HYMN CCLXXIII. From the British Magazine, 1832, there signed with a t. CCLXXVI. CCLXXIX.-Both these are taken (with four of his own hymns), by the permission of the Rev. Arthur Tozer Russell, from his Hymn Book (Psalms and Hymns, &c.; Cambridge; Deighton, 1851), in which CCLXXVI. was first published; while CCLXXIX. is from the Church of England Magazine, 1843, where it is in seven stanzas. The author is the Rev. Henry Downton, formerly of Chatham, and afterwards of Geneva. Hymn CCLXXVI. though first published in 1851, had previously been printed in 1848, in the collection (not published) of Hymns for the German Hospital. CCLXXXI.-This, and No. CCCLXXXIX. are from Parish Musings, by the Rev. Dr. J. S. B. Monsell, Vicar of Egham (Rivingtons; Fifth Edition; 1860), and are inserted by his kind permission. CCLXXXII. This Hymn (now ascertained to be by Mr. Osler) first appeared in the Rev. W. J. Hall's collection (London: Wix, 1836). CCLXXXV.-Six out of twelve stanzas. Those omitted are the sixth to the eleventh, inclusive, of Jacobi. The hymn is at page 189 of Haberkorn's Psalmodia Germanica (London, 1765). CCLXXXVII. First published in the Protestant Episcopal Collection of Hymns (1826), appended to the version of the Psalms at the end of the American Prayer-Book. CCLXXXVIII.-The seven last out of fourteen stanzas. (Hymns and Sacred Poems by J. & C. Wesley; second edition: 1843 page 192). CCLXXXIX.-Seven out of eight stanzas. Montgomery's last stanza is omitted. ccxc.-The text is from the late Rev. Edward Bickersteth's Christian Psalmody. The third stanza has been altered, and the fifth inserted by some unknown compiler. CCXCII.-Crashaw's hymn is a translation from the Adoro te devotè of Thomas Aquinas. It consists of fifty-six lines; from which most of the lines of the present hymn are adopted, with more or less variation. The first abridgment (less varied than the present, and containing only six stanzas), was Hymn 18 in Austin's Offices; and was repeated, with the change of one or two words, by Hickes (Devotions; 1706; page 210). The present text is that of Dorrington's variation from Austin: in whose Reformed Devotions it is Hymn 23. CCXCIII. From the collection of the Rev. R. Whittingham (Simpkin and Marshall: fourth edition, 1843); altered from a hymn by the Rev. Thomas Cotterill, 1810. ccxcv. From the Church of England Magazine, June 1838, where it is given in five stanzas. CCXCVIII.-Ten out of twenty-eight stanzas; from a poem entitled Jesus teaches to die; at page 80 of the fourth volume of Bishop Ken's works (London; 1721). The stanzas omitted are the first four; the tenth to the eighteenth inclusive; the twentysecond to the twenty-fifth inclusive; and the twenty-eighth. K K 2 HYMN ccc.-From The Dove on the Cross and other Poems (Bath; Binns and Goodwin), 1849. CCCI.-Three out of forty-three stanzas. The poem (a translation from the Hymn of Prudentius, Circa exequias defuncti) is in Williams' Thoughts in Past Years (Rivingtons; third edition) 1843; page 296). The stanzas selected are at pages 304-5. CCCII. The last three stanzas of James Montgomery's, The Grave (Montgomery's Poetical Works complete in one volume; Longman: page 261). They now constitute, I believe, part of the epitaph on the poet's tomb. CCCVIII. Four out of five stanzas. The omitted stanza, a "Gloria," is Chandler's last. cccx.-Five out of six stanzas. The omitted stanza is Browne's last. (Browne's Hymns and Spiritual Songs, No. 203.) CCCXI.-Eight out of nine stanzas. The omitted stanza is Herbert's last. There is a copy of this, with a good many variations, in St. Williams' Library. CCCXII. In Mason's Songs of Praise (No. 19), this hymn ends (as many of Mason's hymns do) with a half-stanza; the general scheme of division being into stanzas of eight lines. The concluding half-stanza is omitted here. CCCXVII. This hymn was first privately printed in 1833. It was afterwards subdivided into three distinct hymns, in the collection of the Rev. H. V. Elliott (the husband of the authoress); by whose kindness I have been enabled to reunite, in this place, the parts so separated. cccxx.-From the Missionary Minstrel (London; Nisbet, 1826), a small collection of 100 hymns, more than fifty of which bear the initials of the anonymous compiler. CCCXXII. CCCXXIV. The text of both these is from the late Dr. Andrew Reed's collection. Mr. Hastings is an American author; and, on comparing them with his original text, since the first edition of the present volume was published, they appear to be correctly given; except that the refrain, "Return, return," in No. CCCXXIV. is not in Mr. Hastings' book: (Hymns and Poems, New York, 1850.) CCCXXIII.-I am indebted to Mr. Morris, of Worcester, for the communication of Mrs. Morris' volume, entitled, The Voice and the Reply (Worcester; Grainger), from which this hymn is taken. CCCXXV. From the twenty-ninth edition (published about 1829) of Dr. Rippon's Hymn-Book; where it is attributed to Dr. Collyer. It is not in Dr. Collyer's own collection, of 1812; and I have not succeeded in tracing it beyond Dr. Rippon's book. CCCXXVI.-Communicated by the author to Miss Elliott, the authoress of the hymn by which it was suggested, "Just as I am," &c. (No. CXLVII. of this volume). CCCXXIX. This was kindly communicated to me in manuscript, by. the author, Robert Smith, Esq., of Holloway. HYMN CCCXXXV.-Thirteen out of sixteen stanzas, from Hymns and Sacred Poems, by Charles Wesley; vol. i. p. 40 (Farley, Bristol; second edition, 1755). CCCXXXVII. The hymn from which these eight stanzas are taken, was first published in twenty-two stanzas in Spiritual Songs by J. and C. Wesley (vol. i. p. 224, fourth edition, 1743). Afterwards in the seventeenth edition (Pine, Bristol, 1773; p. 30) it was reduced to sixteen stanzas. In both it begins, "And wilt Thou yet be found." CCCXLIX.-Miss Elliott's name is now (through the kindness of her brother, the Rev. H. V. Elliott, in obtaining for me her permission) first made public, as the authoress of this hymn. Through some accidental error it is ascribed in the Rev. H. V. Elliott's Collection to Wesley; and the same mistake has been transferred to Ryle's Spiritual Songs, Bourchier's Solace in Sickness and Sorrow, and probably other books. CCCLI.-Six out of seven stanzas (Hymns and Sacred Poems, vol. ii. p. 146; second edition, 1743). Wesley's last stanza is omitted; and a change of arrangement, which the Wesleys themselves sanctioned in the Hymn Book for Methodists, is adopted, by placing as last of the six the stanza which is second in the original text. CCCLVI.-Five out of six stanzas. Browne's last is omitted. CCCLVIII.-Five out of eight stanzas. Those omitted are Mr. Massie's third, fourth, and seventh. (From Martin Luther's Spiritual Songs; translated by R. Massie, Esq. of Eccleston; Hatchard, 1854.) CCCLXIII. From the original, as printed, with music, by the late Baron Bunsen, and communicated to me by a friend. CCCLXIV. In most of the editions of Kelly's hymns (including that of 1836), this is a hymn of ten stanzas; of which the fifth, sixth, seventh, and tenth, are here omitted. In the edition of 1812, it was reduced by the author himself to six stanzas ; being (except the last), the same with the present text. The last stanza of that edition was unequal to the rest; and was omitted by the author in all the later editions. CCCLXVIII. From Nuga Sacræ; or, Psalms and Hymns and Spiritual Songs. (Hatchard, 1825). CCCLXX. The seven last of twenty stanzas; from Erskine's Gospel Sonnets (twentieth edition; Berwick: Phorson; 1788: page 272). CCCLXXV. This is No. 47 in Hymns by R. C. Chapman (London: John R. Bateman, 1, Ivy Lane). This edition, which is without date, was published in 1852. The same hymn, in a slightly different form, had appeared in the earlier edition of the Author's hymns, published in 1837 (John F. Shaw, Southampton Row, Russell Square). CCCLXXVI. (From Lyte's Poems, chiefly Religious; page 41). This hymn had been in circulation several years before the publication of that volume, and will be found in the Christian HYMN Psalmist (1825), and in Hymns for Private Devotion, Selected and Original (Hatchard, 1827). It has sometimes been erroneously attributed to Miss Grenfell. CCCLXXXI. CCCLXXXII.-I am indebted for the communication of the volumes from which these two pieces are taken (Songs for the Suffering; and The Family Hymnal; London: Hamilton, Adams, & Co.), to the kindness of the Author, the Rev. Thomas Davis, Incumbent of Roundhay, Yorkshire. CCCLXXXVII. Five out of nine stanzas (from Watts' Hymn 59, of Book II). The stanzas omitted are the first, second, fifth, and sixth. CCCXC.-Five out of six stanzas. The omitted stanza is the fourth of Watts. CCCXCII. This has been made up by putting together two stanzas taken from No. 23 (with some slight variation), and two others taken (without variation) from No. 28 of Mason's Songs of Praise. Lady Huntingdon added two stanzas more from the latter hymn, which are here omitted. CCCCI.-Six out of eight stanzas. The stanzas omitted are Kelly's second and third. CCCCII. This hymn (in five stanzas, of which the fourth is here omitted) appears in the second series of Sacred Poetry (Edinburgh: Oliphant), first published in 1828. Dr. Bonar spoke of it to Mr. Sedgwick as one which he remembered as early as 1825. In the Chelsea Collection (Psalms and Hymns for Public Worship: Seeleys; second edition; 1853) it bears the name of "Newton;" but the point is settled by its insertion in the author's Poems, 1852. CCCC.-From Hymns and Anthems (Fox, Paternoster Row); a volume edited by Mr. William Johnson Fox; to whom this hymn was given for publication by the authoress. CCCCIX.-From Thoughts for Thoughtful Hours (Nelson, Edinburgh, 1859). NOTES TO ADDITIONAL HYMNS. HYMN 1.-I am indebted to the Rev. J. Keble for permission, obtained through him, to introduce this and the other additional Hymns of the late Professor Joseph Anstice. The two numbered CCLXXIII. and CCCXXVII. I had previously taken from the Child's Christian Year; (in which the additional Hymn, No. 24, will also be found.) The collected hymns of the author have never been made public, though they were privately printed, after his death, in 1836. v.-The first four out of five stanzas. VII. From Bishop Mant's Holydays of the Church, &c. vol. i. p. 360. VIII. This is the original translation of Mr. Williams (omitting the XII.-Five out of six stanzas (Olney Hymns, Book I. No. 53). Dr. Collyer, in a note, states, that he is himself the author of the last three stanzas, having never seen more than the first which (following a popular error) he assumes to be a translation from Luther, by whose name it is usually called, and to one of whose tunes it is set and sung. The original German hymn, however, on which this is founded (beginning, "Es ist gewisslich an der Zeit,") is not by Luther, but by Bartholomew Ringwald. I have not been able to discover the author of the first English stanza. XVI. XVIII. These two popular hymns constitute parts of Dr. Neale's translation of The Rhythm of Bernard de Morlaix, Monk of Cluny, on the Celestial Country. (London: J. T. Hayes, 1862.) The entire translation is very long (442 lines). The Latin original begins with the line, "Hora novissima, tempora pessima sunt, vigilemus." XXII. XXX. From Hymns from the Gospel of the Day for each Sunday and the Festivals of our Lord, by the Rev. J. E. Bode. (Oxford and London: J. H. & J. Parker, 1860.) XXVII. I am indebted for this to the kindness of the translator. XXXI. The first four out of five stanzas. Olney Hymns, Book I. No. 50. XXXIV. I am indebted for this to the author. |