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Why, thus impatient to be gone

Author: A. Cruden Appears in 17 hymnals

BALERMA

Appears in 473 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Hugh Wilson Incipit: 13216 56113 23532 Used With Text: Why thus impatient to be gone?

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Why, thus impatient to be gone

Author: A. Cruden Hymnal: The Psalms and Hymns, with the Catechism, Confession of Faith, and Liturgy, of the Reformed Dutch Church in North America #A104 (1839)

Why, thus impatient to be gone

Author: A. Cruden Hymnal: The Psalms and Hymns, with the Doctrinal Standards and Liturgy of the Reformed Protestant Dutch Church in North America #H714 (1860)

Why thus impatient to be gone?

Hymnal: Additional Hymns, Adopted by the General Synod of the Reformed Dutch Church in North America, at their Session June 1831. 2nd ed. #104 (1831) Languages: English

1766 - 1824 Composer of "BALERMA" in Hymn and Tune Book of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South (Round Note Ed.) Hugh Wilson (b. Fenwick, Ayrshire, Scotland, c. 1766; d. Duntocher, Scotland, 1824) learned the shoemaker trade from his father. He also studied music and mathematics and became proficient enough in various subjects to become a part-time teacher to the villagers. Around 1800, he moved to Pollokshaws to work in the cotton mills and later moved to Duntocher, where he became a draftsman in the local mill. He also made sundials and composed hymn tunes as a hobby. Wilson was a member of the Secession Church, which had separated from the Church of Scotland. He served as a manager and precentor in the church in Duntocher and helped found its first Sunday school. It is thought that he composed and adapted a number of psalm tunes, but only two have survived because he gave instructions shortly before his death that all his music manuscripts were to be destroyed. Bert Polman