Hymns of the Early Church / being translations from the poetry of the Latin church, arranged in the order of the Christian year
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***Hyperlinked Table of Contents***John Brownlie was born at Glasgow, Aug. 6, 1859, and was educated at Glasgow University, and at the Free Church College in the same city. In 1884 he was licensed by the Presbytery of Glasgow; in 1885 he became Assistant Minister of the Free Church, Portpatrick, and on the death of the Senior Minister in 1890 he entered upon the full charge of the Church there. He has interested himself in educational matters, became a Member of the local School Board in 1888, a governor of Stranraer High School in 1897, and Chairman of the governors in 1901. His hymnological ...
Chapters (81)
- Hymns of the Early Church
- PREFACE
- INDEX OF LATIN TITLES
- HISTORICAL INTRODUCTION
- Sundays and Week Days
- DIE, DIERUM PRINCIPE
- O NATA LUX DE LUMINE
- TU TRINITATIS UNITAS
- DEUS CREATOR OMNIUM
- O DEUS, EGO AMO TE, NEC AMO TE, UT SALVES ME
- LUCIS CREATOR OPTIME
- AURORA JAM SPARGIT POLUM
- JESU, DULCIS MEMORIA
- O DEUS, EGO AMO TE, NAM PRIOR TU AMASTI ME
- TE LUCIS ANTE TERMINUM
- JAM META NOCTIS TRANSIIT
- LABENTE JAM SOLIS ROTÂ
- SPLENDOR PATERNÆ GLORIÆ
- SALVATOR MUNDI, DOMINE
- CHRISTE, LUMEN PERPETUUM
- NOX ATRA RERUM CONTEGIT
- JAM LUCIS ORTO SIDERE
- JAM SOL RECEDIT IGNEUS
- Advent
- CHRISTE, PRECAMUR ANNUE
- IN NOCTIS UMBRA DESIDES
- VENI, VENI, EMMANUEL!
- Christmas
- NATO NOBIS SALVATORE
- PUER NATUS IN BETHLEHEM
- HEU! QUID JACES STABULO, OMNIUM CREATOR?
- QUICUMQUE CHRISTUM QUÆRITIS
- Epiphany
- JESU, NOSTRA REDEMPTIO
- EI CANAMUS GLORIAM
- DEUS-HOMO, REX CŒLORUM
- Passion Week
- VEXILLA REGIS PRODEUNT
- PANGE, LINGUA, GLORIOSI, PRŒLIUM CERTAMINIS
- LUSTRA SEX QUI JAM PEREGIT
- CRUX AVE BENEDICTA
- HORÆ DE PASSIONE D. N. JESU CHRISTI
- (AD PRIMAM) (Tu qui velatus facie)
- (AD TERTIAM) (Hora qui ductus tertia)
- (AD SEXTAM) (Crucem pro nobis subiit)
- (AD NONAM) (Beata Christi passio)
- (AD COMPLETORIUM) (Qui jacuisti mortuus)
- Easter
- FINITA JAM SUNT PRÆLIA
- PLAUDITE, CŒLI!
- MORTIS PORTIS FRACTIS
- ALLELUIA, DULCE CARMEN
- Ascension
- ÆTERNE REX ALTISSIME
- POSTQUAM HOSTEM ET INFERNA
- CŒLOS ASCENDIT HODIE
- O CHRISTE, QUI NOSTER POLI
- Whitsuntide
- VENI, CREATOR SPIRITUS, MENTES TUORUM VISITA
- VENI, SANCTE SPIRITUS ET EMITTE CŒLITUS
- O FONS AMORIS, SPIRITUS
- Trinity
- TU TRINITATIS UNITAS
- O PATER SANCTE, MITIS ATQUE PIE
- ADESTO, SANCTA TRINITAS
- All Saints
- PUGNATE, CHRISTE MILITES
- AUDI NOS, REX CHRISTE
- Communion
- EJA O DULCIS ANIMA
- O ESCA VIATORUM
- JESU, DULCEDO CORDIUM
- VERBUM SUPERNUM PRODIENS
- Death and Judgment
- GRAVI ME TERRORE PULSAS
- APPROPINQUAT ENIM DIES IN QUA JUSTES ERIT QUIES
- Heaven
- JERUSALEM LUMINOSA VERÆ PACIS VISIO
- URBS BEATA HIERUSALEM
- Part II.
- INDEX OF FIRST LINES
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