ST. PANCRAS (Smart)

ST. PANCRAS (Smart)

Composer: Henry Thomas Smart (1868)
Published in 36 hymnals


Audio files: MIDI

Composer: Henry Thomas Smart

Henry Smart (b. Marylebone, London, England, 1813; d. Hampstead, London, 1879), a capable composer of church music who wrote some very fine hymn tunes (REGENT SQUARE, 354, is the best-known). Smart gave up a career in the legal profession for one in music. Although largely self taught, he became proficient in organ playing and composition, and he was a music teacher and critic. Organist in a number of London churches, including St. Luke's, Old Street (1844-1864), and St. Pancras (1864-1869), Smart was famous for his extemporiza­tions and for his accompaniment of congregational singing. He became completely blind at the age of fifty-two, but his remarkable memory enabled him to continue playing the organ. Fascinated by organs as a youth… Go to person page >

Tune Information

Title: ST. PANCRAS (Smart)
Composer: Henry Thomas Smart (1868)
Meter: 8.7.8.7.8.7
Incipit: 17153 43234 51253
Key: C Major
Copyright: Public Domain

Texts

Jesus Came, the Heavens Adoring

Lo! He Comes with Clouds Descending

Lo he comes in clouds descending,
Once for helpless sinner slain!
Thousand, thousand saints attending
Swell the triumph of his train:
Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujah,
All the Angels cry amen.

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Instances

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Book of Worship with Hymns and Tunes #229

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Carmina for the Sunday School and Social Worship #97

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Carmina Sanctorum, a selection of hymns and songs of praise with tunes #356

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Carmina Sanctorum, a selection of hymns and songs of praise with tunes #614

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Carmina Sanctorum, a selection of hymns and songs of praise with tunes #699

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Carmina Sanctorum #356

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Carmina Sanctorum #614

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Carmina Sanctorum #699

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Carmina Sanctorum #700

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Children's Hymns with Tunes #144a

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Church Book #296

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Church Hymns and Tunes #209

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Church Hymns #60

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Common Praise #464

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Common Service Book of the Lutheran Church #242

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Gloria Deo #705

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Hymnal and Liturgies of the Moravian Church #150

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Hymns and Songs for the Sunday School #52

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Hymns of the Church #125

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Hymns of the Living Church #104

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Many Voices; or, Carmina Sanctorum, Evangelistic Edition with Tunes #237

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Many Voices; or, Carmina Sanctorum, Evangelistic Edition with Tunes #446

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Many Voices; or, Carmina Sanctorum, Evangelistic Edition with Tunes #501

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Our Song Book #191

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Pilgrim Songs (Number Two) #121

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Pilgrim Songs #85

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School and Parish Hymnal #41

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Songs of the Covenant #278

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The American Hymnal for Chapel Service #192

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The Chapel Hymnal with Tunes #14

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The Church Hymnal #318b

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The Evangelical Hymnal with Tunes #181

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The Evangelical Hymnal with Tunes #195

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The Friends' Hymnal, a Collection of Hymns and Tunes for the Public Worship of the Society #a705

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The Institute Hymnal #67

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