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[One sweetly solemn thought] (Converse)

Appears in 2 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Karl Reden Incipit: 33453 17671 65332 Used With Text: One Sweetly Solemn Thought

One Sweetly Solemn Thought

Appears in 714 hymnals Refrain First Line: Nearer my Father's house Used With Tune: [One sweetly solemn thought]

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Author: Miss Phoebe Carey Hymnal: Calvary Songs #135 (1875) Refrain First Line: Nearer my Father's house Lyrics: 1 One sweetly solemn thought Comes to me o'er and o'er— Nearer my parting hour am I, Nearer than ever before. Refrain: Nearer my Father's houses, Where many mansions be— Nearer the throne where Jesus reigns— Nearer the crystal sea. 2 Nearer my going home— Laying my burden down— Leaving my cross of heavy grief— Wearing my starry crown. [Refrain] 3 Nearer the hidden stream, Winding through shades of night, Rolling its cold, dark waves between Me and the world of light. [Refrain] 4 Jesus! to thee I cling; Strengthen my arm of faith; Stay near me while my way-worn feet Press through the stream of death. [Refrain] Languages: English Tune Title: [One sweetly solemn thought] (Converse)

One Sweetly Solemn Thought

Hymnal: Garlands of Praise #20a (1876) Refrain First Line: Nearer my Father's house Languages: English Tune Title: [One sweetly solemn thought]

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Charles C. Converse

1832 - 1918 Composer of "[One sweetly solemn thought] (Converse 33453)" Pseudonyms: Clare, Lester Vesé, Nevers, Karl Reden, Revons ================================= Charles Crozat Converse LLD USA 1832-1918. Born in Warren, MA, he went to Leipzig, Germany to study law and philosophy, as well as music theory and composition under Moritz Hauptmann, Friedrich Richter, and Louis Plaidy at the Leipzig Conservatory. He also met Franz Liszt and Louis Spohr. He became an author, composer, arranger and editor. He returned to the states in 1859 and graduated from the Albany, NY, Law School two years later. He married Lida Lewis. From 1875 he practiced law in Erie, PA, and also was put in charge of the Burdetta Organ Company. He composed hymn tunes and other works. He was offered a DM degree for his Psalm 126 cantata, but he declined the offer. In 1895 Rutherford College honored him with a LLD degree. He spent his last years in Highwood, NJ, where he died. He published “New method for the guitar”, “Musical bouquet”, “The 126th Psalm”, “Sweet singer”, “Church singer”, “Sayings of Sages” between 1855 and 1863. he also wrote the “Turkish battle polka” and “Rock beside the sea” ballad, and “The anthem book of the Episcopal Methodist Church”. John Perry

Phoebe Cary

1824 - 1871 Person Name: Miss Phoebe Carey Author of "One Sweetly Solemn Thought" in Calvary Songs Phoebe Cary, (1824-1871) was born and raised in Mount Healthy in Hamilton County, Ohio. Her family came from Lyme, New Hampshire to Ohio when her grandfather was given land in return for his service in the Continental Army. She was the younger sister of Alice Cary (1820-1871). She and Alice submitted poetry to religious periodicals. Phoebe remained in Ohio and continued to write many hymns, including, "One sweetly solemn thought." Mary Louise VanDyke =========================================== Cary, Phoebe, sister of Alice Cary, born near Cincinnati, Ohio, Sept. 4, 1824, and died within six months of the death of the same sister at Newport, July 31, 1871. Her works include Poems and Parodies, 1854; and Poems of Faith, Hope and Love, 1868. With Dr. Charles F. Deems she compiled Hymns for all Christians, 1869. Her hymns are:— 1. One sweetly solemn thought. Anticipation of Heaven. This piece was not intended for public use, nor is it a suitable metre for musical treatment, yet it has won universal acceptance and popularity. In some instances this has been attained by change of metre as in the Supplement to the Baptist Psalms & Hymns 1880, No. 1185. Johnson's Encyclopedia is in error in saying it was "written at the age of 17." The Congregational Quarterly for Oct., 1874, says, "it was written, she tells us, in the little back third story bedroom, one Sabbath morning in 1852, on her return from church." This statement shows that it was composed when she was 28, and not 17. The popularity of the hymn in Great Britain arose mainly through its use in the Evangelistic services of Messrs. Moody and Sankey. In the Protestant Episcopal Hymns for Church and Home, Phila., 1860, No. 383, it is given as "A sweetly solemn thought." The following additional pieces by this author are in the Lyra Sacra Americana, 1868:— 2. Go and sow beside all waters. Seed Sowing. 3. Great waves of plenty rolling up. Gratitude. 4. I had drunk, with lips unsated. Living Waters. [Rev. F. M. Bird, M.A.] --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)