Swell the Anthem

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Swell the anthem, raise the song

Author: Nathan Strong
Published in 220 hymnals

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	Fanfares and Finales for Congregational…

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	Come, You Thankful People, Come - (Chor…

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	Festival Hymns for Organ, Brass, and Tim…

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1. Swell the anthem, raise the song.
Praises to our God belong.
Saints and angels join to sing
Praises to the heavenly king.
Blessings from His liberal hand
Flow around this happy land.
Kept by Him, no foes annoy;
Peace and freedom we enjoy.

2. Here, beneath a peaceful sway,
May we cheerfully obey,
Never feel oppression's rod,
Ever own and worship God.
Hark, the voice of nature sings
Praises to the king of kings.
Let us join the choral song
And the grateful notes prolong.

Source: Hymns for Youth #162

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Author: Nathan Strong

Strong, Nathan, D.D., a leading Congregational divine of his day, was born at Coventry, Connecticut, Oct. 16, 1748, and educated at Yale College, where he graduated in 1769. He first studied law, but soon turned his attention to the ministry. In January 1774 he became the Pastor of the First Congregational Church at Hartford, and remained there to his death in 1816. In 1796 he won much repute through his essay on The Doctrine of Eternal Misery consistent with the Infinite Benevolence of God. He founded The Connecticut Evangelical Magazine, in 1800, and also took a prominent part in establishing the Connecticut Home Mission Society in 1801. His degree of D.D. was conferred by the University of Princeton. His services to American hymnology, a… Go to person page >

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First Line:	Swell the anthem, raise the song
Title:	Swell the Anthem
Author:	Nathan Strong
Meter:	7.7.7.7
Language:	English
Copyright:	Public Domain

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MONKLAND

The tune MONKLAND has a fascinating if complex history. Rooted in a tune for the text "Fahre fort" in Johann A. Freylinghausen's (PHH 34) famous hymnal, Geistreiches Gesangbuch (1704), it then was significantly altered by John Antes (b. Frederick, PA, 1740; d. Bristol, England, 1811) in a Moravian m…

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ST. GEORGE'S WINDSOR (Elvey)

George J. Elvey (PHH 48) composed ST. GEORGE'S WINDSOR as a setting for James Montgomery's text "Hark! The Song of Jubilee," with which it was published in Edward H. Thorne's Selection of Psalm and Hymn Tunes (1858). The tune has been associated with Alford's text since publication of the hymn in th…

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MESSIAH (Herold)

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MIDI file from Pearls of Praise #111

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The Lutheran Hymnal (1941), p.754

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Additional Hymns, Adopted by the General Synod of the Reformed Protestant Dutch Church in North America, at their Session, June 1846, and authorized to be used in the churches under their care #277

Book of Hymns and Tunes, comprising the psalms and hymns for the worship of God, approved by the general assembly of 1866, arranged with appropriate tunes... by authority of the assembly of 1873 #272a

Psalms and Hymns Adapted to Public Worship, and Approved by the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in the United States of America #H467

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Piano/Organ Fanfares and Finales for Congregational Singing Festival Hymns for Organ, Brass, and Timpani—Set 7 Joyful, Joyful - Six Festive Postludes for Organ More Piano/Organ...
Choral Come, You Thankful People, Come - (Choral Score) Come, Ye Thankful People, Come (Festive Hymn Setting) More Choral...
Instrumental EASY ENSEMBLE MUSIC French Horn Solos for Worship (Arranged with Keyboard Accompaniment) French Horn Solos for Worship (Arranged with Keyboard Accompaniment) More Instrumental...
Handbells Festive Hymn Accompaniments Enhancements for Congregational Singing - Handbell Part (reproducible) Enhancements for Congregational Singing - Handbell Part (reproducible) More Handbells...

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