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Christ, the Teacher, cometh

Christ, the Teacher, cometh

Tune: LYNDHURST (Blunt)
Published in 3 hymnals


Text Information

First Line: Christ, the Teacher, cometh
Language: English
Copyright: Public Domain
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Notes

Christ, the Teacher, cometh. [Christ the Teacher.] The earliest date to which we have traced this hymn is 1880, in W. E. Stevenson's Baptist School Hymnal, where it is given as from a S. Scholar's Hymn Book. It has been repeated in several later collections, and usually as Anon. [Rev. James Mearns, M.A.]

--John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, New Supplement (1907)

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Tune

LYNDHURST (Blunt)

MERRIAL (sometimes known as LYNDHURST) is a fine tune by Frederic William Blunt (b. Mayfair, Westminster, Middlesex, England, 1839; d. Kensington, London, England, 1921). Not much is known about Blunt except that he was a London solicitor by profession and a musician by avocation. He originally comp…

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Instances in all hymnals

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Our New Hymnal #372

Our New Hymnal #372
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The Gospel Singer #24

The Gospel Singer #24
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The Sunday School Hymnary #268

The Sunday School Hymnary #268
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