Hymn Notes

Weekly Hymn Notes
Hymns by Title
Hymns by Date

Weekly Hymn Notes

Learn about the origin of hymns, lyrics, and melodies, and other music that will be used during Sunday worship service. Contact Don De Bruin, Director of Music Ministries for more information at 608.233.9751.

Hymn Notes for April 28, 2019

#253 Yours Is the Glory, Resurrected One!

Edmond L. Budry (1854-1932) wrote this hymn in French in 1884, and it was published in a Lausanne hymnal the following year. His inspiration may have been a German Advent poem. The hymn won fame when sung at the First Assembly of the World Council of Churches in Amsterdam, Holland, in 1948.

Edmond L. Budry was born August 30, 1854, and studied theology in Lausanne, Switzerland. He served as pastor in Cully, France, and then at the Free Church in Vevey, Switzerland. Budry was a sought-after translator for German, English, and Latin hymns and often adapted and improved upon the original in his resulting French texts.

George Frideric Handel (1685-1759) composed this melody as part of a chorus in his oratorio Joshua and later transferred it to another, with the same title as this tune, JUDAS MACCABEUS. The tune has been used as a hymn setting since 1760, when it appeared with another Easter text, “Christ the Lord Is Risen Today.”

George Frideric Handel was born February 23, 1685, in Halle, Germany, the son of a barber-surgeon. He gave up studying law and took up the violin after his father died. Handel was considered a musical genius even in his own day. He died April 14, 1759, and was buried at Westminster Abbey, London.

#526 Sihahamb’ ekukhanyen’ kwenkhos’ (We Are Marching in the Light of God)

This South African freedom song was a reminder that the Christian national government did not monopolize religious faith in the nation. The people’s “Amandla” (Zulu for “power”) came from the desire for rights and freedoms being expressed by the black majority of the nation.

South African racial strife gave birth to freedom songs for racial equality and justice. Singing naturally accompanied protest marches as large group of people voiced their commitment to a more just world in Christ’s name. The hymn is best sung without accompaniment.

This South African song is named SIYAHAMBA here for the first word of the text. The melody is in a march tempo, as it was frequently sung by large groups of demonstrators marching or walking to protest the actions of a government that denied them participation.

South African freedom music played a central role in the overthrow of a minority white government. The New Century Hymnal is the first major denominational hymnal to include this song. It is best learned as it was learned in South Africa, from a singer who teaches it to others.

Hymns by Title

Hymn Number	Title	Service Date
#325	Child of Blessing, Child of Promise	June 26, 2011
#325	Child of Blessing, Child of Promise	November 13, 2011
#325	Child of Blessing, Child of Promise	February 26, 2012
#325	Child of Blessing, Child of Promise	April 22, 2012
#325	Child of Blessing, Child of Promise	July 8, 2012
#325	Child of Blessing, Child of Promise	June 17, 2012
#325	Child of Blessing, Child of Promise	January 20, 2013
#325	Child of Blessing, Child of Promise	July 7, 2013
#325	Child of Blessing, Child of Promise	October 26, 2014
#325	Child of Blessing, Child of Promise	December 18, 2016
#325	Child of Blessing, Child of Promise	March 11, 2018
#235	Cristo Vive (Christ Is Living)	April 3, 2016
#351	I Was There to Hear Your Borning Cry	July 8, 2012
#351	I Was There to Hear Your Borning Cry	July 7, 2013
#219	Journey to Gethsemane	April 1, 2012
#219	Journey to Gethsemane	March 24, 2013
#219	Journey to Gethsemane	April 10, 2014
#219	Journey to Gethsemane	April 14, 2019
#67	Let Me Enter God’s Own Dwelling	July 21, 2013
#67	Let Me Enter God’s Own Dwelling	May 25, 2014
#67	Let Me Enter God’s Own Dwelling	January 25, 2015
#67	Let Me Enter God’s Own Dwelling	January 28, 2018
#67	Let Me Enter God’s Own Dwelling	October 7, 2018
#117	Lift Up Your Heads, O Mighty Gates	December 22, 2013
#541	They asked “Who’s My Neighbor?”	March 17, 2013
#541	They asked “Who’s My Neighbor?”	July 14, 2013
#541	They asked “Who’s My Neighbor?”	July 27, 2014
#541	They asked “Who’s My Neighbor?”	September 17, 2017
#524	This Little Light of Mine	January 5, 2014
#524	This Little Light of Mine	March 8, 2015
#524	This Little Light of Mine	January 4, 2015
#524	This Little Light of Mine	January 6, 2019
#543	Where Cross the Crowded Ways of Life	June 26, 2011
#543	Where Cross the Crowded Ways of Life	November 20, 2011
#539	Won’t You Let Me Be Your Servant	November 11, 2012
#539	Won’t You Let Me Be Your Servant	October 20, 2013
#539	Won’t You Let Me Be Your Servant	July 27, 2014
#539	Won’t You Let Me Be Your Servant	July 9, 2017
#204	"Take Up Your Cross," the Savior Said	March 26, 2017
#439	A Mighty Fortress Is Our God	February 17, 2013
#439	A Mighty Fortress Is Our God	October 29, 2017
#99	Abide with Me	April 3, 2014
#99	Abide with Me	February 18, 2015
#99	Abide with Me	March 1, 2017
#99	Abide with Me	February 14, 2018
#135	Adeste Fideles (O Come, All You Faithful)	December 24, 2013
#135	Adeste Fideles (O Come, All You Faithful)	December 29, 2013
#135	Adeste Fideles (O Come, All You Faithful)	December 24, 2015
#135	Adeste Fideles (O Come, All You Faithful)	December 24, 2014
#135	Adeste Fideles (O Come, All You Faithful)	December 24, 2016

Hymns by Date

Service Date
April 28, 2019	Hymn #253: Yours Is the Glory, Resurrected One! Hymn #526: Sihahamb’ ekukhanyen’ kwenkhos’ (We Are Marching in the Light of God)
April 21, 2019	Hymn #241: Joy Dawned Again on Easter Day Hymn #245: The Day of Resurrection Hymn #4: Joyful, Joyful, We Adore You Hymn #233: Christ the Lord Is Risen Today Hymn #198: Lift High the Cross
April 18, 2019	Hymn #202: O God, How We Have Wandered Hymn #224: When I Survey the Wondrous Cross
April 14, 2019	Hymn #213: Hosanna, Loud Hosanna Hymn #471: What a Covenant Hymn #219: Journey to Gethsemane
April 10, 2019	Hymn #289: Come Forth, O Love Divine Hymn #100: All PRaise Be Yours, My God, This Night
April 7, 2019	Hymn #74: We Have Gathered, Jesus Dear Hymn #471: What a Covenant Hymn #330: Let Us Break Bread Together Hymn #404: Give Up Your Anxious Pains
April 3, 2019	Hymn #516: O Grant Us, God, a Little Space Hymn #448: Take My Life, God, Let It Be
March 31, 2019	Hymn #501: We Are Dancing Sarah's Circle Hymn #471: What a Covenant Hymn #500: We Are Climbing Jacob’s Ladder
March 27, 2019	Hymn #69: Come, God, Creator, Be Our Shield Hymn #82: Go, My Children, with My Blessing
March 24, 2019	Hymn #68: God Is Truly with Us Hymn #471: What a Covenant Hymn #414: Incarnate God, Immortal Love
March 20, 2019	Hymn #328: Wonder of Wonders, Here Revealed Hymn #92: Day Is Done
March 17, 2019	Hymn #471: What a Covenant Hymn #444: We Are Often Tossed and Driven
March 13, 2019	Hymn #23: There's A Wideness in God's Mercy Hymn #78: Part in Peace
March 10, 2019	Hymn #110: Now Bless the God of Israel Hymn #471: What a Covenant Hymn #328: Wonder of Wonders, Here Revealed
March 6, 2019	Hymn #185: Savior, When in Tears and Dust Hymn #205: Forty Days and Forty Nights Hymn #119: My Soul Gives Glory to My God
February 27, 2019	Hymn #12: I Sing the Mighty Power of God Hymn #330: Let Us Break Bread Together Hymn #182: We Have Come at Christ’s Own Bidding
February 24, 2019	Hymn #475: God's Eye Is on the Sparrow Hymn #534: O God of Strength
February 17, 2019	Hymn #30: Colorful Creator Hymn #386: The Church's One Foundation
February 3, 2019	Hymn #174: Hear the Voice of God, So Tender Hymn #358: God of the Prophets Hymn #335: Come, Gather in This Special Place Hymn #572: When Israel Was in Egypt’s Land
January 27, 2019	Hymn #21: God Reigns o’er All the Earth Hymn #423: Great Is Your Faithfulness
January 20, 2019	Hymn #158: O Morning Star, How Clear and Bright Hymn #60: O Spirit of God Hymn #582: O God of Earth and Altar
January 13, 2019	Hymn #328: Wonder of Wonders, Here Revealed Hymn #177: God of Change and Glory
January 6, 2019	Hymn #154: Go Tell It on the Mountain Hymn #584: I Am the Light of the World Hymn #524: This Little Light of Mine
December 30, 2018	Hymn #138: Jesus, Our Brother, Strong and Good Hymn #552: From the Crush of Wealth and Power Hymn #129: Good Christian Friends, Rejoice
December 24, 2018	Hymn #132: Joy to the World! Hymn #134: Silent Night, Holy Night Hymn #124: Away in a Manger Hymn #121: Toda la Tierra (All Earth Is Waiting) Hymn #128: In the Bleak Midwinter Hymn #126: Angels, from the Realms of Glory Hymn #131: It Came upon the Midnight Clear Hymn #127: Lo, How a Rose E’er Blooming Hymn #145: Once in Royal David's City Hymn #130: From Heaven unto Earth I Come Hymn #144: Hark! The Herald Angels Sing Hymn #135: Adeste Fideles (O Come, All You Faithful)
December 23, 2018	Hymn #102: O How Shall I Receive You Hymn #109: With Joy Draw Water Hymn #124: Away in a Manger
December 16, 2018	Hymn #107: Awake! Awake, and Greet the New Morn Hymn #128: In the Bleak Midwinter Hymn #323: Little Children, Welcome Hymn #104: We Hail You God’s Anointed
December 9, 2018	Hymn #120: There's a Voice in the Wilderness Hymn #114: Return, My People Hymn #121: Toda la Tierra (All Earth Is Waiting)
December 2, 2018	Hymn #103: Watcher, Tell Us of the Night Hymn #101: Comfort, Comfort O My People Hymn #436: God of Grace and God of Glory Hymn #335: Come, Gather in This Special Place
November 25, 2018	Hymn #461: Let Us Hope When Hope Seems Hopeless Hymn #593: Lift Every Voice and Sing Hymn #584: I Am the Light of the World
November 18, 2018	Hymn #22: Sing Praise to God, Who Has Shaped Hymn #25: O God, Our Help in Ages Past Hymn #459: Come, O Fount of Every Blessing
November 11, 2018	Hymn #42: O For a Thousand Tongues to Sing Hymn #81: God Be with You
November 4, 2018	Hymn #89: Awake, Awake to Love and Work Hymn #299: For All the Saints Hymn #342: Be Known to Us in Breaking Bread Hymn #298: O Savior, for the Saints
October 28, 2018	Hymn #73: Enter, Rejoice, and Come In Hymn #448: Take My Life, God, Let It Be Hymn #82: Go, My Children, with My Blessing
October 21, 2018	Hymn #293: Sweet, Sweet Spirit Hymn #537: Christian, Rise and Act Your Creed Hymn #538: Standing at the Future’s Threshold
October 14, 2018	Hymn #529: Now Let Us All, in Hymns of Praise Hymn #581: Lead Us from Death to Life
October 7, 2018	Hymn #67: Let Me Enter God’s Own Dwelling Hymn #397: Thank Our God for Sisters, Brothers Hymn #329: Jesus, the Joy of Living Hearts
September 30, 2018	Hymn #43: Love Divine, All Loves Excelling Hymn #553: There is a Balm in Gilead
September 23, 2018	Hymn #159: As with Gladness Those of Old Hymn #565: God, Whose Giving Knows No Ending
September 16, 2018	Hymn #52: There Is a Name I Love to Hear (O How I Love Jesus) Hymn #527: We Offer Jesus Hymn #396: Where Charity and Love Prevail
September 9, 2018	Hymn #90: Rising in Darkness Hymn #534: O God of Strength Hymn #530: God Our Author and Creator
September 2, 2018	Hymn #84: This Is the Day Hymn #573: Lead On Eternal Sovereign Hymn #347: Let Us Talents and Tongues Employ Hymn #177: God of Change and Glory
August 26, 2018	Hymn #180: Blessed Are the Poor in Spirit Hymn #181: You Are Salt for the Earth, O People
August 19, 2018	Hymn #12: I Sing the Mighty Power of God Hymn #533: Children of God Hymn #396: Where Charity and Love Prevail
August 12, 2018	Hymn #68: God Is Truly with Us Hymn #438: When Peace, like a River (It Is Well with My Soul) Hymn #179: We Yearn, O Christ, for Wholeness
August 5, 2018	Hymn #69: Come, God, Creator, Be Our Shield Hymn #438: When Peace, like a River (It Is Well with My Soul) Hymn #342: Be Known to Us in Breaking Bread Hymn #558: O How Glorious, Full of Wonder
July 29, 2018	Hymn #26: We Worship You, God Hymn #438: When Peace, like a River (It Is Well with My Soul) Hymn #554: Out of the Depths, O God, We Call
July 22, 2018	Hymn #1: Immortal, Invisible, God Only Wise Hymn #438: When Peace, like a River (It Is Well with My Soul) Hymn #312: We Love Your Realm, O God
July 15, 2018	Hymn #481: As Pants the Hart for Cooling Streams Hymn #438: When Peace, like a River (It Is Well with My Soul) Hymn #560: By Whatever Name We Call You
July 8, 2018	Hymn #9: We Sing to You, O God Hymn #438: When Peace, like a River (It Is Well with My Soul) Hymn #521: In Solitude
July 1, 2018	Hymn #4: Joyful, Joyful, We Adore You Hymn #577: God the Omnipotent! Hymn #451: Be Now My Vision
June 24, 2018	Hymn #504: You Walk along Our Shoreline Hymn #436: God of Grace and God of Glory Hymn #584: I Am the Light of the World