Lord, may Thy truth upon the heart

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Lord, may Thy truth upon the heart

Author: Caroline Gilman
Tune: CANONBURY
Published in 15 hymnals

Piano/Organ
	A Still, Small Voice (Reflective Hymn Se…

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1 Lord, may thy truth upon the heart
Now fall, and dwell as heavenly dew,
And flowers of grace in freshness start
Where once the weeds of error grew.

2 May prayer now lift her sacred wings,
Contented with that aim alone
Which bears her to the King of kings,
And rests her at his sheltering throne.

Source: The Voice of Praise: a collection of hymns for the use of the Methodist Church #295

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Author: Caroline Gilman

Mrs. Caroline Gilman was born in Boston, in 1794. She married the Rev. Samuel Gilman, a Unitarian minister, in 1819. Soon after, they removed to Charleston, South Carolina. Mrs. Gilman has written considerable prose and some poetry. --Annotations of the Hymnal, Charles Hutchins, M.A., 1872.… Go to person page >

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Text Information

First Line:	Lord, may Thy truth upon the heart
Author:	Caroline Gilman
Source:	New York Collection
Language:	English
Copyright:	Public Domain

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Tune

CANONBURY

Derived from the fourth piano piece in Robert A. Schumann's Nachtstücke, Opus 23 (1839), CANONBURY first appeared as a hymn tune in J. Ireland Tucker's Hymnal with Tunes, Old and New (1872). The tune, whose title refers to a street and square in Islington, London, England, is often matched to Haver…

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