Words: John E. Bode, 1868, alt. Bode wrote the words for his daughter’s and two sons’ confirmation service. At the time, Bode was a pastor in Castle Camps parish, Cambridgeshire, England. It was published in the appendix of Psalms and Hymns of the Society for the Propagation of Christian Knowledge, 1869. Music: Angel’s Story, Arthur H. Mann, in The Methodist Sunday […]
Words: Mrs. L. D. Avery-Stuttle (1855-1933). Music: Morton, Edwin Barnes, 1886. O let me walk with Thee, my God, As Enoch walked in days of old; Place Thou my trembling hand in Thine, And sweet communion with me hold; E’en though the path I may not see, Yet, Jesus, let me walk with Thee. I cannot, dare not, walk […]
Words: Verses 1-5, Sarah F. Adams, in Hymns and Anthems, by William Johnson Fox, 1841; verse 6, Edward H. Bickersteth, Jr. Music: Bethany (Mason), Lowell Mason, 1856 : One night, sometime after lying awake in the dark, eyes wide open, through the stillness in the house the melody came to me, and the next morning I wrote down the notes. Alternate tunes: […]
Words: Julia W. Howe, 1861, alt. This hymn was born during the American civil war, when Howe visited a Union Army camp on the Potomac River near Washington, D. C. She heard the soldiers singing the song “John Brown’s Body,” and was taken with the strong marching beat. She wrote the words the next day: I […]
Words: Cecil F. Alexander, Hymns for Little Children, 1848. Alexander is thought to have written these lyrics at Markree Castle, near Sligo, Ireland. Music: Royal Oak, 17th Century English melody; arranged by Martin F. Shaw, 1915. Alternate tunes: Bright and Beautiful, William H. Monk. Gerald, Ludwig Spohr, 1834. Greystone, by W. R. Waghorne, in Songs for Little People (Danielson and Conant: 1905). Refrain All […]
Words: Henry F. Lyte, 1847. Music: Eventide, William H. Monk, 1861. Mrs. Monk described the setting: This tune was written at a time of great sorrow—when together we watched, as we did daily, the glories of the setting sun. As the last golden ray faded, he took some paper and penciled that tune which has gone all over […]
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