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Lyman F. Brackett

Short Name: Lyman F. Brackett
Full Name: Brackett, Lyman F. (Lyman Foster)
Birth Year: 1852
Death Year: 1937

Brackett was born on September 30, 1852 in Charlestown, Massachusetts. He worked for a while for the Ol­i­ver Dit­son Com­pa­ny, and lat­er taught in Chick­er­ing Hall in Bos­ton. He was the mu­sic ed­it­or of the first Chris­tian Sci­ence Hym­nal in 1892, con­trib­ut­ing 99 tunes. He died on May 8, 1937 in Roslindale, Massachusetts.

Sources: Hogdson, Hughes, p. 321

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TextsTunesHymnalsRecommendations
Tunes by Lyman F. Brackett (46)sort descendingAsInstancesIncipit
ALMA (Brackett)Lyman Brackett (Composer)553561 23561
[Bright was the guiding star that led] (Brackett)Brackett (Composer)155135 61555 13217
[Cast thy bread upon the waters] (Brackett)Brackett (Composer)133365 13323 43212
[Come, ye that know and fear the Lord] (Brackett)Brackett (Composer)113651 24311 46176
COMMUNION (Brackett)Lyman Brackett (Composer)232343 56532 2
[Cristo está conmigo: ¡qué consolación!]Lyman F. Brackett (Composer)133556 63356 66267
EDDYBrackett (Composer)255113 56534 61653
[Everlasting arms of love]Brackett (Composer)153265 32653 17675
[Father, hear the prayer we offer] (Brackett)Brackett (Composer)133333 34332 62322
[Father, my all in all Thou art]Brackett (Composer)132341 76556 34652
[Father, thou joy of loving hearts]Brackett (Composer)133343 32112 34654
[God is the Life, the Truth, the Way]Brackett (Composer)233213 56532 14322
GUIDANCE (Brackett)Lyman Brackett (Composer)312365 32
[Guide me, O Thou great Jehovah] (Brackett)Brackett (Composer)115712 15712 16535
[Had I the tongues of Greeks and Jews] (Brackett)Brackett (Composer)231352 12333 33324
[Heirs of unending life]Brackett (Composer)132125 55656 71553
[Holy Bible! book divine] (Brackett)Brackett (Composer)133554 41153 12123
[I cannot always trace the way] (Brackett)Brackett (Composer)155153 56555 15356
[I praise Thee, Lord, for blessings sent]Brackett (Composer)153165 42725 31323
[I worship Thee, sweet Will of God] (Brackett)Brackett (Composer)113653 41765 22555
[If God is all in all]Brackett (Composer)153516 53212 45535
[If my immortal Savior lives]Brackett (Composer)153167 55132 23532
[Imposture shrinks from light]Brackett (Composer)155344 33611 76665
[Lead, kindly Light, amid the encircling gloom] (Brackett)Brackett (Composer)133353 44123 26712
[Let party names no more]Brackett (Composer)155556 55763 66665
[Lord, I have made Thy word my choice]Brackett (Composer)113565 12343 33167
[Make channels for the streams of love]Brackett (Composer)111113 55556 16555
[Make haste, O man, to do]Brackett (Composer)133331 33334 42233
NORTON (Brackett)Lyman Brackett (Composer)155113 565
[O God, whose presence glows in all]Brackett (Composer)155565 46532 34665
[O speed thee, Christian, on thy way] (Brackett)Brackett (Composer)155317 55532 55332
[Our heaven is everywhere]Brackett (Composer)153211 55557 16225
[Partners of a glorious hope!]Brackett (Composer)111135 55642 17651
[Peace be to this congregation]Brackett (Composer)117176 56543 26532
[Press on press on ye sons of light]Brackett (Composer)133455 43565 55671
SCIENCELyman Brackett (Composer)251651 243
[Sow in the morn thy seed] (Brackett)Brackett (Composer)151346 53265 23135
[Speak gently, it is better far] (Brackett)Brackett (Composer)132342 16532 665
[Sun of our life, thy quickening ray]Brackett (Composer)133343 24334 44412
[The Spirit breathes upon the Word]Brackett (Composer)132153 22116 14653
[Truth comes alike to all]Brackett (Composer)135365 23536 52327
[Vainly through night's weary hours] (Brackett)Brackett (Composer)113533 21516 53265
[Wait, my heart, upon the Lord]Brackett (Composer)133317 55443 17653
[Whatever dims thy sense of truth]Brackett (Composer)155176 53135 65235
[While Thou, O my God, art my help and defender] (Brackett)Brackett (Composer)151551 57132 17771
[Ye timid saints, fresh courage take]Brackett (Composer)155135 62426 765

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