n they will no doubt continue to be loved and
sung through centuries yet to come.

Neale died August 6, 1866, at the age of forty-eight years, trusting in
the atoning blood of Christ, and with the glorious assurance expressed in
his version of St. Stephen's hymn:

If I still hold closely to Him,
What hath He at last?
"Sorrow vanquished, labor ended,
Jordan passed."

If I ask Him to receive me,
Will He say me nay?
"Not till earth and not till heaven
Pass away."

Another Englishman who gained renown by translations of the old classical
hymns of the Church was Edward Caswall. He was a contemporary of Neale,
and, like the latter, came under the influence of the "Oxford Movement,"
which cost the Church of England some of its ablest men. While Neale,
however, remained faithful to his own communion, Caswall resigned as a
minister of the English Church and became a Romanist. He was made a
priest in the Congregation of the Oratory, which Cardinal Newman had
established in Birmingham, a position he continued to fill until his
death in 1878.

Two of the most beautiful hymns in the English language--"Jesus, the very
thought of Thee" and "O Jesus, King most wonderful"--were derived by
Caswall from the famous Latin poem, _De Nomine Jesu_, by Bernard of
Clairvaux. Of the former hymn Dr. Robinson has said: "One might call this
poem the finest in the world and still be within the limits of all
extravagance."

Among other fine translations from the Latin by Caswall are "Hark! a
thrilling voice is sounding" and "Glory be to Jesus." He also has given
us some hymns from the German, including the exquisite morning hymn,
"When morning gilds the skies." This is such a free rendering, however,
that it may rather be regarded as an original hymn by Caswall. Three of
its stanzas read:

When morning gilds the skies,
My heart, awaking, cries,
May Jesus Christ be praised!
Alike at work and prayer,
To Jesus I repair;
May Jesus Christ be praised!

In heaven's eternal bliss
The loveliest strain is this,
May Jesus Christ be praised!
Let air, and sea, and sky
From depth to height reply,
May Jesus Christ be praised!

Be this, while life is mine,
My canticle divine,
May Jesus Christ be praised!
Be this the eternal song
Through all the ages on,
May Jesus Christ be praised!

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