COMPLAINER

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I am a great complainer, that bears the name of Christ;
Come, all ye Zion mourners, and listen to my cries:
I've many sore temptations, and sorrows to my soul;
I feel my faith declining, and my affections cold.

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Harmonizations, Introductions, Descants, Intonations As Though the Whole Creation Cried Volume 2: Fifty Hymn Harmonizations for Organ Composer/Editor Michael A. Burkhardt Published By: MorningStar Music Publishers, Inc. (2009) pp. 28 Grace Notes VIII Composer/Editor Timothy Albrecht Published By: Augsburg Fortress (1999) pp. 19 The Concordia Hymn Prelude Series Volume 21: General: Ber - Cons Composer/Editors Herbert Gotsch; Donald Rotermund Published By: Concordia Publishing House (1983) pp. 27 All Praise to You, Eternal God: Organ Accompaniments for Thirty Hymn Tune Canons Composer/Editor Donald Busarow Published By: Augsburg Publishing House (1980) pp. 9 Hymn Preludes and Free Accompaniments 2 Composer/Editor Emma Lou Diemer Published By: Augsburg Publishing House (1978) pp. LL

Organ Solo Hark! I Hear the Harps Eternal: Early American Hymn Tunes Creatively Set for Organ Composer/Editor Gilbert M. Martin Published By: Lorenz Publishing Company (2015) pp. 28 Six General Hymn Improvisations Set 3 Composer/Editor Michael A. Burkhardt Published By: MorningStar Music Publishers, Inc. (2005) pp. 12 Grace Notes VIII Composer/Editor Timothy Albrecht Published By: Augsburg Fortress (1999) pp. 18 The Praises of Zion Composer/Editor Mark Sedio Published By: Concordia Publishing House (1998) pp. 14 Grace Notes VI: General Collection for Organ Composer/Editor Timothy Albrecht Published By: Augsburg Fortress (1997) pp. 22 The Sacred Organ Folio No. 29 Composer/Editor Lani Smith Published By: Lorenz Publishing Company (1984) pp. 34 The Sacred Organ Journal Volume 18 Number 5 May 1984: A Bi-Monthly Anthology for Church Organists Composer/Editors Howard Wells; Lani Smith Published By: Lorenz Publishing Company (1984) pp. 34 The Concordia Hymn Prelude Series Volume 21: General: Ber - Cons Composer/Editors Herbert Gotsch; Donald Rotermund Published By: Concordia Publishing House (1983) pp. 25 Consoliere Volume 7 Number 2 April May June 1976: Practical and Distinctive Pieces for the Church Organist Composer/Editor Charles G. Frischmann Published By: World Library Publications, Inc. (1976) pp. 14

Media

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"Original Sacred Harp" (Denson Revision) 1960 Edition #141

Tune Title: COMPLAINER First Line: I am a great complainer Date: 1960

"Original Sacred Harp" (Denson Revision) 1960 Edition #141

Cáliz de Bendiciones #125

Tune Title: COMPLAINER First Line: Cuando al Jordán fue Cristo Composer: Carlton R. Young; William Walker Meter: 76.76 D y coro Date: 1996

Cáliz de Bendiciones #125

Celebrating Grace Hymnal #152

Tune Title: COMPLAINER First Line: When Jesus came to Jordan Composer: Thomas Leary Meter: 7.6.7.6 D Key: E♭ Major Date: 2010 Source: William Walker's Southern Harmony, 1835

Celebrating Grace Hymnal #152

Celebrating Grace Hymnal #269

Tune Title: COMPLAINER First Line: We all are one in mission Composer: Thomas Leary Meter: 7.6.7.6 D Key: E♭ Major Date: 2010 Source: William Walker's Southern Harmony, 1835

Celebrating Grace Hymnal #269

Chalice Hymnal #177

Tune Title: COMPLAINER First Line: What was your vow and vision Composer: Hal H. Hopson Meter: 76.76D Key: E♭ Major Date: 1995 Source: Southern Harmony, 1835

Chalice Hymnal #177

El Himnario #117

Tune Title: COMPLAINER First Line: Cuando al Jordán fue Cristo Composer: Carlton R. Young; William Walker Meter: 7.6.7.6.D. Key: D Major Date: 1998

El Himnario #117

El Himnario Presbiteriano #117

Tune Title: COMPLAINER First Line: Cuando al Jordán fue Cristo Composer: Carlton R. Young; William Walker Meter: 7.6.7.6.D. Date: 1999

El Himnario Presbiteriano #117

Hinário Luterano #158

Tune Title: COMPLAINER First Line: Santíssima Trinidade Composer: William Walker Meter: 76 76 D Key: D Major Date: 2016 Source: The Southern Harmony, 1835

Hinário Luterano #158

Hinário Luterano #521

Tune Title: COMPLAINER First Line: Por que estarei aflito? Composer: William Walker Meter: 76 76 D Key: d minor or modal Date: 2016 Source: The Southern Harmony (repeats last line of each verse)

Hinário Luterano #521

Hinário Luterano #536

Tune Title: COMPLAINER First Line: Jerusalém fulgente, cidade celestial Composer: William Walker Meter: 76 76 D Key: D Major Date: 2016 Source: The Southern Harmony, 1835

Hinário Luterano #536

Lutheran Book of Worship #347

Tune Title: COMPLAINER First Line: Jerusalem, the golden Meter: 76 76 D Key: E♭ Major Date: 1978 Source: W. Walker, Southern Harmony, 1835

Lutheran Book of Worship #347

Mil Voces para Celebrar #125

Tune Title: COMPLAINER First Line: Cuando al Jordán fue Cristo Composer: Carlton R. Young; William Walker Meter: 76.76 D y coro Key: D Major Date: 1996

Mil Voces para Celebrar #125

Primitive Baptist Hymn and Tune book #413

Tune Title: COMPLAINER First Line: Yes, I shall soon be landed Composer: Wm. Walker Date: 1907

Primitive Baptist Hymn and Tune book #413

Primitive Baptist Hymn and Tune Book #413

Tune Title: COMPLAINER First Line: Yes, I shall soon be landed Composer: Wm. Walker Date: 1952

Primitive Baptist Hymn and Tune Book #413

Sing Justice! Do Justice! #9

Tune Title: COMPLAINER First Line: O God, your justice towers above our human plane Composer: Margaret Mealy Meter: 76.76 D Key: E♭ Major Date: 1998 Source: Songs for the People of God; The Southern Harmony 1835

Sing Justice! Do Justice! #9

Sing! A New Creation #272

Tune Title: COMPLAINER First Line: O God, your justice towers above our human plane Composer: Emily R. Brink, b. 1940 Meter: 76 76 D Date: 2002 Source: W. Walker's Southern Harmony

Sing! A New Creation #272

Singing the Living Tradition #44

Tune Title: COMPLAINER First Line: We sing of golden mornings Meter: 7.6.7.6.D. Key: E♭ Major Date: 1993 Source: William Walker's Southern Harmony, 1835

Singing the Living Tradition #44

The Good Old Songs #420

Tune Title: COMPLAINER First Line: I am a great complainer Composer: Wm. Walker Date: 1914

The Good Old Songs #420

The Good Old Songs #421

Tune Title: COMPLAINER First Line: I hear the low winds sweeping Composer: Wm. Walker Date: 1914

The Good Old Songs #421

The Good Old Songs #422

Tune Title: COMPLAINER First Line: I am a little scholar Composer: Wm. Walker Date: 1914

The Good Old Songs #422

The Good Old Songs #713

Tune Title: COMPLAINER First Line: There was a little family lived up in Bethany Date: 1914

The Good Old Songs #713

The Methodist Hymnal #398

Tune Title: COMPLAINER First Line: Light of the world, we hail thee Composer: William Walker, 1809-1875 Date: 1966

The Methodist Hymnal #398

The Sacred Harp #141

Tune Title: COMPLAINER First Line: I am a great complainer Composer: William Walker Meter: 7,6. Key: G Major or modal Date: 1991

The Sacred Harp #141

The Southern Harmony, and Musical Companion (New ed. thoroughly rev. and much enl.) #18

Tune Title: COMPLAINER First Line: I am a great complainer, that bears the name of Christ Composer: William Walker Meter: 7, 6 Date: 1854

The Southern Harmony, and Musical Companion (New ed. thoroughly rev. and much enl.) #18

The Southern Harmony, and Musical Companion… #18

Tune Title: COMPLAINER First Line: I am a great complainer, that bears the name of Christ Composer: Wm. Walker Date: 1835

The Southern Harmony, and Musical Companion… #18

The United Methodist Hymnal #252

Tune Title: COMPLAINER First Line: When Jesus came to Jordan Composer: Carlton R. Young; William Walker Meter: 76.76 D Key: D Major Date: 1989

The United Methodist Hymnal #252