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ELLINGHAM (Godfrey)

Composer: N. S. Godfrey

Born: November, 30, 1817, London, England. Died: October 26, 1883, Southsea, Hampshire, England. Son of an apothecary at Turvey, Bedfordshire, Godfrey was educated at St. Catharine’s College, Cambridge (summa cum laude, 1847). He served as Curate of Swansea (1847-48) and Biddenham, Bedford (1848-50). He resigned in 1858 to become minister and Perpetual Curate at St. Bartholomew’s Temperance Church in Portsea, Hampshire. While at Portsea, he was suspended for three years for practicing spiritualism. © The Cyber Hymnal ™ (hymntime.com/tch)  Go to person page >

Tune Information

Title: ELLINGHAM (Godfrey)
Composer: N. S. Godfrey (1881)
Meter: 7.7.7.7
Incipit: 31433 21262 17123
Key: A Major
Copyright: Public Domain

Texts

Take My Life, and Let It Be

Take my life and let it be
consecrated, Lord, to thee.
Take my moments and my days;
let them flow in endless praise,
let them flow in endless praise.

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Life of Ages

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Media

The Cyber Hymnal #10659
Text: The "Fear Not" of Christmas-Tide
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  • Noteworthy Composer Score (NWC)
The Cyber Hymnal #16183
Text: Love Is Stronger Than Death
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  • Noteworthy Composer Score (NWC)

Instances in all hymnals

Instances (1 - 6 of 6)

Church Hymnal, Mennonite #409

Himnos de la Iglesia #351

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The Believers Hymn Book #374b

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The Cyber Hymnal #10659

TextScoreAudio

The Cyber Hymnal #16183

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