Edmond Louis Budry (August 30, 1854 – November 12, 1932) was a Swiss hymn writer famous for writing the lyrics to the hymn " Thine Be the Glory" ("À toi la gloire") to music from Judas Maccabaeus by George Frideric Handel.

Born in Vevey, he studied theology in Lausanne and was a pastor at Cully and Sainte-Croix between 1881 and 1889. He then became pastor of the Free Church in Vevey for a further 35 years, retiring in 1923. Besides writing original hymns, he translated German, English, and Latin lyrics into French. Some of his work appeared in Chants Evangéliques (Lausanne, Switzerland: 1885). Some of his work was translated into German by Johanna Meyer (1851–1921). He died in Vevey and is buried in Cully.

Hymns

• "Béni soit le lien"
• "Les cieux et la terre célèbrent en chœur"
• " À toi la gloire"
• "Arrête, ô pécheur, arrête!"
• "Viens à la croix, âme perdue
• "Mon âme est libérée"
• "Rends-toi maître de nos âmes"
• "Comme une terre altérée"

References

• LindaJo H. McKim (1 January 1993). The Presbyterian Hymnal Companion. Westminster John Knox Press. pp. 103–. ISBN  978-0-664-25180-2.

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