[The great Physician now is near] (Stockton)

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[The great Physician now is near] (Stockton)

Composer: John H. Stockton (1869)
Published in 426 hymnals

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Piano/Organ
	CONTEMPORARY PIANO STYLINGS

Choral
	Three Hymn Arrangements from Sacred Harp

PowerPoint
	THE GREAT PHYSICIAN (Baptist Hymnal 1991…

Composer: John H. Stockton

Stockton, John Hart, a Methodist minister, was born in 1813, and died in 1877. He was a member of the New Jersey Annual Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and the successive pastoral charges that he filled as a member of that Conference are found in the Conference Journal. He was not only a preacher, but a musician and composer of tunes, as well as hymn writer. He published two gospel song books: Salvation Melodies, 1874, and Precious Songs, 1875. Hymn Writers of the Church by Charles Nutter, 1911… Go to person page >

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Tune Information

Title:	[The great Physician now is near] (Stockton)
Composer:	John H. Stockton (1869)
Meter:	8.7.8.7 with refrain
Incipit:	55312 34555 13121
Key:	E♭ Major
Copyright:	Public Domain

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The Great Physician

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Timeline

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Harmonizations, Introductions, Descants, Intonations

Praise Him: Hymn Interludes and Accompaniments for Organ
Composer/Editor Benjamin Harlan
Published By: Broadman Press (1987) pp. 24
Introductions, Interludes And Improvisations For Organ: Creative Ways To Enhance Congregational Singing
Composer/Editor Lee Harris
Published By: Triune Music, Inc. (1986) pp. 7
The Piano Hymnal: 200 Favorite Hymn Arrangements
Composer/Editor David Smither
Published By: Trinity House Publishing, Inc. (1985) pp. 105
The Country Western Piano Hymnal: Over 50 Unique Arrangements in the Country Gospel Style
Composer/Editor David Smither
Published By: Trinity House Publishing, Inc. (1980) pp. 58
The Evangelistic Piano Hymnal: Over 270 stylistic arrangements with "runs" and "fill-ins"
Composer/Editor David Smither
Published By: Trinity House Publishing, Inc. (1976) pp. 50

Organ Solo

Preludes on Hymns from the Gospel Tradition: Settings for Organ by Raymond H. Haan
Composer/Editor Raymond H. Haan
Published By: Broadman Press (1989) pp. 28
Crescendos of Praise: Organ Arrangements for Worship
Composer/Editor Albin C. Whitworth
Published By: GlorySound (1982) pp. 13
Voluntaries on Early American Hymn Tunes
Composer/Editor Harold M. Best
Published By: Abingdon Press (1974) pp. 13
The Sunday Morning Organist Volume Four: Preludes, Offertories, and Postludes
Composer/Editor Harold H. DeCou
Published By: Singspiration Music, Inc. (1967) pp. 34
The Organ Portfolio Volume 28 Number 4 April 1965: A Bi-Monthly Anthology for Church Organists
Composer/Editors L. N. Porter; Winifred Lamb Winans
Published By: Lorenz Publishing Company (1965) pp. 12
19 Organ Hymn-Tune Transcriptions: Registrations for Both Pipe and Electric Organs
Composer/Editor George S. Schuler
Published By: Zondervan Publishing House (1948) pp. 5

Piano Solo

The Old-Time Religion: Sacred Piano Solos
Composer/Editor Rebecca Bonam
Published By: SoundForth (1999) pp. 21
The Church Pianist Volume 5 Number 5 May 1989: The Pianist's Companion for the Church Year
Composer/Editors Hugh S. Livingston, Jr.; Anna Laura Page
Published By: Lorenz Publishing Company (1989) pp. 3
The Church Pianist Volume 6 Number 1 September October 1989: The Pianist's Companion for the Church Year
Composer/Editors Hugh S. Livingston, Jr.; Rachel Carr
Published By: Lorenz Publishing Company (1989) pp. 3
The Piano Hymnal: 200 Favorite Hymn Arrangements
Composer/Editor David Smither
Published By: Trinity House Publishing, Inc. (1985) pp. 105
Contemporary Piano Stylings
Composer/Editor Ron Boud
Published By: Hope Publishing Company (1983) pp. 12