il,
That we may see aright
The Lord in rays eternal
Of resurrection light;
And, listening to His accents,
May hear, so calm and plain,
His own, "All hail!" and hearing,
May raise the victor-strain.

Now let the heavens be joyful,
Let earth her song begin,
Let all the world keep triumph,
All that dwell therein.
In grateful exultation,
Their notes let all things blend,
For Christ the Lord is risen,
O joy that hath no end!

Both these hymns of John of Damascus were translated by John Mason
Neale.

_THE TUNE._

"The Day of Resurrection" is sung in the modern hymnals to the tune of
"Rotterdam," composed by Berthold of Tours, born in that city of the
Netherlands, Dec. 17, 1838. He was educated at the conservatory in
Leipsic, and later made London his permanent residence, writing both
vocal and instrumental music. Died 1897. "Rotterdam" is a stately,
sonorous piece and conveys the flavor of the ancient hymn.

"Come ye faithful" has for its modern interpreter Sir Arthur Sullivan,
the celebrated composer of both secular and sacred works, but best
known in hymnody as author of the great Christian march, "Onward
Christian Soldiers."

Hymns are known to have been written by the earlier Greek Fathers,
Ephrem Syrus of Mesopotamia (A.D. 307-373), Basil the Great, Bishop of
Cappadocia (A.D. 329-379) Gregory Nazianzen, Bishop of Constantinople
(A.D. 335-390) and others, but their fragments of song which have come
down to us scarcely rank them among the great witnesses--with the
possible exception of the last name. An English scholar, Rev. Allen W.
Chatfield, has translated the hymns extant of Gregory Nazianzen. The
following stanzas give an idea of their quality. The lines are from an
address to the Deity:

How, Unapproached! shall mind of man
Descry Thy dazzling throne,
And pierce and find Thee out, and scan
Where Thou dost dwell alone?

Unuttered Thou! all uttered things
Have had their birth from Thee;
The One Unknown, from Thee the spring
Of all we know and see.

And lo! all things abide in Thee
And through the complex whole,
Thou spreadst Thine own divinity,
Thyself of all the Goal.

This is reverent, but rather philosophical than evangelical, and reminds
us of the Hymn of Aratus, more than two centuries before Christ was
born.

ST. STEPHEN, THE SABAITE.

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