Lyra Germanica: The Christian Year

About this book

Catherine Winkworth's Lyra Germanica for the Christian Year, published in 1861. This series gathers German hymns appointed to the seasons and festivals of the church year, from Advent to Trinity, in Winkworth's clear and singable English versions. Read across the year, it offers a compact course in the devotional poetry of Lutheran Germany.

Contents

1. Preface
2. Pre-Reformation Sources
3. The Reformation
4. The Thirty Year's War
5. Mystics and Moravians
6. Remarks on the Translations
7. First sunday in Advent: The Dawn
8. Second Sunday in Advent: The Coming of the Day of the Lord
9. Third Sunday in Advent: Christ the Deliverer
10. Fourth Sunday in Advent: Christ the King of all Men
11. Christmas Eve: A Carol 🔒
12. Christmas Day: The Word made flesh 🔒
13. St. Stephen's Day: A Battle-Song in troubled times 🔒
14. Saint John the Evangelist: Christ the Life of the Soul 🔒
15. Innocents Day: The Childlike Heart 🔒
16. Sunday after Christmas-day: The Desire of all Nations 🔒
17. The Circumcision of Christ: A Hymn for New Year's Day 🔒
18. Epiphany: The Manifestation of the Light of the World 🔒
19. First Sunday After Epiphany: The Christian Sacrifice 🔒
20. Second Sunday after Epiphany: God's Sovereignty our Stronghold of Hope 🔒
21. Third Sunday after Epiphany: The Word of God 🔒
22. Fourth Sunday After Epiphany: A Prayer in mental Conflict 🔒
23. Fifth Sunday After Epiphany: A Prayer for the Presence of the Spirit of God in the Church 🔒
24. Sixth Sunday after Epiphany: Aspiration after Purity and Holiness 🔒
25. Septuagesima Sunday: The Christian Warfare 🔒
26. Sexagesima Sunday: A Spring Song 🔒
27. Quinquagesima Sunday: Love the root of all Excellence 🔒
28. Quinquagesima Sunday: Christ opening the Eyes of the Blind 🔒
29. Ash Wednesday: A Cry for Mercy 🔒
30. First Sunday in Lent: The Loneliness and Anguish of Penitence 🔒
31. Second Sunday in Lent: Clinging to Christ in utter Need 🔒
32. Third Sunday in Lent: A Warning of Judgment 🔒
33. Fourth Sunday in Lent: Confession of Sin 🔒
34. Fifth Sunday in Lent: Tarrying for Light and Help 🔒
35. Palm Sunday: Christ's Entry into Jerusalem 🔒
36. Monday in Passion Week: Christ weeping over Jerusalem 🔒
37. Tuesday in Passion Week: Christ's Death our Purification 🔒
38. Wednesday in Passion Week: Christ's Death our Redemption 🔒
39. Thursday in Passion Week: Our Requital of Christ's Love 🔒
40. Good Friday. Morning: The Crucifixion 🔒
41. Good Friday. Evening: The Love of God in Christ 🔒
42. Easter Even: Rest in the Grave 🔒
43. Easter Day. Morning: The Triumph over Death 🔒
44. Easter Day. Evening: The Resurrection from the Death of Sin 🔒
45. Monday in Easter Week: The Benefits of Christ's Resurrection 🔒
46. Tuesday in Easter Week: Christ's Life the Source and Pledge of Ours 🔒
47. First Sunday after Easter: The Kingdom of Heaven in the midst of us 🔒
48. Second Sunday after Easter: The Good Shepherd 🔒
49. Third Sunday After Easter: A Song of Joy after a time of Sorrow 🔒
50. Fourth Sunday After Easter: The Indwelling of the Holy Spirit 🔒
51. Fifth Sunday after Easter: Christ the Champion of His Church 🔒
52. Ascension Day: The Soul longing to be where Christ is 🔒
53. Sunday After Ascension Day: The Homeward Journey 🔒
54. Whit Sunday: The Descent of the Holy Spirit 🔒
55. Monday in Whitsun-Week: The Spirit of God the Spirit of Love, Joy, and Peace 🔒
56. Tuesday in Whitsun-Week: The Spirit of God the Witness to His Son 🔒
57. Trinity Sunday: The Fount of Being, the Word, the uniting Spirit 🔒
58. First Sunday after Trinity: The Love of God 🔒
59. Second Sunday after Trinity: The Love of His Children 🔒
60. Third Sunday after Trinity: Peace in Trouble 🔒
61. Fourth Sunday after Trinity: Sharing the Cross and the Crown 🔒
62. Fifth Sunday after Trinity: The Good Soldier of Christ 🔒
63. Sixth Sunday after Trinity: Self Surrender to God 🔒
64. Seventh Sunday after Trinity: A Summer Song 🔒
65. Eighth Sunday after Trinity: The Spirit of God the Fountain of Wisdom and Purity 🔒
66. Ninth Sunday after Trinity: The Choice 🔒
67. Tenth Sunday after Trinity: Longing of the Heart after God 🔒
68. Eleventh Sunday after Trinity: God's Presence the Source of all Joy 🔒
69. Twelfth Sunday after Trinity: The Sin of Weakness 🔒
70. Thirteenth Sunday after Trinity: Trust in God 🔒
71. Fourteenth Sunday after Trinity: The Cross our Glory 🔒
72. Fifteenth Sunday after Trinity: The Secret of Content 🔒
73. Sixteenth Sunday after Trinity: God's sure Help in Sorrow 🔒
74. Seventeenth Sunday after Trinity: The Song of the Christian Pilgrim 🔒
75. Eighteenth Sunday after Trinity: Vow to be true to Christ in an Age of Apostasy 🔒
76. Nineteenth Sunday after Trinity: Living Faith 🔒
77. Twentieth Sunday after Trinity: Rejoicing in God the Creator, Redeemer, and Sanctifier 🔒
78. Twenty-first Sunday after Trinity: Luther's Psalm 🔒
79. Twenty-second Sunday after Trinity: The Unsearchable Wisdom of God 🔒
80. Twenty-third Sunday after Trinity: Aspiration after the Life Eternal 🔒
81. Twenty-fourth Sunday after Trinity: The One Thing Needful 🔒
82. Twenty-fifth Sunday after Trinity: Rejoice, the Lord is at hand 🔒
83. St. Andrew's Day: Following Christ 🔒
84. St. Thomas the Apostle: The Soul's Joy in discovering Christ, the link between God and Man 🔒
85. Presentation in the Temple: The Song of Simeon 🔒
86. St. Matthias' Day: The True Rest 🔒
87. The Annunciation: The Happiness of the Soul that has no Will but God's 🔒
88. St. Barnabas' Day: The Merciful Providence of God 🔒
89. St. Michael and all Angels: The Ministry of Angels 🔒
90. All Saint's Day: The Company of the Blest 🔒
91. I. God who madest earth and heaven 🔒
92. II. The golden sunbeams with their joyous gleams 🔒
93. III. Come, my soul, awake, 'tis morning 🔒
94. IV. Dayspring of eternity! 🔒
95. V. Once more from rest I rise again 🔒
96. I. The happy sunshine all is gone 🔒
97. II. Now all the woods are sleeping 🔒
98. III. The day expires 🔒
99. IV. The moon hath risen on high 🔒
100. I. In the midst of life, behold 🔒
101. II. God whom I as love have known 🔒
102. III. When the last agony draws nigh 🔒
103. IV. Lord Jesus Christ, true Man and God 🔒
104. V. Go and dig my grave today! 🔒
105. VI. Then I have conquered; then at last 🔒
106. VII. My God, to Thee I now commend 🔒
107. I. Now hush your cries, and shed no tear 🔒
108. II. Now rests her soul in Jesu's arms 🔒
109. III. Oh how blessed, faithful souls, are ye 🔒
110. Ein Feste Berg (from the First Edition) 🔒
111. Dedication and Provenance 🔒
112. Biography 🔒
113. Memorial Tablet in Bristol Cathedral 🔒
114. Genealogy 🔒