LET US WITH A GLADSOME MIND – EMHB 18
Author: John Milton (1608-1674)
Tune: Monkland
Scripture Reference: Psalm 136
Introduction:
John Milton wrote this Hymn at age 15, Milton is generally regarded as second only to Shakespeare on the roll-call of great English Poets. John Milton was born in Chapside, London, the son of a composer of music. He was educated at St. Paul’s School and Christ’s College Cambridge. He came to public attention with powerful tracts against episcopacy, in favour of divorce and defence of freedom of speech and liberty of the press in his Areopagitica (1643).
Milton also studied French, Italian, Hebrew, Latin and Greek with the aid of a private tutor as he was afflicted with total blindness when he was made Latin Secretary to the Council of State during the period of Common Wealth. Milton wrote his greatest work “Paradise Lost”, and a treatise on Christian doctrines in which he showed his indifference to all rites and ceremonies.
“Let us with a gladsome mind” first appeared in poems of Mr. John Milton both in English and Latin published in 1645. It did not become a Hymn until more than 200 years later. Most modern Hymn Books include only six or seven verses out of about twenty verses.
The Hymn is generally sung to the tune “Monkland”, which is based on a German song “fahre fort fahre fort”. Other tunes are by J. B. Wilkes (1785-1869) and also a more lovely tune by Benjamin Milgrove (1731-1810). John Milton died of Gout in 1674 and was buried next to his father in St. Gilies, Criplegate.
EMHB 18
Let us with a gladsome mind
Praise the Lord, for He is kind:
Chorus:
For His mercies aye endure,
Ever faithful, ever sure.
Let us blaze His name abroad,
For of gods, He is the God:
He, with all-commanding might,
Filled the new-made world with light:
All things living He doth feed,
His full hand supplies their need:
He His chosen race did bless,
In the wasteful wilderness:
Let us then with gladsome mind
Praise the Lord, for He is kind:
Author: John Milton (1608-1674)
Tune: Monkland
Scripture Reference: Psalm 136
Introduction:
John Milton wrote this Hymn at age 15, Milton is generally regarded as second only to Shakespeare on the roll-call of great English Poets. John Milton was born in Chapside, London, the son of a composer of music. He was educated at St. Paul’s School and Christ’s College Cambridge. He came to public attention with powerful tracts against episcopacy, in favour of divorce and defence of freedom of speech and liberty of the press in his Areopagitica (1643).
Milton also studied French, Italian, Hebrew, Latin and Greek with the aid of a private tutor as he was afflicted with total blindness when he was made Latin Secretary to the Council of State during the period of Common Wealth. Milton wrote his greatest work “Paradise Lost”, and a treatise on Christian doctrines in which he showed his indifference to all rites and ceremonies.
“Let us with a gladsome mind” first appeared in poems of Mr. John Milton both in English and Latin published in 1645. It did not become a Hymn until more than 200 years later. Most modern Hymn Books include only six or seven verses out of about twenty verses.
The Hymn is generally sung to the tune “Monkland”, which is based on a German song “fahre fort fahre fort”. Other tunes are by J. B. Wilkes (1785-1869) and also a more lovely tune by Benjamin Milgrove (1731-1810). John Milton died of Gout in 1674 and was buried next to his father in St. Gilies, Criplegate.
EMHB 18
Let us with a gladsome mind
Praise the Lord, for He is kind:
Chorus:
For His mercies aye endure,
Ever faithful, ever sure.
Let us blaze His name abroad,
For of gods, He is the God:
He, with all-commanding might,
Filled the new-made world with light:
All things living He doth feed,
His full hand supplies their need:
He His chosen race did bless,
In the wasteful wilderness:
Let us then with gladsome mind
Praise the Lord, for He is kind:
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