Above:  The Luther Rose

Scan by Kenneth Randolph Taylor

Conrad Hermann Louis Schuette (1843-1926) was a German-American Lutheran minister, hymn writer, and hymn translator.  He also served as the President of the Evangelical Lutheran Joint Synod of Ohio and Other States from 1894 to 1924 and of the National Lutheran Council from 1923 to 1925.

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Great God, a Blessing from Thy Throne:

https://gatheredprayers.wordpress.com/2015/02/06/great-god-a-blessing-from-thy-throne/

God of Ages, Great and Mighty:

https://gatheredprayers.wordpress.com/2015/09/14/god-of-ages-great-and-mighty/

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Above:  Episcopal Church of the Holy Family, Jasper, Georgia, June 21, 2015

Image Source = Bill Monk, Episcopal Diocese of Atlanta

Original German Text (1700) by Caspar Neumann (1648-1715)

English Translation (1880) by Conrad Hermann Louis Schuette (1843-1926)

Hymn Source = Evangelical Lutheran Hymnal (1908), Evangelical Lutheran Joint Synod of Ohio and Other States (1818-1930)

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God of ages, great and mighty!

Who upholdest heaven and earth;

By whose truth and tender mercy

I have been led on from birth,

Night and sleep now pass away–

Welcome be Thy holy day.

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For this day so fair and holy,

Be Thou by my spirit blest,

Through Thy word still nearer heaven

Guide my spirit toward its rest:

Than the work of praise and prayer

Let me know no higher care.

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O the beauty of Thy service!

O the sweetness of Thy Word!

Sweeter far than honey gathered

From the flower by bee or bird:

Blessed all, who day and night

Make Thy word their chief delight.

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O my God, speak Thou Amen!

For we are Thy chosen own;

Be Thy praise by all exalted,

And Thy glorious name made known,

Till for aye we may, through grace,

See and serve Thee face to face.

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Above:  St. James Episcopal Church, Macon, Georgia, August 30, 2015

Image Source = Bill Monk, Episcopal Diocese of Atlanta

Text by Henry Augustine Collins (1854-1919)

Hymn Source = Sunday-School Harmonies, Numbers 1, 2, 3 (1905), Universalist Church of America

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Dear Father, bless us ere we go;

Thy word into our minds instill;

And make our lukewarm hearts to glow

With lowly love and fervent will.

Thro’ life’s long day and death’s dark night,

O gracious Father, be our Light.

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Grant us, O Lord, from evil ways

True absolution and release;

And bless us, more than in past days,

With purity and inward peace.

Thro’ life’s long day and death’s dark night,

O gracious Father, be our Light.

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Do more than pardon; give us joy,

Sweet fear, and sober liberty,

And simple hearts without alloy,

That only long to be like Thee.

Thro’ life’s long day and death’s dark night,

O gracious Father, be our Light.

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Above:  Henley-on-Thames, England, 1890

Image Source = Library of Congress

Reproduction Number = LC-DIG-ppmsc-08588

Greville Phillimore (1821-1884) was a priest of The Church of England.  He wrote hymns, translated hymns from Latin, and co-edited two editions (1863 and 1875) of the Parish Hymn Book.

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Darkly Frowns the Ev’ning Sky:

https://gatheredprayers.wordpress.com/2015/09/07/darkly-frowns-the-evning-sky/

Every Morning Mercies New:

https://gatheredprayers.wordpress.com/2015/09/07/every-morning-mercies-new/

Not for Three or Four Transgressions:

https://gatheredprayers.wordpress.com/2015/09/07/not-for-three-or-four-transgressions/

O God, Before Thy Sun’s Bright Beams:

https://gatheredprayers.wordpress.com/2015/09/07/o-god-before-thy-suns-bright-beams/

O God, This Weary Path of Life:

https://gatheredprayers.wordpress.com/2015/09/07/o-god-this-weary-path-of-life/

O Lord of Glory King of Saints:

https://gatheredprayers.wordpress.com/2015/09/07/o-lord-of-glory-king-of-saints/

O Lord of Health and Life:

https://gatheredprayers.wordpress.com/2015/09/07/o-lord-of-health-and-life/

Peace Be in the House of Death:

https://gatheredprayers.wordpress.com/2015/09/07/peace-be-in-the-house-of-death/

Saul, Why Furious Hate, Such Blinded Zeal:

https://gatheredprayers.wordpress.com/2015/09/07/saul-why-such-furious-hate-such-blinded-zeal/

The Star of Morn Has Risen:

https://gatheredprayers.wordpress.com/2015/09/07/the-star-of-morn-has-risen/

Summer Ended, Harvest O’er:

https://gatheredprayers.wordpress.com/2015/09/07/summer-ended-harvest-oer/

Thou Art Gone Up On High:

https://gatheredprayers.wordpress.com/2015/09/07/thou-art-gone-up-on-high/

We Pray Thee, Jesus, Who Didst First:

https://gatheredprayers.wordpress.com/2015/09/07/we-pray-thee-jesus-who-didst-first/

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Above:  The Ascension of Christ

Image in the Public Domain

Text by Greville Phillimore (1821-1884)

Hymn Source = In Memoriam (1884)

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Thou art gone up on high!

Why gaze they upwards there

Into the silent air,

That holy band?

Is it in grief, or doubt, or love

With eyes upturned to heaven

Wondering they stand?

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Thou art gone up on high!

Yet to their weary sight,

Clothed as in heaven bright,

The angels came;

They bring the warning words below,

And His Apostles needs must go

Without Him home.

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Thou art gone up on high!

Yet shall the Holy One

Not leave on earth alone

Whom He doth send;

These comfort, truth, and inward power,

Strengthen for the trial and the hour

Ever defend.

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Thou art gone up on high!

Help us our souls to raise,

Upwards on Thee to gaze,

Strength to obtain;

So to go forth and do Thy will,

And reach at last that holy hill

Where Thou dost reign.

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Above:  The Conversion of St. Paul the Apostle, by Peter Paul Rubens

Image in the Public Domain

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We Sing the Glorious Conquest Before Damascus Gate:

https://gatheredprayers.wordpress.com/2013/06/09/we-sing-the-glorious-conquest-before-damascus-gate/

“Lord, What Wilt Thou Have Me to Do?” (Acts 9-6):

https://gatheredprayers.wordpress.com/2011/08/14/lord-what-wilt-thou-have-me-to-do-acts-9-6/

Saul, Why Such Furious Hate, Such Blinded Zeal:

https://gatheredprayers.wordpress.com/2015/09/07/saul-why-such-furious-hate-such-blinded-zeal/

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Above:  The Conversion of St. Paul, by Michelangelo Buonarroti

Image in the Public Domain

Text by Greville Phillimore (1821-1884)

Hymn Source = In Memoriam (1884)

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Saul, why such furious hate, such blinded zeal?

Lift up thine eyes, the dazzling light behold;

Lo, Christ doth once again Himself reveal;

To stay the wolf which leaps into His fold!

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O tender love, that had such watchful care

From the fierce foe His chosen ones to keep;

O wondrous grace, which could the foe ensnare,

And send him on, a shepherd to the sheep.

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O Lord, shew forth Thy mercy and Thy might,

From zeal misguided keep Thy servants free;

Send from Thy holy hill Thy truth and light,

And call the disobedient back to Thee.

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So shall Thy saving health on earth be known,

So shall Thy work Thy faithful Church employ;

Cast down not forsaken–not alone,

Her day of mourning shall be turned to joy.

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Be, then, O Saviour, her defence and shield,

In the mad warfare of this world below;

Teach her on earth the Spirit’s sword to wield,

And in the world to come the crown bestow.

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Above:  Funeral, 1926

Image Source = Library of Congress

Reproduction Number = LC-DIG-hec-34270

Text by Greville Phillimore (1821-1884)

Hymn Source = In Memoriam (1884)

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Peace be in the house of death!

When we lay us down to sleep,

Lord, receive the fleeting breath,

Dry the eyes of those that weep.

Thou hast made our grave a bed,

Thou that livest and wast dead.

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We will lay us down in peace,

And in safety take our rest,

Thou hast won the great release,

In Thy triumph we are blest;

Yet the human spirit quails;

Jesu! strengthen when it fails–

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Be the stronghold of that hour,

Be our solace, hope and stay.

Arm of might, and Rock of power,

Chase the doubt, and still dismay;

When we yield the dying breath,

Peace be in the house of death.

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Above:  The Prayer of Confession, Holy Eucharist Rite II, The Book of Common Prayer (1979)

Scan by Kenneth Randolph Taylor

Text by Greville Phillimore (1821-1884)

Hymn Source = In Memoriam (1884)

The title of this hymn in In Memoriam (1884) is “In the Time of Cattle Plague,” with a reference to Amos 1:3.

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Not for three or four transgressions,

But for added sin to sin,

Lord, we pour our late confessions,

Pardon from our Judge to win;

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For our pride and self-reliance,

For intemperance and shame;

For the lusts, and evil-speakings

Which profane Thy holy name;

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For each cold and lukewarm service,

For each false and loveless word;

For the cross, despised and slighted,

On which hung our dying Lord.

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God have mercy! God have pity!

Hear our earnest, contrite prayer;

Ere thine anger turn to vengeance,

God of life and healing, spare.

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Spare our sheep and spare our cattle,

Spare the now plague-stricken land;

Spare man made in Thy own image;

Bid Thine angel stay his hand.

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Pour upon us supplication.

All our hearts to fear Thee move;

And, on Thy repentant people,

Send down still the gifts of love.

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Maker of this earth and heaven,

Father, Son, and Holy Ghost,

Unto Thee our praise is given,

Through the Saviour of the lost.

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Above:  Icon of the Second Coming

Image in the Public Domain

Text by Greville Phillimore (1821-1884)

Hymn Source = In Memoriam (1884)

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O Lord of glory, King of saints

In earth and heaven above,

Thou, Who didst save the sons of men

By Thy great act of love;

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Hear Thou our song, Who didst not scorn

To own the ties of earth,

Thou First-born of the brethren, hear

Those born of Thy new birth.

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Hear, whilst we praise Thee for the wise,

The holy and the just,

For all who in Thy faith and fear

Departed, dust to dust.

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O blessed sheep! Their wakening eyes

Gazed on the rest of God,

The hidden garden of the Lord

Prepared for their abode.

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O great assembly of the Church

Upon the happy shore,

Where in the midst of all His saints

Christ walketh evermore!

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Keep us in their communion high,

O everlasting Son,

Grant us in life their holiness,

Their rest, when life is done.

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