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O God, whose smile is in the sky
Author: John Haynes Holmes Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 20 hymnals Topics: Evening Used With Tune: MARTYRDOM
O God, whose smile is in the sky
ST. LEONARD
Appears in 230 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Henry Hiles Incipit: 12432 21112 22222 Used With Text: O God, whose smile is in the sky
ST. LEONARD
O God, Whose Smile Is in the Sky
Author: John H. Holmes Hymnal: The Cyber Hymnal #4939 Meter: 8.6.8.6 Lyrics: 1. O God, whose smile is in the sky,
Whose path is in the sea,
Once more from earth’s tumultuous strife
We gladly turn to Thee.
2. Now all the myriad sounds of earth
In solemn stillness die;
While wind and wave unite to chant
Their anthem to the sky.
3. We come as those with toil far spent
Who crave Thy rest and peace,
And from the care and fret of life
Would find in Thee release.
4. O Father, soothe all troubled thought,
Dispel all idle fear,
Purge Thou each heart of secret sin,
And banish ev’ry care.
5. Until, as shine upon the sea
The silent stars above,
There shines upon our trusting souls
The light of Thine own love. Languages: English Tune Title: DENNY
O God, Whose Smile Is in the Sky
O God, whose smile is in the sky
Author: John Haynes Holmes Hymnal: The Beacon Song and Service book #57 (1935) Meter: 8.6.8.6 Topics: Evening Languages: English Tune Title: MARTYRDOM
O God, whose smile is in the sky
O God Whose Smile Is in the Sky
Author: John Haynes Holmes Hymnal: A. M. E. C. Hymnal #65 (1954) First Line: O God, whose smile is in the sky Languages: English Tune Title: ST. AGNES
O God Whose Smile Is in the Sky
Hugh Wilson
1766 - 1824 Person Name: Hugh Wilson, 1766-1824 Composer of "MARTYRDOM" in The Beacon Song and Service book Hugh Wilson (b. Fenwick, Ayrshire, Scotland, c. 1766; d. Duntocher, Scotland, 1824) learned the shoemaker trade from his father. He also studied music and mathematics and became proficient enough in various subjects to become a part-time teacher to the villagers. Around 1800, he moved to Pollokshaws to work in the cotton mills and later moved to Duntocher, where he became a draftsman in the local mill. He also made sundials and composed hymn tunes as a hobby. Wilson was a member of the Secession Church, which had separated from the Church of Scotland. He served as a manager and precentor in the church in Duntocher and helped found its first Sunday school. It is thought that he composed and adapted a number of psalm tunes, but only two have survived because he gave instructions shortly before his death that all his music manuscripts were to be destroyed.
Bert Polman
Hugh Wilson
John Bacchus Dykes
1823 - 1876 Person Name: John B. Dykes Composer of "ST. AGNES" in A. M. E. C. Hymnal As a young child John Bacchus Dykes (b. Kingston-upon-Hull' England, 1823; d. Ticehurst, Sussex, England, 1876) took violin and piano lessons. At the age of ten he became the organist of St. John's in Hull, where his grandfather was vicar. After receiving a classics degree from St. Catherine College, Cambridge, England, he was ordained in the Church of England in 1847. In 1849 he became the precentor and choir director at Durham Cathedral, where he introduced reforms in the choir by insisting on consistent attendance, increasing rehearsals, and initiating music festivals. He served the parish of St. Oswald in Durham from 1862 until the year of his death. To the chagrin of his bishop, Dykes favored the high church practices associated with the Oxford Movement (choir robes, incense, and the like). A number of his three hundred hymn tunes are still respected as durable examples of Victorian hymnody. Most of his tunes were first published in Chope's Congregational Hymn and Tune Book (1857) and in early editions of the famous British hymnal, Hymns Ancient and Modern.
Bert Polman
John Bacchus Dykes
Robert Archibald Smith
1780 - 1829 Person Name: R. A. Smith Adapter of "MARTYRDOM" in The Beacon Song and Service book Although largely self-taught, Robert A. Smith (b. Reading, Berkshire, England, 1780; d. Edinburgh, Scotland, 1829) was an excellent musician. By the age of ten he played the violin, cello, and flute, and was a church chorister. From 1802 to 1817 he taught music in Paisley and was precentor at the Abbey; from 1823 until his death he was precentor and choirmaster in St. George's Church, Edinburgh. He enlarged the repertoire of tunes for psalm singing in Scotland, raised the precentor skills to a fine art, and greatly improved the singing of the church choirs he directed. Smith published his church music in Sacred Harmony (1820, 1825) and compiled a six-volume collection of Scottish songs, The Scottish Minstrel (1820-1824).
Bert Polman
Robert Archibald Smith
