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Missionary sewing society

Author: William Hunter Appears in 4 hymnals First Line: Though to a distant region

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MISSIONARY SEWING SOCIETY

Appears in 1 hymnal Composer and/or Arranger: S. W. Tune Key: D Major Incipit: 34551 32154 32315 Used With Text: Missionary sewing society

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Missionary sewing society

Hymnal: The Minstrel of Zion #97 (1845) First Line: Though to a distant region Lyrics: 1 Though to a distant region, Our course we may not steer; To spread that blest religion, Which prompts our meeting here; Though Providence denies us The heavier work to do, Our Master here employs us, We're in his service too. 2 While fathers, sons, and brothers, Are toiling in the field, Their daughters, sisters, mothers, To sloth shall never yield; Our hands shall make their raiment, And needful food provide, Till every faithful claimant Shall have his wants supplied. 3 Our works are not redundant,-- 'Tis little we can do-- The harvest is abundant, And reapers are but few; To aid the pious labours Of those in darker lands, We meet as Christian neighbours, And ply our cheerful hands. 4 While some go forward weeping, And scatter precious seeds, And others now are reaping The fruits of former deeds; Our Father, God, direct them, Wherever they shall roam; Let angel bands protect them, Till thou shalt call them home. 5 When they return with gladness, Their sheaves around them borne, No longer, then, in sadness, Their sufferings we shall mourn; What though they go before us, Or long delay to come, We'll join their blissful chorus, And "shout the harvest home." Tune Title: MISSIONARY SEWING SOCIETY
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Missionary Sewing Society

Author: W. H. Hymnal: Select Melodies; Comprising the Best Hymns and Spiritual Songs in Common Use, and not generally found in standard church hymn-books #190 (1856) First Line: Though to a distant region

Missionary sewing society

Author: William Hunter Hymnal: Select Melodies, comprising the Best of Those Hymns and Spiritual Songs in Common Use #d245 (1846) First Line: Though to a distant region

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William Hunter

1811 - 1877 Author of "Missionary sewing society" Hunter, William, D.D, son of John Hunter, was born near Ballymoney, County Antrim, Ireland, May 26, 1811. He removed to America in 1817, and entered Madison College in 1830. For some time he edited the Conference Journal, and the Christian Advocate. In 1855 he was appointed Professor of Hebrew in Alleghany College: and subsequently Minister of the Methodist Episcopal Church, at Alliance, Stark Country, Ohio. He died in 1877. He edited Minstrel of Zion, 1845; Select Melodies, 1851; and Songs of Devotion, 1859. His hymns, over 125 in all, appeared in these works. Some of these have been translated into various Indian languages. The best known are :— 1. A home in heaven; what a joyful thought. Heaven a Home. From his Minstrel of Zion, 1845, into the Methodist Scholar's Hymn Book, London, 1870, &c. 2. Joyfully, joyfully onward I [we] move. Pressing towards Heaven. This hymn is usually dated 1843. It was given in his Minstrel of Zion, 1845, and Select Melodies, 1851, and his Songs of Devotion, 1859. It has attained to great popularity. Two forms of the hymn are current, the original, where the second stanza begins "Friends fondly cherished, have passed on before"; and the altered form, where it reads: “Teachers and Scholars have passed on before." Both texts are given in W. F. Stevenson's Hymns for Church & Home, 1873, Nos. 79, 80, c. 3. The [My] heavenly home is bright and fair. Pressing towards Heaven. From his Minstrel of Zion, 1845, into the Cottage Melodies, New York, 1859, and later collections. 4. The Great Physician now is near. Christ the Physician. From his Songs of Devotion, 1859 5. Who shall forbid our grateful[chastened]woe? This hymn, written in 1843, was published in his Minstrel of Zion, 1845, and in his Songs of Devotion, 1859. [ Rev. F. M. Bird, M.A.] --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)

Samuel Wakefield

1799 - 1895 Person Name: S. W. Composer of "MISSIONARY SEWING SOCIETY" in The Minstrel of Zion
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