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Texts

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God of Our Fathers, Whose Almighty Hand

Author: Daniel C. Roberts Meter: 10.10.10.10 Appears in 407 hymnals Lyrics: 1 God of the ages, whose almighty hand leads forth in beauty all the starry band of shining worlds in splendor through the skies, our grateful songs before thy throne arise. 2 Thy love divine hath led us in the past; in this free land with thee our lot is ... Topics: Memorial Day

Soldier's Memorial Day

Author: Mary B. C. L. Slade Appears in 1 hymnal First Line: When flowery summer is at hand Refrain First Line: Gentle birds above are sweetly singing

We Gather Together

Author: Anonymous; Theodore Baker Meter: 12.11.12.11 Appears in 193 hymnals First Line: We gather together to ask the Lord's blessing Topics: Memorial Day Text Sources: Netherlands Folk Song; Adrianus Valerius' Nederlandtsch Gedenckclanck, 1626

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Tunes

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[Day of remembrance, day of sad recalling]

Composer: Sir Joseph Barnby Appears in 71 hymnals Tune Key: E Flat Major Incipit: 33333 54322 33333 Used With Text: Day of remembrance, day of sad recalling

RUSSIAN HYMN

Composer: Alexis F. Lwoff, c. 1798-1870 Appears in 243 hymnals Tune Key: E Flat Major Incipit: 56653 11765 64553 Used With Text: God the Omnipotent!

[Day by day the manna fell]

Composer: L. M. Gottschalk Appears in 586 hymnals Incipit: 56513 32111 171 Used With Text: Day By Day the Manna Fell

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Instances

Published text-tune combinations (hymns) from specific hymnals

A Garden of Memory

Author: Rev. A. H. Ackley Hymnal: Old and New Songs of the Church #0 (1935) First Line: There's a garden of memory kissed by the sun Refrain First Line: O that garden of memory, close by life’s way Lyrics: repose when the day’s work is done, ... Tune Title: [There's a garden of memory kissed by the sun]

Mother’s Day Dept.

Author: S. Trevena Jackson Hymnal: The Excelsior Hymnal #264 (1919) First Line: ‘Tis mother’s day, O restful day Refrain First Line: ‘Tis mother’s day Lyrics: ... ‘Tis mother’s day, O restful day, To wait and worship ... Tis mother’s day, ‘Tis mother’s day, The day on which our ... ‘Tis mother’s day, O mem’ry day, Sweet as the ... ‘Tis mother’s day, O, holy day, We’ll garland now ... ; Can we forget her memory, And all the golden ... Languages: English Tune Title: ['Tis mother’s day, O restful day]

A Memory

Author: A. H. A. Hymnal: Gospel Melodies and Evangelistic Hymns #94 (1944) First Line: Within my heart I hold a fadeless memory Refrain First Line: Memory, memory Lyrics: strength from day to day, And I am ... Topics: Song of Experience Languages: English Tune Title: [Within my heart I hold a fadeless memory]

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People

Authors, composers, editors, etc.

John R. Clements

1868 - 1946 Author of "No Night There" in Hymns of Praise Number Two John R. Clements was born in County Armagh, Ireland 28 November 1868 and was brought to the United States at the age of two years. He worked at the age of thirteen as a retail grocery clerk and had a successful wholesale grocery business. He began writing poetry when he was young. Dianne Shapiro, from "The Singers and Their Songs: sketches of living gospel hymn writers" by Charles Hutchinson Gabriel (Chicago: The Rodeheaver Company, 1916)

Henry Thomas Smart

1813 - 1879 Composer of "LANCASHIRE" in The Cyber Hymnal 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, Smart designed organs for important places such as St. Andrew Hall in Glasgow and the Town Hall in Leeds. He composed an opera, oratorios, part-songs, some instrumental music, and many hymn tunes, as well as a large number of works for organ and choir. He edited the Choralebook (1858), the English Presbyterian Psalms and Hymns for Divine Worship (1867), and the Scottish Presbyterian Hymnal (1875). Some of his hymn tunes were first published in Hymns Ancient and Modern (1861). Bert Polman

Mary A. Lathbury

1841 - 1913 Author of "Evening Praise" in Our Song Book Lathbury, Mary Ann, was born in Manchester, Ontario County, New York, Aug. 10, 1841. Miss Lathbury writes somewhat extensively for the American religious periodical press, and is well and favourably known (see the Century Magazine, Jan., 1885, p. 342). Of her hymns which have come into common use we have:— 1. Break Thou the bread of life. Communion with God. A "Study Song" for the Chautauqua Literary and Scientific Circle, written in the summer of 1880. It is in Horder's (Eng.) Congregational Hymns, 1884. 2. Day is dying in the west. Evening. "Written at the request of the Rev. John H. Vincent, D.D., in the summer of 1880. It was a "Vesper Song," and has been frequently used in the responsive services of the Chautauqua Literary and Scientific Circle." It is in the Laudes Domini, N. Y., 1884. For these details we are indebted to S. W. Duffield's English Hymns, &c, N. Y., 1886. --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907) ================== Lathbury, Mary A., p. 640, i. Another hymn by this writer is, "Lift up, lift up thy voice with singing." [Praise to Christ), in Sankey's Sacred Songs & Solos, 1878. --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, Appendix, Part II (1907)