This album is dedicated to the glory of God and in memory of Adam’s grandfather, Robert Conrad. Two of the tracks feature Robert’s mandolin.

Fierce Was the Wild Billow was one of the hymns Robert most enjoyed.

“Fierce was the wild billow, dark was the night,
oars labored heavily, foam glimmered white;
trembled the mariners, peril was nigh;
then said the God of God, Peace! It is I.”

Full Track List

1. The Savior’s Blood and Righteousness (22 A) :44
2. Hail to the Lord’s Anointed (151 R) 1:05
3. Ellacombe (*151 R) :58
4. The Birthday Hymn (185 A) 1:23
5. Coronation (*14 R) :56
6. All Hail the Power of Jesus Name (14 R) 1:11
7. Judgment (585 A) :47
8. What Brought Us Together (39 A) :48
9. Little Girls (*82 D) 1:14
10. Praise to the Lord, the Almighty (61 A) :54
11. Breathe on Me, Breath of God (Trentham) :49
12. I Love Your Kingdom, Lord (582 P) :33
13. Break Now The Bread of Life 1:15
14. Loaves Beside the Sea (*Bread of Life) :58
15. God is Our Strong Salvation (151 G) 1:02
16. Ye Who Called (56 A) :59
17. In the Hour of Trial (141 E) 1:36
18. Christ, the Life of All the Living (*168 A) 1:09
19. O God, Our Help in Ages Past (14 H) :35
20. God of Grace and God of Glory (CWM Rhondda) :56
21. Crown Him with Many Crowns (595 C) 1:07
22. Diademata (*595 C) :59
23. Join We All With One Accord (Gaudeamus Pariter) :45
24. Thy Majesty, How Vast It Is (172 A) 1:08
25. They Who Jesus’ Followers Are (11 A) :34
26. The Church’s One Foundation (151 L) 1:14
27. Aurelia (*151 L) 1:00
28. When I Survey the Wondrous Cross (22 P) 1:14
29. Son of God, O Hear My Cry (581 G) :50
30. When Jesus Into Salem Rode (14 Manoah) :56
31. Jesus, Still Lead On (68 A) :50
32. Go to Dark Gethsemane (581 A) 1:11
33. O Sacred Head, Now Wounded (151 A) 1:31
34. Abide with Me (32 K) 1:28
35. For the Beauty of the Earth (581 H) :52
36. Be Present at Our Table, Lord (22 H) :45
37. Ten Thousand Times Ten Thousand (151 Eastham) 1:00
38. Bechler (*159 D) 1:00
39. Sing Hallelujah, Praise the Lord (159 D) 1:15
40. Now Thank We All Our God (146 A) :59
41. We Covenant with Hand and Heart (159 A) 1:09
42. Worship (*159 A) 1:00
43. Be Still, My Soul (Finlandia) 1:05
44. Christian Hearts, in Love United (167 A) 1:05
45. Praise the Lord! You Heav’ns, Adore Him (Hyfrydol) 1:26
46. Hus (22 F) :38
47. Church Rejoice! (225 A) 1:11
48. Church, Go Forth (*225 A) 1:11
49. Highly Favored Congregation (16 A) 0:43
50. Beneath the Cross of Jesus (St. Christopher) 1:29
51. Sleep Thy Last Sleep (602 A Requiem) 1:03
52. Glorious Things of Thee Are Spoken (Austrian Hymn) 1:24
53. We Are Called to Be God’s People (*Austrian Hymn) 1:02
54. Angels from the Realms of Glory (585 D) :52
55. Fierce Was the Wild Billow 1:37
56. Jesus Makes My Heart Rejoice (*82 D) 1:06

Edited by Sarah Eyerly and Rachel Wheeler

Eighteenth-Century Musical Settings by Joshua Tanis

New Musical Arrangements by Brent Michael Davids

Linguistics by Christopher Harvey

Proceeds (after costs) will benefit

1. The Arvid E. Miller Library and Museum, Stockbridge-Munsee Band Mohican Nation
2. The Lutheran Church of the Wilderness

CONTENTS

• Introduction
• Mohican and Moravian Community History
• The History of the Mohican Hymns
• Music and Textual Reconstruction
• About the Recordings
• Acknowledgements

– Texts and Translations

– Pronunciation

– About the Editors

– Sources and Index

( NOTE: The images above include 3 pages of the hymns and a reproduction of a page of hymn texts (on the cover). The other images are not included in the booklet, but are primary sources from whence these modern editions were derived. )

Cover Image: Indian Missions 331.3. n.d. MS Moravian Mission among the Indians of North America 331.3. Moravian Archives. Indigenous Peoples: North America, http://tinyurl.galegroup.com/tinyurl/5wyMh9. Accessed 10 Oct. 2018.

(c) 2022 Moravian Music Foundation

Individual hymns from this publication may be reproduced for congregational singing. The copyright notice, printed on each page of the music, must be included on each copy used.

Sing to the Lord a New Song: A New Moravian Songbook celebrates the musical gifts of today’s Moravian Church in North America.

Eighty all-new songs and hymns by 51 writers and composers, compiled by the Moravian Music Foundation, offer a glimpse at the creativity and spirituality that is alive and well in Moravian music. New liturgies for Servanthood, The Good Shepherd, Mothers’ Day, Fathers’ Day and other reflections also included.

Includes music and guitar chords, so each song can be accompanied on keyboard and/or guitar; other instruments may be added to enrich the musical experience.

Spiral bound, with laminated full-color cover; 6″ x 9″; 148 pages.

Introduction

• Our Savior’s Birth and Passion

Advent Hymns

• Faithful Soul, Behold Your King
• Hail to the Lord’s Anointed
• Hosanna (English)
• Hosianna (German)
• How Shall I Meet My Savior?
• Once He Came in Blessing (2 versions)
• Prepare Us for Your Coming
• Veiled in Darkness Judah Lay (2 versions)
• We Long for Mighty Signs of God
• To God Our Immanuel

Christmas Hymns

• All Glory to Immanuel’s Name
• All Silent Was the Night
• Angels from the Realms of Glory (2 versions)
• Behold, to Us a Child Is Born
• Bright and Joyful Is the Morn
• Candle Glowing
• Christ the Lord, the Lord Most Glorious (2 versions)
• Faithful Christians, One and All
• Gracious Savior, Moved by Love
• Hail Infant Newborn
• Hail, Thou Wondrous Infant Stranger
• Infinite Source, Whence All Did Spring
• Jesus, Call Thou Me
• Jesus’ Name
• Light of the World
• Morning Star, O Cheering Sight
• Now with Joyful Songs Appear
• O Blessed Night Without Compare on Earth
• O Sweet and Gentle Child
• Peace of Earth, Heaven Is Proclaiming
• Sing Hallelujah, Christ Doth Live
• Softly the Night Is Sleeping
• The Newborn Babe
• The Only Son of God on High
• To God We Render Thanks and Praise
• To Us a Child Is Born This Night
• Truly That Eventful Day
• With Awe, and Deeply Bowed

The various tunes represent the social order of the community as well as theology.

There is a tune for each “choir”, i.e., married men, married women, single men/women, children, widows, etc. Choirs were groups of like individuals who bonded in fellowship to enrich their lives and enhance their spiritual journeys.

In the modern Moravian Church, choirs have evolved into Women’s Fellowship, Youth Fellowship, and various service groups, etc.

The chorales are suitable for choir and/or congregational singing, or used simply as instrumental music.
See also, Moravian Band Chorale Books, which contain all Moravian funeral chorales, arr. for band instruments.

Guitar chords with each hymn.
The liturgical materials include 13 newly-written Congregational Prayers for Moravian Worship as well as the “core” liturgies from the Book of Worship. The hymns are organized to parallel the Moravian Book of Worship.

“Since the earliest days of the Unitas Fratrum, worship in the language of the people has been of central importance to Moravians. A second guiding principle, that of congregational participation in worship, has worked with the former to make hymn singing an integral part of Moravian worship. Hymn singing… …provides both a vehicle for, and evidence of, that fellowship with each other and with the Lord which is so dear…” It provides “the clearest and most public expressions of Moravian theology as well as the deepest heart-felt responses to God.”

“Since its beginnings, the Moravian hymn-singing tradition has been an eclectic one, borrowing what seemed good and useful from many sources. Music for hymns has included melodies newly composed for specific texts, tunes adapted from other denominational traditions, and adaptations of popular tunes.”  – Albert Frank

CD of Moravian Hymns sung by a Moravian choir.

CD of Moravian Chorales played by a brass quintet.

CD of Chorales played the Moravian Lower Brass.

“The hymnal (Gesangbuch) is a kind of response to the Bible, an echo and an extension thereof. In the Bible, one perceives how the Lord communicates with people; and, in the hymnal, how people communicate with the Lord.”  – attr. Nicholas Ludwig von Zinzendorf (later, per Paul Peucker, attr. to Bishop Spangenberg)

Copyright 1995 – Interprovincial Board of Publications and Communications

The Moravian Book of Worship “provides the means for unity in our church, on of rich diversity.  … this book joins with its predecessors in extending the heritage, established when, at the beginning of the sixteenth century, the Unitas Fratrum (early Moravian Church) published what is considered to be the first Protestant hymnal.

Music Samples

Tracks:

1. Mit Freuden Zart
2. 22 H, Wareham
3. Creation
4. 590 A, Lindsey House
5. Theodulph
6. 228 A, Nicolai
7. 151 W, Warner
8. Christ the Lord
9. 168 A, Zurich
10. 519 A, Eisleben
11. 22 A, Rhaw
12. 151 Q, St. Edith
13. 14, Manoah
14. 581 A, LaTrobe
15. 38 E, Poacher
16. 249 A, Seraphim
17. 11 W, Worgan
18. 119 A, Holy Land
19. 115 B, Agnus Christi
20. Freuen Wir Uns
21. Gaudeamus Pariter
22. 195 A, Arnsberg
23. 151 G, St. Mark
24. 167 A, Cassel
25. Our Father
26. 151 A, Passion Chorale
27. 82 D, Hayn
28. 39 A, Confession
29. 14 A, Esslingen
30. 23 A, Upsala
31. 37 A, Gregor
32. 185 A, Covenant
33. 79 A, Innsbruck
34. 83 D, Confidence
35. 149 A, Nassau
36. 132 A, Allein Gott (Decius)
37. 602 A, Requiem
38. 151 A, Passiontide
39. Monkland
40. 172 A, Thy Majesty
41. 214 A, Thanksgiving
42. 3 C, Almsgiving
43. 11 A, Herrnhut
44. 90 A, Eisenach
45. 56 A, Service
46. 61 A, Lobe Den Herren
47. 68 A, Seelengräutigam
48. 68 A, Thuringia
49. 141 A, Berthelsdorf
50. 221 A, Springs of Salvation
51. 151, Eastham
52. 159 D, Bechler
53. 159 A, Worship