Trinity Presbyterian was organized in October 1861, during the dark, uncertain times of a War between the states. Not a verbal war, like today, but a real one where citizens were dying.
Five states seceded from the Union in January of that year and by February, seven states had formed another country and had elected their own President.
Lincoln did not take office until April and five weeks afterwards the shooting and killing began as war broke out at Ft. Sumter.
About that time, my Great Grandfather, James Wheatley Giles, enlisted in the Union Army at a small church near Stockdale, Ohio; he was 14. When he returned home in 1865, he was still a teenager, but had experienced four years of carnage as member of an artillery unit.
At the end of that year, 1861, Trinity Church received a gift from the minister’s former congregation in Montreal Canada – a church bell, which still hangs in the belfry, having witnessed 150 years of history from its lofty position.
Here is the format we will use for our 125th Hymns presentation, a journey Joan and I began together in 1997.
Come if you can; otherwise, hum along.
Trinity Presbyterian Church, Berwyn, PA 150th Anniversary Celebration – October 9, 2011 – 7:00pm Ronald D. Giles, Baritone; Joan E. Giles, Piano
1. “Of the Father’s Love Begotten” – Text: Aurelius Clemens Prudentius, ca 390 Music: 12th Century Plainsong Hymn #309
Verses 1 & 3 -- Ron
2. “Be Thou My Vision" – 8th Century Irish Text; Irish Folk Melody; Translated by Mary Byrne, 1905; Versified by Eleanor Hull Music arranged by Craig Courtney
Verse 1 -- Ron; Verse 2 -- All in Unison; Verse 3 -- Ron
3. “Comfort, Comfort You My People” – Text: Johannes Olearius, 1671; Music: Attributed to Louis Bourgeois, Geneva 1551; Music arranged by John Ferguson Hymn # 3
Verse 1 – Ron; Verses 2 & 3 – All in Unison
4. “It is Well With My Soul” – Text: Horatio Spafford, 1874; Music: Phillip Bliss, 1874, arranged by John Ness Beck
Ron and Joan
5. “How Great Thou Art” – Text: C. G. Boberg, 1885; English Version, S. K Hine, 1953; Music: Swedish Folk Tune. Arranged by Craig Courtney Hymn #467
Verses 1 & 3 -- Ron; Verse 4 – All in Unison
6. “I Danced in the Morning” - Text: Sydney Carter, 1963; Music – American Shaker Tune Hymn #302
Verses 1-3 – All in Unison; Verse 4 – Ron; Refrain – All in Unison. Verse 5 – All in Unison
7. “Here I Am, Lord” – Text and Music: Dan Schutte, 1981 -- Hymn# 525
Verses – Ron; Refrain, All in Unison
8. “This Little Light/ This Joy” – Spirituals, arranged by Jeffrey Radford, 1993
Verse 1—This Little Light of Mine -- All in Unison . Verse 2 – Ron – This Joy of Mine Verse 3 – This Hope of Mine – All in Unison Verse 4 – This Faith I Have – Parts – S.A.T.B. Verse 5 – This Peace I Have – All in Unison
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