Hymnal and liturgies of the Moravian Church PDF
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iSawlfflHIil lurch >;_ 5 1 %^^^ Digitized by the Internet Archive in 2012 with funding from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill http://www.archive.org/details/hymnalliturgiesomoravi HYMNAL and LITURGIES of the MORAVIAN CHURCH Published by the Authority of the Provincial Synods of the Moravian Church in America "The hymnal is a kind of response to the Bible, an echo and an extension thereof. In the Bible one perceives how the Lord communicates with mankind ; and in the hymnal, how mankind communicates with the Lord." —Nicholas Ludwig von Zinzendorf Copyright 1969 The Moravian Church in America Northern and Southern Provinces Library of Congress Catalog Card Number 71-79771 Printed in the United States of America Engraved, Printed and Bound by Rayner Lithographing Co., Chicago, Illinois The 1969 hymnal stands firmly within the heritage of the Unitas Fratrum, which published in Prague in 1501 what is considered to be the first Protestant hymnal. This new hymnal is, therefore, the most recent American phase in the ongoing renewal of the unique heritage of hymnody and worship reflected throughout the long history of the worldwide Moravian Church. In comparison with the hymnal of 1923, the number of hymns has been reduced, many having been eliminated because they were not being used. The new hymnals of the British, German, and Czechoslovakian provinces of the Unity have yielded a number of selections. Sustained efforts likewise have been made to move within the mainstream of American Christianity by following the trends in new hymnals of leading denominations. Careful consideration has been given to contemporary hymn-writers and composers. All decisions on music have been governed by a three-fold goal—to enrich the main body of traditional Moravian tunes, to increase the number of standard tunes of the Christian Church, and to provide a variety of tunes from the major periods of hymn-tune writing through the centuries. The association of certain tunes with particular hymns has been respected, except for providing a greater variety of tune usage or giving more effective expression to the text. Of the almost four hundred tunes, one-third have been long associated with Moravian worship. Most of the chorales remain in the traditional style, established by Christian Gregor in his Choralbuch der Evangelischen Bruederge- meine of 1784. The twelve originating in Herrnhut can be identified in the index. For the first time in an American Moravian Hymnal, some chorales appear in their original melodic or rhythmic versions as used in other denomi- nations. Other new material includes eighteen chorales: nine re-discovered tunes by Moravian composers, and from the Bohemian Brethren (Unitas Fratrum) nine tunes in modal harmonizations in keeping with their times. The main body of general tunes of the 1923 Hymnal has been strengthened by the addition of forty-five tunes, from various periods of hymn-tune writing, which are in current use in other Protestant denominations. Words are printed between the staves of the music, in line with the prevailing practice in American hymnals. Historical data relating to each hymn-tune have been carefully verified. Hymns have always had a way of leaping established barriers and promoting Christian unity. Through pre-reformation hymns lost in Catholic worship and more recently restored, Protestants have enriched contemporary Roman Catholic worship. Similarly the great hymns of the Mother Church of Western Chris- The Litany H All shall stand. Te Deum (235, A) (IV, V) Ambrose of Milan |l « «J j I a nJ j i I J O Lord, have mer - cy on us all; Have mer - cy on us ni i f m I I f f r ^Jjii'fJjJi U g fl when we call; Lord, we have put our trust in Thee, Con. J=J ?m ^^ 4 1 i j i l J pi npi found- ed let us nev - er be. 'i f J r i j ir i Lord, make us one in spirit with all Thy children as we profess our faith, saying: / believe in God the Father Almighty, Maker of heaven and earth, and in Jesus Christ, His only Son, our Lord, Who was conceived by the Holy Spirit, born of the Virgin Mary, suffered under Pontius Pilate, ivas crucified, dead and buried. He went to the place of departed spirits. The third day He rose again from the dead. He ascended into heaven and sitteth at the right hand of God, the Father Almighty. From thence He shall come to judge the quick and the dead. 1 believe in the Holy Spirit; the holy Christian Church; the communion of saints; the for- giveness of sins; the resurrection of the body; and the life everlasting. Amen. 1 1 — The Litany Gloria Patri Choir .jJHJJiJ Oj i—wj •JJw~J. Ill I l| i Glo - ry be to the Fa - ther, and to the Son, and to the Ho - ly h Jl JHal .1 .J i 1 S 1 | ll i r J i j Uf;p i E f^ JlTf l J J J J l lJ J l J:^ J fjj Spir - it,- As it was in the be - gin-ning, is now, and ev - er rJ *• * * j. m r fuB i ff p 5 s *' J J i J 1 g UIS IX nl =f=:3 -«- shall be, world with-out end. A - men, A - men, A - men, 42_ _Ql §g f f if j j T^a^f Choir tt 8=W T=r Lord God, Fa ther, hear us as wt pray: nni f \ Q j if i j f 0«r Father, Who art in heaven, hallowed be Thy Name. Thy king- dom come. Thy will be done on earth, as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil: for Thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, forever and ever. Amen. The Litany Choir All a$*» 6- I Sr mm4 0 ' »- Lord God, Son, Thou Sav-iour of the world, Be gra-cious un - to us. cT" * *• - ** s3mSE i h l fl'M p|p p Choir ALL ^5 w g 1 ' o M" Lord God, Ho- ly Spir it, A - bide with us for - ev 9! fTTWT 7 | £ £ r~r ' ri ^1 All shall be seated. Decius (132, A) (Part 2) «S a God and Lord, Thou Lamb once slain, Our 1 '"i I r i lt L!F f F iT f I: I J K\l J J J l J=J=g prayer in need we raise a- gain, That Thou wilt grant us mer - cy. A . . ^ 1 ^ ^ ^ *** j^L •^ r r m p p ^ rrifrtfr # From all sin, from all error, from all evil, Preserve us, gracious Lord and God. From famine and disease, from calamity by lire or flood, storm or earth- quake, from needless perplexity, from the selfish desire of becoming great, from hypocrisy and fanaticism, from envy, hatred, and malice, from the deceit- fulness of sin, from the murdering spirit and devices of Satan, from the influ- ence of the spirit of the world, Preserve us, gracious Lord and God.
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