AMHERST (Bartlett)

Composer: Homer N. Bartlett

Homer Newton Bartlett, a pianist, organist and prolific composer, was considered during his lifetime to be in the front rank of American musicians. He was born on December 1845 in Olive, New York, the descendant of a long line of illustrious New Englanders. A musical prodigy from childhood, he studied piano and composition with a number of well-known teachers, including Emil Guyon and S.B. Mills, and took up his first position as a church organist at the age of fourteen. In August 1864, the summer after he turned eighteen, Bartlett enlisted as an infantryman in the 64th New York Regiment. He was mustered out the following year at the end of the war. Bartlett spent his adult life in New York City, where he was organist and musical directo… Go to person page >

Tune Information

Title: AMHERST (Bartlett)
Composer: Homer N. Bartlett (1897)
Incipit: 13214 32343 32554
Copyright: Public Domain

Texts

Thanksgiving for God's Particular Providence

To Zion's hill I lift my eyes

To Sion's Hill I lift my Eyes,
From thence expecting Aid;
From Sion's Hill and Sion's GOD,
Who Heav'n and Earth hath made.
My Soul, in Safety rest,
For know, thy Guardian will not sleep;
His Care who Israel guards,
Will surely thee in Safety keep.

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AGO Founders Hymnal #6

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