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Songs of Zion

Publication Date: 1981 Publisher: Abingdon Press Publication Place: Nashville Editors: J. Jefferson Cleveland; Verolga Nix

Author: J. E. Rankin, 1828-1904 Appears in 1,178 hymnals First Line: God be with you, God be with you Lyrics: God be with you, God be with you, God be with you till we meet again, by His counsels guide uphold you, with His sheep securely fold you, God be with you, God be with you, God be with you till we meet again. Topics: Service Music Benedictions Used With Tune: [God be with you, God be with you]

Savior, Lead Me, Lest I Stray

Author: F. M. D. Appears in 308 hymnals Refrain First Line: Lead me, lead me Lyrics: 1 Savior, lead me, lest I stray, Gently lead me all the way; I am safe when by Thy side, I would in Thy love abide. Refrain: Lead me, lead me, Savior, lead me, lest I stray; Gently down the stream of time, Lead me, Savior, all the way. 2 Thou the refuge of my soul, When life’s stormy billows roll, I am safe when Thou art nigh, All my hopes on Thee rely. [Refrain] 3 Savior, lead me, then at last, When the storm of life is past, To the land of endless day, Where all tears are wiped away. [Refrain] Topics: Hymns Used With Tune: [Savior, lead me, lest I stray]

Throw Out the Lifeline

Author: E. S. U. Appears in 367 hymnals First Line: Throw out the lifeline across the dark wave! Refrain First Line: Throw out the lifeline! Lyrics: 1 Throw out the lifeline across the dark wave! There is a brother* whom someone should save; Somebody’s brother!** Oh, who then will dare To throw out the lifeline, his*** peril to share? Refrain: Throw out the lifeline! Throw out the lifeline! Someone is drifting away; Throw out the lifeline! Throw out the lifeline! Someone is sinking today. 2 Throw out the lifeline with hand quick and strong Why do you tarry, why linger so long? See! he is sinking! Oh, hasten today, And out with the lifeboat! away, then, away! [Refrain] 3 Throw out the lifeline to danger fraught men, Sinking in anguish where you’ve never been; Winds of temptation and billows of woe Will soon hurl them out where the dark waters flow. [Refrain] 4 Soon will the season of rescue be o’er, Soon will they drift to eternity’s shore; Haste then, my brother,** no time for delay, But throw out the lifeline and save them today. [Refrain] Topics: Hymns Used With Tune: [Throw out the lifeline across the dark wave!]

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Tunes

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[Soon and very soon, we are going to see the King]

Appears in 57 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Andraé Crouch, 1947- Tune Key: F Major or modal Incipit: 33321 44333 32122 Used With Text: Soon and Very Soon

MEAR

Appears in 296 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: William Farley Smith, 1941- Tune Sources: American Psalm Tune Tune Key: F Major or modal Incipit: 15533 13223 15455 Used With Text: Prayer Call and Response

MCKEE

Appears in 108 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Harry T. Burleigh, 1866–1949 Tune Sources: Traditional Tune Key: C Major Incipit: 15555 77656 11511 Used With Text: In Christ There Is No East or West

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Instances

Published text-tune combinations (hymns) from specific hymnals

Glory Be to Our God on High

Author: William M. James, 1915- Hymnal: SOZ1981 #2 (1981) Topics: Hymns Languages: English Tune Title: DUKE STREET

We're Marching to Zion

Author: Isaac Watts, 1674-1748; R.L. Hymnal: SOZ1981 #3 (1981) First Line: Come, we that love the Lord Lyrics: 1 Come, we that love the Lord, And let our joys be known, Join in a song with sweet accord, Join in a song with sweet accord, And thus surround the throne, And thus surround the throne. Refrain: We're marching to Zion, Beautiful, beautiful Zion; We're marching upward to Zion, The beautiful city of God. 2 Let those refuse to sing Who never knew our God; But children of the heav'nly King, But children of the heav'nly King, May speak their joys abroad, May speak their joys abroad. [Refrain] 3 The hill of Zion yields A thousand sacred sweets Before we reach the heav'nly fields, Before we reach the heav'nly fields, Or walk the golden streets, Or walk the golden streets. [Refrain] 4 Then let our songs abound, And ev'ry tear be dry; We're marching through Immanuel's ground, We're marching through Immanuel's ground, To fairer worlds on high, To fairer worlds on high. [Refrain] Languages: English Tune Title: MARCHING TO ZION

Glory to His Name

Author: Elisha A. Hoffman, 1839-1929 Hymnal: SOZ1981 #4 (1981) First Line: Down at the cross where my Savior died Lyrics: 1 Down at the cross where my Savior died, Down where for cleansing from sin I cried, There to my heart was the blood applied; Glory to His name. Refrain: Glory to His name, Glory to His name; There to my heart was the blood applied; Glory to His name. 2 I am so wondrously saved from sin, Jesus so sweetly abides within; There at the cross where He took me in; Glory to His name. [Refrain] 3 O, precious fountain that saves from sin, I am so glad I have entered in; There Jesus saves me and keeps me clean; Glory to His name. [Refrain] 4 Come to this fountain so rich and sweet, Cast thy poor soul at the Savior’s feet; Plunge in today, and be made complete; Glory to His name. [Refrain] Topics: Hymns Languages: English Tune Title: GLORY TO HIS NAME

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People

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Horatio Gates Spafford

1828 - 1888 Person Name: Horatio G. Spafford, 1828-1888 Hymnal Number: 20 Author of "It Is Well with My Soul" in Songs of Zion

Norman E. Johnson

1928 - 1983 Person Name: Norman Johnson Hymnal Number: 54 Arranger of "[On Jordan's stormy banks I stand]" in Songs of Zion

John R. Sweney

1837 - 1899 Person Name: John R. Sweney, 1837-1899 Hymnal Number: 66 Composer of "[More about Jesus would I know]" in Songs of Zion John R. Sweney (1837-1899) was born in West Chester, Pennsylvania, and exhibited musical abilities at an early age. At nineteen he was studying with a German music teacher, leading a choir and glee club, and performing at children’s entertainments. By twenty-two he was teaching at a school in Dover, Delaware. Soon thereafter, he was put in charge of the band of the Third Delaware Regiment of the Union Army for the duration of the Civil War. After the war, he became Professor of Music at the Pennsylvania Military Academy, and director of Sweney’s Cornet Band. He eventually earned Bachelor and Doctor of Music degrees at the Academy. Sweney began composing church music in 1871 and became well-known as a leader of large congregations. His appreciators stated “Sweney knows how to make a congregation sing” and “He had great power in arousing multitudes.” He also became director of music for a large Sunday school at the Bethany Presbyterian Church in Philadelphia of which John Wanamaker was superintendent (Wanamaker was the founder of the first major department store in Philadelphia). In addition to his prolific output of hymn melodies and other compositions, Sweney edited or co-edited about sixty song collections, many in collaboration with William J. Kirkpatrick. Sweney died on April 10, 1899, and his memorial was widely attended and included a eulogy by Wanamaker. Joe Hickerson from "Joe's Jottings #9" used by permission

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