Ye sad watch who are keeping

Ye sad watch who are keeping

Author: Adoniram J. Gordon
Tune: HOSMER (Gounod)
Published in 2 hymnals

Author: Adoniram J. Gordon

Gordon, Adoniram Judson, D.D., born at New Hampton, N.H., Apr. 19, 1836. Graduated at Brown University, 1860; entered the Baptist ministry; Pastor of Clarendon Street Baptist Church, Boston, 1869; and died in 1895. He published The Vestry Hymn and Tune Book, 1872; and was one of the editors of the Service of Song for Baptist Churches, 1871. His hymns in common use include:— 1. O blessed Paraclete. [Holy Spirit .] Given in Sursum Corda, 1898, as having been written in 1890. 2. O Spirit's anointing, for service appointing . [Foreign Missions.] This hymn was "written in the summer of 1886, at Northfield School for Bible Study, organised by Mr. Moody. More than one hundred college students connected with this s… Go to person page >

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First Line: Ye sad watch who are keeping
Author: Adoniram J. Gordon
Language: English
Refrain First Line: Wherefore comfort ye one another with these words
Copyright: Public Domain

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Immanuel Hymnal #470

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The Coronation Hymnal #304

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