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Author: Mary Bourdillon, 1849-1952 Meter: 6.6.8.6 D Appears in 2 hymnals Lyrics: 1. Above yon clear blue sky, Beyond our feeble sight, The God of glory dwells on high In everlasting light. Around His glorious throne The holy angels stand; In songs of praise their king they own, Or fly at His command. 2. And we may praise Him, too, And serve Him here below; He stoops to mark what children do, Their inmost thoughts to know; And though He reigns above, Where angels ceaseless praise, He will accept our humble love, And lead us in His ways. 3. O may we humbly seek To do His holy will, And try, with thankful hearts and meek, To sing His praises still; And then for Jesus’ sake, Who came for us to die, Our happy spirits He will take To praise Him in the sky. Used With Tune: NEARER HOME Text Sources: A Mother's Hymns for Her Children, 1849, second edition 1852.

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NEARER HOME

Meter: 6.6.8.6 D Appears in 126 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Isaac Woodbury; A. S. Sullivan Tune Key: A Major Incipit: 55532 11221 23344 Used With Text: Above Yon Clear Blue Sky

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Above Yon Clear Blue Sky

Author: Mary Bourdillon, 1849-1952 Hymnal: The Cyber Hymnal #19 Meter: 6.6.8.6 D Lyrics: 1. Above yon clear blue sky, Beyond our feeble sight, The God of glory dwells on high In everlasting light. Around His glorious throne The holy angels stand; In songs of praise their king they own, Or fly at His command. 2. And we may praise Him, too, And serve Him here below; He stoops to mark what children do, Their inmost thoughts to know; And though He reigns above, Where angels ceaseless praise, He will accept our humble love, And lead us in His ways. 3. O may we humbly seek To do His holy will, And try, with thankful hearts and meek, To sing His praises still; And then for Jesus’ sake, Who came for us to die, Our happy spirits He will take To praise Him in the sky. Languages: English Tune Title: NEARER HOME

Above yon clear blue sky

Author: Mrs. Mary Cotterill Bourdillon (1819-1876) Hymnal: Carmina for the Sunday School and Social Worship #53 (1894) Topics: Praise to God Languages: English Tune Title: [Above yon clear blue sky]

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Arthur Sullivan

1842 - 1900 Person Name: A. S. Sullivan Harmonizer of "NEARER HOME" in The Cyber Hymnal Arthur Seymour Sullivan (b Lambeth, London. England. 1842; d. Westminster, London, 1900) was born of an Italian mother and an Irish father who was an army bandmaster and a professor of music. Sullivan entered the Chapel Royal as a chorister in 1854. He was elected as the first Mendelssohn scholar in 1856, when he began his studies at the Royal Academy of Music in London. He also studied at the Leipzig Conservatory (1858-1861) and in 1866 was appointed professor of composition at the Royal Academy of Music. Early in his career Sullivan composed oratorios and music for some Shakespeare plays. However, he is best known for writing the music for lyrics by William S. Gilbert, which produced popular operettas such as H.M.S. Pinafore (1878), The Pirates of Penzance (1879), The Mikado (1884), and Yeomen of the Guard (1888). These operettas satirized the court and everyday life in Victorian times. Although he composed some anthems, in the area of church music Sullivan is best remembered for his hymn tunes, written between 1867 and 1874 and published in The Hymnary (1872) and Church Hymns (1874), both of which he edited. He contributed hymns to A Hymnal Chiefly from The Book of Praise (1867) and to the Presbyterian collection Psalms and Hymns for Divine Worship (1867). A complete collection of his hymns and arrangements was published posthumously as Hymn Tunes by Arthur Sullivan (1902). Sullivan steadfastly refused to grant permission to those who wished to make hymn tunes from the popular melodies in his operettas. Bert Polman

I. B. Woodbury

1819 - 1858 Person Name: Isaac Woodbury Composer of "NEARER HOME" in The Cyber Hymnal Woodbury, Isaac Baker. (Beverly, Massachusetts, October 23, 1819--October 26, 1858, Columbia, South Carolina). Music editor. As a boy, he studied music in nearby Boston, then spent his nineteenth year in further study in London and Paris. He taught for six years in Boston, traveling throughout New England with the Bay State Glee Club. He later lived at Bellow Falls, Vermont, where he organized the New Hampshire and Vermont Musical Association. In 1849 he settled in New York City where he directed the music at the Rutgers Street Church until ill-health caused him to resign in 1851. He became editor of the New York Musical Review and made another trip to Europe in 1852 to collect material for the magazine. in the fall of 1858 his health broke down from overwork and he went south hoping to regain his strength, but died three days after reaching Columbia, South Carolina. He published a number of tune-books, of which the Dulcimer, of New York Collection of Sacred Music, went through a number of editions. His Elements of Musical Composition, 1844, was later issued as the Self-instructor in Musical Composition. He also assisted in the compilation of the Methodist Hymn Book of 1857. --Leonard Ellinwood, DNAH Archives

Mary C. Bourdillon

1819 - 1870 Person Name: Mary Bourdillon, 1849-1952 Author of "Above Yon Clear Blue Sky" in The Cyber Hymnal Bourdillon, Mary, née Cotterill, daughter of the Rev. Joseph Cotterill, some time Rector of Blakeney, Norfolk, born at Ampton, Suffolk, Aug. 30, 1819, married to E. D. Bourdillon, and died at Dresden, Feb. 19, 1870. Her principal poetical work was A Mother's Hymns for her Children, 1849, 2nd edition 1852, containing 21 pieces. Of these the following are in common use:— 1. Above the clear blue sky, Beyond, &c. Praise. 2. Blessed Jesus, wilt Thou hear us? Child's Prayer. 3. Gracious Saviour, from on high. Holy Baptism. 4. Jesus, we thank Thee for Thy day. Sunday. 5. Lamb of God, who came from heaven. Christ the Example. 6. There was a lovely Garden once. Eden. These hymns are characterized by great simplicity and directness of aim, and are most suitable for children. -- John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907) =================== Bourdillon, Mary, née Cotterill, p, 164, ii. Another hymn by Mrs. Bourdillon in common use is “My God has given me work to do." (Blessings of Prayer.) --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, Appendix, Part II (1907)