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Hymns in Lent
During the first part of Lent (i.e. before Holy Week), Hymns 15 to 19 are used. These are to be found on pages 1111-1113 of Morning and Evening Prayer, pages 569*-571* of Divine Office Volume II. Which hymns should you use when? It’s up to you.
Tune for Hymn 15 - God, of thy pity, unto us thy children
If you don’ know this hymn/tune already it would be well worth making the effort to learn it. Let’s face it, you’re going to be seeing it in the book every Lent for the rest of your born days.
Where does the honey go? Since the tune is a little unusual, you may struggle a bit to fit the remaining verses to the tune (only verse 1 is demonstrated
in the recording). If this is the case, you may find it useful to see the words printed under the tune (a
PDF document for nicer printing).
As always, please don’t expect perfection from this audio recording - computer speakers won’t be especially
kind to it. It should be good enough to help you learn the hymn. If you have an iPod or other mp3 player you might wish save a copy of it by
right-clicking (ctrl-clicking on the Mac), choosing ‘Save Target (or Link) As...’, and saving the file to somewhere handy for your player.
Recommended Tune for Hymn 16 - Afar from where the sun doth rise
| Tune | Metre | Commonly Used With | Laudate | Midi File |
| ANGEL’S SONG | LM | Forth in the peace of Christ we go | 853 | ANGEL’S SONG |
or
| Tune | Metre | Commonly Used With | Laudate | Midi File |
| OLD HUNDREDTH | LM | All people that on earth do dwell | 466 | - |
Recommended Tune for Hymn 17 - Lord Jesus, think on me
| Tune | Metre | Commonly Used With | Laudate | Midi File |
| FRANCONIA | SM | Blest are the pure in heart | 908 | FRANCONIA |
Or the tune listed in the book:
| Tune | Metre | Commonly Used With | Laudate | Midi File |
| SOUTHWELL | SM | Lord Jesus, think on me | 204 | - |
Recommended Tune for Hymn 18 - Jesus, the sun of ransomed earth
| Tune | Metre | Commonly Used With | Laudate | Midi File |
| FULDA | LM | We have a gospel to proclaim | 852 | FULDA |
Or one of the other LM tunes shown on this page.
Recommended Tune for Hymn 19 - Now let us all with one accord
| Tune | Metre | Commonly Used With | Laudate | Midi File |
| TALLIS CANON | LM | Almighty Father, Lord most high | 602 | TALLIS CANON |
or
| Tune | Metre | Commonly Used With | Laudate | Midi File |
| ROCKINGHAM | LM | When I survey the wondrous cross | 756 | - |
Midi Files should play on your computer just by clicking on them. On Windows you’ll probably find that either Windows Media Player
or RealPlayer will open up and do the honours. You’ll just hear the melody played.
Note: if you are using Windows you may be invited to upgrade to the latest version of Windows Media Player.
This will almost certainly be worth doing (and it’s free).
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