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The second edition (1792) of Martin Madan's "Lock Hospital Collection of Psalms and Hymns" (original edn 1760, enlarged 1763 and 1769) was mainly the work of Charles Lockhart, who was then organist at the Lock Hospital.
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(a) Poems. By the Rev.Mr Logan, One of the Ministers of Leith, 1781
(b) - do - third edition, London 1789
The authorship of some of the contents of this book has been much disputed. For a discussion of the arguments for and against their attribution to Michael Bruce, see the article in Julian, pp.187-189.
[ For a summary of these arguments, click here . . . ; for the full text of an angry reply by Wm Tidd Matson, who was an enthusiastic supporter of Logan's claim to authorship, click here . . . ]
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Longfellow, S & Johnson, S: Hymns
Samuel Longfellow & Samuel Johnson: Hymns of the Spirit, 1864
The book contains717 hymns. Metres are indicated but no authors or sources; each hymn is superscribed with a title, evidently editorial. There is an Index of first lines, with Authors' names (or "Anon") against each, and an asterisk against those altered by the Editors. ("Father, hear the prayer we offer", marked "Anon.", has no asterisk.)
For a transcription of the Title Page and (short) Preface, click here > > .
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Longfellow, S.: Hymns & Verses
Samuel Longfellow: Hymns and Verses, Cambridge, Mass. 1897
(this edition marked "copyright 1894, Alice M.Longfellow")
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Luther, M.: Formula Missae, 1523
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A comprehensive list of Luther's hymns and related writings, with selected transcriptions from the Gutenberg Project , may be seen by clicking here . . .
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(American) Lutheran Hymn-books
(a) The Lutheran Hymnary, American Lutheran Church 1913
- Xref:
- RS-421 All who believe and are baptized
(b) Lutheran Book of Worship, Augsburg Publishing House, Minneapolis, 1978
- Xrefs:
- RS-175 Lo, how a rose is growing
- RS-426 (and 749) Fredericktown
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Lyra Apostolica (Newman & al.)
(a) Lyra Apostolica, 1836
A collection of Verses (mainly), originally published in the British Magazine over a period, as part of the campaign within the Church of England later known as the "Tractarian" movement from the parallel series of articles in the same Magazine entitled "Tracts for the Times".
The original contributions were anonymous, but were identified in the 1836 Lyra by greek letters indicating the individual authors (J.W.Bowden, R.H.Froude, John Keble, J.H.Newman, R.I.Wilberforce, and Isaac Williams), all except J.W.Bowden being Fellows or former Fellows of Oxford colleges. (See also the Preface to the 1879 edition referred to below.)
The motto on the Title-page indicates the temper of the theological debates of the time. It is a quotation from Homer's Iliad (XVIII, 125) in which Achilles, having sulked in his tent throughout the previous 17 Books, finally emerges, sickened by the death of his colleagues in battle, and announces "You shall know that far too long have I been absent from the fray". He then proceeds to slaughter numerous Trojans, and to put Hector to a particularly nasty end, in which compassion for the victims and respect for the dead are conspicuously absent.
(b) - do - , New Edition: Rivington's, London, Oxford & Cambridge, 1879
A revised edition of the above, with corrections to the ascriptions of poems to individual authors, and a longer Preface by J.H.Newman - by then a member of the Roman Catholic Church and Superior of the Edgbaston Oratory, Birmingham. (He was appointed Cardinal in the same year 1879.)
For the Preface to the 1836 and 1879 editions, click here . . . .
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[W] Lyra Britannica: A Collection of British Hymns Printed from the Genuine Texts; with Biographical Sketches of the Hymn Writers. By the Rev. Charles Rogers, Ll.D., F.S.A.Scot.; London, 1867
The hymns are printed under their Authors' names in alphabetical order of those names, with a brief biography preceding each set of hymns by one author. No music is included, at least in the edition seen.
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A collection of hymns (mainly English translations of Latin or German originals), with tunes generally of a more florid nature than the traditional psalm-tunes of the Genevan, English or Scottish psalters. (The Preface refers to " ... a desire for a little freer air than the grand movement of the Psalm tunes.")
It contained, among other hymns, the first English translations of Philip Nicolai's two great Advent hymns, `Wachet auf, rufft uns die Stimme' and `Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern', though these were generally superseded in common use by the versions of J.C.Jacobi / William Mercer and Catherine Winkworth.
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(a) Lyra Messianica; hymns and verses on the life of Christ, ancient and modern; with other poems; ed. Orby Shipley, 1864
[ English translations of German hymns ]
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- RS-239 Jesus lives! thy terrors now
- RS-132 Wake, O Wake! with tidings thrilling
(b) - do - 2nd edition, revised and enlarged, 1869
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[ Julian, p.706 ]
(a) Poems, chiefly Religious, 1833
(b) The Spirit of the Psalms or The Psalms of David, adapted to Christian Worship: by the Rev. H.F.Lyte, A.M., Minister of Lower Brixham. Third Edition Rivington, Hatchard, Seeley & Nisbet: London 1834
The copy seen, in the Elias Library, Westminster College Cambridge, is marked "Third Edition" on the Title Page but dated 1834. ? Possibly a 3rd impression of the 1st edition ?
For a transcription of the Preface, click here . . . .
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- RS-575 God of mercy, God of grace
- RS-104 Praise, my soul, the King of heaven
- RS-102 Praise the Lord, his glories show
(c) The Spirit of the Psalms; 2nd, enlarged, edition 1836
(d) Poems, chiefly Religious; 2nd, enlarged, edition 1845
(e) H.F.Lyte: Remains (posthumous) 1850
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- RS-336 Abide with me; fast falls the eventide
(f) H.F.Lyte: Miscellaneous Poems (posthumous) 1868
This was a reprint of the 1845 edition of Poems, chiefly Religious, with `Abide with me' added.
(g) Miscellaneous Poems by Henry Francis Lyte, M.A., late incumbent of Lower Brixham, Devon; New edition Rivington's, London, Oxford and Cambridge 1875
This was a reprint (in one volume) of the original two volumes: "Poems, chiefly religious" and "Remains of ... ". The Publisher's Preface to this edition is dated "September 1868"; and it is likely therefore to be a later printing of (f).
(h) The Poetical Works of The Rev. H.F.Lyte. M.A. &c. ... edited, with a Biographical Sketch, by the Rev. John Appleyard, London, 1907
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