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A doxology is a short hymn of praises to God in various forms of Christian worship, often added to the end of canticles, psalms, and hymns. The tradition derives from a similar practice in the Jewish synagogue, where some version of the Kaddish serves to terminate each section of the service.
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"Die güldne Sonne voll Freud und Wonne" is a Lutheran hymn by Paul Gerhardt. It is a morning hymn which was first published in 1666, with a four-part setting by Johann Georg Ebeling. Gerhardt created an unusual hymn metre for its 12 stanzas.
"Lo! He comes with clouds descending" is a Christian hymn by Charles Wesley (1707–1788), based on an earlier hymn, "Lo! He cometh, countless Trumpets" by John Cennick (1718–1755). Most commonly sung at Advent, the hymn derives its theological content from the Book of Revelation relating imagery of the Day of Judgment. Considered one of the "Great Four Anglican Hymns" in the 19th century, it is most commonly sung to the tune Helmsley, first published in 1763.
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- ↑ Life of the Rev. Elisha W. Green, one of the founders of the Kentucky normal and theological institute... Maysville, Ky.: The Republican printing office. 1888. p. 3. hdl:2027/loc.ark:/13960/t2w37tf1b . Retrieved 2024-07-12– via HathiTrust.
- ↑ "Hark from the tomb the doleful sound". Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA. 22 November 1936. Retrieved 2024-08-04.
- ↑ "Wolf Folklore Collection: Hark From the Tomb". home.lyon.edu. Retrieved 2024-08-04.
- ↑ "Hark, from the tomb; Hark, from the tomb a doleful sound". Umbra Search African American History. Retrieved 2024-08-04.
- ↑ Atherton, James S. (1967). "To Give down the Banks and Hark from the Tomb!". James Joyce Quarterly. 4 (2): 75–83. ISSN 0021-4183. JSTOR 25486618.
