292 Lord, Thy Word Abideth
Henry W. Baker, 1821-77
A hymn on the Scriptures, written for Hymns Ancient and Modern, 1861.
For comments on Henry W. Baker see Hymn 143.
MUSIC. RAVENSHAW is from Ein Neu Gesangbüchlein, 1531, the earliest German hymn book of the Bohemian Brethren, edited by Michael Weisse. The melody is older and was associated with a Latin hymn, Ave Hierarchia, coelestis et pia. The present arrangement is by William H. Monk. For comments on Monk see Hymn 40.
For a note on the Bohemian Brethren and Michael Weisse see Hymn 544.