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[In tenderness He sought me] (Gordon)

[In tenderness He sought me] (Gordon)

Composer: Adoniram J. Gordon (1894)
Published in 61 hymnals


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Composer: Adoniram J. Gordon

Adoniram J. Gordon (b. New Hampton, NH, 1836; d. Boston, MA, 1895) was educated at Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, and Newton Theological Seminary, Newton, Massachusetts. After being ordained in 1863, he served the Baptist Church in Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts, and the Clarendon Street Baptist Church, Boston. A close friend of Dwight L. Moody, he promoted evangelism and edited The Service of Song for Baptist Churches (1871) as well as The Vestry Hymn and Tune Book (1872). Both Gordon College and Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary are named after Gordon. Bert Polman… Go to person page >

Tune Information

Title: [In tenderness He sought me] (Gordon)
Composer: Adoniram J. Gordon (1894)
Meter: 7.6.7.6.8.8.6.6.9.9
Incipit: 55112 17121 23155
Key: G Major
Copyright: Public Domain

Timeline

Arrangements

Organ Solo

  • The Gospel Organist Volume Six: Gospel-Song Arrangements Suitable for Preludes, Offertories, Specials
    Composer/Editors Harold H. DeCou; Adoniram J. Gordon
    Published By: Singspiration Music, Inc. (1982) pp. 53
  • Gospel Hymn Medleys No. 1
    Composer/Editor Robert J. Hughes
    Published By: Lorenz Publishing Company (1973) pp. 2

Piano Solo

  • My Kind of Music
    Composer/Editor Larry Mayfield
    Published By: Benson Music Group, Inc. (1994) pp. 13

Media

Christian Classics Ethereal Hymnary #878
  • Four-part harmony, full-score (PDF, NWC)
The Cyber Hymnal #3008
Text: In Tenderness He Sought Me
  • Adobe Acrobat image (PDF)
  • Noteworthy Composer score (NWC)
  • XML score (XML)
The Cyber Hymnal #15730
Text: தம் மென்மையாலே தேடி
  • PDF (PDF)
  • Noteworthy Composer Score (NWC)

Instances

Instances (1 - 14 of 14)
ScoreAudio

Christian Classics Ethereal Hymnary #878

Audio

Glaubenslieder #336

Himnos de la Iglesia #199

Hinário para o Culto Cristão #169

TextPage Scan

Hymns of Faith #174

TextPage Scan

Louvores ao Rei #136

Sheng tu shi ge = Hymnary (聖徒詩歌) #173

TextPage Scan

Sing Joyfully #331

Audio

Small Church Music #477

TextScoreAudio

The Cyber Hymnal #3008

TextScoreAudio

The Cyber Hymnal #15730

TextPage Scan

ترانيم الإيمان #115

تسابيح المحبة #133

生命聖詩 - Hymns of Life, 1986 #183

Include 47 pre-1979 instances
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