Friend's Parting Hymn

Representative Text

1 Our souls, by love together knit,
Cemented, mixed in one;
One hope, one heart, one mind, one voice,
'Tis heav'n on earth begun.

Source: The Little Seraph: in seven character notes, for churches and Sunday-schools #29

Author: William Edward Miller

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Text Information

First Line: Our souls by love together knit
Title: Friend's Parting Hymn
Author: William Edward Miller
Language: English
Refrain First Line: A Savior let creation sing
Copyright: Public Domain

Notes

Our souls by love together knit. From W. E. Miller's Original and Select Hymns, 1802.

--John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, Appendix, Part II (1907)

Tune

GERALD (Spohr)


WASHINGTON (55432)


CORONATION (Holden)

Like MILES LANE (470), CORONATION was written for this text. Oliver Holden (b. Shirley, MA, 1765; d. Charlestown, MA, 1844) composed the tune in four parts with a duet in the third phrase. The tune, whose title comes from the theme of Perronet's text, was published in Holden's Union Harmony (1793).…

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Timeline

Media

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Instances

Instances (201 - 232 of 232)

The Service of Song for Baptist Churches #d461

The Singer's Choice #d148

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The Singing Book for Boys' and Girls' Meetings #130

The Social Harp #150

The South Western Psalmist #d318

The Spiritual Songster. lst ed. #d91

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The Sweet Singer of Israel #230

The Union Singing Book #d89

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The Union Singing Book #80

The Vestry Hymn and Tune Book #d386

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The Voice of Praise #516

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The Wesleyan Psalmist, or Songs of Canaan #5

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The Wesleyan Psalmist, or Songs of Canaan #49b

The Western Harp #d159

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The Young Christian's Companion #56

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The Young Christian's Companion. 2nd ed. #a56

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The Zion Songster #196

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The Zion Songster #196

Union Hymns. Rev. #d308

Union Hymns. Rev. #d315

Universalist Hymn Book #d423

Village Hymns #419

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Village hymns for social worship, selected and original #419

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Village hymns for social worship, selected and original #419

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Village Hymns for Social Worship, Selected and Original #419

Virginia Selection of Psalms #d350

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Young Singer's Friend #285

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Zion's Songster #176

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