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[Shepherds keeping watch by night]
Appears in 1 hymnal Composer and/or Arranger: J. T. Grape Used With Text: Shepherds Keeping Watch By Night
[Shepherds keeping watch by night]
Shepherds Keeping Watch By Night
Hymnal: Gospel Echoes #64 (1877) Refrain First Line: Ring the merry bells today Languages: English Tune Title: [Shepherds keeping watch by night]
Shepherds Keeping Watch By Night
Shepherds Keeping Watch By Night
Author: Anonymous Hymnal: The Cyber Hymnal #11534 Meter: 7.7.7.7 D Refrain First Line: Ring the merry songs today Lyrics: 1 Shepherds keeping watch by night,
Saw around a glorious light;
Heard an angel then proclaim,
"Christ is born in Bethlehem!"
Refrain:
Ring the merry songs today,
Sweetly chime Messiah’s morn;
Glad we hail this peaceful way,
"Christ the Lord for man is born!"
2 Soon by many a heav’nly tongue
Glory be to God was sung,
Peace on earth, good will to men,
Christ is born in Bethlehem. [Refrain]
3 Joyful tidings to mankind!
Richest grace they now may find;
Children, too, this grace may claim,
Christ is born in Bethlehem. [Refrain]
4 Oh! how great His grace and love,
Thus to leave His throne above;
Thus to bear our guilt and shame,
And be born in Bethlehem. [Refrain]
5 Lord! accept our warmest praise
For this condescending grace,
And our hearts with love inflame,
For Thy birth in Bethlehem. [Refrain] Languages: English Tune Title: LOUVRE
Shepherds Keeping Watch By Night
Shepherds keeping watch by night
Hymnal: The New England Sabbath School Minstrel #93 (1844)
Shepherds keeping watch by night
Anonymous
Author of "Shepherds Keeping Watch By Night" in The Cyber Hymnal In some hymnals, the editors noted that a hymn's author is unknown to them, and so this artificial "person" entry is used to reflect that fact. Obviously, the hymns attributed to "Author Unknown" "Unknown" or "Anonymous" could have been written by many people over a span of many centuries.
Anonymous
John T. Grape
1835 - 1915 Person Name: J. T. Grape Composer of "[Shepherds keeping watch by night]" in Gospel Echoes John Thomas Grape USA 1835-1915. Born at Baltimore, MD, he became a successful coal merchant. He married Sophia F MacCubbin, and they had one daughter, Agnes. He was a member of Monument St. Methodist Church in Baltimore, where he played the organ, directed the choir, and was active in the Sunday school. Later, he directed the choir at the Hartford Avenue Methodist Church. The hymn noted below was composed by Grape in 1868, with lyrics composed by Envina Mable Hall of the same church in 1865 while sitting in the choir loft during a sermon. Both words and music had been given to the pastor, Rev George W Schreck, at different times, and one day he remembered he had been given both. Grape's tune had a refrain, so Ms Hall, hearing it, then added words to her poem for that, and the hymn was complete. At Schreck's urging they sent the hymn to Professor Theodore Perkins, publisher of “Sabbath Carols” periodical, and it became popular. Grape died in Baltimore.
John Perry
John T. Grape
