Sunday, February 9th, 2014

Fifth Sunday after Epiphany

Prelude: Aspiration, By: John E. West

Processional Hymn: 523 Glorious things of thee are spoken

Gloria

Before the Gospel: 524 I love Thy kingdom, Lord, stanzas 1-3

After the Gospel: 524 I love Thy kingdom, Lord, stanzas 4 and 5

Offertory Anthem: Glory to God on High, by: Benjamin Milgrove (1731-1810), arr. Johannes Riedel

Glory to God on high

Let earth and skies reply, Praise ye His name.

His love and grace adore

Who all our sorrows bore,

Sing aloud evermore worthy the Lamb.

Worthy the Lamb,

Worthy the Lamb,

Sing aloud evermore worthy the Lamb!

Then let the hosts above

In realms of endless love, Praise His great name.

To Him ascribed be

Honor and majesty

Through all eternity

Worthy the Lamb.

Doxology

Sanctus

Lamb of God

Communion Anthem: Lord Jesus, think on me Tune: Southwell, from Daman’s Psalter, 1579

Lord Jesus, think on me, and purge away my sin;

From harmful passions set me free, and make me pure within

Lord Jesus, think on me, with care and woe oppressed;

Let me Thy loving servant be, and taste thy promised rest.

Lord Jesus, think on me, nor let me go astray;

through darkness and perplexity point Thou the heavenly way.

Lord Jesus, think on me, that, when the flood is passed,

I may the eternal brightness see, and share Thy joy at last.

Text: Synesius of Cyrene (375-414), Tr. Allen William Chatfield (1808-1896)

Communion Hymn: 321 My God, Thy table now is spread

Recessional Hymn: 460 Alleluia! Sing to Jesus

Organ Postlude: Chaconne in C Major, from Prelude, Fugue and Chaconne in C Major by: Dieterich Buxtehude

Music Notes-

By: Ashley Sosis

An insipid incipit inquiry-- to capitalize hymn “titles” or not to capitalize? Each hymn printed in the Hymnal 1982 is identified by a bold subheading at the top of the page indicating its use (Holy Eucharist, Holy Week, Christian Responsibility, etc), not by a hymn title. Each hymn included in the 1982 hymnal is listed in the index by the first words of its opening line, the “incipit”. An incipit may be used to identify a particular hymn text or poem particularly if it is untitled or part of a numbered collection. (Examples of poems that are numbered but not titled are the poems of Emily Dickinson or Shakespeare’s Sonnets. Each are more readily recognized by their incipit than their number: “I taste a liquor never brewed”- ED, “When forty winters shall besiege thy brow”- WS). Citing the incipit as it appears within a hymn text (For the beauty of the earth) instead of a capitalized hymn-title version of the incipit (For the Beauty of the Earth) is traditional and commonplace in many churches within the Anglican communion. It is also scholarly to do so. From a style manual published by Southwestern Theological Baptist seminary:

“A hymn text is cited by its incipit, using sentence capitalization. (examples: ‘When peace like a river,’ ‘I come to the garden alone,’ ‘When we walk with the Lord’). Some texts are known mainly by titles and use headline capitalization (parallel examples: ‘It is Well with My Soul,’ ‘In the Garden,’ ‘Trust and Obey’). Hymn tune names are written in all capital letters (VILLE DU HAVRE, GARDEN, TRUST AND OBEY).”

I look forward to citing hymn texts sung from our hymnal with their “sentence capitalized” incipits in future bulletins. However, in any musical work that has a title designated by its author, I’ll continue to use headline capitalization.