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The shepherds had an angel
Author: Christina Georgina Rossetti, 1830 - 1894 Meter: Irregular Appears in 26 hymnals Topics: God The Lord Jesus Christ - His Advent and Nativity Used With Tune: MAY SONG
The shepherds had an angel
Winter Song
Author: Nancy Byrd Turner Appears in 3 hymnals First Line: Above the world the winter stars Used With Tune: [Above the world the winter stars]
Winter Song
A song of Spring once more we sing
Author: William Howse Groser (1834-1925) Appears in 8 hymnals Used With Tune: MAY SONG
A song of Spring once more we sing
Winter Song
Author: Nancy Byrd Turner Hymnal: Hymns for Primary Worship #24 (1946) First Line: Above the world the winter stars Languages: English Tune Title: MAY SONG
Winter Song
A song of Spring once more we sing
Author: William Howse Groser (1834-1925) Hymnal: Junior Church School Hymnal #166 (1927) Languages: English Tune Title: MAY SONG
A song of Spring once more we sing
The shepherds had an angel
Author: Christina G. Rossetti (1830-1894) Hymnal: The Hymnal #448 (1950) Meter: Irregular Lyrics: 1 The shepherds had an angel,
The Wise Men had a star,
But what have I, a little child,
To guide me home from far,
Where glad stars sing together,
And singing angels are?
2 Those shepherds, through the lonely night,
Sat watching by their sheep,
Until they saw the heavenly host
Who neither tire nor sleep,
All singing "Glory, glory"
In festival they keep.
3 Lord Jesus is my Guardian,
So I can nothing lack;
The lambs lie in His bosom
Along life's dangerous track:
The willful lambs that go astray
He, bleeding, fetches back.
4 Lord, bring me nearer day by day,
Till I my voice unite,
And sing my "Glory, glory,"
With angels clad in white,
All "Glory, glory," given to Thee,
Through all the heavenly height.
Amen. Topics: Children's Hymns Tune Title: MAY SONG
The shepherds had an angel
Christina Georgina Rossetti
1830 - 1894 Person Name: Christina G. Rossetti (1830-1894) Author of "The shepherds had an angel" in The Hymnal Rossetti, Christina Georgina, daughter of Gabriel, and sister of Dante Gabriel and William Michael Rossetti, was born in London, Dec. 5, 1830, and received her education at home. Her published works include:—
(1) Goblin Market, and Other Poems, 1862; (2) The Prince's Progress, and Other Poems, 1866 ; (3) Poems, mainly a reprint of Nos. 1 and 2, 1875; (4) A Pageant, and Other Poems, 1881, &c.
In addition, Miss Rossetti has published several prose works, as:— Annus Domini (a book of prayers for every day in the year), 1874; Letter and Spirit of the Decalogue, 1883, and others. She has written very few hymns avowedly for church worship, but several centos have been compiled from her poems, and have passed into several hymn-books. These include:—
1. Dead is thy daughter, trouble not the Master. The raising of Jairus's daughter. From her Goblin Market, &c, 1862, into Lyra Mystica, 1865.
2. God the Father, give us grace. Invocation of the Holy Trinity. From Lyra Mystica into the Savoy Hymnary, for use in the Chapel Koyai, Savoy (see No. 8 below).
3. I bore with thee long weary days and nights. The Love of Christ. From her Goblin Market, &c, 1862, into Lyra Messianica, 1864.
4. I would have gone, God bade me stay. Resignation. From her Poems, Hymns, 1884, &c. 1875, into Horder's Congregational Hymns.
5. Once I thought to sit so high. A Body hast Thou prepared Me, or Passiontide. Contributed to Lyra Eucharistica, 1863.
6. The Advent moon shines cold and clear. Advent. From her Goblin Market, &c, 1862.
7 The flowers that bloom in sun and shade. The Eternity of God. In Mrs. C. Brock's Children's Hymn Book, 1881.
8. What are these that glow from afar? Martyrs. Part of the poem "We meet in joy though we part in sorrow," which appeared in Lyra Mystica, 1865, and then in Miss Rossetti's Prince's Progress, &c, 1866. It is the most widely used of her hymns. No. 2 above is also from the same poem.
Miss Rossetti's verses are profoundly suggestive and lyrical, and deserve a larger place than they occupy in the hymnody of the church. Her sonnets are amongst the finest in the English language. [Rev.W. Garrett Horder]
--John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)
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Rossetti, Christina G., p. 978, i. The following hymns by Miss Rossetti have recently come into common use:—
1. A burdened heart that bleeds and bears. [Lent.] In her Time Flies: A Reading Diary, ed. 1897, p. 59, for March 26; and her Verses, &c., ed. 1898, p. 113. Included in Church Hymns, 1903.
2. Give me the lowest place, not that I dare. [Humility.] From her Prince's Progress, 1866, p. 216.
3. In the bleak midwinter. [Christmas.] In her Poetical Works, 1904, p. 246, as "Before 1872"; repeated in The English Hymnal, 1906.
4. None other Lamb, none other Name. [Jesus, All, and in All] From her The Face of the Deep, &c, 1892 (3rd ed. 1895, p. 176); and her Verses, &c, 1898, p. 36. It is the second of two poetical meditations on Rev. v. 6. In Church Hymns, 1903.
5. The shepherds had an angel. [Christmas.] In her Poetical Works, 1904, p. 187, this is entitled "A Christmas Carol. For my Godchildren," and dated 6 October, 1856. Repeated in the Sunday School Hymnary, 1905.
6. We know not a voice of that River. [The River of the Eternal City.] In The Face of the Deep, &c, 1892 (3rd ed. 1895, p. 523), as a poetical meditation on Rev, xxii. Also in her Verses, &c., 1898, p. 81.
Additional works by Miss Rossetti to those named on p. 978, i., include Time Flies A Reading Diary, 1885; Called to be Saints, 1881; Seek and Find, 1879; The Face of the Deep, A Devotional Commentary on the Apocalypse, 1892; and Verses ... reprinted fromCalled to be Saints, Time Flies, The Face of the Deep, 1893. It must be noted that (1) the hymn attributed to her, "Dead is thy daughter; trouble not the Master," is not by her, but by Mrs. C. F. Alexander, with whose name it appeared in Lyra Mystica, 1865; and (2) her “I would be gone; God bade me stay," is from her Prince's Progress, 1866, p. 204. Miss Rossetti d. Dec. 29, 1891.
--John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, New Supplement (1907)
Christina Georgina Rossetti
Nancy Byrd Turner
1880 - 1971 Author of "Winter Song" in Hymns for Primary Worship Turner, Nancy Byrd. Born in Boydton, Virginia, July 29, 1880, daughter of Byrd Thornton Turner and Nancy Addison (Harrison) Turner. Composed her first verse at three. First published verse at age of 8--a romantic ballad, "Ruth in the Dentist's Chair" (he fell in love). Her father was an Episcopal minister; they lived in about a dozen small towns or rural communities during her childhood. In 1916, she went to Boston and joined the staff of Youth's Companion. She wrote under many pen names, and published in several magazines. She won numerous awards, including the "Golden Rose" of the New England Poetry Society and the Lyric Associates award of 1951.
--Letter from Turner Rose to Jean Woodward Steele, Westminster Press, 1 February 1974, DNAH Archives.
Nancy Byrd Turner
William H. Groser
1834 - 1925 Person Name: William Howse Groser (1834-1925) Author of "A song of Spring once more we sing" in Junior Church School Hymnal Groser, William Howse, B.SC., son of Mr. W. Groser (for many years Secretary of the London Sunday School Union, and a relative of the Rev. W. Groser, noticed above), was b. in 1834, and educated at University College, London, and graduated B.SC. at the London University, in 1862. Although engaged in mercantile pursuits Mr. Groser devotes considerable time to natural science, and Christian work, especially in connection with Sunday schools. He was for twelve years editor of the Bible Class and Youth’s Magazine; and subsequently of the Sunday School Teacher, and of the Excelsior. His publications, mainly of a Biblical and educational character, are numerous. In 1875, he edited:—
Songs by the Way. A Hymnal for Young Christians and Enquirers, Lond. S. S. U.
He also contributed hymns to the S. S. Union hymn-books:—
(1) Sunday Scholars’ Hymn Book, n.d. (1861); (2) Songs of Gladness; A Hymnbook for the Young, 1871, containing 200 hymns. It was subsequently enlarged to 266; and (3) The Sunday School Teachers' Hymnbook (1871).
His hymns published in these books include:
i. Songs by the Way, 1875.
1. The Lord is our Shepherd. The Good Shepherd.
ii. In Sunday Scholars' Hymn Book, 1861.
2. Blest Saviour, who in days of old. Sunday School Anniversary.
3. Great Lord of earth and time. S. S. Anniversary.
4. Swift as an eagle's flight. Flight of time.
5. Sunny days of childhood. Early Piety.
iii. In Songs of Gladness, 1871.
6. Borne upon time's noiseless wing. New Year.
7. How bright the morning broke. Year of Jubilee.
8. 0 happy they who know the Lord. Early Piety.
9. O'er the waters, dark and drear. Divine Guidance Desired.
These hymns were all composed between 1860 and 1875. All are in common use in Great Britain, and many also in America. [Rev. W. R. Stevenson, M.A.]
-- John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology
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Groser, W. H., p. 472, i. His more recent hymns include:—
i. In the Christian Endeavour Hymnal, 1896.
1. In the Name of Jesus, we each other greet. Trust in Jesus. Written 1896; 1896, No. 106.
2. The world in which we live and move. God's Care. 1896, No. 118.
3. We bless Thee for Thy will made known. Holy Scripture. Written 1890; 1896, No. 72.
ii. In the Sunday School Hymnary, 1905.
4. A Song of spring once more we sing. Spring. Written 1914; 1905, No. 377.
5. Hear, Lord, our parting hymn. Evening. Written 1905; 1905, No. 364.
6. I know not what this week may bring. Trust in God. Written 1905; 1905, No. 366. [Rev. James Mearns, M.A.]
--John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, New Supplement (1907)
William H. Groser
