Above:  The Title Page of the Hymnal and Liturgies of the Moravian Church (1969)

Scanned by Kenneth Randolph Taylor

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EDWARD TIMOTHY MICKEY, JR. (MAY 5, 1908-DECEMBER 1, 1986)

U.S. Moravian Bishop and Liturgist

Above:  Winston-Salem Journal, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, December 8, 1921, Page 3

Accessed via newspapers.com

Edward Timothy Mickey, Jr., came from a family of the Moravian Church (Unitas Fratrum).  He, born, at Salem (now Winston-Salem), North-Carolina, on May 5, 1908, was a son of Edward Timothy Mickey, Sr. (1877-1949), a businessman, and Ada Fogle Mickey.  Our saint attended local schools before studying at Moravian Church and Theological Seminary, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, graduating from the college in 1930 and the seminary in 1933.

Above:  Reading Times, Reading, Pennsylvania, April 29, 1929, Page 22

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During 45 years (1933-1978) of active ministry Mickey served 10 churches.  In the early 1940s our saint was the pastor of Grace Moravian Church, Mt. Airy, North Carolina.  The local schools lacked a music education program, but Grace Moravian Church did.  Thus, in 1942, Mickey began to give voice and trombone lessons to a young Andy Griffith (1926-2012), and to function as his mentor.  Our saint helped Griffith to matriculate at the University of North Carolina a few years later.

Our saint married Helen Schimmel (1910-2004).  The couple had two sons.  Edward Timothy Mickey, III (1935-2008), installed pipe organs, and David Charles Mickey, Sr. (1943-1993), was a merchant.

Our saint, a bishop from 1977 to his death (1986), was a liturgist.  He chaired the liturgical commission that prepared the Hymnal and Liturgies of the Moravian Church (1969), which succeeded the Hymnal and Liturgies of the Moravian Church (Unitas Fratrum) (1923).   He also wrote Let Us Worship–A Study of the Hymnal of the Moravian Church, the 1985-1986 study guide for the Moravian Women’s Fellowship.  Furthermore, Mickey altered Arthur Tozer Russell‘s translation (“How Shall I Meet My Saviour“) of a hymn by Paul Gerhardt (1607-1676) to remove awkward repetitions.  Thus the Hymnal and the Liturgies of the Moravian Church (1969), offered both versions of the hymn, although the committee which prepared the Moravian Book of Worship (1995) dropped the unaltered translation.

Mickey was, toward the end of life, the Bishop-in Residence at the Moravian Theological Seminary, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania.  Although our saint lived in Winston-Salem, he visited Bethlehem frequently.

Mickey died at Winston-Salem on December 1, 1986.  He was 80 years old.

KENNETH RANDOLPH TAYLOR

JULY 15, 2015 COMMON ERA

THE FEAST OF RUTH, ANCESTOR OF KING DAVID

THE FEAST OF SAINT BONAVENTURE, THEOLOGIAN

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Holy God, whose majesty surpasses all human definitions and capacity to grasp,

thank you for those (especially Edward Timothy Mickey, Jr.)

who have nurtured and encouraged the reverent worship of you.

May their work inspire us to worship you in knowledge, truth, and beauty.

In the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit.  Amen.

1 Chronicles 25:1-8

Psalm 145

Revelation 15:1-4

John 4:19-26

KENNETH RANDOLPH TAYLOR

NOVEMBER 27, 2012 COMMON ERA

THE FEAST OF SAINT JAMES INTERCISUS, ROMAN CATHOLIC MARTYR

THE FEAST OF HENRY SLOANE COFFIN, U.S. PRESBYTERIAN THEOLOGIAN

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Above:  St. John’s College, Cambridge, England, Between 1890 and 1900

Published by Detroit Publishing Company, 1905

Image Source = Library of Congress

Reproduction Number = LC-DIG-ppmsc-08087

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ARTHUR TOZER RUSSELL (JUNE 20, 1806-NOVEMBER 18, 1874)

Anglican Priest and Hymn Writer

The Reverend Thomas Clout, a Congregationalist, edited versions of the theological works of others.  He also changed his surname to Russell.  And, at Northampton, England, his son, Arthur Tozer Russell, was born.  Our saint, a graduate of St. John’s College, Cambridge, took Anglican Holy Orders in 1829 and proceeded to serve a series of congregations I choose not to list here.  He, once a High Churchman, became a Low Churchman and a moderate Calvinist, one critical of both the Anglo-Catholic Tracts for the Times and the Broad Church Essays and Reviews.  Perhaps our saint’s reputation rests mainly–as it should–on his about 140 hymns–an impressive output.  I have added the texts of a few of those hymns at my GATHERED PRAYERS blog.

Christian piety comes in a variety of forms and schools of thought.  I, for example, have become a High-Broad Churchman, an Anglo-Lutheran-Catholic, to be precise.  This might change.  My thoughts regarding Christian piety are sufficiently broad, tolerant, and accepting to admit Low, Broad, and High churchmen and churchwomen alike too the Ecumenical Calendar of Saints’ Days and Holy Days with equal enthusiasm.

KENNETH RANDOLPH TAYLOR

JUNE 25, 2013 COMMON ERA

THE FEAST OF THE INAUGURATION OF THE UNITED CHURCH OF CHRIST, 1957

THE FEAST OF JAMES WELDON JOHNSON, POET AND NOVELIST

THE FEAST OF SAINT WILLIAM OF VERCELLI, ROMAN CATHOLIC HERMIT; AND SAINT JOHN OF MATERA, ROMAN CATHOLIC ABBOT

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Dear God of beauty,

you have granted literary ability and spiritual sensitivity to

Arthur Tozer Russell and others, who have composed hymn texts.

May we, as you guide us,

find worthy hymn texts to be icons,

through which we see you.

In the Name of God:  Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.  Amen.

Sirach/Ecclesiasticus 44:1-3a, 5-15

Psalm 147

Revelation 5:11-14

Luke 2:8-20

KENNETH RANDOLPH TAYLOR

APRIL 20, 2013 COMMON ERA

THE FEAST OF SAINTS AMATOR OF AUXERRE AND GERMANUS OF AUXERRE, ROMAN CATHOLIC BISHOPS; SAINT MAMERTINUS OF AUXERRE, ROMAN CATHOLIC ABBOT; AND SAINT MARCIAN OF AUXERRE, ROMAN CATHOLIC MONK

THE FEAST OF JOHANNES BUGENHAGEN, GERMAN LUTHERAN PASTOR

THE FEAST OF SAINT MARCELLINUS OF EMBRUN, ROMAN CATHOLIC BISHOP

THE FEAST OF OLAVUS AND LAURENTIUS PETRI, RENEWERS OF THE CHURCH

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