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The Son of David bowed to die

Author: Joseph Anstice Meter: 8.7.8.7.7.7 Appears in 4 hymnals

VICTOR FUNERIS

Meter: 8.7.8.7.7.7 Appears in 1 hymnal Composer and/or Arranger: David Duffle Wood Tune Key: D Major Incipit: 13355 17656 45314 Used With Text: The Son of David Bowed to Die

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Author: Joseph Anstice Hymnal: The Cyber Hymnal #6223 Meter: 8.7.8.7.7.7 Lyrics: 1. The Son of David bowed to die, For man’s transgression stricken; The Father’s arm of power was nigh, The Son of God to quicken. Praise Him that He died for men: Praise Him that He rose again. 2. Death seemed all conquering when he bound The Lord of life in prison; The sight of death was nowhere found When Christ again was risen; Wherefore praise Him night and day, Him who took death’s sting away. 3. His saints with Him must bow to death, With Him are raised in spirit, With Him they dwell above by faith, Accepted through His merit: Heaven and earth resound the strain, Death by Jesus Christ is slain. Martha 4. Christ said to Martha by her brother’s grave, I am the resurrection and the life— And with what troubled thoughts her mind was rife! The life, He said, and yet He freely gave His life, and saving others could not save Himself. The resurrection? Chuza’s wife Had seen Him in the tomb—at end was strife, And o’er her anguish swept, a mighty wave. And yet her firm assurance kept her faith, And her reply, the fervent I believe,— Had not His voice raised Lazarus from death, Had not the grave released its four days’ prey? A foretaste of the resurrection day She had to bid her wait, and not to grieve. 5. Caroline Hazard (1856-1945) Languages: English Tune Title: VICTOR FUNERIS

The Son of David bowed to die

Author: Joseph Anstice Hymnal: The Hymnal #242 (1895) Lyrics: 1 The Son of David bowed to die, For man's transgression stricken; The Father's arm of power was nigh, The Son of God to quicken. Praise Him that He died for men; Praise Him that He rose again. 2 Death seemed all-conquering when he bound The Lord of life in prison; The night of death was nowhere found When Christ again was risen; Wherefore praise Him night and day, Him who took death's sting away. 3 His saints with Him must bow to death, With Him are raised in spirit, With Him they dwell above by faith, Accepted through His merit; Heaven and earth resound the strain, Death by Jesus Christ is slain. Amen.

The Son of David bowed to die

Author: Joseph Anstice Hymnal: Songs in the Night; or Hymns for the Sick and Suffering. 2nd ed. #d167 (1853)

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David Duffle Wood

1838 - 1910 Composer of "VICTOR FUNERIS" in The Cyber Hymnal David Duffield Wood was born near Pittsburgh, PA in 1838. He became totally blind in childhood, and was sent to the School for the Blind in Philadelphia. Wood was an organist, teacher, and composer. He was the organist at St. Stephen's Episcopal Church in Philadelphia and co-founder of the Philadelphia Orchestra. He died in Philadelphia in 1910. Dianne Shapiro

Joseph Anstice

1808 - 1836 Author of "The Son of David bowed to die" Anstice, Joseph , M.A., son of William Anstice of Madeley, Shropshire, born 1808, and educated at Enmore, near Bridgwater, Westminster, and Ch. Church, Oxford, where he gained two English prizes and graduated as a double-first. Subsequently, at the ago of 22, he became Professor of Classical Literature at King's College, London; died at Torquay, Feb. 29, 1836, aged 28. His works include Richard Coeur de Lion, a prize poem, 1828; The Influence of the Roman Conquest upon Literature and the Arts in Rome (Oxford prize Essay); Selections from the Choice Poetry of the Greek Dramatic Writers, translated into English Verse, 1832, &c. His hymns were printed a few months after his death, as:— Hymns by the late Joseph Anstice, M.A., formerly Student of Christ Church, Oxford, and Professor of Classical Literature, King’s College, London, Bridgwater, 1836, and thus introduced:— "As none of the following Hymns had the advantage of being corrected and prepared for the press by their lamented Author, his family have not considered themselves at liberty to bring them before the public; but, having reason to believe that a large circle of surviving friends will be gratified by possessing a memorial of the manner in which some of his leisure hours were employed, and of the subjects which chiefly occupied his thoughts, during the last few months of his life, they have consented to their being printed for private distribution.—-Bridgwater, June, 1836." This work contains 52 hymns on various subjects, together with a poem "To my Hymn Book." The circumstances under which they were written are thus detailed by Mrs. Anstice in a communication to the Rev. Josiah Miller, author of Singers and Songs of the Church:— "The hymns were all dictated to his wife during the last few weeks of his life, and were composed just at the period of the day (the afternoon) when he felt the oppression of his illness—all his brighter morning hours being given to pupils up to the very day of his death."-—S. & S., p. 495. A few of the hymns are of a joyful character, but the circumstances under which they were written account for the prevailing tone of sadness by which they are chiefly characterized. About one half of these hymns were included by Mrs. Yonge in her Child's Christian Year, 1841. Being thus brought before the public, many soon came into common use. Those in most extensive use are: "Father, by Thy love and power;" "In all things like “Thy brethren, Thou;" "Lord of the harvest, once again;" and, "O Lord, how happy should we be." -- John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)