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Author: Christopher Idle (born 1938) Meter: 8.8.8.8.8.8 Appears in 2 hymnals Topics: God's World Days and Nights: Evening Used With Tune: MELITA Text Sources: the Gelasian and Leonine sacramentaries (eighth and seventh centuries)

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MELITA

Meter: 8.8.8.8.8.8 Appears in 493 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: J. B. Dykes (1823-1876) Tune Key: C Major Incipit: 13355 66551 27554 Used With Text: Almighty Lord, the holy One

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Almighty Lord, The Holy One

Author: Christopher M. Idle Hymnal: Scripture Song Database #240 (2008) First Line: [Almighty Lord, The Holy One] Scripture: 1 Thessalonians 5:11 Languages: English

Almighty Lord, the holy One

Author: Christopher Idle (born 1938) Hymnal: Hymns for Today's Church (2nd ed.) #273 (1987) Meter: 8.8.8.8.8.8 Topics: God's World Days and Nights: Evening Languages: English Tune Title: MELITA

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Christopher M. Idle

b. 1938 Person Name: Christopher Idle (born 1938) Adapter of "Almighty Lord, the holy One" in Hymns for Today's Church (2nd ed.) Christopher Martin Idle (b. Bromley, Kent, England, 1938) was educated at Elthan College, St. Peter's College, Oxford, and Clifton Theological College in Bristol, and was ordained in the Church of England. He served churches in Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria; London; and Oakley, Suffolk; and recently returned to London, where he is involved in various hymnal projects. A prolific author of articles on the Christian's public responsibilities, Idle has also published The Lion Book of Favorite Hymns (1980) and at least one hundred of his own hymns and biblical paraphrases. Some of his texts first appeared in hymnals published by the Jubilate Group, with which he is associated. He was also editor of Anglican Praise (1987). In 1998 Hope Publishing released Light Upon the River, a collection of 279 of his psalm and hymn texts, along with suggested tunes, scripture references, and commentary. Bert Polman

John Bacchus Dykes

1823 - 1876 Person Name: J. B. Dykes (1823-1876) Composer of "MELITA" in Hymns for Today's Church (2nd ed.) As a young child John Bacchus Dykes (b. Kingston-upon-Hull' England, 1823; d. Ticehurst, Sussex, England, 1876) took violin and piano lessons. At the age of ten he became the organist of St. John's in Hull, where his grandfather was vicar. After receiving a classics degree from St. Catherine College, Cambridge, England, he was ordained in the Church of England in 1847. In 1849 he became the precentor and choir director at Durham Cathedral, where he introduced reforms in the choir by insisting on consistent attendance, increasing rehearsals, and initiating music festivals. He served the parish of St. Oswald in Durham from 1862 until the year of his death. To the chagrin of his bishop, Dykes favored the high church practices associated with the Oxford Movement (choir robes, incense, and the like). A number of his three hundred hymn tunes are still respected as durable examples of Victorian hymnody. Most of his tunes were first published in Chope's Congregational Hymn and Tune Book (1857) and in early editions of the famous British hymnal, Hymns Ancient and Modern. Bert Polman