My Goal Is God

Author: Frances Brook

Brook, Frances, daughter of the Rev. James Brook, M.A., of Helme Edge, Meltham, Huddersfield, was b. in Bath in 1870. Her interest in missions is deep, and delicate health alone has prevented her from giving her services in the foreign field where two of her sisters are laboring. Her first hymn leaflet was:— 1. There is singing in the Homeland. [Martyrs.] It was written in 1895 "In Memoriam" of the Rev. Robert Stewart and his little band in the Hawa Sang martyrdom of that year. It was printed in the C.M.S. Gleaner, March, 1896, p. 34, and included in the Church Missionary Hymn Book, 1899, No. 163. The original leaflet is entitled "Martyrs of Jesus, Called to be with Christ, at Kucheng, S. China, August 1st, 1895." 2. My… Go to person page >

Text Information

First Line: My goal is God himself, not joy, nor peace
Title: My Goal Is God
Author: Frances Brook
Meter: 10.10.10.10
Language: English
Copyright: Public Domain

Tune

MORECAMBE

MORECAMBE was composed in 1870 by Frederick C. Atkinson (b. Norwich, England, 1841; d. East Dereham, England, 1896) as a setting for Henry Lyte's "Abide with Me" (442). It was first published in G. S. Barrett and E.J. Hopkins's Congregational Church Hymnal (1887). The tune is named for a coastal tow…

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[My goal is God Himself, not joy, nor peace]


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Complete Mission Praise #470

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Hymns of Consecration and Faith #306

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Hymns of the Christian Life #351

Hymns of the Christian Life #265

Hymns of the Christian Life. Rev. ed. #d291

Hymns of the Christian Life. Rev. ed. #265

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