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Meter: 8.6.8.6 D Appears in 464 hymnals Matching Instances: 462 Composer and/or Arranger: Richard Storrs Willis Tune Key: B Flat Major Incipit: 53221 65655 67112 Used With Text: It Came upon the Midnight Clear

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It Came upon the Midnight Clear

Author: Edmund Hamilton Sears Meter: 8.6.8.6 D Appears in 867 hymnals Matching Instances: 340 Lyrics: 1 It came upon the midnight clear, that glorious song of old, from angels bending near the earth to touch their harps of gold: "Peace on the earth, good will to men, from heav'n's all-gracious King"; the world in solemn stillness lay to hear the angels sing. 2 Still through the cloven skies they come, with peaceful wings unfurled, and still their heav'nly music floats o'er all the weary world: above its sad and lowly plains they bend on hov'ring wing, and ever o'er its Babel sounds the blessed angels sing. 3 And ye, beneath life's crushing load, whose forms are bending low, who toil along the climbing way with painful steps and slow, look now! for glad and golden hours come swiftly on the wing: O rest beside the weary road and hear the angels sing. 4 For lo, the days are hast'ning on, by prophet bards foretold, when with the ever-circling years comes round the age of gold; when peace shall over all the earth its ancient splendors fling, and the whole world give back the song which now the angels sing. Scripture: Luke 2:13-14 Used With Tune: CAROL

There is a green hill far away

Appears in 693 hymnals Matching Instances: 25 Topics: Atonement; Christ Used With Tune: [There is a green hill far away]

Calm on the listening ear of night

Author: Rev. Edmund Hamilton Sears (1810-1876) Appears in 349 hymnals Matching Instances: 16 Topics: The Lord Jesus Christ Used With Tune: CAROL

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ในคืนวันหนึ่งยามเงียบสงัด

Author: Edmund H. Sears; Anonymous Hymnal: The Cyber Hymnal #15849 First Line: ในคืนวันหนึ่งยามเงียบสงัด มีทูตสวรรค์ลงมา Lyrics: 1 ในคืนวันหนึ่งยามเงียบสงัด มีทูตสวรรค์ลงมา ร้องเพลงสรร-เสริญดีดพิณทองคำ และนำข่าวดีกล่าวว่า “ความสุขจงมีแก่ชาวโลกนี้ เพราะมีกษัตริย์บังเกิด” มนุษย์ทั้งหลายจงเงี่ยหูฟัง บทเพลงความสุขประเสริฐ 2 เหล่าทูตสวรรค์พากันลงมา ร้องเพลงแสดงยินดี เพื่อให้ชาวโลกซึ่งเหน็ดเหนื่อยใจ ได้รับความสุขเปรมปรีดิ์ แต่ว่ามนุษย์ยังคงดื้อดึง ไม่มีความสามัคคี คนบาปทั้งหลายจงไตร่ตรองดู รับพรจากพระเยซู 3 ผู้ใดเป็นทุกข์หนักอกหนักใจ ต้องแบกภาระเหลือหลาย ผู้ใดรับความทุกข์ทรมาน จนเหนื่อยดูเหมือนไม่ไหว บัดนี้จงเงยหน้าดูพระเจ้า รับเอาความรอดโดยดี พระองค์จะโปรดประทานความสุข พ้นทุกข์แก่ท่านทันที 4 วันคืนกำลังจะผ่านพ้นไป ตามคำผู้ทำนายไว้ ยุคนั้นจะมาเวลากำหนด คือยุคไม่มีความตาย ความสุขจะแผ่ออกไปทั่วโลก เปรียบดังแสงรัศมี ชาวโลกร้องเพลงอย่างทูตสวรรค์ คือเพลงสุขสวัสดี Languages: Thai Tune Title: [ในคืนวันหนึ่งยามเงียบสงัด มีทูตสวรรค์ลงมา]

පොරණ ගීය තෙදවතත්

Author: Edmund H. Sears; A. S. Amarasekara Hymnal: The Cyber Hymnal #15467 Meter: 8.6.8.6 D Lyrics: 1 පොරණ ගීය තෙදවතත් ඇසුණයි රෑ දිනේ පැවසු දූතුන් විත් සගෙන් රන් වීනා ගාමිනේ වේව සෙත මිහි පිට සතට කරුණා දූතයින් ගී අසනට ලෝ නිසලින් උන්නා 2 දැනුත් එත් උන් අහස් කුසින් විදහා පියාපත් සමාදානය ගෙනතින් ලෝ කෙරේ යුත් විපත් මෙලෝ දුක් ඇති සැම තැන් කෙරේ උන් හැසිරෙත් වියවුල් ඇත් කල වටින් සැනසුම් ගී කියත් 3 මෙලෝ ජීවිතේ දුක්වලින් බරවී ඉන්නෙනි කඳු මග සෙමින් දුකින් ගමන් කරන්නෙනි එයි තොස් යුත් කලක් මනරම් තොපට විගසින් මග අයිනේ නවතිමින් අඝව් ගී දූතයින් 4 එන්නේ දවස් විගසින් පෙර දිවස්වතුන් පැවසූ වදන ලෙසන් කාලය සුපසන් කෙරේ මුළු පොළෝ අලුත් යේසුස් රජ වනා එකල් මෙ ගී කියත් ලෝ සත් දැන් දූතු න් කියනා Languages: Sinhala Tune Title: CAROL

തെളിഞ്ഞു പാതിരാത്രിയിൽ മഹത്വമാം ഗാനം

Author: Edmund H. Sears; Simon Zachariah Hymnal: The Cyber Hymnal #14684 Meter: 8.6.8.6 D Lyrics: 1 തെളിഞ്ഞു പാതിരാത്രിയിൽ മഹത്വമാം ഗാനം, വിണ്‍ദൂതർ എത്തി ഭൂമിയിൽ കിന്നരം പാടുവാൻ. സ്വർഗ്ഗത്തിൻ രാജൻ കല്പിച്ചു ഭൂമിയിൽ ശാന്തിയെ, വിണ്‍ദൂതർ ഗാനം കേൾക്കുവാൻ ഭൂവെല്ലാം കാതോർത്തു. 2 ദൂതർ വന്നെത്തി ആകാശെ ശാന്തി ചിറകിലായ്, അപ്പോഴും പാടി സദ്ഗീതം ഞരങ്ങും ഭൂമിമേൽ, ദുഖിക്കും ഭൂ താഴ്വാരം മേൽ ചിറകിനാൽ മൂടി, ഭൗമീക ശബ്ദങ്ങൾക്കുമേൽ വിണ്‍ദൂതർ ഗാനമായ്. 3 പാപം, പരീക്ഷ, ഭൂമിയിൽ വാണേറെ നാളുകൾ, രണ്ടു സഹസ്ര വർഷത്തിൻ പാപത്തെ നീക്കിയേ. മേലിൽ കേൾക്കില്ല യുദ്ധങ്ങൾ ശാന്തി ധ്വനിച്ചീടും, ദുഖം അടക്കി കേൾക്കുവിൻ വിണ്‍ദൂതരിൻ ഗാനം. 4 അദ്ധ്വാനിക്കും മനുജരെ, ഭാരം ചുമപ്പോരേ, കഷ്ടതയിൻ കാല്പാടിനാൽ അടി വയ്ക്കുന്നോരേ, കാണ്മിൻ സുവർണ്ണാവസരം ദൂതർ ചിറകിന്മേൽ. വഴിവക്കിൽ വിശ്രമിപ്പിൻ ആ ഗാനം കേട്ടിടാം. 5 ദിനങ്ങൾ പാഴിൽ പോകുന്നു പ്രവചനം ചൊല്ലി, കഷ്ടപ്പാടിൻ കാലം പോയി സ്വതന്ത്ര കാലമായ്. സമാധാനം ഈ ഭൂമിയിൽ പണ്ടേ പോൽ വാണീടും. അപ്പോൾ ഭൂവെല്ലാം പാടീടും വിണ്‍ദൂതർ ഗാനവും. Languages: Malayalam Tune Title: CAROL

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Richard Storrs Willis

1819 - 1900 Person Name: R. S. Willis Composer of "CAROL" in Song-Hymnal of Praise and Joy Richard Storrs Willis (February 10, 1819 – May 10, 1900) was an American composer, notably of hymn music. One of his hymns is "It Came Upon the Midnight Clear" (1850), with lyrics by Edmund Sears. He was also a music critic and journal editor. Willis, whose siblings included Nathaniel Parker Willis and Fanny Fern, was born on February 10, 1819, in Boston, Massachusetts. He attended Chauncey Hall, the Boston Latin School, and Yale College where he was a member of Skull and Bones in 1841. Willis then went to Germany, where he studied six years under Xavier Schnyder and Moritz Hauptmann. While there, he became a personal friend of Felix Mendelssohn. After returning to America, Willis served as music critic for the New York Tribune, The Albion, and The Musical Times, for which he served as editor for a time. He joined the New-York American-Music Association, an organization which promoted the work native of naturalized American composers. He reviewed the organization's first concert for their second season, held December 30, 1856, in the Musical World, as a "creditable affair, all things considered". Willis began his own journal, Once a Month: A Paper of Society, Belles-Lettres and Art, and published its first issue in January 1862. Willis died on May 7, 1900. His interment was located at Woodlawn Cemetery. His works and music compilations include: Church Chorals and Choir Studies (1850) Our Church Music (1856) Waif of Song (1876) Pen and Lute (1883) --en.wikipedia.org

Edmund H. Sears

1810 - 1876 Author of "Christmas Carol" in Song-Hymnal of Praise and Joy Edmund Hamilton Sears was born in Berkshire [County], Massachusetts, in 1810; graduated at Union College, Schenectady, in 1834, and at the Theological School of Harvard University, in 1837. He became pastor of the Unitarian Society in Wayland, Mass., in 1838; removed to Lancaster in 1840; but on account of ill health was obliged to retire from the active duties of the ministry in 1847; since then, residing in Wayland, he devoted himself to literature. He has published several works. --Annotations of the Hymnal, Charles Hutchins, M.A., 1872 ======================= Sears, Edmund Hamilton, D.D., son of Joseph Sears, was born at Sandisfield, Berkshire County, Massachusetts, April 6, 1810, and educated at Union College, Schenectady, N.Y., where he graduated in 1834; and at the Theological School at Cambridge. In 1838 he became pastor of the First Church (Unitarian) at Wayland, Massachusetts; then at Lancaster in the same State, in 1840; again at Wayland, in 1847; and finally at Weston, Massachusetts, in 1865. He died at Weston, Jan. 14, 1876. He published:— (1) Regeneration, 1854; (2) Pictures of the Olden Time, 1857; (3) Athanasia, or Foregleams of Immortality, 1858, enlarged ed., 1872; (4) The Fourth Gospel the Heart of Christ; (5) Sermons and Songs of the Christian Life, 1875, in which his hymns are collected. Also co-editor of the Monthly Religious Magazine. Of his hymns the following are in common use:— 1. Calm on the listening ear of night. Christmas. This hymn was first published in its original form, in the Boston Observer, 1834; afterwards, in the Christian Register, in 1835; subsequently it was emended by the author, and, as thus emended, was reprinted entire in the Monthly Magazine, vol. xxxv. Its use is extensive. 2. It came upon the midnight clear. Christmas. "Rev. Dr. Morison writes to us, Sears's second Christmas hymn was sent to me as editor of the Christian Register, I think, in December, 1849. I was very much delighted with it, and before it came out in the Register, read it at a Christmas celebration of Dr. Lunt's Sunday School in Quincy. I always feel that, however poor my Christmas sermon may be, the reading and singing of this hymn are enough to make up for all deficiences.'" 3. Ho, ye that rest beneath the rock. Charitable Meetings on behalf of Children. Appeared in Longfellow and Johnson's Hymns of the Spirit, Boston, 1864, in 2 stanzas of 8 lines. Dr. Sears's two Christmas hymns rank with the best on that holy season in the English language. Although a member of the Unitarian body, his views were rather Swedenborgian than Unitarian. He held always to the absolute Divinity of Christ. [Rev. F. M. Bird, M.A.] --Excerpts from John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)

Cecil Frances Alexander

1818 - 1895 Person Name: Cecil F. Alexander Author of "There is a green hill far away" in The Primitive Methodist Church Hymnal 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

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Christian Classics Ethereal Hymnary

Publication Date: 2007 Publisher: Grand Rapids, MI: Christian Classics Ethereal Library

Small Church Music

Editors: Edmund H. Sears Description: The SmallChurchMusic site was launched in 2006, growing out of the requests from those struggling to provide suitable music for their services and meetings. Rev. Clyde McLennan was ordained in mid 1960’s and was a pastor in many small Australian country areas, and therefore was acutely aware of this music problem. Having also been trained as a Pipe Organist, recordings on site (which are a subset of the smallchurchmusic.com site) are all actually played by Clyde, and also include piano and piano with organ versions. All recordings are in MP3 format. Churches all around the world use the recordings, with downloads averaging over 60,000 per month. The recordings normally have an introduction, several verses and a slowdown on the last verse. Users are encouraged to use software: Audacity (http://www.audacityteam.org) or Song Surgeon (http://songsurgeon.com) (see http://scm-audacity.weebly.com for more information) to adjust the MP3 number of verses, tempo and pitch to suit their local needs. Copyright notice: Rev. Clyde McLennan, performer in this collection, has assigned his performer rights in this collection to Hymnary.org. Non-commercial use of these recordings is permitted. For permission to use them for any other purposes, please contact manager@hymnary.org. Home/Music(smallchurchmusic.com) List SongsAlphabetically List Songsby Meter List Songs byTune Name About

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