Adam McCune

· Selected Hymns ·

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  • Christ’s Coming and Incarnation
  • God Protecting and Providing
  • Justification and the Church
  • Sanctification and Devotion

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^ Christ’s Coming and Incarnation

  • O come, O come, Emmanuel
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    Text (original printing of revised stanzas 1-5)
    Text (original printing of stanzas 6-7)
    Words: O Antiphons, 8th c.; Veni Emmanuel, 1693/1710/1874; tr. John Mason Neale, 1851/1856, rev. Henry W. Baker, 1861; tr. H. S. Coffin, 1916
    Sources: H2: 47; BH 76; PCH 172B; SCH n6, p170; RS F36, p46; Hymnology Archive
    Themes: Advent; His Life and Work; Christ our Savior
  • Let all mortal flesh keep silence
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    Words: Liturgy of St. James, 4th c.; tr. Gerard Moultrie, 1864
    Sources: BH 80; PCH 180; SCH n5, p169; Hymnology Archive
    Themes: Incarnation; Advent; reverence and awe
  • Thou who wast rich
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    Words: Frank Houghton, copyright 1934
    Sources: H2: 49
    Themes: Incarnation, Christmas, His Life and Work, Christ’s humility and sacrifice for our sake

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^ God Protecting and Providing

  • I bind unto myself today
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    Words: attr. Patrick of Ireland, 432; or anonymous, 8th c.; tr. Cecil Frances Alexander, 1889
    Sources: PCH 320A; Hymnology Archive
    Themes: God’s protection; Christ’s presence; His Life and Work (2nd st.); Trinity
  • A mighty fortress is our God
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    Words: Martin Luther, 1528; tr. Frederic H. Hedge, 1853
    Sources: H2: 11; BH 8; PCH 4B; SCH n21, p184; Hymnology Archive
    Themes: Majesty and Power; God the Father; God’s protection; spiritual warfare
  • Glorious things of thee are spoken
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    Words: John Newton, 1779
    Sources: H2: 158; BH 398; PCH 86; SCH n80, p238; CV p190
    Themes: Zion, or The City of God; The Church; God’s presence, protection, provision; eternal life and enduring joy (last st.)

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    ^ Justification and the Church

    • And can it be, that I should gain
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      Words: Charles Wesley, 1738
      Sources: H2: 88; BH 147; PCH 58; SCH n69, p228; CV p158
      Themes: Repentance and Forgiveness; Free Grace
    • Before the throne of God above
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      Words: Charitie Lees Smith, 1863
      Music: Vikki Cook, copyright 1997
      Sources: Hymnology Archive
      Themes: justification; Christ our Advocate
    • The Church’s one foundation
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      Words: Samuel John Stone, 1866
      Music (1864): Samuel S. Wesley, 1864
      Music (1996): Brian Moss, copyright 1996
      Sources: H2: 161; BH 350; PCH 236; SCH n87, p244
      Themes: The Church; Foundation; The Holy Catholic Church, the Communion of Saints, He is the Head

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    ^ Sanctification and Devotion

    • Praise the Savior, ye who know him
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      Words: Thomas Kelly, 1853
      Sources: H2: 100, Hymnology Archive
      Themes: Faith; God’s faithfulness, protection, sanctification and glorification; devotion to God
    • O Love, that will not let me go
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      Words: George Matheson, 1881
      Music: Christopher Miner, copyright 2010
      Sources: BH 292, PCH 344
      Themes: Conviction and Submission
    • O Spirit of the living God, thou light and fire divine
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      Words: Henry Hallam Tweedy (1868-1953), 1933 (public domain)
      Music: Audrey Assad, copyright 2013
      Sources: Hymnary.org
      Themes: Holy Spirit; holiness; being transformed by God, sanctification

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    Print Sources

    • H2: Hymns II (text, sheet music, guitar chords)
    • BH: The Baptist Hymnal, 1991 (text, sheet music)
    • SCH: A Survey of Christian Hymnody (text, sheet music)
    • PCH: A Panorama of Christian Hymnody (text)
    • LH: One Hundred Latin Hymns (text)
    • CV: Oxford Book of Christian Verse (text)
    • RS: Rise Up Singing (text, guitar chords)

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