The History of St Paul's Church, Stalybridge: Factsheet
Hymns used at St George's Chapel and St Paul's Church, Stalybridge 1840
Hymns used in St George's
Chapel and St Paul's Church, Stalybridge.
Stalybridge:
Printed by D. Cunningham, Rassbottom-Street. 1840.
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Page 3. Morning Hymn: Awake My soul and with the sun.
This
well-known hymn was written by Thomas Ken and published in the 1695 edition
of a prayer manual he produced for the boys of Winchester School where
he taught. Ken was left an orphan and brought up by Isaak Walton the author
of "The Compleat Angler".
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4. Morning Hymn II: O come let us with one accord.Evening
Hymn I:The Lord my pasture shall prepare.
"O come let us wirh one accord..." - this appears as Hymn 2 in "Select portions of psalms, from new and old versions; also a collection of hymns, anthems and sanctuses, used at St Ann's and St Peter's churches Manchester, and St Thomas's chapel Ardwick. Manchester: Bancks & Co. Exchange St. 1825.
"The
Lord my pasture shall prepare" is by Joseph Addison, Dean
of Lichfield, and best known as a contributor to the Tatler, Spectator
- where his hymns appeared - etc. He also served in various government
posts in Ireland. The hymn dates from 1712
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5. Evening Hymn II: Glory to Thee my God this night
Written in 1692 by Thomas Ken, author of "Awake
my soul and with the sun".
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6. Advent Hymn: Almighty God, Thy heavenly grace impart.
This is called The Collect for Advent Sunday and is by John Byrom. It was included in "Works of the English Poets...." Vol. XV.London: 1810. The poems were prefaced with Samuel Johnson's "Prefaces biographical and critical" of 1781.
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7. Christmas Hymn I: Christians! Awake, salute the happy morn.
Written by John Byrom in 1749 and published
in Manchester in Harrop's "Manchester Mercury" in 1752. The
original was written for his daughter and was headed: Christmas Day for Dolly - Dolly was his daughter. The hymn was first sung on Christmas Day 1750 at Stockport Parish Church and, probably, Manchester Collegiate Church - now Manchester Cathedral - which was close to Byrom's house.
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8: Christmas Hymn II: Ye faithful triumphants enter into Bethlehem.
This is probably a version of the hymn we know
today as "O Come all you faithful". The hymn was known for a
while as the Portuguese hymn - hence to reference to the Portugese Air
in the text - after the Duke of Leeds in 1795 heard the hymn being sung
at the Portuguese embassy in London and incorrectly assumed that it had
originated from Portugal. The hymn was originally written in Latin and
consisted of four verses.
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9: Christmas Hymn III: God, who in sundry times, in divers ways.
This is another Christmas hymn by John Byrom which was published in the Manchester Mercury in 1752..
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10. Christmas Hymn IV: Hark! Hark! the herald angels sing.
Written by Charles Wesley - some writers also
mention the name of Charles Burney too.
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11: Easter Hymn I: See how the winged seraphs fly
This was included in a "Selection of Psalms and Hymns by the late Thomes Jones, minister of St George's Church, Bolton....and Chaplain to the Earl of Peterborough. Bolton: Gardner, 1812.
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12. Easter Hymn II: Jesus Christ is ris'n today. Hallelujah!
One of the best-known Easter hymns based on
a fourteenth century Latin hymn by an anonymous Bohemian author: "Surrexit
Christus Hodie". The version used here was first published in 1749.
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13. Pleyel's German Hymn - Glory be to God on high.
Ignaz Pleyel was an eighteenth century Austrian
composer and rival of Haydn. In addition to being a composer, he founded
a firm of piano manufacturers which is still active today.
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14. Martin Luther's Hymn - Great God what do I see and hear;
The Dying Christian to his Soul - Vital spark of heav'nly flame.
"Great God..." is probably by Bartholomaus
Ringwaldt and was published about 1556, but was sung to the tune "Nun
Freut Euch" written by Martin Luther and published in 1534.
"The Dying Christian to his
Soul" is by the English poet Alexander Pope. 1688–1744
