Parting of Friends

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1 Thy presence, everlasting God,
Wide o'er all nature spreads abroad;
Thy watchful eyes, which cannot sleep,
In every place Thy children keep.

2 While near each other we remain,
Thou dost our lives and souls sustain;
When absent, Thou dost make us share
Thy smiles, thy counsels, and Thy care.

3 To Thee we all our ways commit,
And seek our comforts at Thy feet;
Still on our souls vouchsafe to shine,
And guard and guide us still as Thine.

Source: International Song Service: with Bright Gems from fifty authors, for Sunday-schools, gospel meetings, missionary and young people's societies, prayer-meetings, etc. #192

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Author: Philip Doddridge

Philip Doddridge (b. London, England, 1702; d. Lisbon, Portugal, 1751) belonged to the Non-conformist Church (not associated with the Church of England). Its members were frequently the focus of discrimination. Offered an education by a rich patron to prepare him for ordination in the Church of England, Doddridge chose instead to remain in the Non-conformist Church. For twenty years he pastored a poor parish in Northampton, where he opened an academy for training Non-conformist ministers and taught most of the subjects himself. Doddridge suffered from tuberculosis, and when Lady Huntington, one of his patrons, offered to finance a trip to Lisbon for his health, he is reputed to have said, "I can as well go to heaven from Lisbon as from Nort… Go to person page >

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Text Information

First Line: Thy presence everlasting God
Title: Parting of Friends
Author: Philip Doddridge
Meter: 8.8.8.8
Language: English
Copyright: Public Domain
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Tune

DUKE STREET

First published anonymously in Henry Boyd's Select Collection of Psalm and Hymn Tunes (1793), DUKE STREET was credited to John Hatton (b. Warrington, England, c. 1710; d, St. Helen's, Lancaster, England, 1793) in William Dixon's Euphonia (1805). Virtually nothing is known about Hatton, its composer,…

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OLD HUNDREDTH

This tune is likely the work of the composer named here, but has also been attributed to others as shown in the instances list below. According to the Handbook to the Baptist Hymnal (1992), Old 100th first appeared in the Genevan Psalter, and "the first half of the tune contains phrases which may ha…

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[Thy presence, everliving God] (Davis)


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Instances

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The Temple Emanu-El Hymn Book for Schools (Part I) #4

The Temple Emanu-El Hymn Book for Schools (Part I) #4
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Church Harmonies #969

Church Harmonies #969
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Hymns and Tunes #532

Hymns and Tunes #532

Hymn and Tune Book for the Church and the Home and Services for Congregational Worship. Rev. ed. #d748

Hymn and Tune Book for the Church and the Home and Services for Congregational Worship. Rev. ed. #d748
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The Public School Hymnal #39

The Public School Hymnal #39

The Gospel Hymnal #d644

The Gospel Hymnal #d644
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The Primitive Baptist Hymnal #266

The Primitive Baptist Hymnal #266
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Hymn and Tune Book for the Church and the Home. (Rev. ed.) #29

Hymn and Tune Book for the Church and the Home. (Rev. ed.) #29
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Carmina Sanctorum #76

Carmina Sanctorum #76
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Carmina Sanctorum, a selection of hymns and songs of praise with tunes #76

Carmina Sanctorum, a selection of hymns and songs of praise with tunes #76
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Hymns and Songs for Social and Sabbath Worship. (Rev. ed.) #28

Hymns and Songs for Social and Sabbath Worship. (Rev. ed.) #28

Hymns for Use in Divine Worship ... Seventh-Day Adventists #d1161

Hymns for Use in Divine Worship ... Seventh-Day Adventists #d1161
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The Seventh-Day Adventist Hymn and Tune Book #260

The Seventh-Day Adventist Hymn and Tune Book #260

The Public School Hymnal, for the Use of High Schools and Seminaries. New and enl. ed. #d264

The Public School Hymnal, for the Use of High Schools and Seminaries. New and enl. ed. #d264
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New Hymn and Tune Book #175a

New Hymn and Tune Book #175a

The People's Praise Book or Carmina Sanctorum #d649

The People's Praise Book or Carmina Sanctorum #d649
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The School Hymnary #21

The School Hymnary #21
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International Song Service #192

International Song Service #192

Our Thankful Songs #d200

Our Thankful Songs #d200
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The Pilgrim Hymnal #546

The Pilgrim Hymnal #546

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