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ILSLEY

Composer: Frank G. Ilsley

Born: Circa 1831, Maine. As of 1880, Ilsley was teaching music in Newark, New Jersey. --www.hymntime.com/tch Go to person page >

Tune Information

Title: ILSLEY
Composer: Frank G. Ilsley (1887)
Meter: 8.7.8.7 D
Incipit: 55333 21176 54321
Key: a minor
Copyright: Public Domain

Texts

Souls of Men!

Come to Jesus

Was there ever kindest shepherd
Half so gentle, half so sweet,
As the Saviour who would have us
Come and gather round His feet?
It is God; His love looks mighty,
But is mightier than it seems:
'Tis our Father, and His kindness
Goes out far beyond our dreams.

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Timeline

Arrangements

Organ Solo

  • A Musical Gift Book 2: 20 Organ Preludes on Familiar Hymn Tunes
    Composer/Editor Robert J. Powell
    Published By: Darcey Press (1996) pp. 16

Instances

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Chautauqua Hymnal and Liturgy #38

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Christian Hymns #46

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Christian Science Hymnal #130

Christian Science Hymnal (Rev. and enl.) #97

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Christian Song #304

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Church Hymns and Tunes #268

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El Himnario para el uso de las Iglesias Evangelicas de Habla Espanola en Todo el Mundo #164

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Famous Hymns #64

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For God and Country #21

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Gloria #107

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Hymns and Tunes for Schools #48

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Hymns of the Centuries (Chapel Edition) #122

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Hymns of the Centuries #107

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Hymns of the Christian Life #79

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Hymns of the Kingdom of God #490

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Hymns of the Kingdom of God #35a

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Hymns of the Living Church #176

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In Excelsis for School and Chapel #57b

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Pilgrim Songs (Number Two) #36

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Plymouth Sunday-School Hymnal #48

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Songs for the Chapel #133

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Songs of the Christian Life #172

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The Evangelical Hymnal #188

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The Hymnal #435

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The Hymnal for Schools #108

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The Hymnal of Praise #207

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The Institute Hymnal #104

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The New Baptist Praise Book #185

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The New Baptist Praise Book #185

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The Packer Hymnal #108

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The Pilgrim Hymnal #40

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The Pilgrim Hymnal #44

The Presbyterian Hymnal #146

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The Westminster Hymnal for congregational and social use and for the Sunday School #131

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