Tune: AVALON (51565)

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AVALON (51565)

Arranger: William H. Doane
Published in 2 hymnals

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Arranger: William H. Doane

An industrialist and philanthropist, William H. Doane (b. Preston, CT, 1832; d. South Orange, NJ, 1915), was also a staunch supporter of evangelistic campaigns and a prolific writer of hymn tunes. He was head of a large woodworking machinery plant in Cincinnati and a civic leader in that city. He showed his devotion to the church by supporting the work of the evangelistic team of Dwight L. Moody and Ira D. Sankey and by endowing Moody Bible Institute in Chicago and Denison University in Granville, Ohio. An amateur composer, Doane wrote over twenty-two hundred hymn and gospel song tunes, and he edited over forty songbooks. Bert Polman… Go to person page >

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Tune Information

Title:	AVALON (51565)
Arranger:	William H. Doane
Meter:	6.6.6.6.8.8
Incipit:	51565 53565 135
Key:	C Major
Copyright:	Public Domain

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Texts

Sing Unto the Lord

Lord, I will praise Thy Name,
For Thou hast set me free,
Nor suffered foes to claim
A triumph over me;
O Lord, my God, to Thee I cried
And Thou hast health and strength supplied,
And Thou hast health and strength supplied.

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