Glorious Things o Thee Are Spoken Craig Phillips 5-888 Selah Publishing Co, Inc Order rom your avorite dealer or at selahpubcom (Or call 800-85-617 in the US and Canada) This document is provided or revie purposes only It is illegal to photocopy this music Glorious Things o Thee Are Spoken ohn Neton (175 1807), the author o Glorious Things o Thee Are Spoken, as among the most inluential Evangelical Anglicans o his day A contemporary o the Wesleys, Neton learned the Bible at his mother s knee but abandoned the aith and opted or the lie o a sailor Ater many adventures in Arica, he experienced a proound conversion, as ordained an Anglican priest, and accepted a curacy at Olney (176) There Neton rote hymns and enoyed the riendship o the troubled but brilliant hymn riter and poet, William Coper ( There Is A ountain illed With Blood ) In 1779, Neton and Coper published some o their hymns in Olney Hymns Animated by the evangelical piety o its authors, this three-part collection eatured hymns on scripture, occasional subects and the Christian lie Included in Book I (and exceptional in the collection because o its ubilant tone) as Glorious Things o Thee Are Spoken hich carried the title Zion; or, The City o God Neton built this hymn around seven biblical passages It quickly gained popularity herever English-language hymns ere sung The ide circulation o his autobiography detailing his sins as a slave trader and his dramatic conversion enhanced Neton s popularity as a hymn riter Gited ith rich imagination and a thorough knoledge o scripture, this author o Amazing Grace and Ho Seet the Name o esus Sounds helped introduce the singing o hymns into Anglican parish practice Glorious Things o Thee Are Spoken has been adapted by both English and American hymnal editors The original text is generally maintained, but the hymn is oten shortened in American hymnals by the rearrangement o lines or by the omission o Neton s ourth stanza: Blest inhabitants o Zion, Washed in the Redeemer s blood! esus, hom their souls rely on Makes them kings and priests to God Tis his love his people raises Over sel to reign as kings And as priests, his solemn praises Each or a thank-o ring brings Neton s text is inextricably linked to AUSTRIA, an immensely popular tune by the Austrian composer ranz ose Haydn Composed in 1797, this Volkslied by Haydn, Chapel Master to the Austrian Emperor ranz ose, as dedicated to the emperor and irst perormed on his birthday, ebruary 1, 1797 It set to music a patriotic prayer, Gott erhalte ranz den Kaiser, by Lorenz Leopold Haschka (179 187) modeled on God Save the King In this era o the rench Revolution, the rise or revie only o Napoleon and groing nationalism, Haydn s tune illed a elt need or a rousing Austrian national anthem England had its national hymn; rance had adopted the Marseillaise as its anthem in 1795 Haydn gave Austria its counterpart Haydn originally rote AUSTRIA as a single line or piano accompaniment Later in 1897 he expanded the accompaniment or a small orchestra AUSTRIA met instant success It had dignity and hymnic resonance, and it galvanized the Austrian people at a moment o political turmoil Germany later adopted AUSTRIA or its national anthem, and Haydn embedded the tune in one o his most enduring Quartets, The Emperor By 180, AUSTRIA had been appropriated by British and American compilers as a hymn tune In 180, it appeared in a hymn tune book published in Germany Within ive years o its composition, then, this inspiring patriotic masterpiece became part o the musical heritage o the Christian church Although it is occasionally used ith other ords, Glorious Things o Thee Are Spoken remains AUSTRIA s most popular text Craig Phillips Craig Phillips is Music Associate at All Saints Episcopal Church in Beverly Hills, Cali Phillips is a noted composer, having received numerous commissions, including those rom the National Cathedral, the Association o Anglican Musicians, and the American Guild o Organists National Convention Phillips as born in Louisville, Kentucky, in 1961 He received a BM rom Oklahoma Baptist University, and a MM and DMA and the Perormers Certiicate rom the Eastman School o Music, Rochester, Ne York, here he studied ith the late Russell Saunders This hymn arrangement is sponsored by the Institute or the Study o American Evangelicals (ISAE) at Wheaton College, Wheaton, IL 60187, through a grant rom The Lilly Endoment The ISAE exists to encourage and support research on evangelical Christianity in North America
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