The Story of the Hymns and Tunes by Theron Brown;Hezekiah Butterworth
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Horningsham Park at "Heaven's Gate Hill," while walking to and from
church. Another four-line doxology, adopted probably from Dr. Hatfield (1807-1883), is almost entirely superseded by Ken's stanza, being of even more pronounced credal character. To God the Father, God the Son, And God the Spirit, Three in One. Be honor, praise and glory given By all on earth and all in heaven. The _Methodist Hymnal_ prints a collection of ten doxologies, two by Watts, one by Charles Wesley, one by John Wesley, one by William Goode, one by Edwin F. Hatfield, one attributed to "Tate and Brady," one by Robert Hawkes, and the one by Ken above noted. These are all technically and intentionally doxologies. To give a history of doxologies in the general sense of the word would carry one through every Christian age and language and end with a concordance of the Book of Psalms. [Illustration: Oliver Holden] _THE TUNE._ Few would think of any music more appropriate to a standard doxology than "Old Hundred." This grand Gregorian harmony has been claimed to be Luther's production, while some have believed that Louis Bourgeois, editor of the French _Genevan Psalter_, composed the tune, but the weight of evidence seems to indicate that it was the work of Guillaume |
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