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Lord, in mercy, hear us

Author: Thomas Benson Pollock Appears in 22 hymnals First Line: Jesus, we are far away

LITANY No. 1

Appears in 96 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Sir Arthur S. Sullivan Incipit: 33321 15112 23324 Used With Text: Jesus, we are far away

[Jesus, we are far away]

Appears in 34 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Sullivan Incipit: 33335 43222 24321 Used With Text: Jesus, we are far away

LITANY, NO. 4

Appears in 4 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Arthur Sullivan, 1842-1900 Incipit: 11111 11222 2222 Used With Text: Jesus, we are far away

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Jesus we are far away

Author: J. P. Pollock Hymnal: The Calvary Hymnal #276 (1891) First Line: Jesus, we are far away Languages: English Tune Title: [Jesus, we are far away]

Jesus, we are far away

Author: Rev. T. B. Pollock Hymnal: The Standard Hymnal #46 (1896) Languages: English Tune Title: [Jesus, we are far away]

Author: Thomas B. Pollock Hymnal: The Cyber Hymnal #3306 Meter: 7.7.7.6 Lyrics: 1. Jesus, we are far away From the light of heavenly day; Lost in paths of sin we stray: Lord, in mercy hear us. 2. Help us to bewail our sin, And, in heavenly strength, begin Daily victories to win: Lord, in mercy hear us. 3. May Thy wisdom be our guide, Comfort, rest, and peace provide Near to Thy protecting side: Lord, in mercy hear us. 4. Fix our hearts on things on high; Let no evil thoughts come nigh; Purge from sin our memory: Lord, in mercy hear us. 5. May Thy grace within the soul Nature’s waywardness control, Guiding toward the heavenly goal: Lord, in mercy hear us. Languages: English Tune Title: AGNES

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Arthur Sullivan

1842 - 1900 Person Name: Sullivan Composer of "[Jesus, we are far away]" in An Evening Service Book Arthur Seymour Sullivan (b Lambeth, London. England. 1842; d. Westminster, London, 1900) was born of an Italian mother and an Irish father who was an army bandmaster and a professor of music. Sullivan entered the Chapel Royal as a chorister in 1854. He was elected as the first Mendelssohn scholar in 1856, when he began his studies at the Royal Academy of Music in London. He also studied at the Leipzig Conservatory (1858-1861) and in 1866 was appointed professor of composition at the Royal Academy of Music. Early in his career Sullivan composed oratorios and music for some Shakespeare plays. However, he is best known for writing the music for lyrics by William S. Gilbert, which produced popular operettas such as H.M.S. Pinafore (1878), The Pirates of Penzance (1879), The Mikado (1884), and Yeomen of the Guard (1888). These operettas satirized the court and everyday life in Victorian times. Although he composed some anthems, in the area of church music Sullivan is best remembered for his hymn tunes, written between 1867 and 1874 and published in The Hymnary (1872) and Church Hymns (1874), both of which he edited. He contributed hymns to A Hymnal Chiefly from The Book of Praise (1867) and to the Presbyterian collection Psalms and Hymns for Divine Worship (1867). A complete collection of his hymns and arrangements was published posthumously as Hymn Tunes by Arthur Sullivan (1902). Sullivan steadfastly refused to grant permission to those who wished to make hymn tunes from the popular melodies in his operettas. Bert Polman

Charles C. Converse

1832 - 1918 Person Name: C. C. Converse Composer of "[Jesus, we are far away]" in The Standard Hymnal Pseudonyms: Clare, Lester Vesé, Nevers, Karl Reden, Revons ================================= Charles Crozat Converse LLD USA 1832-1918. Born in Warren, MA, he went to Leipzig, Germany to study law and philosophy, as well as music theory and composition under Moritz Hauptmann, Friedrich Richter, and Louis Plaidy at the Leipzig Conservatory. He also met Franz Liszt and Louis Spohr. He became an author, composer, arranger and editor. He returned to the states in 1859 and graduated from the Albany, NY, Law School two years later. He married Lida Lewis. From 1875 he practiced law in Erie, PA, and also was put in charge of the Burdetta Organ Company. He composed hymn tunes and other works. He was offered a DM degree for his Psalm 126 cantata, but he declined the offer. In 1895 Rutherford College honored him with a LLD degree. He spent his last years in Highwood, NJ, where he died. He published “New method for the guitar”, “Musical bouquet”, “The 126th Psalm”, “Sweet singer”, “Church singer”, “Sayings of Sages” between 1855 and 1863. he also wrote the “Turkish battle polka” and “Rock beside the sea” ballad, and “The anthem book of the Episcopal Methodist Church”. John Perry

Thomas Benson Pollock

1836 - 1896 Person Name: T. B. Pollock Author of "Jesus, we are far away" in The Presbyterian Book of Praise Pollock, Thomas Benson, M.A., was born in 1836, and graduated at Trinity College, Dublin, B.A. 1859, M.A. 1863, where he also gained the Vice-Chancellor's Prize for English Verse in 1855. Taking Holy Orders in 1861, he was Curate of St. Luke's, Leek, Staffordshire; St. Thomas's, Stamford Hill, London; and St. Alban's, Birmingham. Mr. Pollock is a most successful writer of metrical Litanies. His Metrical Litanies for Special Services and General Use, Mowbray, Oxford, 1870, and other compositions of the same kind contributed subsequently to various collections, have greatly enriched modern hymnbooks. To the 1889 Supplemental Hymns to Hymns Ancient & Modern, Mr. Pollock contributed two hymns, “We are soldiers of Christ, Who is mighty to save" (Soldiers of Christ), and "We have not known Thee as we ought" (Seeking God), but they are by no means equal to his Litanies in beauty and finish. -- John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907) =================== Pollock, T. B. , 900, i. We note:— 1. God of mercy, loving all. Litany for Quinquagesima. In the Gospeller, 1872. 2. Great Creator, Lord of all. Holy Trinity. In the Gospeller, 1876. 3. Holy Saviour, hear me; on Thy Name I call. Litany of the Contrite. In the Gospeller, 1870. From it "Faithful Shepherd, feed me in the pastures green," is taken. 4. Jesu, in Thy dying woes, p. 678, ii. 36. Given in Thring's Collection, 1882, in 7 parts, was written for the Gos¬peller. 5. My Lord, my Master, at Thy feet adoring. Passiontide. Translation of "Est-ce vous quo je vois, 6 mon Maître adorable!" (text in Moorsom's Historical Comp. to Hymns Ancient & Modern, 1889, p. 266), by Jacques Bridaine, b. 1701, d. 1767. Moorsom says he was born. at Chuselay, near Uzes, in Languedoc, and was a Priest in the French Church. The translation made in 1887 was included in the 1889 Supplemental Hymns to Hymns Ancient & Modern. 6. We are soldiers of Christ, p. 900, i. In the Gospeller, 1875. 7. Weep not for Him Who onward bears. Passiontide. No. 495 in the 1889 Suppl. Hymns to Hymns Ancient & Modern is part of a hymn in the Gospeller, 1870. --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, Appendix, Part II (1907)

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