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O Lord, how full of sweet content

Representative Text

1 O Lord, how full of sweet content
Our years of pilgrimage are spent!
Where'er we dwell, we dwell with Thee,
In heaven, in earth, or on the sea.

2 To us remains nor place nor time;
Our country is in every clime!
We can be calm and free from care
On any shore, since God is there.

3 While place we seek, or place we shun,
The soul finds happiness in none;
But with our God to guide our way,
'Tis equal joy to go or stay.

4 Could we be cast where Thou art not,
That were indeed a dreadful lot;
But regions none remote we call,
Secure of finding God in all.

Amen.

Source: Book of Worship with Hymns and Tunes #467

Author: Madame Guyon

Guyon, Madame. (1648-1717.) Jeanne Marie Bouyieres de la Mothe was the leader of the Quietist movement in France. The foundation of her Quietism was laid in her study of St. Francis de Sales, Madame de Chantal, and Thomas ä Kempis, in the conventual establishments of her native place, Montargis (Dep. Loiret), where she was educated as a child. There also she first learned the sentiment of espousal with Christ, to which later years gave a very marked development. She was married at sixteen to M. Guyon, a wealthy man of weak health, twenty-two years her senior, and her life, until his death, in 1676, was, partly from disparity of years, partly from the tyranny of her mother-in-law, partly from her own quick temper, an unhappy one. Her public… Go to person page >

Text Information

First Line: O Lord, how full of sweet content
Author: Madame Guyon
Language: English
Copyright: Public Domain

Tune

HURSLEY

HURSLEY is a Protestant French Huguenot melody by an anonymous composer.

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Timeline

Instances

Instances (1 - 53 of 53)

A Collection of Hymns for Public and Private Devotion #d183

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A Collection of Spiritual Hymns #336

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A Selection of Spiritual Songs #659

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Book of Worship (Rev. ed.) #349

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Book of Worship with Hymns and Tunes #467

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Book of Worship #349

Calvary Selection of Spiritual Songs with Music for the Church and the Choir #d659

Harmony in Praise #d151

Hymns and Tunes for Home Worship #d162

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Hymns for the Sanctuary and Social Worship #730

Hymns for Use in Divine Worship ... Seventh-Day Adventists #d792

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Hymns of the Church #422

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Hymns of the Faith with Psalms #467

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Laudamus #271

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Laudes Domini #428

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Laudes Domini #824

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Laudes Domini #420

Mission Songs #64

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Psalms and Hymns and Spiritual Songs #868

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Sacred Songs for School Use #8

Songs for the New Life #d472

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Songs for the Sanctuary, or Hymns and Tunes for Christian Worship #797

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Songs for the Sanctuary; or Psalms and Hymns for Christian Worship (Baptist Ed.) #797

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Songs for the Sanctuary; or, Psalms and Hymns for Christian Worship (Words only) #797

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Songs for the Sanctuary #797

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Songs for the Sanctuary #797

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Songs for the Sanctuary #797

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Songs of the Church #500

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The Baptist Hymn and Tune Book for Public Worship #105

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The Baptist Hymn and Tune Book, for Public Worship #47.105

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The Baptist Hymn Book #105

The Book of Praise #d560

The Book of Worship #d373

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The Brethren Hymnal #421

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The Calvary Selection of Spiritual Songs #367

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The Canadian Baptist Hymn Book #82

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The Christian Hymn Book #67

The Church of God Selection of Spiritual Songs for the Church and Choir #d654

The Church-Book #d320

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The Manual of Praise for Sabbath and Social Worship #348

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The New Jubilee Harp #S23

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The New Laudes Domini #848

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The Otterbein Hymnal #343

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The People's Hymnal #343

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The Presbyterian Hymnal #382

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The Presbyterian Hymnal #382

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The Sabbath Hymn and Tune Book #388c

The Sabbath Hymn Book. Baptist ed. #d769

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The School Hymnary #29

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The Seventh-Day Adventist Hymn and Tune Book #1039

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University Hymns #184

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