John B. Dykes (PHH 147) composed ST. AGNES for [Jesus the Very Thought of Thee]. Dykes named the tune after a young Roman Christian woman who was martyred in A.D. 304 during the reign of Diocletian. St. Agnes was sentenced to death for refusing to marry a nobleman to whom she said, "I am already eng…
Display Title: Before Thy ThroneFirst Line: Before thy throne again we meetTune Title: [Before thy throne again we meet]Author: Richard B. WellsDate: 1921
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