For comments on Henry W. Baker see [Hymn 143].
MUSIC. RAVENSHAW is from Ein Neu Gesangbüchlein, 1531, the earliest German hymn book of the Bohemian Brethren, edited by Michael Weisse. The melody is older and was associated with a Latin hymn, Ave Hierarchia, coelestis et pia. The present arrangement is by William H. Monk. For comments on Monk see [Hymn 40].
For a note on the Bohemian Brethren and Michael Weisse see [Hymn 544].
THE MINISTRY
293. Shine Thou upon us, Lord
John Ellerton, 1826-93
A hymn for teachers.
For comments on John Ellerton, see [Hymn 42].
MUSIC. BROUGHTON. For comments on the composer of this melody, Thomas Hastings, see [Hymn 120].