Hymn of the Month for September
Hymn #1 in our hymnal is "Prayer For This House," (entitled, in the hymnal, "May Nothing Evil Cross This Door," which is really just the first line....).
It's a beautiful hymn, with words by Louis Untermeyer (1885-1977), who, besides being an excellent poet, was an influential poetry anthologist in the early part of the 20th century, as well as a manufacturer of jewelry.
"Prayer For This House" is frequently used in house blessing rituals and building dedications, and its position as Number One is surely no accident. It's sort of a doorway into the whole hymnal.
The tune is by Robert N. Quaile, a Methodist minister's son from Mallow, Ireland. He composed the tune in 1903.
(I have always wondered if the founder of the Casual Corner clothing store chain got the name for the store from this song. Hmmmm.)
It's a beautiful hymn, with words by Louis Untermeyer (1885-1977), who, besides being an excellent poet, was an influential poetry anthologist in the early part of the 20th century, as well as a manufacturer of jewelry.
"Prayer For This House" is frequently used in house blessing rituals and building dedications, and its position as Number One is surely no accident. It's sort of a doorway into the whole hymnal.
The tune is by Robert N. Quaile, a Methodist minister's son from Mallow, Ireland. He composed the tune in 1903.
(I have always wondered if the founder of the Casual Corner clothing store chain got the name for the store from this song. Hmmmm.)
Labels: Hymn of the Month, Music
posted by ddodd @ 6:46 AM
1 Comments:
At Tuesday, 10 June, 2008,
ddodd said…
Take a look at this sermon about the hymn, posted at http://www.firstuualton.org/Sermon_files/ByFaithMadeStrong.htm
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