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MEDITATION (Lewis)

Composer: Freeman Lewis
Published in 92 hymnals

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Composer: Freeman Lewis

Freeman Lewis (1780-1859) Born: December 30, 1780, Basking Ridge, New Jersey. Died: September 18, 1859, Uniontown, Pennsylvania. Buried: Mountain View Cemetery, Mt. Vernon, Ohio. Lewis, a surveyor and school teacher, wrote music on the side. In 1816, he accompanied Simon Bernard, a former French general and engineer of Napoleon I, in one of his early expeditions in America. Lewis also served as County Surveyor of Fayette County, Pennsylvania (1828-36), and helped Jonathan Knight survey the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal. His works include: The Beauties of Harmony, 1813, 1816, 1818 Sources: Nutter, p.… Go to person page >

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Tune Information

Title:	MEDITATION (Lewis)
Composer:	Freeman Lewis
Meter:	11.8.11.8
Incipit:	11234 56543 22151
Key:	D♭ Major
Source:	Wyeth's Repository of Sacred Music, Part Second, 1813
Copyright:	Public Domain

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O Thou in whose presence my soul takes delight

O Thou, in whose presence my soul takes delight,
On whom in affliction I call;
My comfort by day, and my song in the night,
My hope, my salvation, my all.
Where dost thou at noon-tide resort with thy sheep,
To feed them in pastures of love?
For why in the valley of death should I weep,
Or alone in the wilderness rove?

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