96. Who is he in yonder stall
Benj. R. Hanby, 1833-67
A hymn on the birth, ministry, passion, resurrection, and exaltation of Christ, the refrain answering the question asked in each stanza. It may be used effectively for antiphonal singing between choir and congregation.
The author, Benjamin Russel Hanby, was a minister in the United Brethren Church but was strongly inclined to music and decided to make that his life work. An interesting and talented man, he became associated with George F. Root in the publication of sacred and secular song books in Chicago. He was the author of a number of Sunday school songs and of “Darling Nellie Gray,” “Old Shady,” and other popular numbers. His untimely death ended his career almost before it was well begun. His father, the Rev. William Hanby, was a bishop in the church of the United Brethren in Christ and editor, for a number of years, of The Telescope, the church’s official paper published at Circleville, Ohio.
MUSIC. LOWLINESSS was composed by the author of the words.
97. Fairest Lord Jesus
Münster, 1677
Translated, c. 1850
Called the “Crusader’s Hymn,” but there is no foundation for the tradition that it was sung by the German knights of the 12th century on their way to Jerusalem. The text and tune are modern. The German text was published in Münster Gesangbuch, 1677 (Catholic). Our translation, the oldest English version, is by an unknown author, about 1850. A later translation, beginning “Beautiful Savior,” was made by J. A. Seiss in 1873. The original is as follows:
Schönster Herr Jesu,