Tag Archives: Non-English Hymns

Wake, Awake, For Night Is Flying (Dayman)

Posted on June 28, 2024 by Noah

This is the text of this hymn as it appears in Church Hymns (1871) where it is listed under General Hymns: Wake, awake, for night is flying;The watchmen on the heights are crying,Awake, Jerusalem, arise!Midnight’s solemn hour is tolling,His chariot … Continue reading →

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Wachet Auff Rufft Uns Die Stimme

Posted on June 28, 2024 by Noah

This hymn is traditionally sung for Advent. This is the original text of this hymn as it appears in Philipp Nicolai’s Frewden-Spiegel (1599): Wachet auff/ rufft uns die Stimme/DerWächter sehr hoch auff der Zinnen/Wach auff du Statt Jerusalem.Mitternacht heißt diese … Continue reading →

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To The Name That Speaks Salvation

Posted on June 28, 2024 by Noah

This hymn was used in some regional breviaries for the Feast of the Holy Name of Jesus. According to Hymns Ancient and Modern the source was the Liège Breviary, but according to the Thesaurus Hymnologicus and The Latin Hymn Writers … Continue reading →

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O Durch­brech­er All­er Ban­de

Posted on June 27, 2024 by Noah

This is the original text of this hymn as it appears in Gött­liche Lieb­es-Funck­en (1698) where it is listed under the heading “Das Seuffzender Gefangenen”: O Durchbrecher aller Bande/ Der du immer bey uns bist/Bey dem Schaden/ Spott und Schande … Continue reading →

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Thou Who Breakest Every Chain

Posted on June 27, 2024 by Noah

This is the original text of this hymn as it appears in the 2nd series of the Lyra Germanica (1858) where it is listed under the heading “The Deliverer from Bondage”: THOU Who breakest every chain,Thou Who still art ever … Continue reading →

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Sing Alleluia Forth In Duteous Praise

Posted on June 18, 2024 by Noah

This hymn was used for Vespers I & II and Lauds on the First Sunday of Lent in the Mozarabic Breviary.  This is the text of this hymn as it appears in an 1871 edition of the Supplemental Hymn and … Continue reading →

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Wem In Leidenstagen

Posted on June 13, 2024 by Noah

This is the text of this hymn as it appears in Sacred Hymns from the German (1841) where it is listed under the heading “Trost Des Traurenden”: Wem in LeidenstagenAller Trost steht fern,Der vertrau sein KlagenSeinem Gott und Herrn. Er … Continue reading →

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O Thou, To Whose All-Searching Sight

Posted on June 10, 2024 by Noah

This is the text of this hymn as it appears in Church Hymns (1871) where it is listed under General Hymns: O Thou, to whose all-searching sightThe darkness shineth as the light,Search, prove my heart; it pants for Thee;Oh, burst … Continue reading →

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Seelen-Bräutigam, O Du Gottes-Lamm

Posted on June 10, 2024 by Noah

This is the text of this hymn as it appears in a 1731 edition of Sammlung Geistlicher Und Lieblicher Lieder (1725): Seelen-bräutigam,O du Gottes-Lamm,Prüfe, Jesu, meine sinnen,Höre, was sie doch beginnen;Ist ihr wollen rein,Ez, so laß es seyn. Treutzige mich … Continue reading →

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Herr, Unser Gott, Mit Ehrfurcht Dienen

Posted on June 6, 2024 by Noah

This is the text of this hymn as it appears in Neuestes Gemeinschaftliches Gesangbuch (1881): Herr, unser Gott, mit ehrfurcht dienenDir seraphim und cherubinen,Der engel schaaren ohne zahl;Hohe geister, die dich kennen,Dich heilig! heilig! heilig! nennen,Sie sinken nieder allzumal.Ihr freudenquell … Continue reading →

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