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Comfort for Pious Parents, Who Have Been Bereaved of Their Children

Ye mourning saints, whose streaming tears

Author: Philip Doddridge
Published in 88 hymnals

Printable scores: Noteworthy Composer
Audio files: Recording

Representative Text

1 Ye mourning saints, whose streaming tears
Flow o'er your children dead:
Say not in transports of despair,
That all your hopes are fled.

2 While cleaving to that darling dust,
In fond distress ye lie;
Rise, and with joy and rev'rence view
A heavenly parent nigh.

3 "I'll give the mourner," saith the Lord,
"In my own house a place;
"No names of daughters and of sons
"Could yield so high a grace.

4 "Transient and vain is ev'ry hope
A rising race can give;
In endless honour and delight
My children all shall live."

5 We welcome, Lord! those rising tears,
Through which thy face we see,
And bless those wounds, which thro' our hearts
Prepare a way for thee.

Source: A Collection of Hymns and A Liturgy: for the use of Evangelical Lutheran Churches; to which are added prayers for families and individuals #447

Author: Philip Doddridge

Philip Doddridge (b. London, England, 1702; d. Lisbon, Portugal, 1751) belonged to the Non-conformist Church (not associated with the Church of England). Its members were frequently the focus of discrimination. Offered an education by a rich patron to prepare him for ordination in the Church of England, Doddridge chose instead to remain in the Non-conformist Church. For twenty years he pastored a poor parish in Northampton, where he opened an academy for training Non-conformist ministers and taught most of the subjects himself. Doddridge suffered from tuberculosis, and when Lady Huntington, one of his patrons, offered to finance a trip to Lisbon for his health, he is reputed to have said, "I can as well go to heaven from Lisbon as from Nort… Go to person page >

Text Information

First Line: Ye mourning saints, whose streaming tears
Title: Comfort for Pious Parents, Who Have Been Bereaved of Their Children
Author: Philip Doddridge
Meter: 8.6.8.6
Language: English
Copyright: Public Domain

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A Collection of Psalms and Hymns: suited to the various occasions of public worship and private devotion #378
  • Noteworthy Composer Score (NWC)

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A Choice Selection of Evangelical Hymns, from various authors #424

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A Choice Selection of Hymns and Spiritual Songs for the use of the Baptist Church and all lovers of song #350

A Choice Selection of Hymns. 2nd ed. #d220

A Choice Selection of Hymns. 6th ed. #d283

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A Collection of Hymns and a Liturgy for the Use of Evangelical Lutheran Churches #447

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A Collection of Hymns and a Liturgy #447

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A Collection of Hymns and A Liturgy #447

A Collection of Hymns and Sacred Songs. 19th ed. #d516

A Collection of Hymns for Public, Social and Domestic Worship #d1004

A Collection of Hymns for Public, Social and Domestic Worship #d1011

A Collection of Hymns for Public, Social, and Domestic Worship #d1011

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A Collection of Hymns for Public, Social, and Domestic Worship #722

A Collection of Hymns from Various Authors. New ed. #d382

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A Collection of Hymns, for the use of the United Brethren in Christ #974

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A Collection of Psalms and Hymns for the use of Universalist Societies and Families (13th ed.) #475

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A Collection of Psalms and Hymns for the Use of Universalist Societies and Families 16ed. #475

A Collection of Psalms and Hymns Suited to the Various Occasions of Public Worship #d384

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A Collection of Psalms and Hymns #518

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A Collection of Psalms and Hymns #378

A Collection of Psalms, Hymns, and Spiritual Songs Suited to the Various Occasions of Public Worship. 2nd ed. #d384

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A Collection of Psalms, Hymns, and Spiritual Songs #378

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A Collection of Psalms, Hymns, and Spiritual Songs #378

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A Collection of Spiritual Hymns #423

A New and Choice Selection of Hymns and Spiritual Songs for the Use of the Regular Baptist Church. 10th ed. #d561

A New Selection of Psalms and Hymns from the Most Approved Authors, Adapted to Public and Private Worship. 2nd ed. #d572

A Selection of Hymns #d342

A Selection of Hymns from the Best Authors, intended to be an Appendix to Dr. Watts' Psalms & Hymns. 2nd Baltimore ed. #aDLVIII

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A Selection of Hymns from the Best Authors. #558

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A Selection of Hymns #DLVIII

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A Selection of Sacred Poetry #518

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A Selection of Sacred Poetry #518

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Baptist Hymn Book #a832

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Bible School Echoes, and Sacred Hymns #24b

Chapel Hymns #d682

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Christian's Duty, exhibited in a series of hymns #343

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Church Pastorals, hymns and tunes for public and social worship #836

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Church Psalmist #638

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Church Psalmist #638

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Church Psalmist #638

Compilation of Hymns for the Use of the Churches of the Christian Union #d839

Gospel Hymns #d653

Hymnal of the Evangelical Church. Word ed. #d869

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Hymns and Songs of Praise for Public and Social Worship #1299

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Hymns for Christian Melody #895

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Hymns for Family Worship, with Prayers for Every Day in the Week (2nd ed.) #144

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Hymns for the Sanctuary and Social Worship #1076

Hymns Selected #d251

Hymns Selected from Dr. Watts, Dr. Doddridge and Various Other Writers #d251

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Psalms and Hymns, for Christian Use and Worship #H406

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Seamen's Hymns #638

Seamen's Hymns and Devotional Assistant #d728

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Select Hymns from Other Authors, Selected Harmony Together with Directions for Musical Expression. 2nd ed. #a226

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Select Hymns, The Third Part of Christian Psalmody. 3rd ed. #aa226

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Select Hymns #226

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Selection of Hymns, for Public Worship designed to be used with Watts' #76

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Social Psalmist #638

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Songs for Social and Public Worship #405

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Songs for the Service of Prayer #415

Supplement to Watts #d502

The Baptist Harmony #d468

The Baptist Harmony #d482

The Baptist Hymn Book, in Two Parts #d665

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The Baptist Hymn Book #832

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The Baptist Praise Book #1122

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The Baptist Psalmody #1226

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The Brethren Hymnal #518

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The Christian Harmonist #76

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The Christian's Duty #CCCXLIII

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The Christians Duty, exhibited, in a series of Hymns #CCCXLIII

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The Congregational Hymn Book #1029

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The Gospel Psalmist #676

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The Musical Olio #26

The Pocket Selection of Hymns for the Use of Evangelical Churches and Religious Assemblies in the U. S. lst ed. #d302

The Primitive Hymns #d684

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The Psalms and Hymns of Dr. Watts #1276

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The Psalms and Hymns, with the Catechism, Confession of Faith, and Liturgy, of the Reformed Dutch Church in North America #128

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The Psalms and Hymns, with the Doctrinal Standards and Liturgy of the Reformed Protestant Dutch Church in North America #H721

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The Psalms and Hymns #128

The Psalms of David ... New ed. #d276

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The Psalms, Hymns and Spiritual Songs of the Rev. Isaac Watts, D. D. #D226

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The Sabbath Hymn and Tune Book #312c

The Sabbath Hymn Book. Baptist ed. #d1275

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