For comments on Catherine Winkworth see [Hymn 236].
MUSIC. DIR, DIR JEHOVAH has been coupled with this text since its first publication in 1704 in Freylinghausen’s Gesangbuch. It is an altered form of a melody set to “Wer nur den lieben Gott lässt walten,” published in the Musikalisches Handbuch, Hamburg, 1690. The composer is not known. In England the tune was altered to fit the long meter hymn, “Ride on, ride on in majesty,” and is called “Winchester New.” See [Hymn 369].
570. The Spirit of the Lord revealed
George W. Briggs, 1875—
A hymn on the Scriptures, setting forth the truth that what the Spirit of God revealed dimly in the Old Testament was fulfilled in the New Testament by the Incarnate Word which is Jesus Christ. George W. Briggs wrote the hymn for Songs of Praise, London, 1931.
For comments on Briggs see [Hymn 307].
MUSIC. AUS MEINES HERZENS GRUNDE, also known as “Wolder,” is a traditional tune of anonymous origin. It is found in D. Wolder’s Neu Catechismus Gesangbüchlein, Hamburg, 1588, but is doubtless much older than this book. In the Gesangbuch mit Noten the tune is set to the words, “Aus meines Herzens Grunde,” by J. Matthesius, from which it derives its name.
571. He who would be in God confiding
Georg Neumark, 1621-81
Tr. J. J. Voth