The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-09-28
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M. c. Carpenter in the congregationalist
With hymns it is not the good that die young hutfor-
.tely-those which not good The songs of shallow
.rb, and frivolous jingle endure but for time having
,oot in themselves those which survive for more than
single generation must grow out of great verify OF
stian faith, universal instinct of the soul Such
"A ne hymn of the New Jerusalem which has lust now
ned full century OF common use in its present form
+" ne earliest appearance in American hymn books was
ou 1890; all the editions of Watts and Select from
contain it, with authorship incorrectly assigned 10 &C
In England the first publication of now extant
4. IN Williams & Bodens collection 1901 Ii 4 there
a;ted TO Lexington c." referring to small nannbst
Affection printed for the use of the lexington parish church
81 short distance from Montgomerys home at Sheffield
poet is known TO have printed that book and
IA 10 have included the hymn SUBSEQUENT colect;on
hated by him. the authorship has often been aserbed to
An even by recent hymnologists. But that distinctly
by his reference to it, in the preface TO his
brsan Psalmist collection (S2sl, as "a delightful
|,[mn BY an unknown hand" adding "The HYMN Itself
oht never be unknown, where there is church ON
Ia training up candidates for the church above The
et wish has been fulfilled in its almost universal use IN
stian lands and its translation into various heather
during the whole century after he set it IN in
Ia Sheffield printing Office.
81 But the Jerusalem hymn already venerable before
LIN Nineteenth century began. In somewhat different form
was in 1893 added by William Burkitt the exposition vicar
M Dedham his Help and Gaide to Christian Families
IN there entitled "A Longing for Glory" This version
ginnng the as familiar hymn and ending with
N sanza-
JESUS .,, my ,y, Iq ? !, to g! gdlory's gone,
And all my brethren here below q
"a VIII soon come after
s in frequent in this country especially as revival
Ia campmeetns melody, in the early years Of the last
ntury.
In I64o David Dickson Scotch Presbyterian minister
sfblshed The Celestial Jerusalem" beginning
o mother. dear, Jerusalem,
When shall come to theel
This for long time thought to be the original but
now known have been the revision adapted Protest.
IA use of remarkable ode of twenty-six stauzas now
{.hnd in a manuscript volume the British museum 1t
AZ undated but apparently written shortly before 1900
ia printed in abridged form in London in 1901
NC centuries The identity of the author given as
~ B. p, is in doubt but the initials have been conjecured
ii stand for Francis Baker Pater, Roman Catholic priest
ne was prisoner in the Tower OF London The
~ B. Ps hymn seem to have been than one but one
~ tainy the famous dedication hymn of the Eighth
Ninth century Urbs beaa Jerusalem, translated in part
$ Dr. Neaes hymns Blessed city heavenly Salem and
4 hrist is made the foundation"
~ But another hymn, similar to F. B. P's, published in
ndon in 1886 by W. Prid distinctly stated by him to
a%e been faithfully translated out of S. Augustn his
a ke"tbat is, the Meditatons of ST. Augustine" which
eugh having great influence for centuries is known
& have been written only in part by him. 1t begins 20
the 9eare Hiersalem and clearly shows the
gage OF our Apostles, martyrs prophets there"
There be the prudent Prophets all,
Ihapposteis six and six
The glorious martirs a row,
5H And contessors betwixt
'nhaps in common source is the medieval poem, De
sfntemptu mundi, sometimes called Hora novessma be-
se OF its FIRST line Ho anovissma tempora pesma
' linus Written by Bernard OF Cunyoften COMPOUNDED
VIZ St Bernard of Clairvaux his contemporary who wrote
}Ens the very thought of Thee'-about $780, in such
W cult form of verse that its author felt sure he had
Sfived directly from high the gift of inspiration and
RHligencs, part of its 5000 lines restored after
years by Dean Trench and translated by Dr. Neae under
H title of The Celestial Country" Extracts from this
e now familiar to us in the classic hymns The world
Rery evil Brief life is here portion For thee
'qear, dear country" and Jerusalem the golden"
among the many touching incidents connected with the
IA OF this venerable hymn is related by DR. William c.
INC in his monograph Jerusalem, My Happy Home"
sA was at time approaching the Holy City from the
b IN company with other travellers, and their horses
ngle file picked their way the summit OF ridge
12fe out in loud voice, chanting the hymn Immed
h horseman from behind rode forward and joined in
F@ hoy song 1t was Dr. Horatus Bonar of Kelso, who
81 himself written book upon the same classic hymn.
certainly adds new and halowed interest to this
'# known hymn that both in thought and words it be
'2Sed back from to 1901, 1901, 1901 SoIin
to the very first Christian century when he, who dwe
amos for his Savior's sake" looked in at the opened
M oil heaven and wrote in book what he sawhe very
s winch all these other poets have copied since It is
W inspiring TO think that such hymns singing
again the of faith and hope which have been sung
housand years the same in cathedrals and caves, in
IS and prisons, by Roman Catholic priests and Pro
h eovenanters by saints and martyrs, and by all the
OF God who confessng that they had continuing
'N here sought come, looking forward the new
FL aiem and forward to the glad time when they should
~ IN through the gates into the city,.
THE HYMN.
Hierusalem my happie home
' When shall to thee
e When shall my sorrowes haue end
MA Thy ioyes when shall
happie harbour of the saints
IL y sweet and pleasant soyle
W IN thee no sorrow may be founde
Y noe greefe, noe care, noe toyle
IN thee sickenesse may be
s# noe hurt, ache
" There is noe DEATH nor uglie deui
VA lhere is life for
MA noe dampish mist is in thee
XII noe could darksome night
III IIhere everie soul shines the
mere god himselfe giues light