Hymnists With Notable Secular Achievements Quiz

Answer: God of glory

The missing words are 'God of glory'.

According to Nethymnal.org, Hen­ry J. van Dyke wrote the hymn in 1907 while stay­ing at the home of Har­ry A. Gar­field at Wil­liams Col­lege, Mass­a­chu­setts. It was first pub­lished in the Pres­by­ter­i­an Hymn­al in 1911. The music was adapted by Edward Hodges from Ludwig van Beethoven's Ninth Sym­pho­ny.

Nethymnal.org provides the following quote from Van Dyke about his famous hymn: "These vers­es are sim­ple ex­press­ions of com­mon Christ­ian feel­ings and de­sires in this pre­sent time -- hymns of to­day that may be sung to­ge­ther by peo­ple who know the thought of the age, and are not afraid that any truth of sci­ence will de­stroy re­li­gion, or any re­vo­lu­tion on earth over­throw the king­dom of hea­ven. There­fore this is a hymn of trust and joy and hope."

In addition to 'Joyful, Joyful, We Adore Thee', Van Dyke is credited with writing 'Jesus, Thou Divine Companion', 'No Form of Human Framing', 'O Lord, Our God, Thy Mighty Hand', 'O Maker of the Mighty Deep' and 'O Thou Whose Boundless Love Bestows'.

Van Dyke is remembered for a number of quotes, but this one is my favorite: "Use the talents you pos­sess, for the woods would be ve­ry sil­ent if no birds sang ex­cept the best."

Here are the words to 'Joyful, Joyful We Adore Thee':

'Joyful, joyful, we adore Thee, God of glory, Lord of love;
Hearts unfold like flowers before Thee, opening to the sun above.
Melt the clouds of sin and sadness; drive the dark of doubt away;
Giver of immortal gladness, fill us with the light of day!

All Thy works with joy surround Thee, earth and heaven reflect Thy rays,
Stars and angels sing around Thee, center of unbroken praise.
Field and forest, vale and mountain, flowery meadow, flashing sea,
Singing bird and flowing fountain call us to rejoice in Thee.

Thou art giving and forgiving, ever blessing, ever blessed,
Wellspring of the joy of living, ocean depth of happy rest!
Thou our Father, Christ our Brother, all who live in love are Thine;
Teach us how to love each other, lift us to the joy divine.

Mortals, join the happy chorus, which the morning stars began;
Father love is reigning o'er us, brother love binds man to man.
Ever singing, march we onward, victors in the midst of strife,
Joyful music leads us Sunward in the triumph song of life."

Answer: Quincy

The middle name of John Adams, the sixth president of the United States, was Quincy. Adams replaced James Monroe as president and served from 1825 to 1829. He was the son of John Adams, the second U.S. president. His mother was Abigail Adams.

Adams wrote 'The Hour Glass' for the 200th anniversary of the First Con­gre­ga­tion­al Church in Quin­cy, Mass­a­chu­setts, in 1839.

Here are the words to the hymn 'The Hour Glass':

"Alas! how swift the moments fly!
How flash the years along!
Scarce here, yet gone already by,
The burden of a song.
See childhood, youth, and manhood pass,
And age, with furrowed brow;
Time was-Time shall be-drain the glass-
But where in Time is now?

Time is the measure but of change;
No present hour is found;
The past, the future, fill the range
Of Time's unceasing round.
Where, then is now? In realms above,
With God's atoning Lamb,
In regions of eternal love,
Where sits enthroned I AM.

Then pilgrim, let thy joys and tears
On Time no longer lean;
But henceforth all thy hopes and fears
From earth's affections wean:
To God let votive accents rise;
With truth, with virtue, live;
So all the bliss that Time denies
Eternity shall give."

Answer: Great Britain

Great Britain is the correct answer. William Ewart Gladstone was born De­cem­ber 29, 1809, in Li­ver­pool, Eng­land and died May 19, 1898, in Ha­war­den, Flint­shire, Wales. He is buried at West­min­ster Ab­bey, Lon­don.

Gladstone served a record four terms as prime minister of Great Britain, from 1868 to 74, 1880 to 85, February to July of 1886 and 1892 to 94. He also served as Chancellor of the Exchequer four times. Gladstone is also the holder of another record in British politics. He was Britain's oldest prime minister, resigning for the final time when he was 84 years old.

Here are the words to 'O Lead My Blindness By the Hand':

"O lead my blindness by the hand,
Lead me to Thy familiar feast,
Not here or now to understand,
Yet even here and now to taste,
How the eternal Word of Heav'n
On earth in broken bread is giv'n.

We, who this holy precinct round
In one adoring circle kneel,
May we in one intent be bound,
And one serene devotion feel;
And grow around Thy sacred shrine
Like tendrils of the deathless Vine.

We, who with one blest food are fed,
Into one body may we grow,
And one pure life from Thee, the Head,
Informing all the members flow;
One pulse be felt in every vein,
One law of pleasure and of pain."

Answer: Boston

Boston is the correct answer. The capital city of Massachusetts got the name Bean Town in recognition of the regional dish of baked beans. According to Wikipedia, Boston, over the years, has been referred to as the Hub City, City on a Hill, The Athens of America, The Puritan City, The Olde Towne, America's Walking City and The City of Notions.

Ralph Waldo Emerson, noted poet and essayist, was born in Boston in 1803 and died 1882 in Concord, Massachusetts.

Emerson was one of the driving forces behind the transcendentalist movement in the United States in the mid to late 1800s. Other proponents were Henry David Thoreau and Margaret Fuller.

In a nutshell, transcendentalists were right wingers who believed people are at their best when they are self reliant and independent. They believed people became corrupted by society and its institutions.

Here are the words to 'We Love Thee Venerable House':

"We love the venerable house
Our fathers built to God;
In heaven are kept their grateful vows,
Their dust endears the sod.

Here holy thoughts a light have shed
From many a radiant face,
And prayers of humble virtue spread
The perfume of the place.

And anxious hearts have pondered here
The mystery of life,
And prayed th'eternal Light to clear
Their doubts and aid their strife.

From humble tenements around
Came up the pensive train,
And in the church a blessing found,
That filled their homes again.

For faith, and peace, and mighty love,
That from the Godhead flow,
Showed them the life of heaven above
Springs from the life below.

They live with God their homes are dust;
Yet here their children pray,
And in this fleeting lifetime trust
To find the narrow way."

Answer: Peace

Emily Greene Balch won the Nobel Peace Price 1n 1946. Born in Boston, Massachusetts on January 8, 1867, Balch was a noted economist, sociologist and pacifist.

Balch became active in the peace movement during the start of the First World War in 1914 and ascended to become the leader of the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF), based in Switzerland. According to Wikipedia, it was largely because of Balch's work in the WILPFI she was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for 1946.

She wrote 'Now Let Us All Arise and Sing' in 1913.

Here are the words to the hymn:

"Now let us all arise and sing
The coming kingdom of our King,
The time when all shall brothers be,
Each loving each, all loving Thee.
How long, O Lord, O Lord, how long
Shall these Thy weak ones suffer wrong?

O when shall dawn the glorious day
For which we hope and work and pray?
Dear Father, use what means Thou wilt
To cleanse our lives from greed and guilt;
Help us to put away our sin
And learn to bring Thy kingdom in."

Answer: Plymouth Colony

The Plymouth colony is the correct answer.

Bradford was born March 19, 1589, in Aus­ter­field, York­shire, Eng­land and died May 9, 1657, in Ply­mouth, Mass­a­chu­setts. He is buried at Bur­i­al Hill, Ply­mouth, Mass­a­chu­setts.

Bradford immigrated to Plymouth on the famous Mayflower in 1620. The Web site reports he was well liked as governor of Ply­mouth Col­o­ny, being elect­ed to of­fice "at least thirty times."

Bradford wrote 'And Truly It Is a Most Glorious Thing' in 1623 and Orlando Gibbons composed the music.

Here are the words to the hymn 'And Truly It Is a Most Glorious Thing':

"And truly it is a most glorious thing
Thus to hear men pray and God's praises sing,
O how great comfort is it now to see-
The churches to enjoy full liberty.
And to have the Gospel preachèd here with power,
And such wolves repelled as all would else devour.

But God will still for His people provide
Such as be able them to help and guide,
If they cleave to Him and do not forsake-
His laws and truth and their own ways do take.
If thou hast viewed the camp of Israel,
How God in the wilderness with them did dwell.

His great and marvelous works they here saw,
And He them taught in His most holy law,
A small emblem hereof thou mayest see,
How God hath dealt with them in some degree,
For much of Himself they now there have seen,
And marvelous to them His works have been."

Answer: Sweden

Gustavus Adolphus was king of Sweden. According to Nethymnal.org, the words to the hymn 'Fear Not, O Little Flock' have been credited var­i­ous­ly to King Adolph­us, Ja­cob Fa­bri­ci­us (1593-1654) or Jo­hann M. Al­ten­burg (1584-1640). It is known, however, the hymn was translated into English by Ca­ther­ine Wink­worth in 1855.

Gustavus is credited as the founder of Sweden as a great power.

Meanwhile, Nethymnal.org shares this legend about the Swedish king: "...Before the bat­tle of Lutz­en, dur­ing the Thir­ty Years' War (1618-1648), King Gus­tav­us of Swe­den, in the thick fog of an au­tumn morn­ing, with the Bo­he­mi­an and Aus­tri­an armies of Em­per­or Fer­di­nand in front of him, knelt be­fore his troops, and his whole ar­my knelt with him in pray­er. Then ten thou­sand voic­es and the whole con­cert of re­gi­ment­al bands burst forth in this brave song... The ar­my of Gus­tav­us moved for­ward to vic­to­ry as the fog lift­ed; but at the mo­ment of tri­umph a ri­der­less horse came gal­lop­ing back to the camp. It was the horse of the mar­tyred king."

Here are the words 'Fear Not, O Little Flock':

"Fear not, O little flock, the foe
Who madly seeks your overthrow;
Dread not his rage and power;
What though your courage sometimes faints?
His seeming triumph o'er God's saints
Lasts but a little hour.

Fear not, be strong! your cause belongs
To Him Who can avenge your wrongs;
Leave all to Him, your Lord;
Though hidden yet from mortal eyes,
Salvation shall for you arise;
He girdeth on His sword!

As true as God's own promise stands,
Not earth nor hell with all their bands
Against us shall prevail;
The Lord shall mock them from His throne;
God is with us; we are His own;
Our victory cannot fail!

Amen, Lord Jesus, grant our prayer!
Great Captain, now thine arm make bare;
Thy church with strength defend;
So shall thy saints and martyrs raise
A joyful chorus to Thy praise,
Through ages without end."

Answer: Yale

Yale University, the third oldest university in the United States, is known as Old Eli. It is based in New Haven, Connecticut.

The school got the nickname from a retired London merchant named Elihu Yale, who contributed money, books and other valuable goods to the school. Because of his generosity, the school eventually adopted the name 'Yale University' in his honor. The institution had been started in 1701 by ten church ministers in Connecticut who made a gift of books.

After graduating from Yale in 1835, Christopher Cox then studied medicine in Hei­del­berg, Ger­ma­ny.

After serving as a doc­tor and as sur­geon gen­er­al of the Ar­my of the Po­to­mac in the U.S. Civil War, Cox was elect­ed Lieu­te­nant gov­er­nor of Ma­ry­land in 1865, serving for three years.

Cox went on to serve as the first chair­man of the Board of Health in Wash­ing­ton, D.C., and as Com­mis­sion­er of Pen­sions.

Here are the words to 'Silently the Shades of Evening':

"Silently the shades of evening
Gather round my lowly door;
Silently they bring before me
Faces I shall see no more.

O the lost, the unforgotten,
Though the world be oft forgot!
O the shrouded and the lonely,
In our hearts they perish not!

Living in the silent hours,
Where our spirits only blend,
They, unlinked with earthly trouble,
We, still hoping for its end.

How such holy memories cluster,
Like the stars when storms are past,
Pointing up to that fair heaven,
We may hope to gain at last."

Answer: Nearer, My God, to Thee

The two lines are from the famous hymn 'Nearer, My God, to Thee', a hymn that is associated by many with the sinking of the Titanic. In addition to being played by the ship's band in the 1997 film 'Titanic', the hymn was sung at the end of the Academy Award winning movie 'San Fran­cis­co' in 1936. The hymn was also played at the funerals of two different assassinated U.S. presidents -- James Garfield in 1881 and William McKinley in 1901.

Sarah Flower Adams was the daughter of Benjamin Flower, a noted jour­nal­ist and pol­i­ti­cian in Great Britain. In 1834 she married Wil­liam Bridg­es Ad­ams and played Lady Macbeth in 1837. She had to give up acting due to poor health and took to writing books and poems. In the process, she ended up writing no less than thirteen hymns, including the famous 'Nearer, My God, to Thee' in 1841. (William Johnson Fox is credited with writing Verse 6 of the hymn while Lowell Mason composed the music.)

Here are the words to 'Nearer, My God, to Thee':

"Nearer, my God, to Thee, nearer to Thee!
E'en though it be a cross that raiseth me,
Still all my song shall be, nearer, my God, to Thee.

Refrain:
Nearer, my God, to Thee,
Nearer to Thee!

Though like the wanderer, the sun gone down,
Darkness be over me, my rest a stone.
Yet in my dreams I'd be nearer, my God to Thee.

[Refrain]

There let the way appear, steps unto Heav'n;
All that Thou sendest me, in mercy given;
Angels to beckon me nearer, my God, to Thee.

[Refrain]

Then, with my waking thoughts bright with Thy praise,
Out of my stony griefs Bethel I'll raise;
So by my woes to be nearer, my God, to Thee.

[Refrain]

Or, if on joyful wing cleaving the sky,
Sun, moon, and stars forgot, upward I'll fly,
Still all my song shall be, nearer, my God, to Thee.

[Refrain]

There in my Father's home, safe and at rest,
There in my Savior's love, perfectly blest;
Age after age to be, nearer my God to Thee.

[Refrain]"

Answer: Queen Victoria

John George Edward Henry Douglas Sutherland Campbell, Ninth Duke of Argyll,
better known by the courtesy title Marquess of Lorne, was Governor General of Canada, serving from 1878 to 1883. As Governor General he served as a representative of Queen Victoria. Campbell was well suited for the position as he married Victoria's fourth daughter, Princess Louise.

Campbell was Canada's youngest Governor General at age 33.

Wikipedia states he is best remembered for a number of Canadian place names honoring his wife "and for his metrical paraphrase of Psalm 121,
'Unto the Hills'."

Here are the words to the hymn 'Unto the Hills'.

"Unto the hills around do I lift up
my longing eyes:
O whence for me shall my salvation come,
from whence arise?
From God the Lord doth come my certain aid,
from God the Lord who heaven and earth hath made.

God will not suffer that thy foot be moved;
safe shalt thou be.
No careless slumber shall His eyelids close
who keepeth thee.
The One who sleepeth not,
who slumbereth ne'er,
shall guard thee, Israel, with most holy care.

Jehovah is Himself thy keeper true,
thy changeless shade;
Jehovah thy defense on thy right hand,
thine own true aid.
And thee no sun by day shall ever smite;
no moon shall harm thee in the silent night.

From every evil shall God keep thy soul,
from every sin;
Jehovah shall preserve thy going out,
thy coming in.
Above thee watching, God whom we adore
shall keep thee henceforth, yea, for evermore."