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The sun that lights the world shall fade

Author: James Edmeston
Published in 26 hymnals

Author: James Edmeston

Edmeston, James, born Sept. 10, 1791. His maternal grandfather was the Rev. Samuel Brewer, who for 50 years was the pastor of an Independent congregation at Stepney. Educated as an architect and surveyor, in 1816 he entered upon his profession on his own account, and continued to practice it until his death on Jan. 7, 1867. The late Sir G. Gilbert Scott was his pupil. Although an Independent by descent he joined the Established Church at a comparatively early age, and subsequently held various offices, including that of churchwarden, in the Church of St. Barnabas, Homerton. His hymns number nearly 2000. The best known are “Lead us, Heavenly Father, lead us” and "Saviour, breathe an evening blessing." Many of his hymns were written for c… Go to person page >

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First Line:	The sun that lights the world shall fade
Title:	Eternity
Author:	James Edmeston
Refrain First Line:	I am to live forever

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Hymns for Sunday Schools (1860), p.247

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American Sunday School Psalmody; or, hymns and music, for the use of Sunday-schools and teacher's meetings; with a manual of instruction #161

Canadian Sabbath-School Hymn Book #d236

Hymns additional to the Hymns in the Prayer Book #214

Hymns for Sunday Schools #320

Hymns for Sunday Schools, Selected from Various Authoors #d202

Hymns for Sunday Schools, Youth and Children #212

Hymns for Sunday Schools, Youth, and Children #4

Hymns for Sunday Schools, Youth, and Children #212

Hymns for the Use of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Rev. ed. #S4

Hymns for Youth, Suitable to be Used in Sabbath and Parochial Schools #415

Hymns, Selected and Original, for Sunday Schools of the Evangelical Lutheran Church #d423

New Union Hymns #519

Sabbath School Songs #60b

Sunday-School Hymns #213

The American Baptist Sabbath-School Hymn-Book #432

The American Sunday-School Hymn-Book #384

The Baptist Sabbath School Hymn Book #d384

The Child's Hymn Book #153

The Church Hymn Book #d956

The Presbyterian Juvenile Psalmodist #55b

The Sabbath School Hymn Book #d274

The Union Harp and Revival Chorister. Rev ed. #d363

The Union Singing Book #d114

The Union Singing Book #103a

Union Hymns. Rev. #d379

Union Hymns. Rev. #d392

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