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[O sing His praise, who governs earth and sky]

Appears in 3 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Grant Colfax Tullar Incipit: 54651 21765 23457 Used With Text: O Sing His Praise

Author: Eliza E. Hewitt Appears in 2 hymnals First Line: O sing His praise, who governs earth and sky Refrain First Line: Sweet praises bring the heav'nly King Lyrics: 1. O sing His praise, who governs earth and sky; Sing His tender mercy, ever nigh; Sing of the love that ransoms man from sin, Love that conquered death, our souls to win. Refrain Sweet praises bring the heav’nly King; To every nation tell His everlasting love; Sweet praises bring the heav’nly King; He guides us in His ways, He sends the sunny days; And every cloud His will obeys With blessing from above. 2. O sing His praise, with gratitude sincere; Tokens of His goodness thro’ the year; Sing of the care providing for our needs, Thro’ the stranger-land, He gently leads. [Refrain] 3. O sing His praise; the thankful notes prolong; Let our lives re-echo every song; Let heart and hand the happy strain repeat, Laying loving service at His feet. [Refrain] Used With Tune: [O sing His praise, who governs earth and sky] Text Sources: Sunday School Hymns No. 1 (New York: Tullar-Meredith Company, 1903), number 112

Ring On, Ye Bells

Author: Grant C. Tullar Appears in 2 hymnals First Line: Ring, merry bells, this day is born a King Refrain First Line: Ring on, ye bells, ye merry bells Lyrics: 1. Ring, merry bells, this day is born a King; To the waiting shepherds angels sing; With gifts of love they journey from afar, Guided to the manger by the star. Refrain Ring on, ye bells, ye merry bells, Let sweetest anthems fill each heart with joy today; Ring on, ye bells, ye merry bells, Ring out the message clear, Let all the nations hear, Thy message brings to all good cheer, This happy Christmas Day. 2. Ring, bells of Christmas! Merrily ye chime, Send your notes of joy to every clime. Drive out the darkness, set the burdened free, Let the land resound with songs of glee. [Refrain] 3. Ring on, ye bells, there’s music everywhere, In thy merry notes we’ll lose our care; Free from all sorrow, hearts so light and gay, Join we in thy praise, this Christmas day. [Refrain] Used With Tune: [Ring, merry bells, this day is born a King] Text Sources: Sunday School Hymns No. 1 (New York: Tullar-Meredith Company, 1903), numbers 112 & 260

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O Sing His Praise

Author: Eliza E. Hewitt Hymnal: The Cyber Hymnal #5307 First Line: O sing His praise, who governs earth and sky Refrain First Line: Sweet praises bring the heav'nly King Lyrics: 1. O sing His praise, who governs earth and sky; Sing His tender mercy, ever nigh; Sing of the love that ransoms man from sin, Love that conquered death, our souls to win. Refrain Sweet praises bring the heav’nly King; To every nation tell His everlasting love; Sweet praises bring the heav’nly King; He guides us in His ways, He sends the sunny days; And every cloud His will obeys With blessing from above. 2. O sing His praise, with gratitude sincere; Tokens of His goodness thro’ the year; Sing of the care providing for our needs, Thro’ the stranger-land, He gently leads. [Refrain] 3. O sing His praise; the thankful notes prolong; Let our lives re-echo every song; Let heart and hand the happy strain repeat, Laying loving service at His feet. [Refrain] Languages: English Tune Title: [O sing His praise, who governs earth and sky]

O Sing His Praise

Author: E. E. Hewitt Hymnal: Sunday School Hymns No. 1 #112 (1903) First Line: O sing His praise, who governs earth and sky Refrain First Line: Sweet praises bring the heav'nly King Topics: Praise Languages: English Tune Title: [O sing His praise, who governs earth and sky]

Ring On, Ye Bells

Author: Grant C. Tullar Hymnal: The Cyber Hymnal #5801 First Line: Ring, merry bells, this day is born a King Refrain First Line: Ring on, ye bells, ye merry bells Lyrics: 1. Ring, merry bells, this day is born a King; To the waiting shepherds angels sing; With gifts of love they journey from afar, Guided to the manger by the star. Refrain Ring on, ye bells, ye merry bells, Let sweetest anthems fill each heart with joy today; Ring on, ye bells, ye merry bells, Ring out the message clear, Let all the nations hear, Thy message brings to all good cheer, This happy Christmas Day. 2. Ring, bells of Christmas! Merrily ye chime, Send your notes of joy to every clime. Drive out the darkness, set the burdened free, Let the land resound with songs of glee. [Refrain] 3. Ring on, ye bells, there’s music everywhere, In thy merry notes we’ll lose our care; Free from all sorrow, hearts so light and gay, Join we in thy praise, this Christmas day. [Refrain] Languages: English Tune Title: [Ring, merry bells, this day is born a King]

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Grant Colfax Tullar

1869 - 1950 Composer of "[O sing His praise, who governs earth and sky]" in The Cyber Hymnal Grant Colfax Tullar was born August 5, 1869, in Bolton, Connecticut. He was named after the American President Ulysses S. Grant and Vice President Schuyler Colfax. After the American Civil War, his father was disabled and unable to work, having been wounded in the Battle of Antietam. Tullar's mother died when he was just two years old so Grant had no settled home life until he became an adult. Yet from a life of sorrow and hardship he went on to bring joy to millions of Americans with his songs and poetry. As a child, he received virtually no education or religious training. He worked in a woolen mill and as a shoe clerk. The last Methodist camp meeting in Bolton was in 1847. Tullar became a Methodist at age 19 at a camp meeting near Waterbury in 1888. He then attended the Hackettstown Academy in New Jersey. He became an ordained Methodist minister and pastored for a short time in Dover, Delaware. For 10 years he was the song leader for evangelist Major George A. Hilton. Even so, in 1893 he also helped found the well-known Tullar-Meredith Publishing Company in New York, which produced church and Sunday school music. Tullar composed many popular hymns and hymnals. His works include: Sunday School Hymns No. 1 (Chicago, Illinois: Tullar Meredith Co., 1903) and The Bible School Hymnal (New York: Tullar Meredith Co., 1907). One of Grant Tullar's most quoted poems is "The Weaver": My Life is but a weaving Between my Lord and me; I cannot choose the colors He worketh steadily. Oft times He weaveth sorrow And I, in foolish pride, Forget He sees the upper, And I the under side. Not til the loom is silent And the shuttles cease to fly, Shall God unroll the canvas And explain the reason why. The dark threads are as needful In the Weaver's skillful hand, As the threads of gold and silver In the pattern He has planned. He knows, He loves, He cares, Nothing this truth can dim. He gives His very best to those Who chose to walk with Him. Grant Tullar --http://www.boltoncthistory.org/granttullar.html, from Bolton Community News, August 2006.

E. E. Hewitt

1851 - 1920 Person Name: Eliza E. Hewitt Author of "O Sing His Praise" in The Cyber Hymnal Pseudonym: Lidie H. Edmunds. Eliza Edmunds Hewitt was born in Philadelphia 28 June 1851. She was educated in the public schools and after graduation from high school became a teacher. However, she developed a spinal malady which cut short her career and made her a shut-in for many years. During her convalescence, she studied English literature. She felt a need to be useful to her church and began writing poems for the primary department. she went on to teach Sunday school, take an active part in the Philadelphia Elementary Union and become Superintendent of the primary department of Calvin Presbyterian Church. Dianne Shapiro, from "The Singers and Their Songs: sketches of living gospel hymn writers" by Charles Hutchinson Gabriel (Chicago: The Rodeheaver Company, 1916)