The Lutheran Hymnal (1941) - Hymn 263 - O Little Flock, Fear Not the Foe

"O Little Flock, Fear Not the Foe"

1. O little flock, fear not the Foe
Who madly seeks your overthrow;
Dread not his rage and power.
What though your courage sometimes faints,
His seeming triumph o'er God's saints
Lasts but a little hour.

2. Be of good cheer; your cause belongs
To Him who can avenge your wrongs;
Leave it to Him, our Lord.
Though hidden yet from mortal eyes,
His Gideon shall for you arise,
Uphold you and His Word.

3. As true as God's own Word is true.
Not earth nor hell with all their crew
Against us shall prevail.
A jest and byword are they grown;
God is with us, we are His own;
Our victory cannot fail.

4. Amen, Lord Jesus, grant our prayer;
Great Captain, now Thine arm make bare,
Fight for us once again!
So shall Thy saints and martyrs raise
A mighty chorus to Thy praise,
World without end. Amen.

Hymn #263 The Lutheran Hymnal
Text: Luke 12:32
Author: Johann M. Altenburg, 1632, asc., ab.
Translated by: Catherine Winkworth, 1855, alt.
Titled: "Verzage nicht, du Haeuflein klein"
Tune: "Kommt her zu mir"
Melody: German, c. 1400

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TLH - Hymn 263 (Version 1) MP3
TLH - Hymn 263 (Version 1) NWC

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Stops Used for Prelude
SWELL:
Clarinet 8'
Geigen Principal 8'
Salicet 4'

Verse 1
GREAT:
Fifteenth 2'
Open Diapason Small 8'
Open Diapason Large 8'
Principal 4'

PEDAL:
Echo Bass 16'
Sub-Bass 16'
Principal 8'
Bass Flute 8'
Open Diapason 16'

Stops Used for Verse 2
SWELL:
Clarinet 8'
Geigen Principal 8'
Salicet 4'

PEDAL:
Echo Bass 16'
Sub-Bass 16'
Principal 8'
Bass Flute 8'
Open Diapason 16'
Swell to Pedal

Stops Used for Verse 3
GREAT:
Fifteenth 2'
Open Diapason Small 8'
Open Diapason Large 8'
Principal 4'

Stops Used for Verse 4
GREAT:
Fifteenth 2'
Open Diapason Small 8'
Open Diapason Large 8'
Principal 4'
Trumpet 8'

PEDAL:
Echo Bass 16'
Sub-Bass 16'
Principal 8'
Bass Flute 8'
Open Diapason 16'
Swell to Pedal

Input From Experienced Organists Welcome!

If you are an experienced organist/musician please feel free to make recommendations on how my pipe organ recordings could be improved by using different stop combinations and composing better preludes. I am not an organist myself and have only a very basic knowledge of music, so anything I put out is going to be very simple, but hopefully that will change with time as I learn more.

In order to view the scores I put together you will need the the Noteworthy Composer Viewer which can be downloaded for free here. If you want to the ability to edit the .NWC files you will need to buy the notation program Noteworthy Composer 2, which is only $49.00. There are much more expensive notation programs like Sibelius 6, but I've found Noteworthy to be sufficient for my needs.

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The Lutheran Hymnal (1941) - Hymn 603 - In The Resurrection

Concordia Publishing House owns the copyright on the lyrics for this hymn and I do not have permission to post them. The tune however is in the public domain according to this website:
http://www.cph.org/t-copyrights-tlh.aspx.

Hymn #603
The Lutheran Hymnal
Text: Job 19:25-27
Author unknown
Tr., John Bajus, 1939
Tune: "Resurrection"
Melody: Slovakian melody, c. 1600
Meter: 6.6.3.3.10.10.3.3.7.

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TLH - Hymn 603 (Version 2) MP3
TLH - Hymn 603 (Version 2) NWC

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Stops used for this hymn on St. Anne's Moseley (Hauptwerk virtual pipe organ) are as follows.

Stops Used for Prelude
SWELL:
Salicet 4'
Geigen Principal 8'
Piccolo 2'

Stops Used for Verses 1-4
GREAT:
Fifteenth 2'
Open Diapason Small 8'
Open Diapason Large 8'
Principal 4'

PEDAL:
Echo Bass 16'
Sub-Bass 16'
Principal 8'
Bass Flute 8'
Open Diapason 16'

St. Anne's Moseley Organ Stop List

The stops on my virtual pipe organ, St. Anne's Moseley, are as follows. I will post what stops I use with each hymn I record.

The Organ Specification
http://www.hauptwerk.com/clientuploads/documentation/PDF/StAnnesOrganInfo.pdf
The organ of St. Anne's, Moseley, Birmingham, England, is a 1907 two-manual Brindley and Foster instrument with the following specification:

SWELL:
Lieblich Bourdon 16' (wood, Brindley).
Geigen Principal 8' (metal, Brindley).
Salicet 4' (metal, Brindley).
Rohr Flute 8' (wood, Brindley).
Flauto Magico 4' (wood, Brindley).
Gamba 8' (metal, Brindley).
Voix Celeste 8' (metal, Brindley).
Piccolo 2' (metal, Brindley).
Mixture III ranks (metal, Nicholson).
Clarinet 8' (metal, Nicholson).
Trumpet 8' (metal, Nicholson).
Oboe 8' (metal, Nicholson).
Contra Fagotto 16' (metal, Brindley and Nicholson).
Tremulant

GREAT:
Open Diapason Large 8' (metal, Brindley).
Open Diapason Small 8' (metal, Lewis).
Dulciana 8' (metal, Lewis).
Lieblich Gedact 8' (wood, Lewis).
Principal 4' (metal, Lewis).
Clear Flute 4' (metal, Brindley).
Fifteenth 2' (metal, Brindley).
Mixture IV ranks (metal, Nicholson).
Trumpet 8' (metal, Nicholson).
Clarion 4' (metal, Nicholson).

PEDAL:
Open Diapason 16' (wood, Brindley and Schultz).
Echo Bass 16 (wood, Brindley).
Sub-Bass 16' (wood, Brindley).
Principal 8' (wood and metal, Schultz and Nicholson).
Bass Flute 8' (wood, Brindley).
Fifteenth 4' (metal, Nicholson).
Trombone 16' (metal, Nicholson).

COUPLERS:
Swell Octave.
Swell Sub-Octave.
Swell Unison Off.
Swell to Great.
Swell to Pedal.
Great to Pedal.
Swell Octave to Great.
Swell Sub-Octave to Great.
Great and Pedal Pistons Coupled.

ACCESSORIES:
5 Thumb pistons to Swell, adjustable.
5 Thumb pistons to Great, adjustable.
Reversible Swell to Great. Reversible
Great to Pedal. 5 Toe pedals to Swell, adjustable.
Reversible Toe pedal Great to Pedal.
Balanced Swell pedal.

The following have been added for the Hauptwerk virtual model of the instrument:
ACCESSORIES:
40-stage Crescendo, adjustable.
General Cancel. Setter piston.
FF piston, adjustable.
PP piston, adjustable.

COUPLERS:
Swell to Great Melody.
Pedal to Great Bass.
Crescendo on Swell.
Crescendo on Great.
Crescendo on Pedal.

Providing Pipe Organ Hymn Recordings

The purpose of this blog is to provide hymn recordings made on the Hauptwerk (http://www.hauptwerk.com/) virtual pipe organ. I am not an organist or experienced musician, but I love music, especially on the pipe organ so I put this simple blog together to post my creations in the hope other Christians would be edified by them as well.

Since I am not an experienced organist or musician I will post the Noteworthy Composer (.nwc) file along with the PDF of the sheet music I arranged for the organ, so if anyone who has more experience playing the organ wants to suggest changes they can send me an e-mail, which is posted on my Blogger profile.