In my research on the life and work of John Bacchus Dykes (1823-1876) I came across an interesting list of residences and household members. I suspect this had as much to do with the familial prosperity as anything else. His grandfather was the pastor at St John’s Church, Hull, England for 57 years and was a close friend of William Wilberforce. (Wilberforce was the leading force behind the abolition of slavery in England and its possessions.) John’s father was a very successful banker.
Having your grandfather pastoring your church would give the precocious young Dykes the easy opportunity to play the organ for services and become immersed in church music and church life.
Dykes attended St. Catherine’s College and earned a BA in classics. He had a reputation for singing comic songs with the university music society. Upon graduation he was ordained as a Deacon in the Church of England and quickly advanced from Curate to a Priest by 1848.
In 1850 he married Susanna Kingston. They went on to have seven children. There is a record from 1871 that John (48) and Susan (43) resided at 27 Church Street, Durham with their children, Susanna’s blind brother, and a staff of three: a cook, waiter, and a housemaid.
Although Dykes published many articles and sermons, he is best remembered for his hymn tunes. In 1862, a new hymnal known as “Hymns Ancient and Modern” featured some of his oeuvre at that time. (This hymnal continues to this day, periodically be revised with new “modern” hymns, thus staying always fresh and well-grounded in historical hymnody.)
www.Hymnary.org lists 142 hymn tunes for Dykes, though I found a few mislabeled. His most famous tunes include Dies Irae, Hollingside, Melita, Nicaea, St Cuthbert, Gerontius, Lux Benigna, Strength and Stay, and O Quanta Qualia.
Here are the hymns I have recorded so far which use a Dykes tune:
Title | Tune | YouTube | Author |
Abundant Fields of Grain Shall Wave | Beatitudo | https://youtu.be/RaI32i0zxPQ | Psalm 72 |
According to Thy Gracious Word | St Agnes | https://youtu.be/JnIA9cxzNCs | James Montgomery |
Alas my God! My Sins Are Great | Dominus regit me | https://youtu.be/k-0bhWyArrw | Martin Rutilius |
All Praise to Our Redeeming Lord | Gerontius | https://youtu.be/gG2S3tcrhyY | Charles Wesley |
And Now, Beloved Lord, Thy Soul Resigning | Commendatio | https://youtu.be/5KasZ2wPMHI | Eliza S Alderson |
Author of Life Divine | St Godric | https://youtu.be/WrbSMEk4HXM | Charles Wesley |
Baptized Into Thy Name | St Godric | https://youtu.be/t2MPVhlC6oI | Charles Wesley |
Be Known to Us in Breaking Bread | St Agnes | https://youtu.be/ZAKgB6yNWUQ | James Montgomery |
Behold Us, Lord, A Little Space | St Agnes | https://youtu.be/lsMFDunFTsI | John Ellerton |
Blest Be the Dear Uniting Love | Faith | https://youtu.be/S9_0m-JjleQ | Charles Wesley |
Bright The Visions That Delight | St Oswald | https://youtu.be/_cw_0FljbAI | Richard Mant |
Bring, O Morn, Thy Music | Nicea | https://youtu.be/AAPxvBo8Tb0 | William C Gannett |
By the Cross of Jesus Standing | Stabat Mater | https://youtu.be/O0Dsgm-MK7U | Horatius Bonar |
Calm, on the Listening Ear of Night | St Agnes | https://youtu.be/cvGh-qFBqpc | Edmund Hamilton Sears |
Calmly, Calmly Lay Him Down | St Bees | https://youtu.be/z4cFEJGMSas | William Gaskell |
Christian, Dost Thou See Them | St Andrew of Crete | https://youtu.be/vuMJJPRD5E0 | Andrew of Crete |
Come in, Thou Blessed of the Lord | St Agnes | https://youtu.be/vCO1B95I5A8 | James Montgomery |
Come, Holy Spirit, Heavenly Dove | St Agnes | https://youtu.be/rP6cPffwPs8 | Isaac Watts |
Come, Let us Join Our Cheerful Songs | Laud | https://youtu.be/XU6tyE_51MM | Isaac Watts |
Come, Let Us Join With One Accord | Beatitudo | https://youtu.be/YmJgwnIH_Qk | Charles Wesley |
Come, Said Jesus Sacred Voice | St Bees | https://youtu.be/o1HDV3CjVVY | Anna L Barbauld |
Day of Wrath! O Day of Mourning! | Dies Irae – Dykes | https://youtu.be/sZdoNHX2OxA | Thomas de Celano |
Early, My God, Without Delay | Beatitudo | https://youtu.be/RrOmqzh5qLE | Isaac Watts |
Early, My God, Without Delay | St Agnes | https://youtu.be/sZ92SVg-Zvg | Isaac Watts |
Eternal Father, Strong to Save | Melita | https://youtu.be/SZJdqQeieyg | William Whitting |
Eyes of a Child | St Aelred | https://youtu.be/XwDhWD2uT58 | Linda Bonney Olin |
Father of All, Whose Love Profound | Rivaulx | https://youtu.be/hmcDntTxIoo | E Cooper |
Father of Mercies, in Thy Word | Beatitudo | https://youtu.be/qLmQakAoqGE | Anne Steele |
Father to Us Thy Children | Strength and Stay | https://youtu.be/Np6xAxXCbDU | James Freeman Clarke |
Father, How Wide Thy Glory Shines | Beatitudo – alt | https://youtu.be/D6onLjlPNiA | Isaac Watts |
Father, I Know that All My Life | St Bede | https://youtu.be/aVJpiw9Kduc | Anna L Waring |
Father, I Stretch My Hands to Thee | St Agnes | https://youtu.be/lXGOA4AYrc8 | Charles Wesley |
Father, Son, and Holy Ghost | Gethsemane | https://youtu.be/E7nE3rWGSnA | Charles Wesley |
Fierce Raged the Tempest O’er the Deep | St Aelred | https://youtu.be/DyciJqc1SZk | Geofry Thring |
Forth in Thy Name, O Lord, I Go | Keble | https://youtu.be/jhi7hfaQ15I | Charles Wesley |
Gentle Jesus, Meek and Mild | Glebe | https://youtu.be/yfDVWaYNPhw | Charles Wesley |
God is in His Holy Temple | St Sylvester | https://youtu.be/iO2JDoOeLiY | James Montgomery |
God is in This and Every Place | St Agnes | https://youtu.be/SQU8FIuKlhU | Charles Wesley |
God is King Forever; Let the Nations Tremble | Nicea | https://youtu.be/UzLw7eIjaYM | Psalm 99 |
God of Our Fathers, Known of Old | Melita | https://youtu.be/27QoxonmDYs | Rudyard Kipling |
God of the Nations, Near and Far | St Agnes | https://youtu.be/HzXmBL7jRmc | John Haynes Holmes |
Guide Me, O Thou Great Jehovah | St Oswald | https://youtu.be/Jix8qryvVGg | William Williams |
Hail! Thou Long Expected Jesus | St Oswald | https://youtu.be/XQnZiTSZk24 | Charles Wesley |
Happy the Home When God is There | St Agnes | https://youtu.be/U5Tt-nX4A98 | Henry Ware Jr |
Happy the Souls to Jesus Joined | Faith | https://youtu.be/ygd7g65kim0 | Charles Wesley |
Happy the Souls to Jesus Joined | St Agnes | https://youtu.be/BzpitfPSOhc | Charles Wesley |
Hark, My Soul, It is the Lord! | St Bees | https://youtu.be/4tYPQ6TS4Lw | William Cowper |
Hark! the Herald Angels Sing | Herald Angels | https://youtu.be/IohEkcM-AFQ | Charles Wesley |
Hark! The Sound of Holy Voices | Sanctuary | https://youtu.be/sKg6rWzY54k | Christopher Wordsworth |
Have Mercy on Us, God Most High | Gerontius | https://youtu.be/4O72qvxCMao | Frederick W Faber |
Ho! Everyone Who Thirsts, Draw Nigh | Rivaulx | https://youtu.be/F-zWkEAs73o | Charles Wesley |
Holy Father, Cheer Our Way | Vesperi Lux | https://youtu.be/2ESw0JWo2_A | Richard H Robinson |
Hosanna to the Living Lord | Hosanna | https://youtu.be/D7yJ13IhQuU | Reginald Heber |
How Beautiful the Sight of Brothers | St Godric | https://youtu.be/pu0L7dvmjds | James Montgomery |
How I Love to Use My Hands | Blairgowrie alt | https://youtu.be/B4RZS-VWa_c | Linda Bonney Olin |
How Precious is the Book Divine | St Agnes | https://youtu.be/5QizsZm35Uo | John Fawcett |
I Bow My Forehead to the Dust | St Agnes | https://youtu.be/a5P5yOv7zWc | John G Whittier |
I Could Not Do Without Thee | Hartford | https://youtu.be/FmPSamV8BOQ | Frances R Havergal |
I Heard the Voice of Jesus Say | Vox dilecti | https://youtu.be/GHylH7m8TeE | Horatius Bonar |
I to the Hills Will Lift My Eyes | St Agnes | https://youtu.be/FOCN3XnFqfM | Psalm 121 |
Immortal Love, Forever Full | Beatitudo | https://youtu.be/TDlXGLErblo | John G Whittier |
Immortal Love, Forever Full | Faith | https://youtu.be/a-N82ldcbRg | John G Whittier |
Jesus, Lover of my Soul | Hollingside | https://youtu.be/3juMJOgIXRs | Charles Wesley |
Jesus, Master, Whom I Serve | Glastonbury | https://youtu.be/_A2JSD6fwXU | Frances R Havergal |
Jesus, Merciful and Mild | Hollingside | https://youtu.be/ilbFJfic7WA | Thomas Hastings |
Jesus, the Great Shepherd of the Sheep | St Agnes | https://youtu.be/Q7o0M_Zw7a0 | Charles Wesley |
Jesus, the Very Thought of Thee | St Agnes | https://youtu.be/eaHo7aFT7-c | Bernard of Clairvaux |
Jesus, United by Thy Grace | Beatitudo | https://youtu.be/TJaq1pnNke4 | Charles Wesley |
Jesus, With Thy Church Abide | Litany of the Passion | https://youtu.be/O0_Ojm4aVAw | Thomas Benson Pollock |
Jesus! Name of Wondrous Love! | St Bees | https://youtu.be/Qz3ijCR5urE | William Walsham How |
Laden With Guilt and Full of Fears | St Agnes | https://youtu.be/cR2_BcFMEec | Isaac Watts |
Lead, Kindly Light | Lux Benigna | https://youtu.be/z6QaKyWrpww | John Henry Newman |
Let Saints on Earth in Concert Sing | Beatitudo | https://youtu.be/yn-3NVVKNVs | Charles Wesley |
Lo! What a Glorious Sight Appears | St Agnes | https://youtu.be/Vg6ZiCNZOcg | Isaac Watts |
Lord of All Being, Throned Afar | Keble | https://youtu.be/FEWuDhAFQ5c | Oliver W. Holmes |
Lord, As We Thy Name Profess | St Bees | https://youtu.be/B9PTWfxlBvI | Edwin P Parker |
Lord, It Belongs Not to My Care | St Agnes | https://youtu.be/4xY7t3nTEG8 | Richard Baxter |
Mid All the Traffic of the Ways | St Agnes | https://youtu.be/aWXwQ0U1DoQ | John Oxenham |
My God and Father, Day by Day | Almsgiving | https://youtu.be/_bmcx2MzPPM | Charlotte Elliott |
My God, Is Any Hour So Sweet | Almsgiving | https://youtu.be/QK2zyGwWb3U | Charlotte Elliott |
My Shepherd is the Lord Who Knows my Needs | Lux Benigna | https://youtu.be/_-MIm-XI0tE | Psalm 23 |
No Form of Human Framing | Alford | https://youtu.be/h0r0ocw8fR8 | Henry Van Dyke |
Now the Laborer’s Task is O’er | Requiescat | https://youtu.be/9Xctk0o-ZCk | John Ellerton |
Now, The Sowing and the Weeping | Sylvester | https://youtu.be/DSe3Gg5dOsc | Frances R Havergal |
O Brother Man | Strength and Stay | https://youtu.be/2O7agHIkDag | John G Whittier |
O Come and Mourn with Me Awhile | St Cross | https://youtu.be/AyZAeTL15IU | Frederick W Faber |
O Father God, Dear Abba | Blairgowrie | https://youtu.be/TMXsBW-etmw | Linda Bonney Olin |
O for a Closer Walk with God | Beatitudo | https://youtu.be/bxZesDYGd0Y | William Cowper |
O For a Faith That Will Not Shrink | Beatitudo | https://youtu.be/2EmH6ZOqQt4 | William H Bathurst |
O for a Heart to Praise My God | Beatitudo | https://youtu.be/BlkVIzpA0xI | Charles Wesley |
O Jesus Christ, Grow Thou in Me | St Agnes | https://youtu.be/mA2edcnsGlU | Johann Caspar Lavater |
O Jesus, Crucified for Man | Intercession | https://youtu.be/vqsrG5qXu3I | William Walsham How |
O Lord and Master of Us All | St Agnes | https://youtu.be/r_ECrBtT8Kg | John G Whittier |
O Lord Most High, With all my Heart | Rivaulx | https://youtu.be/qggvCbZoorA | Psalm 9 |
O Lord of Heaven and Earth and Sea | Almsgiving | https://youtu.be/byLirGFpTxU | Christopher Wordsworth |
O Lord, My God, My Joyful Heart | Calm | https://youtu.be/VXNXHPTj7Zw | Psalm 86 |
O Lord, To Us Thy Mercy Show | Melita | https://youtu.be/oXApP8wdan8 | Psalm 85 |
O Love Divine and Golden | Blairgowrie | https://youtu.be/QogTBqhGSjI | John S B Monsell |
O Master of the Waking World | Melita | https://youtu.be/N6p_JJFCzIg | Frank Mason Nort |
O Perfect Love, All Human Thought Transcending | Strength and Stay | https://youtu.be/R2lPXiXI2NI | Dorothy Fraces Gurney |
O Quickly Come, Dread Judge of All | Melita | https://youtu.be/wlq1MgNXkHs | Lawrence Tuttiett |
O Sing Ye Hallelujah | Hartford | https://youtu.be/1QzUvC5xEOw | Psalm 147 |
O Spirit of the Living God | Keble | https://youtu.be/F0J1289Md1c | James Montgomery |
O Thou, From Whom All Goodness Flows | Beatitudo | https://youtu.be/bphCZgtH34Y | Thomas Haweis |
O Thou, in All Thy Might So Far | St Agnes | https://youtu.be/wcYXnbWYOlc | Frederick L Hosmer |
O Thou, To Whose All Searching Sight | St Cross | https://youtu.be/5hX_vLGLCSU | Nicolaus Ludwig |
O Young and Fearless Prophet | Blairgowrie | https://youtu.be/pvPRuys0l_E | S Ralph Harlow |
Oh, for a Thousand Tongues to Sing | Beatitudo | https://youtu.be/4svXNyh6rNc | Charles Wesley |
Once More, My Soul, the Rising Day | St Agnes | https://youtu.be/_95C79jjRHY | Isaac Watts |
One Prayer I Have | Beatitudo | https://youtu.be/UPx6kb4hfok | James Montgomery |
Our Blest Redeemer, Ere He Breathed | St Cuthbert | https://youtu.be/WCx0BEV5PBc | Harriet Auber |
Our Father’s God, From Out Whose Hand | Melita | https://youtu.be/6o-cZ6DvdYw | John G Whittier |
Praise to the Holiest in the Height | Gerontius | https://youtu.be/ABk-mO6O3CY | John Henry Newman |
Prayer Is the Soul’s Sincere Desire | St Agnes | https://youtu.be/hK7mPuQndsQ | James Montgomery |
Ride On! Ride On in Majesty! | St Drostane | https://youtu.be/S_CtIWSeVyY | Henry H Milman |
Searcher of Hearts, From Mine Erase | Beatitudo | https://youtu.be/qSoC-yoHIO0 | George P Morris |
Shepherd of Souls, Refresh and Bless | St Agnes | https://youtu.be/721y0jL5PS0 | James Montgomery |
Show Pity, Lord, O Lord, Forgive | St Cross | https://youtu.be/Ulc0mZZ53j8 | Isaac Watts |
Sing, My Soul, His Wondrous Love | St Bees | https://youtu.be/J5n7CxcRqPw | Unknown |
Sinners, the Voice of God Regard | St Agnes | https://youtu.be/DbFfmWDGt5g | John Fawcett |
Sinners, Turn Why Will Ye Die | Hollingside | https://youtu.be/LUYnY8h1C4k | Charles Wesley |
Strong Son of God, Immortal Love | Keble | https://youtu.be/W8FmkpBfQjQ | Alfred Tennyson |
Sweet the Moments, Rich in Blessing | St Oswald | https://youtu.be/RlyGXmkeooc | James Allen & Walter Shirley |
Take My Life and Let it Be | Hollingside | https://youtu.be/YzHETVigOT4 | Frances R Havergal |
Take My Life, And Let it Be | St Bees | https://youtu.be/NvyD9q1-FxI | Frances R Havergal |
Ten Thousand Times Ten Thousand | Alford | https://youtu.be/KqxNHfE6JWo | Henry Alford |
That Day of Wrath, That Dreadful Day | St Cross | https://youtu.be/vAELHSzP6Ok | Thomas of Celano |
The Day of Wrath, That Dreadful Day | St Cross | https://youtu.be/8ciWL8Qr8qQ | Walter Scott |
The Fathers Built This City | Alford | https://youtu.be/xmcgI8egMGs | William G Tarrant |
The King of Love My Shepherd Is | Dominus regit me | https://youtu.be/nC61E8Z6gkE | H W Baker |
The King Rejoiceth in Thy Strength | St Drostane | https://youtu.be/xGx4vuGe48Y | Psalm 21 |
The Lord Jehovah Reigns | St Godric | https://youtu.be/WV4EDUKmBRM | Isaac Watts |
The Lord’s My Shepherd | Beatitudo | https://youtu.be/VuNh2JoRRz8 | Francis Rous |
There is an Hour of Hallowed Peace | St Agnes | https://youtu.be/bSGpYweFp3Q | Wilham Bingham Tappan |
There’s Not a Tint That Paints the Rose | St Agnes | https://youtu.be/NcRtLU5ktk4 | J A Wallace |
Thy Home Is with the Humble, Lord | St Agnes | https://youtu.be/-olE7CHmMys | Frederick W Faber |
Tis Finished So the Savior Cried | St Cross | https://youtu.be/D0G9ymWQmQs | Samuel Stennet |
To Thee, Our God We Fly | St Godric | https://youtu.be/p0XscR3iEew | William W How |
Unto God Our Savior | St Mary Magdalene | https://youtu.be/DHPSOEW499Y | Psalm 98 |
Why Do We Mourn for Dying Friends | Beatitudo | https://youtu.be/eDKT13grmwc | Isaac Watts |
Ye Men and Angels, Witness Now | St Agnes | https://youtu.be/Su9SIGwGDO4 | Benjamin Beldome |
Do Ye, O Men, Speak Righteousness | Bone Pastor | https://youtu.be/ZP-pZ7hHMCE | Psalm 58 |
Gracious God, My Heart Renew | Gethsemane | https://youtu.be/yz0pX_23HsQ | Psalm 51 |
Hear This, All Ye People, Hear | Ferrier | https://youtu.be/9EHtiNn19Kw | Psalm 49 |
In the Hour of Trial | St Mary Magdalene | https://youtu.be/5xNcwpH3Wtc | James Montgomery |
In Thy Wrath and Hot Displeasure | St Sylvester | https://youtu.be/gR93LI85i0M | Psalm 38 |
O God, According to Thy Grace | Vox Dilecti | https://youtu.be/lyOIQjyGexk | Psalm 51 |
O Jesus, King Most Wonderful | St Agnes | https://youtu.be/yc601X3ssVM | Unknown |
Twas on That Dar, That Doleful Night | St Cross | https://youtu.be/0MHlrjUQavU | Isaac Watts |
Workman of God! O Lose Not Heart | St Agnes – TWH | https://youtu.be/9aaNOGxjj1g | Frederick W Faber |
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