D. 325. In early childhood he was taught to read the Scriptures by his mother. From his home he passed with his brother Caesarius to a school at Caesarea, the capital of Cappadocia, where he was instructed by one Carterius, supposed by some to be the same as the subsequent head of the monasteries of Antioch, and instructor of St. Chrysostom. At Caesarea he probably met with Basil, with whom he maintained a life-long friendship. From Caesarea Basil went to Constantinople, and Gregory and his brother to Caesarea in Palestine. In a short time his brother passed on to Alexandria, whilst he remained behind to study rhetoric, and then followed his brother to that city. From Alexandria he went to pursue his study at Athens. On his journey there the ship in which he sailed encountered a severe hurricane, so much so, that all despaired of life. The voyage, however, terminated safely, and Gregory felt his deliverance to be a fresh call upon him to devote himself to God. At Athens, Julian (the Emperor) was a fellow student, and there he also met Basil again, and rendered him much assistance. His studies at Athens extended over some ten years. About 356 he returned to Nazianzus, from whence, after great persuasion on the part of Basil he joined the latter at Pontus, and devoted himself for some two or three years to an ascetic life. On returning to his home the holy office of the priesthood was forced upon him by his father: but instead of exercising his office he fled to Pontus, only to return again in a few months.
Ordained, probably at Christmas, he preached his first sermon in the Church at Nazianzus on the following Easter-day, A.D. 362. In 370, through Basil, who had become Metropolitan of Cappadocia and Exarch of Pontus, Gregory consented most unwillingly to be consecrated as Bishop of Sasima. Subsequently he became for a short time his father's coadjutor at Nazianzus. About Easter, A.D. 379, he was called by the oppressed orthodox Christians of Constantinople to that city. The people's wish was supported by the voice of many of the bishops. He arrived there, it is supposed, about Easter. He found the adherents of the Nicene Creed few, and crushed by the heretics, and without a church in which to worship. His work, and the opposition he met with in that city, we cannot detail here. Failing health, and a dispute respecting the validity of his position as Bishop of Constantinople, led him, in A.D. 381, to retire to Nazianzus. After administering the affairs of that diocese for a short time he retired to his birthplace at Arizanzus, and occupied his remaining years--probably about six-—in writing poems, &c. He died cir. 390.
St. Gregory's extant writings were published in two folio volumes, the first in 1778; and the second in 1840. This is commonly known as the Benedictine edition and is entitled Sancti Patris nostri Gregorii Theologi vulgo Nazianzeni Archiepiscopi Constantinopolitani, Opera omnia quae extant vel ejus nomine circumferuntur, ad MSS. codices Gallkanos, Vaticanos, Germanicos, Anglicos, nee non ad antiquiores editiones castigata, &c, &c. Vol. i. contains 45 Sermons, and vol. ii. Letters on Various Subjects, and his poems. The latter are in two Books: Book. i. (1) dogmatic, (2) moral; Book. ii. historical, (1) relating to himself, (2) relating to others, including epitaphs, &c. The dogmatic poems are 38; the moral 40; those relating to his own life 99, and miscellaneous over 60. Many of these are given in the Anthologia Graeca Carminum Christianorum, and Daniel, iii. pp. 5, 16, and 8 are trans¬lated by Mr. Chatfield in his Songs and Hymns of the Greek Christian Poets, 1876. For fuller details of St. Gregory's Life and Writings, his works in ms. and book form and other matters relating thereto, see Dictionary of Christian Biographies., vol. i. pp. 741-761, and for criticism of his poetry, Greek Hymnody, § iv.
-- John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)
St. Gregory of Nazianzus
