Hymn: From All That Dwell Below the Skies
This hymn is a paraphrase of Psalm 117 by Isaac Watts. The
original hymn had two stanzas (our stanzas 1 and 3). It was edited by Robert
Spence for inclusion in the York Pocket
Hymn Book of 1781.
Hymn: Take Up Your Cross, the Savior Said
Charless Everest published this hymn at the age of nineteen
as “Take up thy cross” in his own collection, Visions of Death, and Other Poems (1833). Paul Westermeyer writes
that it has received “substantial alterations,” while Percy Deamer called it
“one of those hymns of poor quality which have to be always changed to make
them possible for use.”
Hymn: Great Is Thy Faithfulness
LindaJo McKim writes, “This text is one of the few gospel
hymns that address God specifically.” Written by Thomas Obediah Chisolm, it is
based on Lamentations 3:22-23. The line “no shadow of turning” comes from James
1:17.
Anthem: Rejoice, the Lord Is King
Charles Wesley wrote this hymn, which was initially
published in 1744. It was rewritten and published in 1746, and is based on the
scripture verse, “Rejoice in the Lord always: and again I say, rejoice” from
Phil. 4:4 (KJV). The Presbyterian Hymnal
(1990) contains three stanzas of the 1746 version.
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