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CONTENTS.

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INTRODUCTION
Dr. Martin Luther's Preface to all good Hymn Books, 1543	i
FROM THE ^'EIGHT SONGS/' Wittenberg, 1524.
I.—9lun freut euÄ, liebeit S^riften gemein (1533)	2

"A song of Thanksgiving for the great Blessings which God in Christ has

manifested to us."

DEAR CHRISTIANS, ONE AND ALL REJOICE.

Translation in part from R. Massie.

First Melody, 1524. Harmony by H. Schein, 1627.

Second Melody from Klug's Gesangbuch, 1543. Harmony by M. Praetorius, 1610. This

Choral is coranaonly knovvn under the title, "Es ist gewisslich an der Zeit," and, in a

modified form, in	England		and America, as "Luther's Judgment Hymn,"		from	its
association with a	hymn of		W. B.	Collyer, partly derived from the German,	and	not
written by Luther.
II.—21^ ©Ott, öom .«pimntcl	fte:&'	tarcin				G
Psalm XII—Salvum		me fac,		Domine.

LOOK DOWN, O LORD, FROM HEAVEN BEHOLD.

Translation chiefly from Frances Elizabeth Cox, in " Hymns from the German."

First Melody, 1524, is the tune of the hymn of Paul Speratus, " Es ist das Heil uns kommen

her," the singing of which	under Luther's window at Wittenberg is related to					have
made so deep an Impression	on the	Reformer.	The anecdote	is confirraed by the fact
that in the "Eight Songs,"	Luther's	three versions of Psalms		are all set	to this	tune.
Harmony by A. Haupt, 1869.
^ Second Melody from Klug's Gesangbuch, 1543.			Harmony by Haupt, 1869.		This	is the

tune in common use with this psalm in northern Germany.

VI	CONTENTS.
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Psalm XIV. —Dixit insipiens in corde.

THE MOUTH OF POOLS DOTH GOD CONFESS.

Translation from R. Massie.

Melody from Walter's Gesangbuch, 1525. Harmoiiy by M. Praetorius, 1610.

IV.—2luä tiefer 5flot^ fc^ret' {c& gu Hr

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Psalm CXXX. —De profundis clamavi.

OUT OF THE DEEP I CRY TO THEE.

Translation by Arthur Tozer Rüssel.

First Melody from Walter's Gesangbuch, 1525. Harmony by John Sebastian Bach, about

1725-

Second Melody in Wolfgang Köphl's Gesangbuch, 1537, and in George Rhau's, 1544. Har-

mony by A. Haupt, 1869.

FROM THE '^ENCHIRIDION/' Erfurt, 1524.

V.—ßin mmi SieD wir I)ekn an				, . .
" A Song of the Two Christian Martyrs, burnt at Brüssels			by the Sophists of
Louvain. Which took place in the year 1522." [The real date of the event
was July I,	1523 ; and the ballad gives every token of having been inspired
by the first	announcement of the	story. The excellent	translation of	Mr.
Massie has been conformed raore		closely to the original	in the third	and

fourth stanzas ; also, by a felicitous quatrain from the late Dr. C. T. Brooks,

in the tenth stanza.]

BV HELP OF GOD I FAIN VVOTJLD TELL.

Translation principally that of R. Massie.

Melody in Walter's Gesangbuch, 1525. Harmony by M. Praetorius, 1610.

VI.—9tun fomm' ter Reiben ^cilanb

(From the Ambrosian Hymn, Veni, Redemptor gentium.)

SA VIOUR OF THE HEA THEN, KNOWN.

Translation in part by R. Massie.

Melody derived from that of the Latin hymn, in Walter's Gesangbuch, 1525. Harmony from

" The Choral Book for England," by Sterndale Bennett and Otto Goldschmidt, 1865.

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VII.—S^rijlum föir foKen lokn fc^on

(From the Latin hymn, " A solis ortüs cardine.")

NOW FRAISE VVE CHRIST, THE HOLY ONE.

Translation by R. Massie,

Melody tliat of the Latin hymn. Harmony by M. Praetorius, 1609.

VIII.—©eloBet fei^ft tu, 3efu S^rift

ALL FRAISE TO JESUS' HALLOWED NAME.

Translation chiefly by R. Massie.

Ancient German Church Melody. Harmony by A. Haupt, 1869.

IX.—e^rift lag in Sobesfean'oen.

„Sl^rifi ift erflanbcn"—gekffett

CHRIST WAS LAIB IN" DEA TH'S STRONG BANDS.

Melody derived from that of ihe older German hymn. Harmony by Bennett and Gold-

schmidt, 1865.

X.—^omm\ ©Ott e^ö);fer, ^eiliger ®ci|l

From Veni, Creator Spiritus, ascribed to Charlemagne, 800.

COME, GOD, CREA TOR, HOLY GHOST.

Melody of the eighth Century. Harmony by John Sebastian Bach.

XL—^3e[uö S^rifluö unfer	§eilant>, ter ten Sot»	••;••••
JESUS CHRIST,	WHO CA ME TO SA VE.

Melody first published by Klug, 1543, and Bapst, 1545. Harmony after John Sebastian Bach.

XIL—^omm'', ktltgcr ©eifl, ^erre ®ott

" Veni, Sande Spiritus, gebessert durch D. Martin Luther." The first stanza

translated from	the Latin	hymn ascribed	to	King Robert of	France
(A. D. 991), is	traced to	a service-book of	the	church in Basel,	of the
year 1514.
COME, HOLY SPIRIT, LORD OUR GOD.
Translation chiefly that of Arthur Tozer Russell.
Original Latin Melody.	Harmony after Erythraeus, 1609.

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