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DAWN (Parker)

DAWN (Parker)

Composer: Edwin Pond Parker (1871)
Published in 28 hymnals


Printable scores: PDF, Noteworthy Composer
Audio files: MIDI

Composer: Edwin Pond Parker

Parker, Edwin Pond, D.D., born at Castine, Maine, Jan. 13, 1836, and educated at Bowdoin College, Maine, and Bangor Theo. Sem., Maine. Entering the Congregational ministry, he became pastor of the Second Church of Christ, Hartford, Conn., Jan. 1860, and has remained there to the present date. Besides editing some Sunday School Hymn and Tune Books, now out of use, he was chief Editor of The Book of Praise . . . (Congregational) . . ., Phila., 1874; and Editor of The Christian Hymnal, Hartford, Conn., 1877, revised ed. 1889. His hymns in common use include:— 1. Blest are they in Christ departed. [Death and Burial.] Dated 1886. In the Christian Hymnal, 1889, and several other collections. 2. Come to Jesus, ye who labour.… Go to person page >

Tune Information

Title: DAWN (Parker)
Composer: Edwin Pond Parker (1871)
Incipit: 56712 34143 22223
Copyright: Public Domain

Texts

One Sweetly Solemn Thought

Jesus, I Live to Thee

Jesus, I live to Thee,
The loveliest and best;
My life in Thee, Thy life in me,
In Thy blest love I rest.

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The Perfect Rest

Timeline

Media

The Cyber Hymnal #10412
Text: And Is There, Lord, A Rest?
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Instances

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The Cyber Hymnal #10412

Include 27 pre-1979 instances
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