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The Light along the ages

Author: William G. Tarrant Appears in 16 hymnals Used With Tune: AURELIA
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AURELIA

Appears in 1,163 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Samuel Sebastian Wesley Incipit: 33343 32116 54345 Used With Text: The Light along the ages
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ROTTERDAM

Appears in 106 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Berthold Tours Incipit: 35144 31651 32135 Used With Text: The Light along the ages
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DANK SEI GOTT

Appears in 29 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Bartholomäus Gesius Incipit: 53565 43323 22153 Used With Text: The light along the ages
DANK SEI GOTT

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The Light Along the Ages

Author: William G. Tarrant Hymnal: The Cyber Hymnal #3790 Meter: 7.6.7.6 D Lyrics: 1. The light along the ages Shines higher as it goes; From age to age more glorious Its radiant splendor grows. Man’s life, begun so lowly, Now soars to Heaven above, To share in life eternal The joys of endless love. 2. But every gift surpassing, This wondrous gift we own— The Son of Man is risen To dwell before Thy throne. Wherever goodness reigneth The soul of Christ lives on, And every Christlike spirit Shall rise where He hath gone. Languages: English Tune Title: ROTTERDAM
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The Light along the ages

Author: William G. Tarrant, 1953-1928 Hymnal: The Beacon Song and Service book #237 (1935) Meter: 7.6.7.6 D Topics: Easter Languages: English Tune Title: AURELIA
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The Light along the ages

Author: William George Tarrant Hymnal: Hymns of the Widening Kingdom #49 (1931) Languages: English Tune Title: ROTTERDAM
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Samuel Sebastian Wesley

1810 - 1876 Person Name: Samuel S. Wesley Composer of "AURELIA" in The Beacon Song and Service book 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 System of the Church (1849). He was the musical editor of Charles Kemble's A Selection of Psalms and Hymns (1864) and of the Wellburn Appendix of Original Hymns and Tunes (1875) but is best known as the compiler of The European Psalmist (1872), in which some 130 of the 733 hymn tunes were written by him. Bert Polman
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W. G. Tarrant

1853 - 1928 Person Name: William G. Tarrant, 1953-1928 Author of "The Light along the ages" in The Beacon Song and Service book Tarrant, William George, B.A., b. 1853. Since 1883 Minister of the Wandsworth Unitarian Christian Church. Editor of The Inquirer, 1888-97. One of the editors of the Essex Hall Hymnal. 1890, and of the Revised ed., 1902. 1. Come, let us Join with faithful souls. The Faithful. 2. Draw nigh to God; He will draw nigh to you. The Divine Helper. 3. Long ago the lilies faded. The Constant Presence. 4. The Light along the ages. Easter. 5. With happy voices ringing. Children's Praise. --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, New Supplement (1907)
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Bartholomäus Gesius

1555 - 1613 Composer of "DANK SEI GOTT" in Hymns of the Spirit for Use in the Free Churches of America Bartholomaeus Gesius; b. 1555, Muencheberg, near Frankfort; d. 1613 or 14, Wittenberg Evangelical Lutheran Hymnal, 1908
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