Classic Hymns and Their Stories
Puzzle 65 · Songs for the Church Year · Page 93 in print
Advent Hymns
The English Hymnal’s translation of Philipp Nicolai’s Advent hymn pictures watchmen calling a city awake to greet a bridegroom.
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The words
Adonai
The divine title in the last stanza.
Advent
The season under which these hymns appear.
Anstice
Joseph Anstice, author of the final Advent hymn.
Bridegroom
The figure whose arrival the hymn anticipates.
Charles Coffin
The Latin author credited for two Advent hymns.
Dayspring
The dawn image used for Christ.
Emmanuel
The divine name in the hymn’s refrain.
Horologion
The Greek service book identified as its source.
Jesse
The ancestor named in the Branch image.
John Cennick
The earlier writer credited alongside Wesley for hymn 7.
John Chandler
The translator of the hymn about John the Baptist.
Moultrie
Gerard Moultrie, translator of the bridegroom hymn.
Nicolai
Philipp Nicolai, author of the watchmen hymn.
Torches
The lights raised by the waiting company.
Watchmen
The people who announce the coming bridegroom in the hymn.