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Jesus, Refuge of the weary
Author: Girolamo Savonarola Appears in 56 hymnals Matching Instances: 1 Used With Tune: VERMONT
Jesus, Refuge of the weary
Sweet the moments, rich in blessing
Author: W. Shirley, 1725-1786; J. Allen Appears in 823 hymnals Matching Instances: 1 Lyrics: 1 Sweet the moments, rich in blessing,
Which before the cross I spend;
Life and health and peace possessing,
From the sinner's dying Friend.
2 Truly blessed is the station,
Low before His cross to lie,
While I see divine compassion
Beaming from His gracious eye.
3 Here it is I find my heaven
While upon the Lamb I gaze;
Love I much? I'm much forgiven!
I'm a miracle of grace.
4 Love and grief my heart dividing,
With my tears His feet I'll bathe;
Constant still, in faith abiding,
Life deriving from His death.
5 Here in tender, grateful sorrow
With my Saviour will I stay;
Here new hope and strength will borrow,
Here will love my fears away. Topics: Communion With Christ; Compassion, Divine; Christ Compassion of; The Christian Life The Inner Life; Cross Contemplation of; God Compassion of ; Penitence; Humility Personal Used With Tune: VERMONT
Sweet the moments, rich in blessing
Light of those whose dreary dwelling
Appears in 356 hymnals Matching Instances: 1 Used With Tune: VERMONT
Light of those whose dreary dwelling
Sweet the moments, rich in blessing
Author: W. Shirley, 1725-1786; J. Allen Hymnal: Methodist Hymn and Tune Book #516a (1917) Lyrics: 1 Sweet the moments, rich in blessing,
Which before the cross I spend;
Life and health and peace possessing,
From the sinner's dying Friend.
2 Truly blessed is the station,
Low before His cross to lie,
While I see divine compassion
Beaming from His gracious eye.
3 Here it is I find my heaven
While upon the Lamb I gaze;
Love I much? I'm much forgiven!
I'm a miracle of grace.
4 Love and grief my heart dividing,
With my tears His feet I'll bathe;
Constant still, in faith abiding,
Life deriving from His death.
5 Here in tender, grateful sorrow
With my Saviour will I stay;
Here new hope and strength will borrow,
Here will love my fears away. Topics: Communion With Christ; Compassion, Divine; Christ Compassion of; The Christian Life The Inner Life; Cross Contemplation of; God Compassion of ; Penitence; Humility Personal Languages: English Tune Title: VERMONT
Sweet the moments, rich in blessing
Jesus, Refuge of the weary
Author: Girolamo Savonarola Hymnal: The Canadian Hymnal #47 (1895) Languages: English Tune Title: VERMONT
Jesus, Refuge of the weary
Jesus, Refuge of the weary
Author: Girolamo Savonarola Hymnal: The Canadian Hymnal #47 (1889) Languages: English Tune Title: VERMONT
Jesus, Refuge of the weary
Carl Maria von Weber
1786 - 1826 Person Name: Carl Maria von Weber, 1786-1826 Composer of "VERMONT" in Methodist Hymn and Tune Book Carl Maria von Weber; b. 1786, Oldenburg; d. 1826, London
Evangelical Lutheran Hymnal, 1908
Carl Maria von Weber
Girolamo Savonarola
1452 - 1498 Author of "Jesus, Refuge of the weary" in The Canadian Hymnal Savonarola, Girolamo, p. 1533, i. His hymns were printed in a collected form as Poesie di Fra Girolamo Savonarola tratte dall’ Autografo, at Florence, 1862. A number of them had appeared in Fra Serafino Razzi's Laudl Spirituali, Venice, 1563, and elsewhere. The best-known is:—
Giesu sommo conforto. [Passiontide.] This is in 1862 as above, No. xii., p. 27, entitled "Praise to the Crucified." Also in Razzi, 1563, f. 4, in Eugenia Levi's Lirica Italiana Antica, Florence, 1905, p. 118, &c. Translated as "Jesus, Refuge of the weary," by Jane Francesca Wilde. Contributed to R. R. Madden's Life and Martyrdom of Savonarola, 1853, i., p. 376; reprinted in her own Poems by Speranza, Dublin, 1864, p. 199. See further p. 1574, ii. [Rev. James Mearns, M.A.]
--John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, New Supplement (1907)
Girolamo Savonarola
Walter Shirley
1725 - 1786 Person Name: W. Shirley, 1725-1786 Alterer of "Sweet the moments, rich in blessing" in Methodist Hymn and Tune Book Walter Shirley was born in 1725. He was the friend of Whitefield and Wesley. After preaching with great success in England, he received the living of Loughrea, Ireland, where he continued to exercise his ministry for many years. His last sickness was of a lingering character, and it is related of him that when no longer able to leave his house he used to preach, seated in his chair in his drawing room, to many who gladly assembled to hear. He died in 1786. He published one volume of sermons and two poems.
--Annotations of the Hymnal by The Rev. Charles L. Hutchins, M.A. (1872).
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Shirley, Hon. Walter, M.A., fourth son of the Hon. Laurence Shirley (son of the 1st Earl Ferrers, and cousin of the Countess of Huntingdon), was born in 1725. He was a friend of Whitefield and the Wesleys, and often preached in their chapels. He was for sometime Rector of Loughrea, county of Galway. He died April 7, 1786. A selection of his sermons was published; also two poems in 1761—-Liberty, an Ode, and The Judgment. In 1774 he assisted the Countess of Huntingdon in revising the collection of hymns used in her chapels, and therein a few of his productions are found. In the Life of Selina, Countess of Huntingdon, 1839, vol. ii., p. 291, the following note is given on Shirley's hymn-writing:—
"Mr. Shirley was the author of several well-known hymns in Lady Huntingdon's collection, particularly:—
‘From heaven the loud angelic song began.'
‘Hark! in the wilderness a try.'
‘Flow fast my tears, the cause is great.'
‘Sweet as the shepherd's tuneful reed.'
‘Source of light and power divine.'
“There are also some in other collections; and a few little poems scattered in various periodical publications. The lines on the departure of the Missionaries from Lady Huntingdon's College for America, in 1772, under the direction of Mr. Piercy, have been much admired; they were re-published in the Evangelical Magazine, in 1796, on the departure of the ship Duff, for the South Sea inlands.....He likewise assisted Lady Huntingdon in the Selection of hymns now in use in the congregations in her Connexion."
The Missionary hymn here referred to is:— "Go, destined vessel, heavenly-freighted, go!" His hymns now in common use include:—
1. Flow fast, my tears, the cause is great. Good Friday. Published in the Countess of Huntingdon's Collection, circa 1773, p. 294, in 3 stanzas of 8 lines. It is in several modern hymn-books; and especially in America, including Hatfield's Church Hymn Book, 1872.
2. From heaven the loud angelic song began. Ascension. Also in the C. of Huntingdon's Collection, circa 1773, p. 312, in 7 stanzas of 4 lines. The hymn, "Worthy the Lamb of boundless sway," in Hatfield's Church Hymn Book, 1872, and others, is composed of st. ii. and vii.
3. Hark, in the wilderness a cry. St. John Baptist. Also in the C. of Huntingdon's Collection, circa 1773, p. 245, in 7 st. of 4 1.
4. Source of light and power divine. Before Sermon. Also in the C. of Huntingdon's Collection, circa 1773, p. 231, in 4 st. of 6 1. In Snepp's Songs of Grace & Glory, 1872, No. 812, st. i. and iv. are given in an altered form; and the first two lines of the hymn are added as a refrain.
5. Sweet as the shepherd's tuneful reed. Peace. Also in the above Collection, circa 1773, p. 126, in 4 st. of 6 1. The hymn, “Peace, troubled soul, whose plaintive moan," in Laudes Domini, N. Y., 1884, and others, is composed of stanza ii. and iii.
For Shirley's popular recast, "Sweet the moments, rich in blessing," see “While my Jesus I'm possessing."
-- John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)
Walter Shirley
