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O praise our God to-day
Author: Sir H. W. Baker, Bart. 1821-1877 Appears in 76 hymnals Lyrics: 1 O praise our God to-day,
His constant mercy bless,
Whose love hath helped us on our way,
And granted us success.
2 His arm the strength imparts
Our daily toil to bear;
His grace alone inspires our hearts,
Each other's load to share.
3 O happiest work below,
Earnest of joy above,
To sweeten many a cup of woe,
By deeds of holy love!
4 Lord, may it be our choice
This blessed rule to keep,
"Rejoice with them that do rejoice,
And weep with them that weep."
5 O praise our God to-day,
His constant mercy bless,
Whose love hath helped us on our way,
And granted us success. Topics: Charity, acts of ; The Church and the Kingdom of God Social Service; The Church and the Kingdom of God Social Service Used With Tune: CARLISLE
O praise our God to-day
ST. MICHAEL
Meter: 6.6.8.6 Appears in 318 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Louis Bourgeois; William Crotch Tune Sources: French Genevan Psalter, 1551; adapted in Psalm Tunes, 1836 Tune Key: G Major Incipit: 51322 35432 21176 Used With Text: O Praise Our God Today
ST. MICHAEL
ST. THOMAS
Appears in 987 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: William Tansur (1699-1774) Incipit: 51132 12345 43432 Used With Text: O praise our God today
ST. THOMAS
O praise our God today, His constant mercy bless
Author: Henry Williams Baker Hymnal: Kingdom Hymns with Music #d44 (1925) Languages: English
O praise our God today, His constant mercy bless
O praise our God today, His constant mercy bless
Author: Henry Williams Baker Hymnal: The Church Hymnary #49 (1893)
O praise our God today, His constant mercy bless
O praise our God today, His constant mercy bless
Author: Henry Williams Baker Hymnal: Hymn and Tune Book #d56 (1903) Languages: English
O praise our God today, His constant mercy bless
William Tans'ur
1699 - 1783 Person Name: William Tansur (1699-1774) Composer of "ST. THOMAS" in Carmina Sanctorum William Tansur, b. about 1700, Dunchurch of Barnes; d. 1783, St. Neots Evangelical Lutheran Hymnal, 1908
Also known as Tansur; Tanzer; le Tansur
William Tans'ur
H. W. Baker
1821 - 1877 Person Name: Sir H. W. Baker, Bart. 1821-1877 Author of "O praise our God to-day" in Methodist Hymn and Tune Book Baker, Sir Henry Williams, Bart., eldest son of Admiral Sir Henry Loraine Baker, born in London, May 27, 1821, and educated at Trinity College, Cambridge, where he graduated, B.A. 1844, M.A. 1847. Taking Holy Orders in 1844, he became, in 1851, Vicar of Monkland, Herefordshire. This benefice he held to his death, on Monday, Feb. 12, 1877. He succeeded to the Baronetcy in 1851. Sir Henry's name is intimately associated with hymnody. One of his earliest compositions was the very beautiful hymn, "Oh! what if we are Christ's," which he contributed to Murray's Hymnal for the Use of the English Church, 1852. His hymns, including metrical litanies and translations, number in the revised edition of Hymns Ancient & Modern, 33 in all. These were contributed at various times to Murray's Hymnal, Hymns Ancient & Modern and the London Mission Hymn Book, 1876-7. The last contains his three latest hymns. These are not included in Hymns Ancient & Modern. Of his hymns four only are in the highest strains of jubilation, another four are bright and cheerful, and the remainder are very tender, but exceedingly plaintive, sometimes even to sadness. Even those which at first seem bright and cheerful have an undertone of plaintiveness, and leave a dreamy sadness upon the spirit of the singer. Poetical figures, far-fetched illustrations, and difficult compound words, he entirely eschewed. In his simplicity of language, smoothness of rhythm, and earnestness of utterance, he reminds one forcibly of the saintly Lyte. In common with Lyte also, if a subject presented itself to his mind with striking contrasts of lights and shadows, he almost invariably sought shelter in the shadows. The last audible words which lingered on his dying lips were the third stanza of his exquisite rendering of the 23rd Psalm, "The King of Love, my Shepherd is:"—
Perverse and foolish, oft I strayed,
But yet in love He sought me,
And on His Shoulder gently laid,
And home, rejoicing, brought me."
This tender sadness, brightened by a soft calm peace, was an epitome of his poetical life.
Sir Henry's labours as the Editor of Hymns Ancient & Modern were very arduous. The trial copy was distributed amongst a few friends in 1859; first ed. published 1861, and the Appendix, in 1868; the trial copy of the revised ed. was issued in 1874, and the publication followed in 1875. In addition he edited Hymns for the London Mission, 1874, and Hymns for Mission Services, n.d., c. 1876-7. He also published Daily Prayers for those who work hard; a Daily Text Book, &c. In Hymns Ancient & Modern there are also four tunes (33, 211, 254, 472) the melodies of which are by Sir Henry, and the harmonies by Dr. Monk. He died Feb. 12, 1877.
--John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)
H. W. Baker
Louis Bourgeois
1510 - 1561 Composer (melody) of "ST. MICHAEL" in The Cyber Hymnal Louis Bourgeois (b. Paris, France, c. 1510; d. Paris, 1561). In both his early and later years Bourgeois wrote French songs to entertain the rich, but in the history of church music he is known especially for his contribution to the Genevan Psalter. Apparently moving to Geneva in 1541, the same year John Calvin returned to Geneva from Strasbourg, Bourgeois served as cantor and master of the choristers at both St. Pierre and St. Gervais, which is to say he was music director there under the pastoral leadership of Calvin. Bourgeois used the choristers to teach the new psalm tunes to the congregation.
The extent of Bourgeois's involvement in the Genevan Psalter is a matter of scholarly debate. Calvin had published several partial psalters, including one in Strasbourg in 1539 and another in Geneva in 1542, with melodies by unknown composers. In 1551 another French psalter appeared in Geneva, Eighty-three Psalms of David, with texts by Marot and de Beze, and with most of the melodies by Bourgeois, who supplied thirty four original tunes and thirty-six revisions of older tunes. This edition was republished repeatedly, and later Bourgeois's tunes were incorporated into the complete Genevan Psalter (1562). However, his revision of some older tunes was not uniformly appreciated by those who were familiar with the original versions; he was actually imprisoned overnight for some of his musical arrangements but freed after Calvin's intervention. In addition to his contribution to the 1551 Psalter, Bourgeois produced a four-part harmonization of fifty psalms, published in Lyons (1547, enlarged 1554), and wrote a textbook on singing and sight-reading, La Droit Chemin de Musique (1550). He left Geneva in 1552 and lived in Lyons and Paris for the remainder of his life.
Bert Polman
Louis Bourgeois
