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[One sweetly solemn thought]

Appears in 84 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Phillip Phillips Incipit: 53121 65566 56535 Used With Text: One Sweetly Solemn Thought

Author: Phoebe Cary Appears in 714 hymnals Refrain First Line: Nearer my home, Nearer my home Topics: Death and Burial; Heaven Scripture: Hebrews 11:16 Used With Tune: [One sweetly solemn thought]

Salig Tanke

Appears in 1 hymnal First Line: Hvor liflig mangen gang Refrain First Line: Nærmere hjemmet Used With Tune: [Hvor liflig mangen gang]

Solemne me es saber

Author: E. L. Maxwell Appears in 1 hymnal Refrain First Line: Más cerca estoy Used With Tune: [Solemne me es saber]

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One Sweetly Solemn Thought

Author: Miss Phoebe Cary Hymnal: International Song Service #26 (1887) Refrain First Line: Nearer my home Languages: English Tune Title: [One sweetly solemn thought]

One sweetly solemn thought

Author: Phoebe Cary Hymnal: The Morning Star #126 (1877) Refrain First Line: Nearer my home Lyrics: 1 One sweetly solemn thought Comes to me o’er and o’er; I'm nearer home today, today, Than I have been before. Chorus: Nearer my home, Nearer my home, Nearer my home today, today, Than I have been before. 2 Nearer my Father’s house, Where many mansions be; Nearer the great white throne today, Nearer the crystal sea. [Chorus] 3 Nearer the bound of life, Where burdens are laid down; Nearer to leave the cross today, And nearer to the crown. [Chorus] 4 Be near me when my feet Are slipping o'er the brink; For I am nearer home today, Perhaps, than now I think. [Chorus] Scripture: Hebrews 11:16 Tune Title: [One sweetly solemn thought]

One Sweetly Solemn Thought

Author: Miss Phoebe Cary Hymnal: Old and New Songs of the Church #17 (1935) Refrain First Line: Nearer my home, nearer my home Scripture: Hebrews 11:16 Tune Title: [One sweetly solemn thought]

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Philip Phillips

1834 - 1895 Composer of "[One sweetly solemn thought]" in International Song Service Phillips, Philip, commonly known as the "Singing Pilgrim," was born in Chautauqua County, N. York, Aug. 13, 1834. Although engaged in farming for a time, from an early age he devoted himself to music, and ultimately devoted himself to the work of a "Singing Evangelist," in which capacity he has visited most English-speaking countries. His popular hymnals are: (1) Early Blossoms, 1860; (2) Musical Leaves, 1862; and (3) The Singing Pilgrim, 1866. In these works he published one or two hymns, including "I have heard of a Saviour's love" (The love of Christ), as in I. D. Sankey's Sacred Songs and Solos, 1878. --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, Appendix, Part II (1907)

Phoebe Cary

1824 - 1871 Person Name: Miss Phoebe Cary Author of "One Sweetly Solemn Thought" in International Song Service 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)