MUSIC. DALEHURST was composed by Arthur Cottman, 1842-79, an Englishman trained for the law but interested keenly in sacred music. It was first published in Cottman’s Ten Original Tunes, 1874, and has since been introduced into the hymnals and set to various texts. It is a tune of simple pattern, contemplative in mood, and should be sung in an even, moderate tempo.
219. Master, speak! thy servant heareth
Frances R. Havergal, 1836-79
Based on the conversation between Samuel and Eli, I Sam. 3:1-10.
Miss Havergal’s favorite name for Christ was “Master,” because, she said, “it implies rule and submission, and this is what love craves. Men may feel differently, but a true woman’s submission is inseparable from deep love.”
For comments on Frances Havergal see [Hymn 126].
MUSIC. AMEN, JESUS HAN SKAL RAADE (“Amen, Jesus, He shall reign”) comes from Denmark. The composer, Anton Peter Berggreen, 1801-80, was born in Copenhagen and lived there all his life. He studied music and became a composer of many works, the most popular being his National Songs in eleven volumes. His collection of Psalm Tunes are widely used in Danish churches. He was organist at Trinity Church, Copenhagen, and organized musical associations among laboring people which are still popular. For a number of years he was Professor of Singing at the Metropolitan School and inspector of the public schools in his native city.
220. Savior, thy dying love
Sylvanus D. Phelps, 1816-95
Phelps gave this hymn to be published in Pure Gold, a Sunday school songbook which Robert Lowry, composer of music, was then editing and of which more than a million copies were sold. The hymn was given the heading, “Lord, what wilt Thou have me to do?” (Acts 9:6.)