145:. As the title suggests, she particularly wrote with "the sick and lonely" in mind, and her verses were intended more for personal reflection than public singing. An enlarged edition was issued in 1870, which included "At the Name of Jesus". The original title was "Ascension Day", and it was written as a
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Throughout, the language of the hymn is triumphant, with many references to victory and might. Jesus is presented as a victorious king, who the singer should "crown" as their captain, and "enthrone" him in their hearts, declaring in the final stanza that "all wreaths of empire / meet upon his brow".
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vicar and hymnwriter. She started writing poetry at the age of 17, but stopped when she was 20. She resumed writing at the age of 40, prompted by serious chronic illness. This chronic illness persisted until her death. She has been compared to
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state that "at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of things in heaven, and things in earth, and things under the earth, and that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father."
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The phrases "Name him, brothers, name him" and "Brothers, this Lord Jesus" are sometimes altered in the interest of gender-inclusivity, substituting "Christians" for "brothers" or making larger but similar changes.
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described it as "the only completely objective theological hymn to come from the hand of a 19th-century woman writer", in contrast to the personal and subjective nature of hymns written by Noel's contemporaries.
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The remainder of the hymn describes Christ's exaltation, before the congregation encourages each other to "name him", "enthrone him", "crown him" and "confess him King of glory", looking forward to his
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described this as "a dignifed, but not a solemn tune", which "must not be sung too slowly." Another common early tune was "Cuddesdon", by
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included seven stanzas, omitting the second verse. This seven-stanza version has been commonly reprinted, although some hymnals shorten the text further to just four or five stanzas.
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begins "In the Name of Jesus", rather than "At the Name of Jesus". This is said to be a response to correspondence sent by the hymnwriter's family to the editors of
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described the hymn as "perhaps the strongest hymn of a robust outward-looking kind to come from a woman's pen". Hymnologist
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