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How welcome was the call
Author: Henry Williams Baker, 1821-1877 Meter: 6.6.8.6 Appears in 36 hymnals Topics: Occasional Hymns Marriage and Home Used With Tune: ST. OLAVE
How welcome was the call
ST. GEORGE
Appears in 141 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Dr. H. J. Gauntlett Incipit: 34654 33211 71565 Used With Text: How welcome was the call
ST. GEORGE
How Welcome Was the Call
Author: Henry W. Baker Hymnal: The Cyber Hymnal #2684 Meter: 6.6.8.6 Lyrics: 1. How welcome was the call,
And sweet the festal lay,
When Jesus deigned in Cana’s hall
To bless the marriage day!
2. And happy was the bride,
And glad the bridegroom’s heart,
For He who tarried at their side
Bade grief and ill depart.
3. His gracious power divine
The water vessels knew;
And plenteous was the mystic wine
The wondering servants drew.
4. O Lord of life and love,
Come Thou again today;
And bring a blessing from above
That ne’er shall pass away.
5. O bless, as erst of old,
The bridegroom and the bride;
Bless with the holier stream that flowed
Forth from Thy piercèd side.
6. Before Thine altar throne
This mercy we implore;
As Thou dost knit them, Lord, in one,
So bless them evermore. Languages: English Tune Title: ST. GEORGE (Gauntlett)
How Welcome Was the Call
How welcome was the call
Hymnal: Hymnal #246 (1871) Meter: 6.6.8.6 Lyrics: 1 How welcome was the call,
And sweet the festal lay,
When Jesus deign'd in Cana's hall
To bless the marriage-day.
2 And happy was the bride,
And glad the bridegroom's heart,
For he who tarried at their side
Bade grief and ill depart.
3 O Lord of life and love,
Come thou again to-day;
And bring a blessing from above
That ne'er shall pass away.
4 O bless, as erst of old,
The bridegroom and the bride;
Bless with the holier stream that flow'd
Forth from thy pierced side.
5 Before thine altar throne
This mercy we implore;
As thou dost knit them, Lord, in one,
So bless them evermore. Topics: Offices of the Church Holy Matrimony Languages: English
How welcome was the call
How welcome was the call
Author: Henry Williams Baker Hymnal: Song Life for Sunday Schools #d64 (1872)
How welcome was the call
H. W. Baker
1821 - 1877 Person Name: Henry W. Baker Author of "How Welcome Was the Call" in The Cyber Hymnal Baker, Sir Henry Williams, Bart., eldest son of Admiral Sir Henry Loraine Baker, born in London, May 27, 1821, and educated at Trinity College, Cambridge, where he graduated, B.A. 1844, M.A. 1847. Taking Holy Orders in 1844, he became, in 1851, Vicar of Monkland, Herefordshire. This benefice he held to his death, on Monday, Feb. 12, 1877. He succeeded to the Baronetcy in 1851. Sir Henry's name is intimately associated with hymnody. One of his earliest compositions was the very beautiful hymn, "Oh! what if we are Christ's," which he contributed to Murray's Hymnal for the Use of the English Church, 1852. His hymns, including metrical litanies and translations, number in the revised edition of Hymns Ancient & Modern, 33 in all. These were contributed at various times to Murray's Hymnal, Hymns Ancient & Modern and the London Mission Hymn Book, 1876-7. The last contains his three latest hymns. These are not included in Hymns Ancient & Modern. Of his hymns four only are in the highest strains of jubilation, another four are bright and cheerful, and the remainder are very tender, but exceedingly plaintive, sometimes even to sadness. Even those which at first seem bright and cheerful have an undertone of plaintiveness, and leave a dreamy sadness upon the spirit of the singer. Poetical figures, far-fetched illustrations, and difficult compound words, he entirely eschewed. In his simplicity of language, smoothness of rhythm, and earnestness of utterance, he reminds one forcibly of the saintly Lyte. In common with Lyte also, if a subject presented itself to his mind with striking contrasts of lights and shadows, he almost invariably sought shelter in the shadows. The last audible words which lingered on his dying lips were the third stanza of his exquisite rendering of the 23rd Psalm, "The King of Love, my Shepherd is:"—
Perverse and foolish, oft I strayed,
But yet in love He sought me,
And on His Shoulder gently laid,
And home, rejoicing, brought me."
This tender sadness, brightened by a soft calm peace, was an epitome of his poetical life.
Sir Henry's labours as the Editor of Hymns Ancient & Modern were very arduous. The trial copy was distributed amongst a few friends in 1859; first ed. published 1861, and the Appendix, in 1868; the trial copy of the revised ed. was issued in 1874, and the publication followed in 1875. In addition he edited Hymns for the London Mission, 1874, and Hymns for Mission Services, n.d., c. 1876-7. He also published Daily Prayers for those who work hard; a Daily Text Book, &c. In Hymns Ancient & Modern there are also four tunes (33, 211, 254, 472) the melodies of which are by Sir Henry, and the harmonies by Dr. Monk. He died Feb. 12, 1877.
--John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)
H. W. Baker
Henry J. Gauntlett
1805 - 1876 Person Name: Henry John Gauntlett Composer of "ST. GEORGE (Gauntlett)" in The Cyber Hymnal Henry J. Gauntlett (b. Wellington, Shropshire, July 9, 1805; d. London, England, February 21, 1876) When he was nine years old, Henry John Gauntlett (b. Wellington, Shropshire, England, 1805; d. Kensington, London, England, 1876) became organist at his father's church in Olney, Buckinghamshire. At his father's insistence he studied law, practicing it until 1844, after which he chose to devote the rest of his life to music. He was an organist in various churches in the London area and became an important figure in the history of British pipe organs. A designer of organs for William Hill's company, Gauntlett extended the organ pedal range and in 1851 took out a patent on electric action for organs. Felix Mendelssohn chose him to play the organ part at the first performance of Elijah in Birmingham, England, in 1846. Gauntlett is said to have composed some ten thousand hymn tunes, most of which have been forgotten. Also a supporter of the use of plainchant in the church, Gauntlett published the Gregorian Hymnal of Matins and Evensong (1844).
Bert Polman
Henry J. Gauntlett
John E. Gould
1821 - 1875 Composer of "ADRIAN" in Immanuel Hymnal John Edgar Gould USA 1821-1875. Born in Bangor, ME, he became a musician. He managed music stores in New York City and Philadelphia, PA., the latter with composer partner, William Fischer. He married Josephine Louisa Barrows, and they had seven children: Blanche, Marie, Ida, John, Josephine, Josephine, and Augusta. He compiled eight religious songbooks from 1846 thru 1869. He died while traveling in Algiers, Africa, and was buried in Philadelphia, PA.
John Perry
John E. Gould
