Men of God, go take your stations

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Men of God, go take your stations

Author: Thomas Kelly
Published in 138 hymnals

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1 Men of God, go take your stations;
Darkness reigns throughout the earth:
Go proclaim among the nations
Joyful news of heavenly birth;
Bear the tidings
Of the Saviour's matchless worth.

2 Go to men in darkness sleeping,
Tell that Christ is strong to save;
Go to men in bondage weeping;
Publish freedom to the slave:
Tell the dying,
Christ has triumphed o'er the grave.

3 What though earth and hell united
Should oppose the Saviour's reign;
Plead his cause to souls benighted;
Fear ye not the face of men:
Vain their tumult,
Earth and hell will rage in vain.

4 When exposed to fears and dangers,
Jesus will his own defend;
Borne afar 'midst foes and strangers,
Jesus will appear your friend,
And his presence
Shall be with you to the end.

Source: The Voice of Praise: a collection of hymns for the use of the Methodist Church #808

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Author: Thomas Kelly

Kelly, Thomas, B.A., son of Thomas Kelly, a Judge of the Irish Court of Common Pleas, was born in Dublin, July 13, 1769, and educated at Trinity College, Dublin. He was designed for the Bar, and entered the Temple, London, with that intention; but having undergone a very marked spiritual change he took Holy Orders in 1792. His earnest evangelical preaching in Dublin led Archbishop Fowler to inhibit him and his companion preacher, Rowland Hill, from preaching in the city. For some time he preached in two unconsecrated buildings in Dublin, Plunket Street, and the Bethesda, and then, having seceded from the Established Church, he erected places of worship at Athy, Portarlington, Wexford, &c, in which he conducted divine worship and preached. H… Go to person page >

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First Line:	Men of God, go take your stations
Author:	Thomas Kelly
Language:	English
Copyright:	Public Domain

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Men of God, go take your stations. T. Kelly. [Mission.] Appeared in his Hymns, &c, 1809, No. 156, in 4 stanzas of 6 lines, and headed "Cry aloud, spare not. Isaiah lviii. 1" (ed. 1853, No. 561). It also appeared in the August number of the Evangelical Magazine the same year, as a "Missionary Hymn," and signed " T. K." Its modern use is somewhat extensive, especially in America.

--John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)

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SICILIAN MARINERS

SICILIAN MARINERS is traditionally used for the Roman Catholic Marian hymn "O Sanctissima." According to tradition, Sicilian seamen ended each day on their ships by singing this hymn in unison. The tune probably traveled from Italy to Germany to England, where The European Magazine and London Review…

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REGENT SQUARE (Smart)

Henry T. Smart (PHH 233) composed REGENT SQUARE for the Horatius Bonar (PHH 260) doxology "Glory be to God the Father." The tune was first published in the English Presbyterian Church's Psalms and Hymns for Divine Worship (1867), of which Smart was music editor. Because the text editor of that hymna…

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The Evangelical Hymnal (1921), p.332

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Instances

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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... #399

Additional Hymns, Adopted by the General Synod of the Reformed Protestant Dutch Church in North America, at their Session, June 1846, and authorized to be used in the churches under their care #220

Congregational Hymn and Tune Book; containing the Psalms and Hymns of the General Association of Connecticut, adapted to Suitable Tunes #1075

Hymns, Selected and Original, for Public and Private Worship, published by General Synod for the Evangelical Lutheran Church. 68th ed. (8th rev. ed.) #d474

Seamen's Devotional Assistant, and Mariners' Hymns; prepared under direction of the American Seamen's Friend Society #416

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Choral O Sanctissima/ O How Joyfully All creation danced in answer Angels from the Realms of Glory - (Holy Father, Great Creator) - (Choral Score) More Choral...
Instrumental Christmas Proclamations! (Brass Solos for Trumpet, Horn, Trombone, or Baritone T.C.) Angel Carols The Glory of Christmas - Handbell Part More Instrumental...
Handbells KEEP IT SIMPLE 5 Angels Sang at Bethlehem Angel Songs More Handbells...

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