[By the promise of the Father]

[By the promise of the Father]

Composer: A. L. Byers
Published in 5 hymnals


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Composer: A. L. Byers

Andrew Linnaeus Byers was born on Au­gust 26, 1869 in Al­bany, Il­li­nois. Byers’ mo­ther was song writer Nancy By­ers. In 1890 he became involved with Daniel War­ner & Bar­ney War­ren in evan­gel­is­tic work; later joined the Gos­pel Trump­et pub­lish­ing com­pa­ny as mu­sic ed­it­or for a year. He left that work because of health problems and worked as an evan­gel­ist and pastor in Ida­ho & Or­e­gon be­fore tak­ing a pas­tor­ate in Sac­ra­men­to, Cal­i­for­nia, in 1934. He died on November 9, 1952 in Sacramento, California. His works in­clude: Birth of a Reformation: The Life and La­bors of D. S. War­ner, 1922 NN, Hymnary. Go to person page >

Tune Information

Title: [By the promise of the Father]
Composer: A. L. Byers
Meter: 8.7.8.7 D
Incipit: 55313 56511 76751
Key: C Major
Copyright: Public Domain

Texts

Holy Spirit, Be My Guide

By the promise of the Father,
Comes the Spirit from on high,
Into hearts redeemed from evil,
By His pow’r to sanctify.

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Arrangements

Harmonizations, Introductions, Descants, Intonations

  • Organ Encores Book 2: Hymn Transcriptions arranged by George S. Schuller
    Composer/Editor George S. Schuler
    Published By: Lillenas Publishing Company (1971) pp. 18

Instances

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Evening Light Songs #338

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Timeless Truths #625

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