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All unseen the Master walketh

Author: Thomas MacKellar
Published in 31 hymnals

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Piano/Organ
	An Advent Suite

Instrumental
	JOY TO THE WORLD

Handbells
	Advent Tidings

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1 All unseen the Master walketh
By the toiling servant's side;
Wondrous words of life He speaketh,
While His hands uphold and guide.

Refrain:
Grief, nor pain, nor any sorrow
Rends thy heart, to Him unknown,
He today and He tomorrow
Grace sufficient gives His own.

2 When thy loved ones cross the border,
Jesus is the link between
They can gaze upon His glory,
Thou can'st on His bosom lean. [Refrain]

3 Holy strivings nerve and strengthen,
Long endurance wins the crown;
When the ev’ning shadows lengthen,
Thou shalt lay thy burden down. [Refrain]

Source: Alexander's Gospel Songs No. 2 #147

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Author: Thomas MacKellar

Mackellar, Thomas, was born in New York, Aug. 12, 1812. At the age of 14 he entered the printing establishment of Harper Brothers. In 1833 he removed to Philadelphia and joined the type-foundry firm of Johnson & Smith, as proof reader. He subsequently became a foreman, and then a partner in that firm, which has been known from 1860 as Mackellar, Smiths, and Jordan, type-founders of Philadelphia. His publications include The American Printer, 1866, a prose work, and the following in verse:— (1) Droppings from the Heart, 1844; (2) Tam's Fortnight Ramble, 1847; (3) Lines for the Gentle and Loving, 1853; (4) Rhymes Atween Times, 1872. The last contains some of his hymns. (5) Hymns and a few Metrical Psalms, Phila. 1883 (71 hymns, 3 psalms… Go to person page >

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First Line:	All unseen the Master walketh
Title:	A constant Friend
Author:	Thomas MacKellar
Meter:	8.7.8.7
Language:	English
Copyright:	Public Domain

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STOCKWELL (Jones)

[All unseen the Master walketh]

STUTTGART

STUTTGART was included in Psalmodia Sacra (1715), one of the most significant hymnals of the early sixteenth century [sic: eighteenth century]. Christian F. Witt (b. Altenburg, Germany, e. 1660; d. Altenburg, 1716) was an editor and compiler of that collection; about 100 (of the 774) tunes in that c…

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