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What seraph like music steals over the sea

What seraph like music steals over the sea

Author: Mary Dana Shindler
Published in 7 hymnals

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Author: Mary Dana Shindler

Shindler, Mary Stanley Bunce, née Palmer, better known as Mrs. Dana, was born in Beaufort, South Carolina, Feb. 15, 1810. In 1835 she was married to Charles E. Dana, of New York, and removed with him to Bloomington, now Muscatine, Iowa, in 1838. Mr. Dana died in 1839, and Mrs. Dana returned to South Carolina. Subsequently she was married to the Rev. Robert D. Shindler, who was Professor in Shelby College, Kentucky, in 1851, and afterwards in Texas. Mrs. Shindler, originally a Presbyterian, was for some time an Unitarian; but of late years she has been a member of the Protestant Episcopal Church. As Mary S. B. Dana she published the Southern Harp, 1840, and the Northern Harp, 1841. From these works her hymns have been taken, 8 of which are… Go to person page >

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First Line: What seraph like music steals over the sea
Author: Mary Dana Shindler
Copyright: Public Domain
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Compilation of Hymns for the Use of the Churches of the Christian Union #d785

Compilation of Hymns for the Use of the Churches of the Christian Union #d785
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Hymn Book of the Methodist Protestant Church #S63

Hymn Book of the Methodist Protestant Church #S63
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Hymn Book of the Methodist Protestant Church. (11th ed.) #S63

Hymn Book of the Methodist Protestant Church. (11th ed.) #S63

Revival Hymns ... with a Supplement. 2nd ed. #d326

Revival Hymns ... with a Supplement. 2nd ed. #d326

The New Era of Song #d163

The New Era of Song #d163

The Union Harp and Revival Chorister. Rev ed. #d453

The Union Harp and Revival Chorister. Rev ed. #d453
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The Young People's Chorister #181b

The Young People's Chorister #181b
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