Tune: BETTEVER'S CHANT

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BETTEVER'S CHANT

Composer: Benjamin H. Everett (1871)
Published in 2 hymnals

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Composer: Benjamin H. Everett

Born: Early 19th Century, Virginia. Brother of Asa Everett & Leonard Everett, Benjamin studied music in Boston, Massachusetts. He helped his brother Asa compile The Sceptre in 1871. —www.hymntime.com/tch/ Go to person page >

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Tune Information

Title:	BETTEVER'S CHANT
Composer:	Benjamin H. Everett (1871)
Meter:	8.8.8.8
Incipit:	12333 32122 23443
Key:	F Major
Source:	The Sceptre, 1871
Copyright:	Public Domain

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Texts

I long to see the season come When sinners shall come flocking home

Faint Falls the Gentle Voice of Prayer

Faint falls the gentle voice of prayer,
In the wild sounds that fill the air,
Yet, Lord, we know that voice is heard,
Not less than if Thy throne it stirred.

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