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While sounds of war are heard around

Author: John Aikin Appears in 50 hymnals

TALLIS' LAMENTATION

Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 7 hymnals Tune Sources: Day's Psalter, 1562 Tune Key: d minor or modal Incipit: 13432 32135 54342 Used With Text: While Sounds Of War Are Heard Around

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While Sounds Of War Are Heard Around

Author: John Aikin Hymnal: The Cyber Hymnal #13165 Meter: 8.8.8.8 Lyrics: 1 While sounds of war are heard around, And death and ruin strew the ground; To Thee we look, on Thee we call, The parent and the Lord of all. Thou, who hast stamped on human kind The image of a Heav’n-born mind, And in a father’s wide embrace Hast cherished all the kindred race; 2 O see, with what insatiate rage Thy sons their impious battles wage; How spreads destruction, like a flood, And brothers shed their brothers’ blood! See guilty passions spring to birth, And deeds of hell deform the earth; While righteousness and justice mourn, And love and pity droop forlorn. 3 Great God! whose powerful hand can bind The raging waves, the furious wind, O bid the human tempest cease, And hush the maddening world to peace. With reverence may each hostile land Hear and obey that high command, Thy Son’s blest errand from above— "My creatures, live in mutual love!" Languages: English Tune Title: TALLIS' LAMENTATION

While sounds of war are heard around

Hymnal: A Collection of Hymns and A Liturgy #415 (1814) Lyrics: 1 While sounds of war are heard around, And death and ruin strew the ground: To thee we look, on thee we call, The Parent and the Lord of all. 2 Thou, who hast stamp'd on human kind The image of a heav'n-born mind, And in a Father’s wide embrace Hast cherished all the kindred race; 3 O see, with that insatiate rage Thy sons their impious battles wage; How spreads destruction like a flood, And brothers shed their brothers' blood! 4 See guilty passions spring to birth, And deeds of hell deform the earth; Whilst righteousness and justice mourn, And love and pity droop forlorn. 5 Great God! whose pow'rful hand can bind The raging waves, the furious wind, O bid the human tempest cease, And hush the madd'ning world to peace. 6 With rev'rence may each hostile land Hear and obey that high command, Thy Son’s blest errand from above:— “My creatures, live in mutual love!” Topics: Particular Occasions and Circumstances Public and National Blessings and Afflictions; In time of war Languages: English

While sounds of war are heard around

Hymnal: A Selection of Hymns and Psalms for Social and Private Worship (6th ed.) #350 (1827) Meter: 8.8.8.8 Topics: Changes of War and Peace; For a Fast-Day in time of War; Public Fast Languages: English

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Author of "While sounds of war are heard around" in A Collection of Psalms and Hymns for Christian Worship In some hymnals, the editors noted that a hymn's author is unknown to them, and so this artificial "person" entry is used to reflect that fact. Obviously, the hymns attributed to "Author Unknown" "Unknown" or "Anonymous" could have been written by many people over a span of many centuries.

John Aikin

1747 - 1822 Author of "While Sounds Of War Are Heard Around" in The Cyber Hymnal Aikin, John, M.D., 1747-1822. The brother of Mrs. Barbauld,son or Dr. Aikin of the Warrington Academy. As a physician he practised at Warrington and Yarmouth, and from 1798 till the time of his death lived at Stoke Newington. Author (with his sister), of Evenings at Home, editor of the General Biographical Dictionary, and for some time of the Monthly Magazine. His hymn In time of war, "While [what] sounds of war are heard around," was very popular. It is in Kippis and Martineau’s Hymns for the Christian Church and Home. --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)