Hymns… the Catholicity of Time

Hymns…the Catholicity of Time

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Connected to Bible Times

Old Testament poetry The “praise of God” (Augustine’s definition of a

hymn) did not begin with the New Testament. New Testament song developed naturally from a large variety of Old Testament patterns. Much of the Old Testament is in poetic form: Song of Solomon, Ecclesiastes, Proverbs, Job, and of course, the book of Psalms. Psalms was the hymn book of the Old Testament. There are psalms of lament, psalms of praise and thanksgiving, psalms of instruction, psalms of ascent (sung as pilgrims approached Jerusalem and went ‘up’ to the Temple), just to name a few.


Old Testament biblical canticlesSong of Moses and Israel LSB 925Cantemus Domino Exodus 15:1-6, 11-13, 17-18

Song from Deuteronomy LSB 926Audite, coeli Deuteronomy 32:1-4, 8-12, 36a, 39, 43

First Song of Isaiah LSB 927Confitebor tibi, Domini Isaiah 12:1-6

Song of Hannah LSB 928Exultavit cor meum I Samuel 2:1-10

Song of Jonah electronic LSB 985Clamavi de tribulatione mea Jonah 2:2-9

All You Works of the Lord LSB 931Benedicite, omnia opera The Song of the Three Young Men


Praise of God in the New Testament

The New Testament contains excerpts from creeds, prayers, doxologies, and benedictions. St. Paul refers to psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs in Col. 3:16. The most widely known and recognized examples of New Testament hymns are the three great lyric portions connected to the account of Christ’s nativity in the Gospel according to St. Luke: the Magnificat, the Benedictus, and the Nunc Dimittis. One can also mention the Gloria in Excelsis, the Beatitudes of our Lord from His Sermon on the Mount, and the Dignus es: the songs of praise to the Lamb from the book of Revelation.


New Testament biblical canticles

My Soul Rejoices LSB 933Magnificat Luke 1:46-55

My Soul Now Magnifies the Lord LSB 934Magnificat Luke 1:46-55

Tell Out, My Soul, the Greatness of the Lord LSB 935Magnificat Luke 1:46-55

Sing Praise to the God of Israel LSB 936Benedictus Luke 1:68-79


New Testament biblical canticlesGlory to God, We Give You Thanks and Praise LSB 946Gloria in Excelsis Luke 2:14

All Glory Be to God on High LSB 947Gloria in Excelsis Luke 2:14

All Glory Be to God Alone LSB 948Gloria in Excelsis Luke 2:14

Lord, Bid Your Servant God in Peace LSB 937Nunc Dimittis Luke 2:29-32

In Peace and Joy I Now Depart LSB 938Nunc Dimittis Luke 2:29-32


Other New Testament biblical canticles

Jesus Sat with His Disciples LSB 932Beatitudes Matthew 5:1-12

Blest Are They electronic LSB 982Beatitudes Matthew 5:1-12

Heavenly Hosts in Ceaseless Worship LSB 949 Dignus es Rev. 4:1-11; 5:1-14

Splendor and Honor LSB 950Dignus es Rev. 4:1-11; 5:1-14

Connected to the Early Church

Greek hymnody“Who does not know about…all the psalms

and hymns that were written by faithful Christians from the beginning, which sing of the Christ as the Word of God and treat him as God?” Eusebius, 4th century Church historian quoting Hippolytus of Rome (c. 170-236)

“…on a stated day they (the Christians) were accustomed to gather before daybreak and to sing responsively a song to Christ as to a God.” Pliny, governor of Bythinia, written in the early 2nd century to Emperor Trajan

Connected to the Early Church

Paraphrase from early Christian writings and Greek

hymns

Father, We Thank Thee LSB 652Didache 2nd Century

Shepherd of Tender Youth LSB 864Clement of Alexandria c. 170-220 A.D.

O Gladsome Light LSB 888Phos hilaron 4th Century

Let All Mortal Flesh Keep Silence LSB 621Liturgy of St. James 5th Century

The Day of Resurrection LSB 478John of Damascus c. 696-754

Stars of the Morning LSB 520Joseph the Hymnographer c. 810-886

Connected to the Church of the Middle Ages

Latin hymnody Latin hymnody began to flourish in the 4th century as the Greek language began to decline in the West and the liturgy became Latinized. Latin hymnody was also a response to heresy. Hymnody became a very important teaching tool to counteract such false teaching and to rightly teach the truths of the Word of God.


Latin hymns before 800 A.D.in Continental Europe

Savior of the Nations, Come LSB 332

O Splendor of God’s Glory Bright LSB 874

Ambrose of Milan (340-397)

Of the Father’s Love Begotten LSB 384

Aurelius Prudentius Clemens (348-413)

Holy God, We Praise Thy Name LSB 940

Author unknown 5th Century

The Royal Banners Forward Go LSB 455

Sing, My Tongue LSB 454 Hail Thee, Festival Day LSB 489

Venantius Honorius Fortunatus (530-609)

Christ is Our Cornerstone LSB 912



Latin hymns before 800 A.D.in Ireland, Britain and elsewhere

I Bind unto Myself Today LSB 604Patrick (372-466)

From East to West LSB 385The Star Proclaims the King is Here LSB 399Coelius Sedulius 5th Century

Christ Is the World’s Redeemer LSB 539 attr. Columba (521-597)

A Hymn of Glory Let Us Sing LSB 493 The Venerable Bede (673-735)

At the Lamb’s High Feast LSB 633 Author unknown 5th -10th Centuries

The Lord’s Prayer LSB 957 Origin unknown 5th - 10th Centuries

O Savior of Our Fallen Race LSB 403

Author unknown 5th – 10th Centuries


Latin hymns in Europe, 800-1400 A.D.All Glory, Laud, and Honor LSB 442Theodulf of Orléans (762-821)

Father Most Holy LSB 504Author unknown 10th Century?

O Sacred Head, Now Wounded LSB 449Bernard of Clairvaux (1091-1153)

Christians, to the Paschal Victim Victimae paschali laudes

LSB 460Wipo of Burgundy c. 1050

Jerusalem the Golden LSB 672Bernard of Cluny 12th Century

Now, My Tongue, the Mystery LSB 630

Thee We Adore, O Hidden Savior LSB 640

Thomas Aquinas (1225-1274)

Jesus Christ Is Risen Today LSB 457


O Love, How Deep LSB 544

Thomas à Kempis (1380-1471)

Connected to the Lutheran

ReformationThe Reformation era1517-1550

Of all the contributions of the Lutheran Reformation,perhaps the greatest is Luther’s restoration of singing to the laypeople, so much so that the Lutheran Church is often called the “singing church” to this very day. Luther viewed hymnody as liturgical song. Hymns were not merely opportunities for people to sing during the liturgy, but a way in which they could sing the liturgy. Many hymns of the early Reformation show the interest that Luther and the other Reformers had in providing liturgical hymnody for the people. Many other hymns of this era boldly speak of the truths of salvation by God’s grace through faith in Christ alone.


ReformationThe Reformation era, 1520-1550A Mighty Fortress Is Our God LSB 657Dear Christians, One and All, Rejoice LSB 556Christ Jesus Lay in Death’s Strong Bands LSB 458From Heaven Above to Earth I Come LSB 358In Peace and Joy I Now Depart LSB 938Isaiah, Mighty Seer in Days of Old LSB 960May God Bestow on Us His Grace LSB 823Our Father, Who From Heaven Above LSB 766These Are the Holy Ten Commands LSB 581To Jordan Came the Christ, Our Lord LSB 406We All Believe in One True God LSB 954Martin Luther (1483-1546)


ReformationThe Reformation era1520-1550

All Mankind Fell in Adam’s Fall LSB 562Lazarus Spengler (1479-1534)

“As Surely As I Live,” God Said LSB 614Nicolaus Herman (1480-1561)

Salvation unto Us Has Come LSB 555Paul Speratus (1484-1551)

The Only Son from Heaven LSB 402Elisabeth Cruciger (1500-1535)

Lord Jesus Christ, with Us Abide LSB 585Philipp Melanchthon (1497-1560)

My Soul, Now Praise Your Maker LSB 820Johann Gramann (1487-1541)

The Bridegroom Soon Will Call Us LSB 514Johann Walter (1496-1570)

Connected to the post-Reformation

eraThe age of confessionalization1550-1618

When in the Hour of Deepest Need LSB 615Paul Eber (1511-1569)

The Day is Surely Drawing Near LSB 508Bartholomäus Ringwaldt (1532-1599)

Lord, Thee I Love With All My Heart LSB 708Martin Schalling (1532-1608)

In Thee Is Gladness LSB 818Johann Lindemann (1549-1631)

O Morning Star, How Fair and Bright LSB 395Wake, Awake, for Night Is Flying LSB 516Philipp Nicolai (1556-1608)

O Blessed, Holy Trinity LSB 876Martin Behm (1557-1622)

Lo, How a Rose E’er Blooming LSB 359German, Catholic 16th Century

Connected to Hymnody of the 17th Century

The Thirty Years’ War1618-1648

During the 17th century, Lutheran hymnody took a turn toward a closer relationship to real life situations, due in part to the ravages of the Thirty Years’ War. The poetry was metrically more regular and smoother and the theological content “warmer.”

Paul Gerhardt writes during these troubled times, expertly combining doctrinal content with a most fervent faith, often expressed introspectively. His hymns remain among the most popular in Lutheran hymnals to this day.


The Thirty Years’ War1618-1648

Jesus, Grant That Balm and Healing LSB 421Johann Heermann (1585-1647)

Now Thank We All Our God LSB 895Martin Rinckart (1586-1649)

Abide, O Dearest Jesus LSB 919Josua Stegmann (1588-1632)

O Little Flock, Fear Not the Foe LSB 666Jacob Fabricius (1593-1654)

Lord of Our Life LSB 659Matthäus A. von Löwenstern (1594-1648)

O Living Bread from Heaven LSB 642Johann Rist (1607-1667)

Oh, How Blest Are They LSB 679Simon Dach (1605-1659)


The Thirty Years’ War, 1618-1648A Lamb Goes Uncomplaining Forth LSB 438All Christians Who Have Been Baptized LSB 596Awake, My Heart with Gladness LSB 467Entrust Your Days and Burdens LSB 754Evening and Morning LSB 726If God Himself Be for Me LSB 724Jesus, Thy Boundless Love to Me LSB 683Now Rest Beneath Night’s Shadow LSB 880O Lord, How Shall I Meet You LSB 334O Jesus Christ, Thy Manger Is LSB 372Rejoice, My Heart, Be Glad and Sing LSB 737Upon the Cross Extended LSB 453Why Should Cross and Trial Grieve Me LSB 756Paul Gerhardt (1607-1676)


Postwar Germany, 1648-1670Comfort, Comfort Ye My People LSB 347Johann Olearius (1611-1684)

Jesus Christ, My Sure Defense LSB 741Otto von Schwerin (1616-1679)

Jesus, Priceless Treasure LSB 743Lord, to You I Make Confession LSB 608Soul, Adorn Yourself with Gladness LSB 636Johann Franck (1618-1677)

Let the Earth Now Praise the Lord LSB 352Heinrich Held (1620-1659)

If Thou But Trust in God to Guide Thee LSB 750Georg Neumark (1621-1681)

Jesus, I Will Ponder Now LSB 440Sigismund von Birken (1626-1681)

Connected to the17th and mid- 18th centuries

Hymns of Pietism

The subjective tendency of the late 17th century gradually developed into a movement called “Pietism,” a reaction against formalism and “dead orthodoxy” of the time. The more subjective, emotional, and sentimental hymns of Pietism were not suited to the sturdy chorale tunes of earlier days. Waltz-like triple meters became common and the more rhythmic chorale tunes were evened out (isorhythmic). Pietism’s lack of intellectual strength ushered in a movement known as Rationalism or the Enlightenment which shook

the foundations of the Christian faith. Hymns were revised to suit the intellectual demands

of the time, causing great harm.

Connected to the17th and mid-18th

centuries Hymns of PietismDraw Us to Thee LSB 701Friederich Funcke (1642-1699)

Praise to the Lord, the Almighty LSB 790Joachim Neander (1650-1680)

Renew Me, O Eternal Light LSB 704Johann Ruopp (1672--1708)

Oh, That I Had a Thousand Voices LSB 811Johann Mentzer (1658-1734)

Behold a Host, Arrayed in White LSB 676 Hans Adolf Brorson (1694-1764)

God Himself Is Present LSB 907 Gerhard Tersteegen (1697-1769)

Beautiful Savior LSB 537 Münsterisch Gesangbuch (1650-1680)

Connected to the mid-18th and19th

centuries Hymns of the EnlightenmentSilent Night, Holy Night LSB 363 Franz Joseph Mohr (1792-1848)

God Loved the World LSB 571Heiliges Lippen-und Hertzens-Opffner c. 1778

Jesus Comes Today with Healing LSB 620Heinrich Puchta (1808-1858)

Wide Open Stand the Gates LSB 639Wilhelm Loehe (1808-1872)

God Loves Me Dearly LSB 392August Rische (1819-1906)

Children of the Heavenly Father LSB 725 Carolina Sandell Berg (1832-1903)

How Great Thou Art LSB 801 Carl Gustaf Boberg (1859-1940)

Connected to English hymnody

The Hymns of Watts and WesleyJesus Shall Reign LSB 832 Joy to the World LSB 387O God, Our Help in Ages Past LSB 733When I Survey the Wondrous Cross LSB 425From All That Dwell Below the Skies LSB 816Come, We That Love the Lord LSB 669Isaac Watts (1674-1748)

Christ the Lord Is Risen Today LSB 469Come, Thou Long-Expected Jesus LSB 338Hark! The Herald Angels Sing LSB 380Love Divine, All Loves Excelling LSB 700Charles Wesley (1707-1788)

Connected to English hymnody 18th Century

Amazing Grace LSB 744Glorious Things of You Are Spoken LSB 648How Sweet the Name of Jesus Sounds LSB 524On What Has Now Been Sown LSB 921John Newton (1725-1807)

God Moves in a Mysterious Way LSB 765William Cowper (1731-1800)

I Know That My Redeemer Lives LSB 461Samuel Medley (1738-1799)

Rock of Ages LSB 761August Toplady (1740-1778)

Come, Thou Fount of Ev’ry Blessing LSB 686Robert Robinson (1735-1790)

Connected to English hymnody

19th Century—The Victorian eraJust As I Am LSB 570Charlotte Elliot (1789-1871)

Abide with Me LSB 878Henry Lyte (1793-1847)

Alleluia, Alleluia! Hearts to Heaven LSB 477Songs of Thankfulness and Praise LSB 394Christopher Wordsworth (1807-1885)

I Heard the Voice of Jesus Say LSB 699Not What These Hands Have Done LSB 567Horatius Bonar (1806-1889)

At the Name of Jesus LSB 512Caroline M. Noel (1740-1778)

The Day Thou Gavest LSB 886John Ellerton (1826-1893)

Connected to the 19th century

American Traditional HymnsMy Faith Looks Up to Thee LSB 702Ray Palmer (1808-1887)

It Came upon the Midnight Clear LSB 366Edmund Sears (1810-1876)

Hark, the Voice of Jesus Crying LSB 826Daniel March (1816-1909)

Jesus, Savior, Pilot Me LSB 715Edward Hopper (1818-1888)

Stand Up, Stand Up for Jesus LSB 660George Duffield, Jr. (1818-1888)

God Bless Our Native Land LSB 965Charles T. Brooks (1813-1883)

When Peace, Like a River [It is Well] LSB 763Horatio Spafford (1828-1888)

Connected to the 19th century

African American Spirituals

Give Me Jesus electronic LSB 976

Go Tell It on the Mountain LSB 388

My Lord, What a Morning electronic LSB 968

There Is a Balm in Gilead LSB 749

Were You There LSB 456

Connected to the 20th and 21st centuries

Britain, the U.S., Canada and AustraliaJoyful, Joyful We Adore Thee LSB 803Henry Van Dyke (1852-1933)

Great Is Thy Faithfulness LSB 809Thomas O. Chisholm (1886-1960)

O God of Light LSB 836Sarah E. Taylor (1883-1954)

Precious Lord, Take My Hand LSB 739 Thomas Dorsey (1899-1993)

Lord, Whose Love through Humble Service LSB 848 Albert F. Bayly (1901-1984)

Lord of All Hopefulness LSB 738Jan Struther (1901-1953)

Christ Be My Leader LSB 861Timothy Dudley-Smith b. 1926


Britain, the U.S., Canada and AustraliaNew Songs of Celebration Render LSB 792Erik Routley (1917-1982)

Jesu, Jesu, Fill Us With Your Love electronic LSB 980Tom Colvin (1925-2000)

When Aimless Violence LSB 764Joy Patterson b. 1931

Jesus on the Mountain Peak LSB 415 Brian Wren b. 1936

No Saint on Earth Lives Life to Self Alone LSB 747 Norman J. Kansfield b. 1940

These Things Did Thomas Count as Real LSB 472Thomas Troeger b. 1945

Give Thanks with a Grateful Heart LSB 806Henry Smith b. 1952


Lutheran Hymn WritersThy Strong Word LSB 578Preach You the Word LSB 586Our Paschal Lamb, That Sets Us Free LSB 473Martin H. Franzmann (1907-1976)

Lord, When You Came as Welcome Guest LSB 859F. Samuel Janzow (1913-2001)

Lord of all Nations, Grant Me Grace LSB 844Olive Wise Spannaus b. 1916

Go, My Children, with My Blessing LSB 922 See This Wonder in the Making LSB 593 Where Shepherds Lately Knelt LSB 369Jaroslav J. Vajda (1919-2008)

Love in Christ Is Strong and Living LSB 706Dorothy R. Schultz b. 1934

On Galilee’s High Mountain LSB 835Henry L. Letterman b. 1932-1996


Lutheran Hymn WritersWhat Is This Bread LSB 629Frederic W. Baue b. 1946

In Holy Conversation LSB 772Gregory J. Wismar b. 1946

The Gifts Christ Freely Gives LSB 602Richard R. Resch b. 1947

The Lamb LSB 547Gerald P. Coleman b. 1953

The Tree of Life LSB 561We Praise You and Acknowledge You, O God LSB 941 In the Shattered Bliss of Eden LSB 572Stephen P. Starke b. 1955

Your Kingdom, O God, Is My Glorious Treasure LSB 654David W. Rogner b. 1960

Christ, the Word of God Incarnate LSB 540Steven P. Mueller b. 1964


Lutheran Hymn WritersLet the Vineyards Be Fruitful LSB 955John W. Arthur (1922-1980)

For All the Faithful Women LSB 855O Christ, Who Shared Our Mortal Life LSB 552Voices Raised to You We Offer LSB 795Herman G. Stuempfle (1923-2007)

Alleluia! Jesus Is Risen LSB 474Thine the Amen, Thine the Praise LSB 680Herbert F. Brokering (1926- 2009)

O Blessed Spring LSB 595Susan Palo Cherwien b. 1953

Praise the One Who Breaks the Darkness LSB 849Rusty Edwards b. 1955

Not unto Us LSB 558Kurt J. Eggert (1923-1993)


Other Hymn WritersOur Father, by Whose Name LSB 863F. Bland Tucker (1895-1984)

If Christ Had Not Been Raised from Death LSB 486In Silent Pain the Eternal Son LSB 432Christopher Idle b. 1938

O Light Whose Splendor LSB 891We Sing for All the Unsung Saints LSB 678Carl P. Daw, Jr. b. 1944

We Are Called to Stand Together LSB 828Martin E. Leckebusch b. 1962

You Satisfy the Hungry Heart LSB 641Omer E. Westendorf (1916-1997)

On Eagles’ Wings LSB 727Michael Joncas b. 1951

Lamb of God LSB 550Twila Paris b. 1958


Ethnic HymnodyO Sing to the Lord LSB 808Brazilian Folk Song

The Lord Is My Light LSB 723Alberto Taulé b. 1932

Lord’s Prayer [Padre Nuestro] LSB 958/959Carlos Rosas b. 1939

Eat This Bread LSB 638 Jesus, Remember Me LSB 767Taizé Community

I Lie, O Lord, within Your Care LSB 885Jochen Klepper (1903-1942)

Listen, God Is Calling LSB 833Kenyan

Greet the Rising Sun LSB 871Zhao Zichen (1888-1979)

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