{"id":4335,"date":"2003-07-21T16:48:25","date_gmt":"2003-07-21T20:48:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pioneergirl.com\/blog\/?p=4335"},"modified":"2016-05-05T13:11:59","modified_gmt":"2016-05-05T17:11:59","slug":"doxology","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.pioneergirl.com\/blog\/archives\/4335","title":{"rendered":"Doxology"},"content":{"rendered":"

Carrie pinched her arm. Everyone was standing up, to sing the Doxology. Church was over. — These Happy Golden Years, Chapter 4, “Sleigh Bells”<\/em><\/p>\n

     
\nT<\/span>he Doxology is the last verse of a longer hymn, “Awake, My Soul, and with the Sun,” written by Thomas Ken in 1674. The music is “Old 100th” from the Genevan Psalter, 1551, attributed to Louis Bourgeois (c.1510-c.1561). The familiar four lines of the Doxology have been the most frequently sung words of any known song for generations. Nearly every English-speaking Protestant congregation includes singing of the Doxology in its service.<\/p>\n

Thomas Ken (1637-1711) was born in England and orphaned when young; he was raised by a sister. Ken attended Oxford University and was ordained to the Church of England. He was an outspoken chaplain in the court of Charles II. In 1673, Ken wrote A Manual of Prayers for the Use of the Scholars of Winchester College<\/em>. It included three hymns which students were to sing each day in devotion: Morning Hymn, Evening Hymn, and Midnight Hymn. Each closed with the four lines now known as the Doxology.<\/p>\n

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\nPraise God, from whom all blessings flow;\nPraise Him all creatures here below;\nPraise Him above ye heavenly host;\nPraise Father, Son, and Holy Ghost.<\/p>\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n

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\n“Old Hundred \/ The Doxology”<\/strong> (THGY 4)
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