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J. Sebastian B. Hodges › Tunes

Short Name: J. Sebastian B. Hodges
Full Name: Hodges, J. Sebastian B. (John Sebastian Bach), 1830-1915
Birth Year: 1830
Death Year: 1915

Born: 1830, Bristol, Gloucestershire, England.
Died: May 1, 1915, Baltimore, Maryland.
Buried: Allegheny Cemetery, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

Son of composer Edward Hodges, John emigrated to America in 1845, and attended Columbia University and the General Theological Seminary in New York City. Ordained an Episcopal minister in 1854, he served at the Grace/Second Episcopal Church, Newark, New Jersey (1860-70), and was Rector of St. Paul’s, Baltimore, Maryland, for 35 years. His works include:

The Book of Common Praise, 1869
The revised edition of Hymn Tunes, 1903

--www.hymntime.com/tch


TextsTunesHymnalsRecommendations
Tunes by J. Sebastian B. Hodges (103)sort descendingAsInstancesIncipit
[A few more years shall roll] (Hodges)J. Sebastian B. Hodges (Composer)111111 54323 43212
[Abide with me: fast falls the eventide] (Hodges)J. Sebastian B. Hodges (Composer)111231 67132 22342
[All hail the power of Jesus' name] (Hodges)J. Sebastian B. Hodges (Composer)151765 16717 22176
[All this night bright Angels sing] (Hodges)J. S. B. Hodges, S.T.D. (Composer)254343 21712 34332
[And now, O Father, mindful of the love]J. Sebastian B. Hodges (Composer)113321 44325 53517
[Angels from the realms of glory] (Hodges)J. S. B. Hodges, S.T.D. (Composer)211176 54435 55654
ANNAPOLIS (Hodges)J. Sebastian B. Hodges (Composer)333143 32212 32133
[Art thou weary, art thou languid] (Hodges)J. Sebastian B. Hodges (Composer)135521 35432 34553
[As pants the wearied hart for cooling springs]J. Sebastian B. Hodges (Composer)151176 53671 17127
[At the Cross her station keeping] (Hodges)J. Sebastian B. Hodges (Composer)133212 32133 21232
BALTIMORE (Hodges)Rev. J. S. B. Hodges, S.T.D. (Composer)255171 23321 27656
[Be joyful in God, all ye lands of the earth] (Hodges)J. Sebastian B. Hodges (Composer)151765 33425 35176
[Behold the Lamb of God] (Hodges)J. Sebastian B. Hodges (Composer)135132 13666 34535
BELLS (Hodges)John S. D. Hodges (Composer)1217654 31234 56217
[Brightly gleams our banner] (Hodges)J. Sebastian B. Hodges (Composer)155615 32345 65354
[Christ our God and Lord is risen]Rev. J. S. B. Hodges (Composer)333456 54314 65322
[Christ the Lord is risen again] (Hodges)Rev. J. S. B. Hodges (Composer)254323 15543 23156
[Christ, whose glory fills the skies] (Hodges)J. Sebastian B. Hodges (Composer)155514 53234 65235
[Christians, awake, salute the happy morn] (Hodges)J. S. B. Hodges, S.T.D. (Composer)233332 54342 332
[Clear upon the night air sounding]Rev. John Sebastian Bach Hodges, S.T.D. (1830-) (Composer)412354 17655 43231
CLOVERDALERev. John S. B. Hodges (Composer)235421 33271 23171
[Come, Holy Ghost, with God the Son]J. Sebastian B. Hodges (Composer)113543 22335 24332
[Come see the place where Jesus lay] (Hodges)J. Sebastian B. Hodges (Composer)111232 54351 65143
[Deck the altar with blossoms fair]Rev. J. S. B. Hodges (Composer)255654 31253 14332
DIGHTONJ. S. B. Hodges (Composer)256512 17176 55517
[Let the merry Church bells ring] (Hodges)John S. B. Hodges, 1830— (Composer)754352 51543 52132
EUCHARISTIC HYMNJohn S. B. Hodges (Composer)9655435 43234 55543
[Far be sorrow, tears, and sighing]Rev. J. S. B. Hodges (Composer)254312 53155 43321
[For thee, O dear, dear country] (Hodges)J. Sebastian B. Hodges (Composer)111234 53554 33423
[Framer of the Light]J. Sebastian B. Hodges (Composer)113214 32432 12354
[God rest ye merry, gentlemen]J. S. B. Hodges, S.T.D. (Composer)253525 12354 53523
[God, that madest earth and heaven] (Hodges)J. Sebastian B. Hodges (Composer)133321 65354 32333
[Gracious Savior, Gentle Shepherd] (Hodges)J. Sebastian B. Hodges (Composer)135543 66653 55432
[Gracious Spirit, Holy Ghost] (Hodges)J. Sebastian B. Hodges (Composer)133321 55534 56221
GUIDANCE (Hodges)Rev. John S. B. Hodges (Composer)231215 43323 34321
[Hark! a burst of heavenly music] (Hodges)J. S. B. Hodges, S.T.D. (Composer)255654 65333 43253
[Hark! hark my soul! Angelic songs are swelling] (Hodges 32155)J. Sebastian B. Hodges (Composer)132155 43212 53214
[Hark! hark my soul! Angelic songs are swelling] (Hodges 33255)J. Sebastian B. Hodges (Composer)133255 43255 33456
[Hark! The sound of holy voices] (Hodges)J. Sebastian B. Hodges (Composer)111165 43133 33323
HARVATJohn Sebastian Bach Hodges, 1830-1915 (Composer)355671 72151 76576
[Head of the hosts in glory] (Hodges)J. Sebastian B. Hodges (Composer)111143 21567 14327
[Hear again the wondrous story]J. S. B. Hodges, S.T.D. (Composer)234531 13234 51321
HODGES (Hodges)John S. B. Hodges (Composer)1913456 53543 25334
[Holy Father, great Creator]J. Sebastian B. Hodges (Composer)151177 66514 43254
[I heard the voice of Jesus say] (Hodges)J. Sebastian B. Hodges (Composer)132154 33213 45645
[I was a Child, that you might learn of me]J. S. B. Hodges, S.T.D. (Composer)234321 53212 12143
[In loud exalted strains]J. Sebastian B. Hodges (Composer)154332 12366 56654
[In the hour of trial] (Hodges)J. Sebastian B. Hodges (Composer)153123 45434 23316
[Inspirer and Hearer of prayer] (Hodges)J. Sebastian B. Hodges (Composer)151176 54334 62116
[It came upon the midnight clear] (Hodges)J. Sebastian B. Hodges (Composer)134555 53222 34323
[Jerusalem! high tower thy glorious walls]J. Sebastian B. Hodges (Composer)113217 67123 32576
ANDOVER (Hodges)Rev. J. S. B. Hodges, S.T.D. (Composer)433323 45133 21112
[Jesus Christ is risen today] (Hodges)J. Sebastian B. Hodges (Composer)133323 45143 32111
[Lead, kindly Light, amid the encircling gloom] (Hodges)J. Sebastian B. Hodges (Composer)132315 54432 31233
[Let the song be begun] (Hodges)Rev. J. S. B. Hodges (Composer)412343 22345 43345
[Long long ago in Bethlehem] (Hodges)J. S. B. Hodges, S. T. D. (Composer)333215 54356 35365
[Lord, in this Thy mercy's day] (Hodges)J. Sebastian B. Hodges (Composer)132355 43333 65324
[Lord of our life, and God of our salvation] (Hodges)J. Sebastian B. Hodges (Composer)135235 16514 33665
MATINS (Hodges)Rev. J. S. B. Hodges (Composer)555543 21351 171
MEMORIAL (Hodges)John S. B. Hodges (Composer)333432 31334 32171
[Merrily the Easter bells] (Hodges)Rev. J. S. B. Hodges (Composer)213455 16545 65632
[My God, my Father, while I stray] (Hodges 13167)J. Sebastian B. Hodges (Composer)113167 12323 45212
[My God, my Father, while I stray] (Hodges 13321)J. Sebastian B. Hodges (Composer)113321 23443 25354
[Myriad stars overhung the plains]J. S. B. Hodges, S.T.D. (Composer)251761 76536 5435
NANTICRev. J. S. B. Hodges, S.T.D. (Composer)253517 63433 67354
[Nearer, my God, to Thee] (J. S. B. Hodges)J. S. B. Hodges (Composer)132176 51232 32176
[O Brightness of the Immortal Father's face]J. Sebastian B. Hodges (Composer)135431 67123 32576
[O Love, who formedst me to wear]J. Sebastian B. Hodges (Composer)112333 21276 12221
[O Paradise, O Paradise] (Hodges)J. Sebastian B. Hodges (Composer)113321 17712 71231
[O Sons and Daughters, let us sing] (Hodges)Rev. J. S. B. Hodges (Composer)251765 34655 65431
[O what, if we are Christ's]J. Sebastian B. Hodges (Composer)136543 45517 65436
[Once more O Lord, Thy sign shall be]J. Sebastian B. Hodges (Composer)134535 43223 56176
[Onward, Christian soldiers] (Hodges)Rev. J. S. B. Hodges, S. T. D. (Composer)233135 43111 23221
[Peace, perfect peace, in this dark world of sin?] (Hodges)J. Sebastian B. Hodges (Composer)1
PORTHJ. Sebastian B. Hodges (Composer)132151 23423 13515
RENDEZ À DIEUJohn S. B. Hodges (Composer)116511 24325 33143
SARATOGA (Hodges)Rev. J. S. B. Hodges, S.T.D. (Composer)232555 43351 56432
[Savior, again to Thy dear name we raise] (Hodges)J. Sebastian B. Hodges (Composer)135517 65432 32517
[Savior, blessed Savior] (Hodges)J. Sebastian B. Hodges (Composer)151645 54651 77213
[Savior, when in dust to Thee] (Hodges)J. Sebastian B. Hodges (Composer)133221 12354 32213
SEBASTIAN (Hodges)John S. B. Hodges (Composer)655544 33234 53222
[See, the Morning Star is dwelling] (Hodges)J. S. B. Hodges, S.T.D. (Composer)233345 12314 3321
[Sheep on the wintry world]J. S. B. Hodges, S.T.D. (Composer)234552 25433 21
[Shepherds were folding their flocks in Judea]J. S. B. Hodges, S.T.D. (Composer)211712 34413 55433
ALLELUIA PIIS EDITERev. J. S. B. Hodges, S. T. D. (Composer)314321 11232 25435
[Sing, sing for Christmas] (Hodges)John Sebastian Bach Hodges (Composer)435431 76512 23321
ST. PAUL'S (Hodges)Rev. J. S. B. Hodges, D.D. (Composer)251765 53216 54356
[The crown is on the Victor's brow] (Hodges)Rev. J. S. B. Hodges (Composer)212343 34565 17655
[The day is gently sinking to a close] (Hodges)J. Sebastian B. Hodges (Composer)135342 34321 12346
[The old year's long campaign is over]J. Sebastian B. Hodges (Composer)135435 17655 43215
[The shadows of the evening hours] (Hodges)J. Sebastian B. Hodges (Composer)112431 72156 14322
[The Son of God goes forth to war] (Hodges)J. Sebastian B. Hodges (Composer)117765 47777 12347
[The sun is sinking fast] (Hodges)J. Sebastian B. Hodges (Composer)132154 33321 11456
[The world itself keeps Easter day] (Hodges)Rev. J. S. B. Hodges (Composer)332123 45553 45
[There is a blessed home] (Hodges)J. Sebastian B. Hodges (Composer)111111 23433 21322
[Thou, whose Almighty word] (Hodges)J. Sebastian B. Hodges (Composer)111566 56634 43665
[Through the day Thy love has spared us] (Hodges)J. Sebastian B. Hodges (Composer)117651 21231 36717
[Thy life was given for me] (Hodges)Rev. J. S. B. Hodges, S.T.D. (Composer)311721 43167 11327
[To Him who for our sins was slain] (Hodges)J. Sebastian B. Hodges (Composer)151175 64556 65342
WATERFORD (Hodges)Rev. J. S. B. Hodges, S.T.D. (Composer)234514 32123 61762
WATTS (Hodges)J. Sebastian B. Hodges (Composer)751345 65567 17654
[We've decked the Church with ivy]Rev. J. S. B. Hodges (Composer)251716 53326 54351
[Ye happy bells of Easter Day] (Hodges)J. Sebastian B. Hodges (Composer)1235426 53117 65354
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