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GEER (Geer)

Composer: George Jarvis Geer

Born: February 24, 1821, Waterbury, Connecticut. Died: March 16, 1885, New York. Buried: Saint Paul’s Churchyard, Manhattan, New York. Geer graduated from Trinity College, Hartford, Connecticut (1842), and the General Theological Seminary, New York (1845). He served as Rector of Christ Church, Ballston Spa, New York; Associate Rector of the Church of the Holy Apostles, New York (1859); and Rector of St. Timothy’s, New York (1866). He was the first president of the Free Church Guild of New York, and a member of the General Convention of 1874. He received the degree of S. T. D. from Columbia University, and of D.D. from Union in 1862. His works include: Tune-Book of the Protestant Episcopal Church, 1848, with Bishop Bedell & Dr… Go to person page >

Tune Information

Title: GEER (Geer)
Composer: George Jarvis Geer
Meter: 8.8.8.6
Incipit: 55511 22332 24322
Key: G Major
Copyright: Public Domain

Texts

Just as I Am, Without One Plea

Just as I am, without one plea,
but that thy blood was shed for me,
and that thou bidd'st me come to thee,
O Lamb of God, I come, I come.

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