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Ye heavens with sounds of triumph ring. P. Doddridge. [Christ Glorified.J From his posthumous Hymns, &c., 1755.
Ye holy angels bright. R. Baxter. [United Praise to God.] This in Chope's Hyl., 1858; the S. P. C. K. Church Hys., 1871; the 1889, Suppl. Hys. to H. A. & M., and others, is altered from Baxter's "Psalm of Praise," in his Poetical Fragments, 1681. The recast is by Mr. Chope.
Ye hosts of heaven, ye mighty ones. [Ps. xxix.] This, in the Leeds H. Bk., 1853, No. 35, is a recast of the Old Version rendering of Ps. 29, and was made for that Coll, by G. Rawson. See Old Version, p. 865, ii.
Ye men and angels, witness now. An altered form of "Witness, ye men and angels now," p. 124, i., 65.
Ye saints, assist me in my song. W. B. Collyer. [Redeeming Love.] From his Coll., 1812, No. 933.
Ye seed of Jacob, one and all. From J. Keble's "My God, my God, why hast Thou me?" p. 613, ii., 35.
Ye weak inhabitants of clay. P. Doddridge. [Greatness of God.] From his posthumous Hymns, &c., 1755, No. 97, in 6 st. of 4 l. It is in the D. MSS., but undated.
Ye who have traced our Saviour's path. An altered form of P. Doddridge's "Ye humble souls that seek the Lord," p. 306, ii., in Brown-Borthwick's Select Hys., 1871–85, made by the Rev. J. Ellerton.
Yerbury, W. His Hys. and Poems for Believers, were pub. posthumously (so the Preface) but without date. One or two hymns therefrom are in the hymnals of the Plymouth Brethren, including the first, "Thy Name we love, Lord Jesus." (The Name of Jesus.)
Yes, faith can pierce the awful gloom. A cento from P. Doddridge's "Eternal and immortal King," p. 356, i., st. ii., iii., v., altered in the Leeds H. Bk., 1853, No. 501.
Yet one more day is well-nigh flown. T. Davis. [Evening.] From his Hys. Old and New, 1864, into the Universal H. Bk., 1885.
York, Charles Edward., M.A., b. in 1842, Chaplain Royal Marine Light Infantry; educated at Pembroke College, Oxford (B.A. 1864), and for sometime Chaplain in the Royal Navy, is the author of "As near the wish'd-for port we draw" (For Use at Sea), in the 1889 Suppl. Hys. to H. A. & M.
York, Sarah Emily, née Waldo, an American writer, was b. in 1819, and d. in 1851. Her Memoir was pub. by Mrs. Medberry in 1853. Her hymn, "I'm weary of straying, O fain would I rest" (Rest desired), appeared in the Reformed Dutch Ps. & Hys., 1847.
Young, J. Under this signature two hymns are given in the Amer. Bap. Psalmist, 1843: (1) "O for a shout of joy" (God's Eternal Love), No. 157, in 5 st. of 6 l; and (2) "O Holy Lord, our God" (On behalf of Ministers), No. 952, in 4 st. of 7 l. Both are still in C. U.
Your harps, ye trembling saints, p. 1300, i. Another cento is "If, on a quiet sea." The text is considerably altered.