As With Gladness Men of Old

Text by William Chatterton Dix

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About this hymn

Date: 1860
Tune: Dix
Composer: Conrad Kocher, William Henry Monk
Key: G
Meter: 7 7 7 7 7 7

Historical background

This edition is preserved in the Open Hymnal Project at source revision d35811b2d5c9. Contributor and publication details below are reproduced from the score metadata rather than inferred.

Theology & Scripture

The source index associates this text with Christmas/Advent, God, As King, Guidance, Holiness, Jesus, Joy.

Mt 2:1-12 · Num 7:89 · Mt 7:13-14 · Rev 21:23-27

Musical background

Dix is presented in the source key of G, with four documented parts.

Sources & rights

Verified for United States on 2026-10-13. Public domain — source score marking

Words: William Chatterton Dix, 1860. Music: 'Dix' or 'Treuer Heiland, Wir Sind Heir' Conrad Kocher, 1838. Abridged by William Henry Monk, 1861. Setting: Conrad Kocher, 1838, alt. by William Henry Monk, 1861, alt. for "The English Hymnal", 1906. copyright: public domain. This score is a part of the Open Hymnal Project, 2008 Revision.