St. Martin's Hymn Sings

This version of "Were You There When They Crucified My Lord?" was recorded on March 28, 2021 during Palm Sunday worship at Church of St. Martin-in-the-Fields, Philadelphia, PA. Sung by St. Martin's Vocal Quartet, Krystiane Cooper, Ross Druker, Alyson Harvey, and John Wentz. Led by Director of Music, Mr. Tyrone Whiting (www.tyronewhiting.com). The final bonus episode in the series will be released on Easter Day (April 4)! Please sing along using the lyrics below. Were you there when they crucified my Lord? Were you there when they crucified my Lord? Oh! Sometimes it causes me to tremble, tremble, tremble. Were you there when they crucified my Lord? Were you there when they nailed him to the tree? Were you there when they nailed him to the tree? Oh! Sometimes it causes me to tremble, tremble, tremble. Were you there when they nailed him to the tree? Were you there when they pierced him in the side? Were you there when they pierced him in the side? Oh! Sometimes it causes me to tremble, tremble, tremble. Were you there when they pierced him in the side? Were you there when they laid him in the tomb? Were you there when they laid him in the tomb? Oh! Sometimes it causes me to tremble, tremble, tremble. Were you there when they laid him in the tomb? Permission to podcast/stream this music is obtained from One License with license #A-701187. All rights reserved. Production, music, and photography by Tyrone Whiting, Director of Music at Episcopal Church of St. Martin-in-the-Fields, 8000 St. Martin's Lane, Philadelphia, PA 19118. 215.247.7466. https://www.StMartinEC.org

This version of O Sacred Head, Sore Wounded by J.S. Bach was recorded on March 28, 2021 during Palm Sunday worship at Church of St. Martin-in-the-Fields, Philadelphia, PA. Sung by St. Martin's Vocal Quartet, Krystiane Cooper, Ross Druker, Alyson Harvey, and John Wentz. Led by Director of Music, Mr. Tyrone Whiting (www.tyronewhiting.com). The final bonus episode in the series will be released on Easter Day (April 4)! Please sing along using the lyrics below. 1. O sacred head, sore wounded, defiled and put to scorn; O kingly head, surrounded with mocking crown of thorn: what sorrow mars thy grandeur? Can death thy bloom deflower? O countenance whose splendor the hosts of heaven adore! 2. Thy beauty, long-desired, hath vanished from our sight; thy power is all expired, and quenched the light of light. Ah me! for whom thou diest, hide not so far thy grace: show me, O Love most highest, the brightness of thy face. 3. In thy most bitter passion my heart to share doth cry, with thee for my salvation upon the cross to die. Ah, keep my heart thus moved to stand thy cross beneath, to mourn thee, well-beloved, yet thank thee for thy death. 4. What language shall I borrow to thank thee, dearest friend, for this thy dying sorrow, thy pity without end? Oh, make me thine for ever! and should I fainting be, Lord, let me never,never, outlive my love for thee. 5. My days are few, O fail not, with thine immortal power, to hold me that I quail not in death's most fearful hour; that I may fight befriended, and see in my last strife to me thine arms extended upon the cross of life. Permission to podcast/stream this music is obtained from One License with license #A-701187. All rights reserved. Production, music, and photography by Tyrone Whiting, Director of Music at Episcopal Church of St. Martin-in-the-Fields, 8000 St. Martin's Lane, Philadelphia, PA 19118. 215.247.7466. https://www.StMartinEC.org

Join our new Director of Music, Mr. Tyrone Whiting (www.tyronewhiting.com), for the sixth episode of our new Lenten Hymn Sings series! Please, do share this video with friends and family to help spread the joy of hymn singing! These are the audio versions of the weekly videos found on YouTube. This week, our Associate Rector, The Reverend Barbara Ballenger, discusses the powerful hymn "Were You There When They Crucified My Lord" and Tyrone discusses the Palm Sunday favorite "All Glory, Lord, and Honor" and plays them with which to sing along. These can be found in the Hymnal 1982 at 172 and 154 respectively. The hymn texts are found within the transcript below. The final bonus episode in the series will be released on Easter Day (April 4)! Transcript: [Tyrone] Welcome to the Church of St. Martin-in-the-Fields, Philadelphia and to the penultimate episode of our Lenten Hymn Sing Series. In this week's episode, we welcome our Associate Rector, The Rev. Barbara Ballenger who will discuss one of her favorite hymns.We have really enjoyed hearing your thoughts and feelings on our Lenten Hymn meditations and hope you will join us through Holy Week and Easter for our liturgies. More details of which can be found on our website displayed on the screen now. All previous episodes can be found on our YouTube page, and the final video will be released on Easter morning. Now let us take a moment at the end of another busy week to pause, learn and reflect, on hymns, their scripture and their histories. [Barbara] Were you There When They Crucified my Lord is a song that brings me closer to the experience of Jesus' death than any other. To say it is a favorite seems a bit strange. But I find it find in among the truest and most effecting songs I've ever sung. Its question convicts me every time I hear it - were you there, when my Lord was crucified, nailed to the tree, died upon the cross, laid in the tomb - was I there, or did I flee, avoid, look the other way?When I sing this song I can't help thinking of all the way that Christ's suffering and death on the cross is replayed in the lives of people who are tortured, rejected, killed, and all who mourn them. And then there is that lament, a wailing right in the middle. There have been times my soul has cried out and trembled right along with it.And so I take the invitation of this song to put myself in the moment of my Lord's great suffering: to mourn and weep and tremble. To let myself be there. So that I can recognize Easter when it finally breaks through.As is the case for many African American songs of worship of this time, little is known about this hymn. First appearing in print in 1899 in William Eleazar Barton's Old Plantation Hymns, Were You There is a powerful hymn with its origins firmly in the African American tradition. Described by Barton as a "tender and beautiful hymn", it first appears in the Episcopal Church's hymnal in 1940; the first spiritual to ever appear in an American hymn book. In our hymnal today, a verse begins "Were you there when they nailed him to the tree". While telling of the crucifixion of Jesus Christ, this hymn also shows a parallel between the suffering of our Lord and that of enslaved people. The harmonization we use today from the Hymnal 1982 is by Canon Charles Winfred Douglas. If this priest and musician's name sounds familiar, that might be because he also wrote the harmony for the hymn Eternal Lord of Love (among many others) which featured in Episode 3 of our Hymn Sings. This hymn has been covered by many popular artists including Harry Belafonte, Johnny Cash, and Paul Robeson. So let us add to those interpretations with our own as we sing "Were you there when they crucified my Lord?"[Introduction]Were you there when they crucified my Lord?Were you there when they crucified my Lord?Oh! Sometimes it causes me to tremble, tremble, tremble.Were you there when they crucified my Lord? Were you there when they nailed him to the tree?Were you there when they nailed him to the tree?Oh! Sometimes it causes me to tremble, tremble, tremble.Were you there when they nailed him to the tree? Were you there when they pierced him in the side?Were you there when they pierced him in the side?Oh! Sometimes it causes me to tremble, tremble, tremble.Were you there when they pierced him in the side? Were you there when they laid him in the tomb?Were you there when they laid him in the tomb?Oh! Sometimes it causes me to tremble, tremble, tremble.Were you there when they laid him in the tomb? [Tyrone] Theodulf of Orléans was a poet, writer, during the reigns of Charlemagne (Charles the First) and Louis the Pious, or Louis the first. He was later made Bishop of Orléans from 798 to 818. A key figure in liturgical reforms during the reign of Charlemagne, he is famed not only for these reforms but also his private chapel in his villa in northern France, which has a mosaic of the Ark of the Covenant dating from around 806. Theodulf's work was translated in the 19th century by John Neale, an Anglican priest, scholar and hymn writer, who notably translated ancient Latin and Greek texts, including the well known Christmas piece Good King Wenceslas and introduces them to the English church music tradition. Named for its author, the tune St. Theodulph was written by the philosopher, theologian and musician Melchior Teschner, born in 1584 in what is now modern day Poland. He later studied at the University of Frankfurt in Germany and served as cantor and pastor at churches in Germany until his somewhat early death in around 1635.All Glory Lord and Honor exists in our hymnal in a harmonization by William Henry Monk, editor of four editions of the well known hymnal Hymns Ancient and Modern. A prolific hymn writer, it is in this publication where his famous hymn "Abide With Me" first appears. As we begin our journey through Palm Sunday, Holy Week to the miracle of Easter, let us end this week's episode by singing All Glory, Laud and Honor. [Introduction]All glory, laud, and honor to thee, Redeemer, King!to whom the lips of children made sweet hosannas ring.Thou art the King of Israel, thou David's royal Son,who in the Lord's Name comest, the King and Blessed One. All glory, laud, and honor to thee, Redeemer, King!to whom the lips of children made sweet hosannas ring.The company of angels are praising thee on high;and we with all creation in chorus make reply. All glory, laud, and honor to thee, Redeemer, King!to whom the lips of children made sweet hosannas ring. The people of the Hebrews with palms before thee went;our praise and prayer and anthems before thee we present. All glory, laud, and honor to thee, Redeemer, King!to whom the lips of children made sweet hosannas ring. To thee before thy passion they sang their hymns of praise;to thee, now high exalted, our melody we raise. All glory, laud, and honor to thee, Redeemer, King!to whom the lips of children made sweet hosannas ring. Thou didst accept their praises; accept the prayers we bring,who in all good delightest, thou good and gracious King. All glory, laud, and honor to thee, Redeemer, King!to whom the lips of children made sweet hosannas ring. Permission to podcast/stream this music is obtained from One License with license #A-701187. All rights reserved. Production, music, and photography by Tyrone Whiting, Director of Music at Episcopal Church of St. Martin-in-the-Fields, 8000 St. Martin's Lane, Philadelphia, PA 19118. 215.247.7466. https://www.StMartinEC.org

Join our new Director of Music, Mr. Tyrone Whiting (www.tyronewhiting.com), for the fifth episode of our new Lenten Hymn Sings series! Please, do share this video with friends and family to help spread the joy of hymn singing! These are the audio versions of the weekly videos found on YouTube. This week, our Rector, The Reverend Jarrett Kerbel, discusses the much-loved hymn "Come Down, O Love Divine" and Tyrone discusses "We Walk by Faith and Not by Sight" and plays them with which to sing along. These can be found in the Hymnal 1982 at 516 and 209 respectively. A new episode will be released each Friday through Lent until Holy Week, as well as a special bonus episode on Easter Day (April 4), giving us all a chance to sing at home during this difficult time. The hymn texts are found within the transcript below.Transcript: [Tyrone] Welcome to the fifth episode of our Lenten Hymn Sing Series, here at the Church of St. Martin-in-the-Fields, Philadelphia.In this week's episode, we welcome our Rector, The Reverend Jarrett Kerbel, who will discuss one of his favorite hymns. We encourage you to share these videos with your friends and family and help us spread the joy of music-making at a time when many are missing it from their lives. You can find all of the previous episodes in this series on our YouTube page, and we invite you to explore our website, which is updated regularly, to learn more about St. Martin's, our worship, and our outreach. Now let us take a moment at the end of another busy week to pause, learn and reflect, on hymns, their scripture and their histories. [Jarrett] For none can guess its grace, til Love create a place wherein the Holy Spirit makes a dwelling. "Come Down O Love Divine" My wife and I had it as a hymn at our wedding and whenever I sing it I choke back tears. For me, it is one of those hymns that summons my whole body and soul into the singing - beauty and truth come together in this hymn and recall me to the immeasurable gift I have been given by God's love. We know that the best theology in the Episcopal Church is in our hymnal. "Come Down O Love Divine" is a perfect example. The hymn is a dialectic; it combines a positive evaluation of human desire: "and so the yearning strong, with which the soul will long" with the ultimate negation of our passions in the furnace of God's love for us embodied in the Holy Spirit: "O let it freely burn, till earthly passions turn to dust and ashes in its heat consuming."It combines an affirmation of the heart as a seat of spiritual receptivity: "Comforter draw near, within my heart appear, and kindle it, thy holy flame bestowing" with the important insight that even our receptivity to the Holy Spirit depends on God's initiative, that is to say grace: "None can guess its grace, till love create a place, wherein the Holy Spirit makes a dwelling."When I finish singing this hymn I am filled with gratitude for all that God has made possible for my soul. With words by a 14th-century Italian poet and music by one of the most well known British composers, "Come Down O Love Divine" is one of the finest examples of the marriage between words and music. Little is known about this hymn's author, Bianco da Siena, born in Italy in around 1350. He wrote several religious poems or "Lauda" popular in the Middle Ages, and though his early career was as a wool worker, in 1367 he entered the order of Jesuati (not to be confused with the Jesuits) founded by Giovanni Colombini of Siena in 1360. This order was abolished in the 17th century by Pope Clement the Ninth.One hundred and twenty-two poems by Da Siena were published, spanning more than twenty thousand lines of verse. His text for Come Down O Love Divine was translated into English by Richard Frederick Littledale, a 19th-century Anglo-Irish clergyman and prolific writer. This hymn's publication in the 1906 English Hymnal established its popularity. The composer of this tune "Down Ampney", Ralph Vaughan Willams was editor of the same Hymnal and through his teaching, composition, conducting and editing, Vaughan Williams is still to this day one of the chief figures in English music both sacred and secular. Educated at both the Trinity College Cambridge and the Royal College of Music, Vaughan Williams' works which span everything from ballets to symphonies, and chamber music to opera, are heavily influenced by Tudor and English folk-song traditions. Most famously, this influence can be heard in his Fantasia on a Theme of Thomas Tallis. Despite his renowned Agnostic views, Vaughan Williams composed many sacred works including a Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis and a Te Deum. As we come closer to the miracle of Holy Week and Easter, let us now join our voices and sing Come Down O Love Divine.1 Come down, O Love divine, seek thou this soul of mine, and visit it with thine own ardor glowing; O Comforter, draw near, within my heart appear, and kindle it, thy holy flame bestowing. 2 O let it freely burn, till earthly passions turn to dust and ashes in its heat consuming; and let thy glorious light shine ever on my sight, and clothe me round, the while my path illuming. 3 And so the yearning strong, with which the soul will long, shall far outpass the power of human telling; for none can guess its grace, till Love create a place wherein the Holy Spirit makes a dwelling. [Tyrone] The words for this hymn are by English churchman, Henry Alford, a theologian also known for his criticisms, poetry, and hymnody. Alford was a precocious child, and by an early age had written Latin Odes as well as a history of the Jewish people. He was later educated at Trinity College, Cambridge. The tune for this hymn is named St. Botolph for the Parish Church in Boston, Lincolnshire, in England where Gordon Slater, its composer, was organist from 1919-1927 after his service in the British Army. Born in 1896, Gordon Slater was well known for his organ, piano and choral music. He would later becoming Organist and Choirmaster at Leicester Cathedral from 1927-1931, and Lincoln cathedral from 1931-1966, supervising the latter's organ rebuild in 1960. Slater's harmonization breaks some rules of composition in that it contains some parallel movements within the vocal parts. However, it is said he intended this hymn to be sung in unison anyway!1. We walk by faith, and not by sight; no gracious words we hear from him who spoke as none e'er spoke; but we believe him near. 2. We may not touch his hands and side, nor follow where he trod; but in his promise we rejoice; and cry, "My Lord and God!" 3. Help then, O Lord, our unbelief; and may our faith abound, to call on you when you are near, and seek where you are found: 4. that, when our life of faith is done, in realms of clearer light we may behold you as you are, with full and endless sight. Permission to podcast/stream this music is obtained from One License with license #A-701187. All rights reserved. Production, music, and photography by Tyrone Whiting, Director of Music at Episcopal Church of St. Martin-in-the-Fields, 8000 St. Martin's Lane, Philadelphia, PA 19118. 215.247.7466. https://www.StMartinEC.org

Join our new Director of Music, Mr. Tyrone Whiting (www.tyronewhiting.com), for the fourth episode of our new Lenten Hymn Sings series! Please, do share this video with friends and family to help spread the joy of hymn singing! These are the audio versions of the weekly videos found on YouTube. This week, our Associate for Communications & Administration Natalee Hill discusses the well known hymn "When I Survey the Wondrous Cross" and Tyrone discusses the less well known "Wilt Thou Forgive That Sin" and plays them with which to sing along. These can be found in the Hymnal 1982 at 474 and 140 respectively. The hymn texts are found within the transcript below. A new episode will be released each Friday through Lent until Holy Week, as well as a special bonus episode on Easter Day (April 4), giving us all a chance to sing at home during this difficult time. Transcript: [Tyrone] Hello and welcome to the Church of St. Martin-in-the-Fields, Philadelphia for the fourth episode in our Lenten Hymn Sing series.In this week's episode, we welcome Natalee Hill, our Associate for Communications and Administration, who will discuss one of her favorite lent hymns.We have really enjoyed reading your reflections and reactions on the hymns presented so far and we hope you will continue to join us each Friday through Lent, as well as joining us for a special bonus episode on Easter Day. Please do share these videos far and wide, and engage with us through the comments section and our social media pages. If you missed the first three episodes, please do visit our YouTube page where you can access all videos in the series. This week we mark one year since our lives changed in early 2020. As we pause, learn, and reflect on hymns, their scripture, and their histories, let us also remember the loss and sadness we've experienced, but also the progress and challenges overcome in the last 12 months. We will sing together again, and how wonderful that first note will be. [Natalee] When Tyrone asked me which of the Lenten Hymns he'd selected I most appreciated, I had two that I liked best...(Barb Ballenger got my first choice!) But I do also really appreciate "When I Survey the Wondrous Cross".I think how it speaks to me most, while I love the music, is in the text, (the poetry), of the hymn. I'm fairly well known as a bit of a perfectionist around the office, and elsewhere in my life, so the hymn's text about leaving behind the vanity of perfectionism, of always trying to do things right, and instead looking to the Cross and realizing that all that we do is only through God and not by our own human efforts. I find the text humbling and a good reminder for me on a regular basis.Recognized as the "Godfather of English Hymnody", the author of this hymn, Isaac Watts, was a renowned congregational minister, hymn-writer, and poet born in 1674 and dying in 1748. Watts was the son of a schoolmaster and was brought up in his father's religious non-conformist household. His father having been incarcerated twice for his views. Watts held many significant roles, and lived with former Lord Mayor of London Sir Thomas Abney at his residence of Abney Park until the end of his life, preaching and writing until his final days. Somewhat a "prodigy", Watts began studying Latin at age four and writing full verses in the same by the age of seven.Isaac Watts' prolific output of hymns helped to guide a new way of thinking about hymnody in England. His many publications, helped by earlier 16th century leaders such as John Calvin, led to the inclusion of new poetry for "original songs of Christian experience" to be used in worship.Published in 1780, the hymn tune known today as ROCKINGHAM first appears in Aaron Williams's A Second Supplement to Psalmody in Miniature and is most well known in Great Britain and North America for its connection to Isaac Watts' text.18th Century musician Edward Miller began his early adult life as an apprentice to his brick-road laying father. Thankfully for the rich history of hymnody, Miller ran away to the town of Lynn in South-East England and studied music with Charles Burney, a respected music historian.Despite their unorthodox arrivals into church music, their mix of words and music allow us to now sing When I Survey the Wondrous Cross. 1 When I survey the wondrous cross where the young Prince of Glory died, my richest gain I count but loss, and pour contempt on all my pride. 2 Forbid it, Lord, that I should boast, save in the cross of Christ, my God: all the vain things that charm me most, I sacrifice them to his blood. 3 See, from his head, his hands, his feet, sorrow and love flow mingled down! Did e'er such love and sorrow meet, or thorns compose so rich a crown? 4 Were the whole realm of nature mine, that were an offering far too small; love so amazing, so divine, demands my soul, my life, my all. [Tyrone] The author of this hymn, poet and scholar, John Donne is known as one of the leading figures in metaphysical poetry, as well as for his contributions to theological writing. He is also author to many sonnets, religious poems, songs, and sermons. John Donne was born into a recusant family in 1572, but would later become a clergyman in the Church of England, culminating in his appointment as Dean of St. Paul's Cathedral in London in 1621. This appointment came by order of the King, as Donne did not wish to even be ordained. Living in poverty for much of it, Donne spent his life, and indeed his money on leisure, travel, and his many love interests. Many settings of John Donne's works have been produced, including many during his lifetime. John Hilton the younger, a British early baroque composer, wrote the melody for this hymn's setting of Donne's text.Son of another musician and composer, John Hilton the Elder, Hilton the Younger succeeded his father as organist of St. Margaret's Church in Westminster, London in 1628. He would later become the Lutenist to Charles I in 1635. His collection of works in "Catch that Catch Can" of 1652, is an experiment in writing in the catch musical form, a type of canon or round. The harmonization we use today in the Hymnal 1982 by Roy Kehl, is an adaption of music by the nineteenth century English composer, pianist, and writer, Elizabeth Poston. A graduate of the Royal Academy of Music, Poston is mostly remembered for her hymns and carols, as well as scoring television and radio productions such as the BBC's 1970 production of Howards End. It is believed that Poston was also a war agent and secretly used gramophone records to send coded messages to allies in Europe. The result of work by two people with extraordinary lives allows us now sing Wilt Thou Forgive That Sin.1. Wilt thou forgive that sin, where I begun, which is my sin, though it were done before? Wilt thou forgive those sins through which I run, and do run still, though still I do deplore? When thou hast done, thou hast not done, for I have more. 2. Wilt thou forgive that sin, by which I won others to sin, and made my sin their door? Wilt thou forgive that sin which I did shun a year or two, but wallowed in a score? When thou hast done, thou hast not done, for I have more. 3. I have a sin of fear that when I've spun my last thread, I shall perish on the shore; swear by thyself, that at my death thy Son shall shine as he shines now, and heretofore. And having done that, thou hast done, I fear no more. Permission to podcast/stream this music is obtained from One License with license #A-701187. All rights reserved. Some images from this video taken by Daniel Cooper, Associate for Audio-Visual Technology Production, music, and photography by Tyrone Whiting, Director of Music at Episcopal Church of St. Martin-in-the-Fields, 8000 St. Martin's Lane, Philadelphia, PA 19118. 215.247.7466. https://www.StMartinEC.org

Join our new Director of Music, Mr. Tyrone Whiting (www.tyronewhiting.com), for the third episode of our new Lenten Hymn Sings series! Please, do share this video with friends and family to help spread the joy of hymn singing! These are the audio versions of the weekly videos found on YouTube. This week, Tyrone discusses the hymns "Lord, who throughout these forty days" and "Eternal Lord of love behold your church" and plays them with which to sing along. These can be found in the Hymnal 1982 at 149 and 142 respectively. A new episode will be released each Friday through Lent until Holy Week giving us all a chance to sing at home during this difficult time. The hymn texts are found within the transcript below. Transcript: Hello and welcome to the third episode in our Lenten Hymn Sing series here at the Church of St. Martin-in-the-Fields, Philadelphia.We hope you continue to join us each Friday through Lent as we explore our Lenten hymnody. We wish to encourage you to share these videos with friends and family and to engage with us through the comments section and social media. If you missed the first two episodes, please do check our YouTube page where you can access all episodes in the series. To learn more about our worship and outreach at St. Martin's, please visit our website which is displayed on the screen now. Let us again now take a moment at the end of our busy weeks to pause, learn, and reflect on hymns, their scripture, and their histories. Author to over 150 hymns, of which many are for children, Claudia Frances Hernaman also translated many hymns to English from their original Latin. Passionate about children's religious education, Cluadia Hernaman's publications include A Child's Book of Praise from 1837 and Christmas Carols for Children of 1885. The original form of this hymns melody was published in The Whole Booke of Psalmes in John Day's psalter of 1562 in London in the UK. Though the original composition remains unknown, the harmony we sing today from the Hymnal 1982 is by 19th century musician, Richard Redhead.Redhead was a chorister at Magdalen College, Oxford and would later become organist at Margaret Chapel London, now known as All Saints Margaret Street, where he was an excellent trainer of boys' choirs. Committed to the Oxford movement, which favored Roman elements being introduced to Anglican worship, Redhead is co-author with the then Rector of All Saints Margaret Street, of the Anglican Plainsong Psalter published in 1843. In 1864 he began working as organist at St. Mary Magdalene in London, where he served for 30 years.1. Eternal Lord of love, behold your Church walking once more the pilgrim way of Lent, led by your cloud by day, by night your fire, moved by your love and toward your presence bent: far off yet here - the goal of all desire.2. So daily dying to the way of self, so daily living to your way of love, we walk the road, Lord Jesus, that you trod, knowing ourselves baptized into your death: so we are dead and live with you in God.3. If dead in you, so in you we arise, you the firstborn of all the faithful dead; and as through stony ground the green shoots break, glorious in springtime dress of leaf and flower, so in the Father's glory shall we wake.Written by Thomas Henry Cain, a professor of English Literature at McMaster University in Canada for 31 years, he wrote the words of Eternal Lord of Love specifically for the Hymn 1982. The words to this hymn have appeared in numerous hymnals since including within other denominations of the Christian church.Cain was a regular church organists from childhood until 1967, when he became immersed in choral music. He sang at St. James' Anglican Church in Ontario under the direction of Richard Birney-Smith, in whose Te Deum Singers he sang from until ill-health forced him to quit singing. In 1976, Cain joined St. John's Anglican Church in Ancaster, where he sang for over two decades and was central to the redesign of the organ in 1988.The melody for this hymn, composed by 16th century musician Louis Bourgeois, and named the old one hundred and twenty-forth, was first published in the 1551 edition of the Geneva Psalter. Bourgeois served as a cantor and Master of the Choristers at St. Pierre and St. Gervais in Geneva.A well-known melody which also appears in many North American hymnals, the harmonization which appears in the Hymnal 1982 is by Canon Charles Winfred Douglas, an American priest, musician, linguist, and poet, who among other achievements, was instrumental in bringing plainsong back into general use in the 19th century.1. The glory of these forty days we celebrate with songs of praise; for Christ, by whom all things were made, himself has fasted and has prayed. 2. Alone and fasting Moses saw the loving God who gave the law; and to Elijah, fasting, came the steeds and chariots of flame. 3. So Daniel trained his mystic sight, delivered from the lions' might; and John, the Bridegroom's friend, became the herald of Messiah's name. 4. Then grant us, Lord, like them to be full oft in fast and prayer with thee; our spirits strengthen with thy grace, and give us joy to see thy face. 5. O Father, Son, and Spirit blest, to thee be every prayer addressed, who art in three-fold Name adored, from age to age, the only Lord. Permission to podcast/stream this music is obtained from One License with license #A-701187. All rights reserved. Production, music, and photography by Tyrone Whiting, Director of Music at Episcopal Church of St. Martin-in-the-Fields, 8000 St. Martin's Lane, Philadelphia, PA 19118. 215.247.7466. https://www.StMartinEC.org

Join our new Director of Music, Mr. Tyrone Whiting (www.tyronewhiting.com), for the second episode of our new Lenten Hymn Sings series! This week, Tyrone discusses the hymns "O Sacred Head, Sore Wounded" and "O Love, How Deep, How Broad, How High" and plays them with which to sing along. These can be found in the Hymnal 1982 at 168 and 448 respectively. A new episode will be released each Friday through Lent until Holy Week giving us all a chance to sing at home during this difficult time. Please, do share these with friends and family to help spread the joy of hymn singing! Transcript: Hello and welcome to the second episode in our Lenten Hymn Sing series here at the Church of St. Martin-in-the-Fields, Philadelphia.We are so pleased to be able to offer these Lenten Hymn Sing videos to help guide our journeys through Lent in faith & music. If you missed the first episode, please do check our YouTube page where you can access all episodes in the series. A new video will be released each Friday through Lent until Holy Week. To learn more about our worship and outreach at St. Martin's, please visit out website and social media pages. For now, let us again take a moment at the end of our busy weeks to pause, learn, and reflect on hymns, their scripture, and their histories Originally a text in Latin from the Middle Ages, O Sacred Head Sore Wounded is a hymn that depicts the suffering of Jesus on the cross. Theologian, Minister and Hymnodist Paul Gerhardt translated the poem into German which first appears in his hymnal of 1646. Many translations and iterations have existed since but the translation most typically used today is a fresh translation from 1899 by English poet Robert Bridges. The music for the German and English version of this hymn is by the German late Renaissance composer, Hans Leo Hassler. Originally, written around 1600, the melody was used for a secular love song, first appearing in print in 1601. The melody of which has been used by many composers since for both secular and sacred music including Telemann, Reger, and Brahms. Most famously, J. S. Bach harmonizes this melody in his monumental St. Matthew Passion of 1727. Contemporary musicians have also used this melody in their songs such as Paul Simon (of "and Garfunkel" fame) and the Dave Brubeck Trio. Today, we shall have to settle for J. S. Bach's arrangement as we sing O Scared Head, Sore Wounded. 1. O sacred head, sore wounded, defiled and put to scorn; O kingly head, surrounded with mocking crown of thorn: what sorrow mars thy grandeur? Can death thy bloom deflower? O countenance whose splendor the hosts of heaven adore! 2. Thy beauty, long-desired, hath vanished from our sight; thy power is all expired, and quenched the light of light. Ah me! for whom thou diest, hide not so far thy grace: show me, O Love most highest, the brightness of thy face. 3. In thy most bitter passion my heart to share doth cry, with thee for my salvation upon the cross to die. Ah, keep my heart thus moved to stand thy cross beneath, to mourn thee, well-beloved, yet thank thee for thy death. 4. What language shall I borrow to thank thee, dearest friend, for this thy dying sorrow, thy pity without end? Oh, make me thine for ever! and should I fainting be, Lord, let me never,never, outlive my love for thee. 5. My days are few, O fail not, with thine immortal power, to hold me that I quail not in death's most fearful hour; that I may fight befriended, and see in my last strife to me thine arms extended upon the cross of life. Attributed to Thomas of Kempen, a 15th Century German-Dutch canon-regular in the Catholic Church, O Love, How deep How broad How High is text which briefly depicts the life of Jesus. The hymn was translated into English by clergyman Benjamin Webb, who was known as a leading figure in questions of ecclesiastical art. Under Webb's leadership, the Church of St. Andrew's, Wells Street, in London in the UK became a church of note for its musical excellence. The melody for this hymn first appears in the Grenoble Antiphon in 1753 and has been used for other well known hymns such as "Awake, Awake, fling off the night". Described in the Psalter Hymnal Handbook of 1988 as "One of the finest French diocesan tunes from the 18th Century" this hymn personifies the departure from the older chant style of hymn singing. As the same hymnal handbook tells us, let us sing this hymn "with vigor"! 1 O love, how deep, how broad, how high, how passing thought and fantasy, that God, the Son of God, should take our mortal form for mortals' sake! 2 For us baptized, for us he bore his holy fast and hungered sore; for us temptations sharp he knew; for us the tempter overthrew. 3 For us he prayed; for us he taught; for us his daily works he wrought: by words and signs and actions, thus still seeking not himself, but us. 4 For us to wicked hands betrayed, scourged, mocked, in purple robe arrayed, he bore the shameful cross and death; for us gave up his dying breath. 5 For us he rose from death again; for us he went on high to reign; for us he sent his Spirit here to guide, to strengthen, and to cheer. 6 All glory to our Lord and God for love so deep, so high, so broad; the Trinity whom we adore forever and forevermore. Permission to podcast/stream this music is obtained from One License with license #A-701187. All rights reserved. Production, music, and photography by Tyrone Whiting, Director of Music at Episcopal Church of St. Martin-in-the-Fields, 8000 St. Martin's Lane, Philadelphia, PA 19118. 215.247.7466. https://www.StMartinEC.org

Join our new Director of Music, Mr. Tyrone Whiting (www.tyronewhiting.com), in learning about and singing some of our favorite hymns in the first episode of our Lenten Hymn Sings! These are the audio versions of the weekly videos available on YouTube. This week, Tyrone discusses the hymns "Forty Days and Forty Nights" and "The Glory of These Forty Days" and plays them with which to sing along. These can be found in the Hymnal 1982 at 150 and 143 respectively. A new episode will be released each Friday through Lent until Holy Week giving us all a chance to sing at home during this difficult time. Please, do share this video with friends and family to help spread the joy of hymn singing! Hymn Texts are found in the transcript below: Transcript: Welcome to the Church of St. Martin-in-the-Fields, Philadelphia, and to our Lenten Hymn Sing. On each Friday through the Lent and until Holy Week, I hope you will join us to discover our favorite Lent hymns as well as having the chance to sing along to the words on screen at home. A new video will be released to our YouTube and Social Media pages each Friday morning. Music plays an integral role in our worship and outreach here at St. Martin's, and during this global health crisis, we know that many of you have missed singing regularly. Our young choristers, adult choir, congregational members and all walk through our doors give voice to our worship. And for me, hymnody and psalm-singing are the backbone of any Episcopal church's music program. We are delighted to be able to offer this short series of videos to enhance your journey through faith and music this Lent and Easter, and ask that you might help us spread the word, about St. Martin's and our music programs, by sharing these videos with your family, friends, colleagues, and strangers. Now let us take a moment at the end of our busy weeks to pause, learn, and reflect on hymns, scripture, and history. We know very little about the 19th Century clergyman, George Hunt Smyttan, who is author of the text used in the hymn Forty Days and Forty Nights first published in 1856. He studied at Corpus Christi, Cambridge, and was ordained in 1848. Smyttan was Rector of Hawksworth near Newark-on-Trent, in the United Kingdom from 1850 until ill-health forced to him resign in 1859. He is remembered chiefly as author of this well-known hymn and he published two works, Thoughts in Verse for the Afflicted, in 1849; and Mission Songs and Ballads, in 1860. He died suddenly while traveling alone in Germany in 1870. Attributed to the 17th century German Lutheran priest, Martin Herbst, the sombre tune Aus der Tiefe used for this hymn first appears in a Nuremberg publication of 1676 as a setting of Psalm 130 "Out of the depths I cry". Herbst succumbed to the plague at the young age of 27. 1. Forty days and forty nights thou wast fasting in the wild; forty days and forty nights tempted, and yet undefiled. 2. Should not we thy sorrow share and from worldly joys abstain, fasting with unceasing prayer, strong with thee to suffer pain? 3. Then if Satan on us press, Jesus, Savior, hear our call! Victor in the wilderness, grant we may not faint or fall! 4. So shall we have peace divine: holier gladness ours shall be; round us, too, shall angels shine, such as ministered to thee. 5. Keep, O keep us, Savior dear, ever constant by thy side; that with thee we may appear at th'eternal Eastertide. Text for the hymn The Glory of these forty days is often attributed to Pope Gregory the First though this is somewhat contested today. Despite its origins as a 6th Century Latin text, the translation we use today by Maurice Bell only surfaces in 1906 and is seen here reprinted in the 19th Century Magdeburg hymnal. Bell, a vicar born in London in 1862 who contributed many translations to the 1906 English Hymnal. For this hymn, the melody is taken from the Geistliche Lieder or Holy Songs of 1543 and has been used in compositions by notable composers such Pachelbel, Distler, and J. S. Bach. Composed for the latter's 300th birthday in 1985, Mauricio Kagel quoted the hymn in an oratorio which tells the story of J. S. Bach's life. 1. The glory of these forty days we celebrate with songs of praise; for Christ, by whom all things were made, himself has fasted and has prayed. 2. Alone and fasting Moses saw the loving God who gave the law; and to Elijah, fasting, came the steeds and chariots of flame. 3. So Daniel trained his mystic sight, delivered from the lions' might; and John, the Bridegroom's friend, became the herald of Messiah's name. 4. Then grant us, Lord, like them to be full oft in fast and prayer with thee; our spirits strengthen with thy grace, and give us joy to see thy face. 5. O Father, Son, and Spirit blest, to thee be every prayer addressed, who art in three-fold Name adored, from age to age, the only Lord. Permission to podcast/stream this music is obtained from One License with license #A-701187. All rights reserved. Production, music, and photography by Tyrone Whiting, Director of Music at Episcopal Church of St. Martin-in-the-Fields, 8000 St. Martin's Lane, Philadelphia, PA 19118. 215.247.7466. https://www.StMartinEC.org

Director of Music Tyrone Whiting will be releasing weekly Hymn Sings each Friday during Lent, beginning February 19, 2021 to allow our members and friends to sing along with some well-known Lenten hymns as well as new ones. Tyrone will also give a short spoken introduction about each of the hymns. These are the audio versions of the weekly videos available on YouTube. Please, do share these with friends and family to help spread the joy of hymn singing! To ensure that you can sing along, please find the texts below. Transcript:Welcome to the Church of Saint Martin-in-the-Fields, Philadelphia and to our new Lenten hymn sing series. On each Friday through Lent and until Holy Week I hope you will join us to discover our favorite Lent hymns as well as having the chance to sing along to the words on screen at home. A new video will be released to our YouTube channel and our social media pages each Friday morning.Music plays an integral role in our worship and outreach here at St. Martin's and during this global health crisis we know that many of you have missed singing regularly. Our young choristers, our adult choir, congregational members, and all who walk through our doors give voice to our worship and, for me, hymnody and psalm-singing are the backbone of any Episcopal Church's music program. We are delighted to be able to offer this short series of videos to enhance your journey through faith and music this Lent and Easter and ask that you might help us spread the word about St. Martin's and our music programs by sharing these videos with your family, friends, colleagues, and strangers. Permission to podcast/stream this music is obtained from One License with license #A-701187. All rights reserved. Production, music, and photography by Tyrone Whiting, Director of Music at Episcopal Church of St. Martin-in-the-Fields, 8000 St. Martin's Lane, Philadelphia, PA 19118. 215.247.7466. https://www.StMartinEC.org