Where Restless Crowds are Thronging

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Source: Chalice Hymnal #672
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Author: Thomas Curtis Clark

Thomas Curtis Clark (born on January 8, 1877) author of over sixty hymns, studied at University of Chicago in Chicago, Illinois 1901-02 and served on the editorial staff of the Christian Century in Chicago, Illinois 1912-48. Won first prize in the 1943 Hymn Society of America nation-wide contest with his "Thou Father of Us All." --legacy.lincolnchristian.edu/library/… Go to person page >

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First Line: Where restless crowds are thronging
Title: Where Restless Crowds are Thronging
Author: Thomas Curtis Clark (1877-1954)
Meter: 7.6.7.6 D
Language: English
Notes: Text Only.
Copyright: © 1954 The Hymn Society of America
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Tune

MEIRIONYDD

William Lloyd (b. Rhos Goch, Llaniestyn, Caernarvonshire, Wales, 1786; d. Caernarvonshire, 1852) composed MEIRIONYDD, which was first published in manuscript form with the name BERTH in Caniadau Seion (Songs of Zion, 1840, ed. R. Mills). The tune is named after the Welsh county Meirionydd in which L…

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LANCASHIRE (Smart)

Henry T. Smart (PHH 233) composed the tune in 1835 for use at a missions festival at Blackburn, Lancashire, England. For that festival, which celebrated the three-hundredth anniversary of the Reformation in England, the tune was set to Reginald Heber's (PHH 249) “From Greenland's Icy Mountains.”…

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LLANGLOFFAN


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Instances

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Ambassador Hymnal #321

Ambassador Hymnal #321

Book of Worship for United States Forces #162

Book of Worship for United States Forces #162
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Chalice Hymnal #672

Chalice Hymnal #672

Churches of Christ Hymn Book #594

Churches of Christ Hymn Book #594

Five New Hymns on the City #3

Five New Hymns on the City #3

Great Songs of the Church (Revised) #430

Great Songs of the Church (Revised) #430

Hymn Society of America [Hymns Published for Special Occasions, and on Special Subjects] 1942-79 #d233

Hymn Society of America [Hymns Published for Special Occasions, and on Special Subjects] 1942-79 #d233

Hymnal of the Church of God #465

Hymnal of the Church of God #465

Hymnbook for Christian Worship #272

Hymnbook for Christian Worship #272

Hymns of the Saints #373

Hymns of the Saints #373

Lutheran Book of Worship #430

Lutheran Book of Worship #430
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Service Book and Hymnal of the Lutheran Church in America #355

Service Book and Hymnal of the Lutheran Church in America #355

The Hymnal #d532

The Hymnal #d532

The Hymnal of the United Church of Christ #193

The Hymnal of the United Church of Christ #193
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