![]() He was both a fine student and an athlete in his school days. Thy Word our law, Thy paths our chosen way.Ĭhristopher Wordsworth was the nephew of famed English poet William Wordsworth. In this free land by Thee our lot is cast,īe Thou our Ruler, Guardian, Guide and Stay, Our grateful songs before Thy throne arise. Of shining worlds in splendour through the skies Leads forth in beauty all the starry band (For a bit more detail on the hymn, see Today in 1828.) Any nation would do well to espouse the prayer of the second stanza below that God would be “our Ruler, Guardian, Guide and Stay,” and that our lives would be directed according to His Word and in His paths. Only one hymn is credited to him, God of Our Fathers, a strong national hymn written for the July 4th celebration in 1876. Later, he became an American clergyman, and also president of the New Hampshire State Historical Society. (3) Today in 1907 – Daniel Roberts Diedĭaniel Crane Roberts served as a private in the American Civil War. Nor withholdest aught that may glorify Thy name. More Thou givest every day than the best can claim This alone shall be my prayer, glorify Thy name.Ĭan a child presume to choose where or how to live?Ĭan a Father’s love refuse all the best to give? Not from sorrow, pain or care, freedom dare I claim In whatever worldly state Thou wilt have me be: (For the full hymn and the tune, see the Cyber Hymnal.)įather, let me dedicate, all this year to Thee, ![]() Among them is his fine New Year’s hymn, F ather, Let Me Dedicate, written, he said, to remedy a lack of good hymns for that occasion. He trained to be a physician himself, but abandoned this goal to become a clergyman in the Church of England. ![]() (2) Today in 1875 – Lawrence Tuttiet BornĮnglish hymn writer Lawrence Tuttiet was the son of a surgeon in the British Navy. Further, his emphasis on the authority of the Scriptures, and salvation by God’s grace, through personal faith in Christ, laid the foundation for the Golden Age of Hymnody, the two centuries between 17. He encouraged congregational singing, which had been abandoned by the Church of Rome for a thousand years. ![]() The changes that followed affected our hymnody profoundly. There were scattered reformers before this (such as Wyclif and Hus), but the day is usually recognized as the beginning of the Protestant Reformation. And though he originally hoped to bring about reform in the Church of Rome, he was eventually forced to break with it. Martin Luther wanted to debate the abuses and false doctrines of the church of his day. They have been replaced by the bronze doors, pictured here, which have been engraved with the text of Luther’s theses. (Church doors in those days served as community bulletin boards.) The wooden doors from Luther’s time are gone. On this day, nearly five centuries ago, Martin Luther nailed his 95 theses (subjects for debate) on the door of Wittenberg Church. But there is another event, largely unrecognized, for which this day should be remembered. ![]()
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