Settings and composers for Mary Baker Eddy’s poems in the 1932 Christian Science Hymnal
“Christmas Morn”:
- Hymn 23 (SERENITY) Albert F. Conant1
- Hymn 24 (CHRISTMAS MORN) Albert F. Conant2
- Hymn 25 (KINGTON) F. Llewellyn Edwards
- Hymn 26 (DRANSFIELD) Gerald Thalben-Ball
- Hymn 27 (INFINITAS) Percy Whitlock
- Hymn 28 (SELWORTHY)E. Norman Greenwood
“Love”:
- Hymn 30 (LOVE) Walter E. Young
- Hymn 31 (VITA) Eaton Faning
- Hymn 32 (GOTTLOB) Walter E. Young3
“Satisfied”:
- Hymn 160 (GLOAMING) John Stainer
- Hymn 161 (FORTITUDE) Walter E. Young
- Hymn 162 (SATIS) Percy Whitlock
“Mother’s Evening Prayer”:
- Hymn 207 (MORECAMBE) Frederick C. Atkinson4
- 208 (BENEDICTION) Edward J. Hopkins
- Hymn 209 (EXPECTATION) Andreas P. Berggreen
- Hymn 210 (LIMPSFIELD) Andrew Freeman
- Hymn 211 (PRESENCE) Percy Whitlock5
- Hymn 212 (SONG 22) Orlando Gibbons6
“Christ My Refuge”:
- Hymn 253 (PLEASANT STREET) William Lyman Johnson7
- Hymn 254 (NORTON) Lyman Brackett8
- Hymn 255 (REFUGE) Percy C. Buck
- Hymn 256 (OLDOWN) Basil Harwood
- Hymn 257 (OBLATION) Percy Whitlock
“Communion Hymn”:
- Hymn 298 (COMMUNION) Lyman Brackett
- Hymn 299 (SAVIOUR) Walter E. Young
- Hymn 300 (LAUNDON) Gerald Thalben-Ball
- Hymn 301 (FAITH) Gerald O’Connor-Morris
- Hymn 302 (FREEDOM) Norman Greenwood
“‘Feed My Sheep’”:
- Hymn 304 (GUIDANCE) Lyman Brackett
- Hymn 305 (SHEPHERD) Albert F. Conant
- Hymn 306 (CONCORD) William Lyman Johnson9
- Hymn 307 (LLANFAIR) Arranged from Robert Williams (1817)
- Hymn 308 (EGERTON) G. Thalben-Ball
- Hymn 309 (BENEVOLENCE) E. Norman Greenwood10
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- Arranged from William V. Wallace.
- See Chapter 8.
- This was altered from Johann Sebastian Bach’s chorale and arranged to fit Eddy’s 86.86.88 text.
- The end of first line was altered by Albert F. Conant at Eddy’s request.
- This was set in a kind of free form, without meter or barlines, something unique in this hymnal and harkening to the earlier era of “plainchant.”
- This setting entered the Hymnal after Eddy made a plea to have some of her poems set to music of the great composers (see Chapter 8).
- This was composed and inserted in 1905 at Eddy’s request.
- This was originally named EDDY.
- This was composed and inserted in 1905 at Eddy’s request.
- This was composed specifically for the 1932 Hymnal.