Saviour, again to thy dear name we raise

Saviour, again to thy dear name we raise. John Ellerton* (1826-1893). Written in 1866 as a hymn of six verses for a ‘Festival of Parochial Choirs’ at Nantwich, Cheshire. Ellerton condensed it into its usual form of four stanzas for inclusion in the Appendix (1868) to the First Edition of A&M, and in Church Hymns (1871) (in the latter with verses 2 and 3 transposed). Two versions of this hymn appear in Ellerton’s Hymns Original and Translated (1888). Printed first is one ‘Revised 1868’, headed ‘Sunday. Evening. [After Service, Sundays or Festivals.]’. This is followed by the longer version, headed ‘Sunday. Evening. [Original form of the Last Hymn]’. This longer version is dated...