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Aspirations of Youth

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Higher, higher we will [will we] climb

Author: James Montgomery
Published in 11 hymnals

Author: James Montgomery

James Montgomery (b. Irvine, Ayrshire, Scotland, 1771; d. Sheffield, Yorkshire, England, 1854), the son of Moravian parents who died on a West Indies mission field while he was in boarding school, Montgomery inherited a strong religious bent, a passion for missions, and an independent mind. He was editor of the Sheffield Iris (1796-1827), a newspaper that sometimes espoused radical causes. Montgomery was imprisoned briefly when he printed a song that celebrated the fall of the Bastille and again when he described a riot in Sheffield that reflected unfavorably on a military commander. He also protested against slavery, the lot of boy chimney sweeps, and lotteries. Associated with Christians of various persuasions, Montgomery supported missio… Go to person page >

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Text Information

First Line:	Higher, higher we will [will we] climb
Title:	Aspirations of Youth
Author:	James Montgomery
Language:	English
Copyright:	Public Domain

Tune

[Dorten am kristallnen Meer]

[Higher, higher, will we climb]

All tunes published with 'Aspirations of Youth'^ top

Timeline

Page Scans

Heart and Voice: a collection of Songs and Services for the Sunday School and the Home (1910), p.204

Instances

Instances (1 - 11 of 11)

A Book of Song and Service #133

Heart and Voice #d102

Heart and Voice #137

Sunday School Harmonies No. 3 #d13

Sunday School Service Book and Hymnal #121

The Carol #91

The School Hymn Book #d26

The Sunday School Choir and Superintendent's Assistant #d56

The Sunny Side #d47

The Truth Seeker Collection of Forms, Hymns and Recitations, Original and Selected, for the Use of Liberals #d119

Young Singer's Friend #s1

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