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To Thine Eternal Arms, O God
Author: Thomas W. Higginson Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 42 hymnals Matching Instances: 42 Lyrics: 1. To Thine eternal arms, O God,
Take us, Thine erring children, in;
From dangerous paths too boldly trod,
From wandering thoughts and dreams of sin.
2. Those arms were round our childhood’s ways,
A guard through helpless years to be;
O leave not our maturer days!
We still are helpless without Thee.
3. We trusted hope and pride and strength;
Our strength proved false, our pride was vain;
Our dreams have faded all at length—
We come to Thee, O Lord, again!
4. A guide to trembling steps yet be!
Give us of Thine eternal power!
So shall our paths all lead to Thee,
And life still smile, like childhood’s hour. Used With Tune: FEDERAL STREET Text Sources: A Book of Hymns for Public and Private Devotion, by Samuel Longfellow & Samuel Johnson, 1846
To Thine Eternal Arms, O God
FEDERAL STREET
Appears in 638 hymnals Matching Instances: 3 Composer and/or Arranger: Henry Kemble Oliver Incipit: 33343 55434 44334 Used With Text: To thine eternal arms, O God
FEDERAL STREET
To Thine Eternal Arms, O God
Author: Thomas W. Higginson Hymnal: The Cyber Hymnal #6949 Meter: 8.8.8.8 Lyrics: 1. To Thine eternal arms, O God,
Take us, Thine erring children, in;
From dangerous paths too boldly trod,
From wandering thoughts and dreams of sin.
2. Those arms were round our childhood’s ways,
A guard through helpless years to be;
O leave not our maturer days!
We still are helpless without Thee.
3. We trusted hope and pride and strength;
Our strength proved false, our pride was vain;
Our dreams have faded all at length—
We come to Thee, O Lord, again!
4. A guide to trembling steps yet be!
Give us of Thine eternal power!
So shall our paths all lead to Thee,
And life still smile, like childhood’s hour. Languages: English Tune Title: FEDERAL STREET
To Thine Eternal Arms, O God
To thine eternal arms, O God
Author: Thomas W. Higginson Hymnal: Hymn and Tune Book for the Church and the Home and Services for Congregational Worship. Rev. ed. #d765 (1878) Languages: English
To thine eternal arms, O God
To thine eternal arms, O God
Author: Thomas W. Higginson Hymnal: Prayers and Hymns for the Church and the Home #d749 (1866)
To thine eternal arms, O God
Thomas W. Higginson
1823 - 1911 Person Name: Thomas Wentworth Higginson Author of "To thine eternal arms, O God" in The Hymnal Higginson, Thomas Wentworth, M.A., was born at Cambridge, U.S.A., Dec. 22, 1823, and educated at Harvard. From 1847 to 1850 he was Pastor of an Unitarian Church at Newburyport, and from 1852 to 1858 at Worcester. In 1858 he retired from the Ministry, and devoted himself to literature. During the Rebellion he was colonel of the first negro regiment raised in South Carolina. In addition to being for some time a leading contributor to the Atlantic Monthly, he published Outdoor Papers, 1863; Malbone, 1869; and other works. During his residence at the Harvard Divinity School he contributed the following hymns to Longfellow and Johnson's Book of Hymns, 1846:—
1. No human eyes Thy face may see. God known through love.
2. The land our fathers left to us. American Slavery.
3. The past is dark with sin and shame. Hope.
4. To Thine eternal arms, O God. Lent.
In the Book of Hymns these hymns are all marked with an asterisk. They, together with others by Mr. Higginson, are given in Putnam's Singers and Songs of the Liberal Faith, 1875. [Rev. F. M. Bird, M.A.]
-- John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology
Thomas W. Higginson
Henry K. Oliver
1800 - 1885 Person Name: Henry Kemble Oliver Composer of "FEDERAL STREET" in The Cyber Hymnal Henry Kemble Oliver (b. Beverly, MA, 1800; d. Salem, MA, 1885) was educated at Harvard and Dartmouth. He taught in the public schools of Salem (1818-1842) and was superintendent of the Atlantic Cotton Mills in Lawrence, Massachusetts (1848-1858). His civic service included being mayor of Lawrence (18591861) and Salem (1877-1880), state treasurer (1861-1865), and organizer of the Massachusetts Bureau of Statistics and Labor (1867-1873). Oliver was organist at several churches, including Park Street Congregational Church in Boston, North Church in Salem, and the Unitarian Church in Lawrence. A founder of the Mozart Association and several choral societies in Salem, he published his hymn tunes in Hymn and Psalm Tunes (1860) and Original Hymn Tunes (1875).
Bert Polman
Henry K. Oliver
