[Hushed is the wood-bird's note, silent her song of glee]

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[Hushed is the wood-bird's note, silent her song of glee]

Composer: Charles W. Naylor; Harmonizer: Barney Elliott Warren
Published in 3 hymnals

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Composer: Charles W. Naylor

Naylor, Charles Wesley. (1874--1950). C. W. Naylor was born in southern Ohio and reared in Ohio and West Virginia by grandparents. At the age of nineteen he left the Methodist church for the Church of God. He worked for a while at the Gospel Trumpet Company in Grand Junction, Michigan and on some evangelistic tours. He was ordained in 1899 in Springfield, Ohio. He was first injured in 1908 in Florida while moving timbers from under a meeting tent. He suffered a dislocated kidney and other internal injuries. A year later he was in a bus accident that left him an invalid for the rest of his life. Naylor wrote eight books, many articles and pamphlets, many hymns and gospel songs, besides being a columnist in the Gospel Trumpet. --John W.… Go to person page >

Harmonizer: Barney Elliott Warren

Barney Elliott Warren was an American Christian hymnwriter and minister. See more in Wikipedia Go to person page >

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Tune Information

Title:	[Hushed is the wood-bird's note, silent her song of glee]
Composer:	Charles W. Naylor
Harmonizer:	Barney Elliott Warren
Meter:	12.12.12.12.8.6
Incipit:	15555 56665 77111
Key:	G Major
Copyright:	Public Domain

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Texts

The Crucifixion

Hushed is the wood-bird’s note, silent her song of glee,
Shrouded in gloom the sun, shaking is Calvary;
Mute are the angel hosts, awed by the sight they see,
The mighty Son of God dies for humanity.

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