ST. ENOCH

Composer: Walter Bond Gilbert

Walter Bond Gilbert DMus United Kingdom 1829-1910. Born at Exeter, Devon, England, he studied music under Alfred Angel, Samuel Wesley and Henry Bishop. He attended New College, Oxford and the University of Toronto, Canada. He was organist in Devon at Topsham in 1847, Bideford in 1849, Kent at Tonbridge in 1854, Old Colliegiate Church, Maidstone in 1859, Lee in 1866, Boston, Lincolnshirein 1868, and Trinity Chapel in New York City in 1869-1897. He taught music at Tonbridge School, helped found the College of Organists, edited the America Episcopal Hymnal, and wrote a number of monographs, including “Antiquities of Maidstone”. He continued to write church music, producing services, oratorios (including “The Restoration of Israel a… Go to person page >

Tune Information

Title: ST. ENOCH
Composer: Walter Bond Gilbert
Meter: 8.7.8.7.4.7
Incipit: 55556 53321 2345
Key: E Major
Copyright: Public Domain

Texts

Souls in heathen darkness lying

Lo! He Comes with Clouds Descending

Lo he comes in clouds descending,
Once for helpless sinner slain!
Thousand, thousand saints attending
Swell the triumph of his train:
Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujah,
All the Angels cry amen.

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Praise Songs #225

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The Church Hymnal #256

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The Mission Hymnal #164

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The Mission Hymnal. (Enlarged Edition) #164

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