My Starred Hymns
My FlexScores
My Hymnals
My Purchased Files
Planning worship?
Check out our sister site, ZeteoSearch.org,
for 20+ additional resources related to your search.
- |
User Links
Search Results
Precious Memories
Author: J. B. F. Wright; Lonnie B. Combs Appears in 81 hymnals First Line: Precious memories, unseen angels Refrain First Line: Precious memories how they linger
Precious Memories
PRECIOUS MEMORIES
Meter: 8.7.8.7 with refrain Appears in 38 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: J. B. F. Wright Tune Key: A Flat Major Incipit: 55611 16532 11132 Used With Text: Precious Memories
PRECIOUS MEMORIES
Precious Memories
Hymnal: Favorites Number 4 #41 (1956) First Line: Precious mem’ries, unseen angels Refrain First Line: Precious mem’ries, how they linger Languages: English Tune Title: [Precious mem’ries, unseen angels]
Precious Memories
Precious Memories
Author: J. B. F. W. Hymnal: Church Hymnal #93 (1951) First Line: Precious mem'ries, unseen angels Refrain First Line: Precious mem'ries, how they linger Lyrics: 1 Precious mem'ries, unseen angels,
Sent from somewhere to my soul;
How they linger, ever near me,
And the sacred past unfold.
Chorus:
Precious mem'ries, how they linger,
How they ever flood my soul;
In the stillness of the midnight,
Precious, sacred scenes unfold.
2 Precious father, loving mother,
Fly across the lonely years;
And old home scenes of my childhood,
In fond memory appears. [Chorus]
3 In the stillness of the midnight,
Echoes from the past I hear;
Old-time singing, gladness bringing,
From that lovely land somewhere. [Chorus]
4 As I travel on life's pathway,
Know not what the years may hold;
As I ponder, hope grows fonder,
Precious mem'ries flood my soul. [Chorus] Topics: Funeral Languages: English Tune Title: [Precious mem'ries, unseen angels]
Precious Memories
Precious Memories
Author: J. B. F. Wright; Lonnie B. Combs Hymnal: The New National Baptist Hymnal (21st Century Edition) #408 (2001) First Line: Precious mem'ries, unseen angels Refrain First Line: Precious mem'ries Lyrics: 1 Precious mem'ries, unseen angels,
Sent from somewhere to my soul;
How they linger, ever near me,
And the sacred past unfold.
Refrain:
Precious mem'ries, how they linger,
How they ever flood my soul;
In the stillness of the midnight,
Precious, sacred scenes unfold.
2 Precious father, loving mother,
Fly across the lonely years;
And old home scenes of my childhood
In fond memory appear. [Refrain]
3 As I travel on life's pathway,
Know not what the years may hold;
As I ponder, hope grows fonder,
Precious mem'ries flood my soul. [Refrain] Topics: Testimony Languages: English Tune Title: [Precious mem'ries, unseen angels]
Precious Memories
J. B. F. Wright
1877 - 1959 Person Name: J. B. F. W. Author of "Precious Memories" in Church Hymnal Wright, John Braselton Fillmore (Tennessee, February 21, 1877--October 13, 1959, Brownwood, Texas). Church of God. Son of George W. and Casandra (Coley) Wright; educated in the public schools of Limestone County, Texas (at Groesbeck, Prairie Point and old Box Church); studied music in one eighteen-day singing school near Hamlin, Jones County, Texas. Married Fannie Jackson, February 13, 1898; children Harvey, Myrtle, Calvin, Carey, Leonard, Grace and Dudley.
Wrote over 200 songs, both music and poetry. Began writing at about fifteen years of age; stated that "I write by inspiration, only when the mood comes on the words and melody flow from my soul like the water from a babbling brook; without this inspiration I could not write; 'Precious Memories' was born in the midnight hours as I bathed my pillow with tears, likewise all my songs came through life's severest tests."
--William J. Reynolds, DNAH Archives
The source of Wright's tears mentioned above was the memory of the death of his son, Everett Jackson Wright, at the age of 3 1/2 in 1922. A detailed account of this and the writing of "Precious Memories" can be found in the May 1952 edition of the Montgomery Advertiser (Montgomery, Alabama), a copy of which is located in the DNAH Archives.
J. B. F. Wright
John W. Peterson
1921 - 2006 Arranger of "[Precious mem'ries, unseen angels]" in 50 Sacred Favorites
John W. Peterson
Ellis J. Crum
1928 - 2011 Arranger (stanzas 3-4) of "Precious Memories" in Sacred Selections for the Church
Ellis J. Crum
