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We need not soar above the skies

Author: T. H. Stockton
Published in 12 hymnals

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1 We need not soar above the skies,
Leave suns and stars below,
And seek thee, with unclouded eyes,
In all that angels know;
The very breath we now inhale,
The pulse in every heart,
Attest with force that can not fail,
Thou art--O God! thou art!

2 If, 'midst the ever-during songs
Of universal joy--
The chime of worlds and chant of tongues--
The praise that we employ
May breathe its music in thine ear,
Its meaning in thy heart,
Our glad confession deign to hear
Thou art--O God! thou art!

Source: The Voice of Praise: a collection of hymns for the use of the Methodist Church #27

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Author: T. H. Stockton

Stockton, Thomas Hewlings, D.D. (Mount Holly, New Jersey, June 4, 1808--October 9, 1868, Philadelphia). The son of William S., founder and editor of The Wesleyan Repository, 1821, and Elizabeth S. (Hewlings) Stockton. Largely educated in private schools, after studying medicine for a time and spending some five years following literary pursuits, he was admitted to the Maryland Annual Conference of the Methodist Protestant Church. A voluminous writer, he became one of the most eloquent preachers of the nineteenth century in America. When but twenty-five years of age he was elected chaplain of the House of Representatives, Congress of the United States, serving in that capacity the sessions of 1835-1836, 1859-1860, 1861-1862, and in 1862 was… Go to person page >

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Author:	T. H. Stockton

Jeremiah 23:23
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The Tribute of praise and Methodist Protestant Hymn Book. (1882), p.320

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Instances (1 - 12 of 12)	Title	First Line	Author	Meter	Scripture	Date	Subject
A Collection of Hymns for the use of the Wesleyan Methodist Connection of America #d566	We need not soar above the skies	We need not soar above the skies	Thomas H. Stockton			1843
A Collection of Hymns, for the use of the United Brethren in Christ: taken from the most approved authors, and adapted to public and private worship #2	We need not soar above the skies	We need not soar above the skies	Anon.			1858
A Collection of Hymns, for the use of the Wesleyan Methodist Connection of America. #7	We need not soar above the skies	We need not soar above the skies		C. M.		1846	Attributes of God \|
Compilation of Hymns for the Use of the Churches of the Christian Union #d774	We need not soar above the skies	We need not soar above the skies	Thomas H. Stockton			1871
Devotional hymns: selected for public and social worship #1	We need not soar above the skies	We need not soar above the skies	T. H. Stockton			1880
Hymn Book of the Methodist Protestant Church #7	We need not soar above the skies	We need not soar above the skies	T. H. Stockton			1859
Hymn Book of the Methodist Protestant Church. (11th ed.) #7	We need not soar above the skies	We need not soar above the skies	T. H. Stockton			1868
Hymn Book of the Methodist Protestant Church. (2nd ed.) #1	We need not soar above the skies	We need not soar above the skies				1838
Hymn book of the Methodist Protestant Church. (4th ed.) #1	We need not soar above the skies	We need not soar above the skies	Thomas H. Stockton			1842
The Methodist Protestant Church Hymnal #d493	We need not soar above the skies	We need not soar above the skies	Thomas H. Stockton			1901
The Tribute of praise and Methodist Protestant Hymn Book. #783	We need not soar above the skies	We need not soar above the skies				1882
The Voice of Praise: a collection of hymns for the use of the Methodist Church #27	We need not soar above the skies	We need not soar above the skies	T. H. Stockton	C. M.	Jeremiah 23:23	1873	Being of God \| Existence; Existence of God \|

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