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KEDRON (Hubbard)

KEDRON (Hubbard)

Composer: S. Hubbard
Published in 2 hymnals


Composer: S. Hubbard

Dr Stephen Grosvenor Hubbard MD USA 1816-1904. He compiled songbooks, some with William McDonald, President of Emmaus Bible College, also a teacher of the Plymouth Brethren. We suspect this same Hubbard authored and presented a biography of the life and writings of Dr Henry Bronson to the New Haven Colony Historical Society in 1895. Song books created included: “Hymns and tunes designed for social devotion” (1842), “Songs of Canaan”, “Musical gems”, Temperance melodies”, “The new temperance melodist”and “The Wesleyan sacred harp” (1856). “A collection of choice tunes and hymns for prayer class, and camp meetings, choirs, and congregational singing”. McDonald, himself, published over 84 books, including “Bel… Go to person page >

Tune Information

Title: KEDRON (Hubbard)
Composer: S. Hubbard
Meter: 11.11.11.11
Incipit: 13331 61232 15111
Copyright: Public Domain

Texts

Come, Saints, and Adore Him


Thou sweet gliding Kedron, by thy silver stream
Our Savior at midnight, when moonlight's pale beam
Shone bright on thy waters, would frequently stray,
And lose in thy murmurs the toils of the day.

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