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There Is a Pure and Tranquil Wave

Author: William Ball Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 44 hymnals Lyrics: 1. There is a pure and tranquil wave, [or There is a pure and peaceful wave] That issues from the throne of grace; Whose waters gladden as they lave The bright and heav’nly dwelling place. 2. In living streams behold that tide, Thro’ Christ, the rock, profusely burst, And in His Word behold supplied, The fount for which our spirits thirst. 3. The pilgrim, faint, who seems to sink Beneath the sultry sky of time, May here repose and freely drink The waters of that better clime. 4. And every soul may here partake The blessings of the fount above; And none who drink will e’er forsake The crystal stream of boundless love. Used With Tune: LOUELLA Text Sources: Nugae Sacrae, 1825

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LOUELLA

Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 11 hymnals Tune Sources: Har­mon­ia Sac­ra, by Jo­seph Funk, 12th edi­tion, 1867 Tune Key: B Flat Major Incipit: 55653 55651 55655 Used With Text: There Is a Pure and Tranquil Wave
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GRESHAM

Appears in 1 hymnal Composer and/or Arranger: J. F. Bridge Incipit: 32316 56417 65431 Used With Text: There is a pure and tranquil wave

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There is a pure and peaceful wave

Hymnal: The Book of Worship #325 (1867) Meter: 8.8.8.8 Lyrics: 1 There is a pure and peaceful wave, That rolls around the throne of love; Whose waters gladden as they lave The bright and heavenly shores above. 2 While streams, which on that tide depend, Steal from those heavenly shores away, And on this desert world descend, Over our barren land to stray,-- 3 The pilgrim, faint and near to sink Beneath his load of earthly woe, Refreshed in its gentle flow. 4 There, oh my soul, do thou repose, And hover o'er the hallowed spring, To drink the crystal wave, and there To lave thy wounded, weary wing. 5 It may be that the waft of love Some leaves on that pure tide hath driven, Which passing from the shores above, Have floated down to us from heaven. 6 So shall thy wants and woes be healed By the blest influence they bring; So thy parched lips shall be unsealed, Thy Saviour's worthy name to sing. Topics: Man a Saint In Bodily and Spiritual Trouble Languages: English
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There is a pure, a peaceful wave

Hymnal: The American School Hymn Book #LVIII (1854)
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There is a pure, a peaceful wave

Hymnal: The American School Hymn Book. (New ed.) #LVIII (1857)

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Frederick Bridge

1844 - 1924 Person Name: J. F. Bridge Composer of "GRESHAM" in The Westminster Abbey Hymn-Book

William Ball

1801 - 1878 Author of "There Is a Pure and Tranquil Wave" in The Cyber Hymnal Ball, William, a member of the Society of Friends, some time resident at Glen Rothsay, Rydal, Westmoreland, author of (1) Nugae Sacrae, or Psalms, Hymns, and Spiritual Songs, Lond., 1825. (2) The Transcript and Other Poems; (3) Hymns, or Lyrics, 1864; (4) Verses composed since 1870, &c, 1875; and other works. From the above the following hymns have come into common use:— 1. Praise to Jesus! Praise to God. Praise. This is given in the Hymnary, 1871, as "Praise to Jesus, Lord and God," and in the American Hymns and Songs of Praise, N. Y., 1874, as:—"Hallelujah! Praise to God." Original text in Lyra. Britannica, 1867, p. 645. 2. There is a pure and tranquil wave . Hope. From Nugae Sacrae, 1825, into Lord Selborne's Book of Praise, 1862; the Lyra Britannica, 1867, p. 646: and the Westminster Abbey Hymn Book, 1883, &c. -- John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)

William Ball

1784 - 1869 Author of "There is a pure and tranquil wave" in The Westminster Abbey Hymn-Book
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