John Ernest Bode

John Ernest Bode February 13, 1816 - October 6, 1874 was an Anglican clergy, educator, poet, and hymnist.

Life

Born in London, he was the son of William Bode. Married with three children. Educated at Eton, the Charter House, and then at Christ Church, Oxford where he received his B.A. in 1837 and a M.A. He won the Hertford Scholarship. He died in Castle Camps, October 6 1874. Buried near hedge facing West Window.

ervice

Ordained in 1841, he became Rector of Westwell, Oxfordshire in 1847, then of Castle Camps, Cambridgeshire, 1860. He was also for a time Tutor of his College, and Classical Examiner.

Published Works

His Bampton Lectures were delivered in 1855. He also published "Ballads from Herodotus", "Hymns from the Gospel of the Day for each Sunday and Festivals of our Lord"; and "Short Occasional Poems". Hymns include "O Jesu, I have promised", "Sweetly the Sabbath Bell", "God of Heaven enthroned in Might", and "Spirit of Truth, Indwelling Light".

"O Jesus I Have Promised" was written on the occasion of the confirmation of his own two sons and daughter at Castle Camps in 1869. The hymn tune was written in 1881 by Arthur H Mann who at one period in his life served as organist and choirmaster at Kings College, Cambridge, famous for its superb choral music.

A letter written by him in support of Osborne Gordon is held in the Papers of Osborne Gordon collection at Oxford.

References

*cite book
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first =John
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title =A dictionary of hymnology : setting forth the origin and history of Christian hymns of all ages and nations
publisher =John Murray
date =June, 1907
location =London
pages =151
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*cite book
last =Bailey
first =Albert Edward
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title =The Gospel in Hymns
publisher =Charles Scribner's sons
date =1950
location =New York
pages =436-437
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title=History - The village of Castle Camps
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url =http://www.enterprise-link.co.uk/castlecamps/DisplayArticle.asp?ID=4247
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accessdate = 2007-02-01

*cite web
last =Christian Classic Ethereal Library
first =Calvin College
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title =Hymn Writers of the Church
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url =http://www.ccel.org/ccel/nutter/hymnwriters.Bode_JE.html
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*cite web
last =Oxford
first =Bodlein Library
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title =Papers of Osborne Gordon and the Gordon family of Bridgnorth, Shropshire
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url =http://www.bodley.ox.ac.uk/dept/scwmss/wmss/online/1500-1900/gordon/gordon000.html
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accessdate = 2007-02-01

External links

* [http://www.newbeginningprojects.com/cmms/htmlListing/w00/w00203.html Links to lyrics of Bode's hymns]