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From the First Dawn

Text Information

First Line: From the first dawn of infant life
Title: From the First Dawn
Language: English
Copyright: Public Domain
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Notes

From the first dawn of infant life. [ Charity School Sermon.] Anonymous, in Pratt's Collection, 1829, in 4 stanzas of 4 lines, and in C.M. In a few hymnals, as in the American Presbyterian Selection of Hymns, Philadelphia, 1861, it is altered to S.M. and begins, "From earliest dawn of life."

--John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, Appendix, Part II (1907)

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Tune

ST. AGNES (Dykes)

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…

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A Selection of Hymns, adapted to the devotions of the closet, the family, and the social circle; and containing subjects appropriate to the monthly concerns of prayer for the success... #169

A Selection of Hymns, adapted to the devotions of the closet, the family, and the social circle; and containing subjects appropriate to the monthly concerns of prayer for the success... #169
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Book of Praise for the Sunday School #150a

Book of Praise for the Sunday School #150a
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Hymns of Praise with Tunes #133

Hymns of Praise with Tunes #133
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Our Song Book #56a

Our Song Book #56a
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The Advent Harp; designed for believers in the speedy coming of Christ #150b

The Advent Harp; designed for believers in the speedy coming of Christ #150b

The Alleluia #d63

The Alleluia #d63
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The Alleluia #53

The Alleluia #53

The Church-Book #d111

The Church-Book #d111
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The Hymnary with Tunes #120a

The Hymnary with Tunes #120a
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The New Alleluia #53

The New Alleluia #53
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The New Hymnary #121

The New Hymnary #121

The Sacred Lute #d99

The Sacred Lute #d99
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