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TUNE 272

Composer: Samuel Sebastian Wesley (1872)
Published in 4 hymnals

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Composer: Samuel Sebastian Wesley

Samuel Sebastian Wesley (b. London, England, 1810; d. Gloucester, England, 1876) was an English organist and composer. The grandson of Charles Wesley, he was born in London, and sang in the choir of the Chapel Royal as a boy. He learned composition and organ from his father, Samuel, completed a doctorate in music at Oxford, and composed for piano, organ, and choir. He was organist at Hereford Cathedral (1832-1835), Exeter Cathedral (1835-1842), Leeds Parish Church (1842-1849), Winchester Cathedral (1849-1865), and Gloucester Cathedral (1865-1876). Wesley strove to improve the standards of church music and the status of church musicians; his observations and plans for reform were published as A Few Words on Cathedral Music and the Music Sy… Go to person page >

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Tune Information

Title:	TUNE 272
Composer:	Samuel Sebastian Wesley (1872)
Meter:	8.8.8.8.8.8
Incipit:	15345 66532 14321
Key:	D Major
Source:	Barnby's Hymnary
Copyright:	Public Domain

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Texts

When, streaming from the eastern skies

When, streaming from the eastern skies,
The morning light salutes mine eyes,
O Sun of Righteousness divine,
On me with beams of mercy shine;
Chase the dark clouds of guilt away
And turn my darkness into day.

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The Saints of God! Their Conflict Past

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