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And his tremendous foes are ours; | And his tremendous foes are ours; | ||
Our foes are from his empire drove, | Our foes are from his empire drove, | ||
He’s mighty in redeeming love.}} | He’s mighty in redeeming love. | ||
6. Come hither and your music bring, | |||
Come strike aloud your joyful string; | |||
Come mortals join the praise above! | |||
He’s mighty in redeeming love. | |||
7. Come, you who live In Babylon, | |||
Come hear the voice of Christ the Son | |||
Arise my fair one and my dove, | |||
O come and taste redeeming love. | |||
8. The angels that before him stand, | |||
They go and come at his command, | |||
Though they are seated high above, | |||
Never will taste redeeming love. | |||
9. O surely happy now they be, | |||
Our God and Christ they daily see; | |||
They all in shining ranks there move, | |||
But ne’er will sing redeeming love. | |||
10. O ye bright angels it is true. | |||
That I shall surely out-do you; | |||
When I shall reign with him above, | |||
Then I shall sing redeeming love.}} | |||
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General information
Now begin the heavenly theme is a hymn of unknown authorship, which has been attributed to authors including Martin Madan and John Langford. It was included as hymn 69 in John Rippon's Selection of Hymns. "The authorship of this hymn is unknown. The earliest form in which it is found differs widely from that followed in modern hymnals. In 1763 it appeared in the Appendix to M. Madan's Psalms and Hymns, as No. 172... The hymn appeared in about fifty collections between 1763 and 1833, and in all it was given anonymously, except in that of Dobell, 1806, who quoted it as from Langford's Collection This reference is to the Hymns and Spiritual Songs published by John Langford (p. 639, ii.) in 1776, and in which the hymn appeared. In Langford's 2nd edition he marked all his own hymns with an asterisk, but this hymn is unmarked. This is clear evidence against his authorship."
The original meter of this hymn is 77. 77. Jeremiah Ingalls amended this to 88. 88. (L. M.), by adding a syllable to each line.
Settings by composers
- Thomas Clark — Now begin the heavenly theme (Baltistan) English SATB
- Thomas Clark — Now begin the heavenly theme (Barham) English SATB
- Thomas Clark — Now begin the heavenly theme (Burton) English SATB
- Jeremiah Ingalls — Redeeming Love English STB
- Thomas Jarman — Now begin the heavenly theme (Triumph) English SATB
- Benjamin Milgrove — Now begin the heav'nly theme English SATB
- Daniel Read — Newark English SATB
Text and translations
English text Rippon's Selection, 1787 |
Jeremiah Ingalls, 1805 |
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