[I stood outside the gate] (Main)

[I stood outside the gate] (Main)

Composer: Hubert P. Main
Published in 13 hymnals


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Composer: Hubert P. Main

Hubert Platt Main DD USA 1839-1925. Born at Ridgefield, CT, he attended singing school as a teenager. In 1854 he went to New York City and worked as an errand boy in a wallpaper house. The next year he became an errand boy in the Bristow & Morse Piano Company. He was an organist, choir leader, and compiled books of music. He also helped his father edit the “Lute Songbook” by Isaac Woodbury. In 1866 he married Olphelia Louise Degraff, and they had two sons: Lucius, and Hubert. In 1867 he filled a position at William B Bradbury’s publishing house. After Bradbury’s death in 1868 the Bigelow & Main Publishers were formed as its successor. He also worked with his father until his father’s death in 1873. Contributors to their… Go to person page >

Tune Information

Title: [I stood outside the gate] (Main)
Composer: Hubert P. Main
Incipit: 51117 65353 2343
Key: B♭ Major
Copyright: Public Domain

Texts

I Stood Outside the Gate

I stood outside the gate,
A poor way-faring child;
Within my heart there beat
A tempest loud and wild;
A fear oppressed my soul,
That I might be too late;
And, oh, I trembled sore,
And prayed outside the gate.

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بما أكافي خالقي عن كل ما

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The Cyber Hymnal #3074
Text: I Stood Outside the Gate
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The Cyber Hymnal #3074

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