African Methodist Episcopal Church Hymnal #178
Tune Title: ORTONVILLE First Line: Majestic sweetness sits enthroned Composer: Thomas Hastings, 1784-1872 Meter: CM Key: A♭ Major Date: 2011
African Methodist Episcopal Church Hymnal #178

Hastings, Thomas, MUS. DOC., son of Dr. Seth Hastings, was born at Washington, Lichfield County, Connecticut, October 15, 1784. In 1786, his father moved to Clinton, Oneida Co., N. Y. There, amid rough frontier life, his opportunities for education were small; but at an early age he developed a taste for music, and began teaching it in 1806. Seeking a wider field, he went, in 1817, to Troy, then to Albany, and in 1823 to Utica, where he conducted a religious journal, in which he advocated his special views on church music. In 1832 he was called to New York to assume the charge of several Church Choirs, and there his last forty years were spent in great and increasing usefulness and repute. He died at New York, May 15, 1872. His aim was the… Go to person page >| Title: | ORTONVILLE |
| Composer: | Thomas Hastings (1837) |
| Meter: | 8.6.8.6.6 |
| Incipit: | 51122 32156 61655 |
| Key: | G Major |
| Copyright: | Public Domain |
How sweet the name of Jesus sounds
in a believer's ear!
It soothes our sorrows, heals our wounds,
and drives away our fear.
Harmonizations, Introductions, Descants, Intonations
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Organ Solo
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Piano Solo
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