Among the deepest shades of night

Among the deepest shades of night

Author: Ann Taylor
Published in 44 hymnals

Author: Ann Taylor

Gilbert, Ann, nèe Taylor, the elder of the two sisters, and daughter of Isaac Taylor, was born at London, Jan. 30, 1782, her father at that time being engaged in London as an engraver. Subsequently her father became a Congregational Minister, and resided, first at Colchester and then at Ongar. In 1813 she was married to the Rev. Joseph Gilbert, Classical and Mathematical Tutor at the Congregational College, Masborough, near Rotherham, Yorkshire. From Masborough they passed to Hull, and then to Nottingham, where Mr. Gilbert died in 1852. Mrs. Gilbert remained at Nottingham, and died there Dec. 20, 1866. In addition to contributing hymns to the joint works of herself and her sister Jane, a few were given in Collyer's Collection, 1812, signed… Go to person page >

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Author: Ann Taylor

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Among the deepest shades of night. Ann Gilbert, née Taylor. [A Child's Hymn.] Appeared in Hymns for Infant Minds, by J. and A. Taylor, 1810, in 5 stanzas of 4 lines, and entitled "Thou God seest me." It is found in various collections for children. Original text in Stevenson's Hymns for Church and Home, with "to hell" for "in hell," stanza iv., 1.1. It is sometimes given as "Amongst the deepest shades."

-- John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)

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Instances (44)TextImageAudioScore
A Manual of Devotion and Hymns for the House of Refuge, City of New York #46Image
A Selection of Hymns for the Use of Church of England Sunday Schools, Bible Classes ... New ed. #d11
American Sunday School Psalmody; or, hymns and music, for the use of Sunday-schools and teacher's meetings; with a manual of instruction #186Image
Boston Sunday School Hymn Book. 5th ed. #d6
Familiar Hymns, Alphabetically Arranged. #d8
Family Hymns #d8
Hymn, Tune, and Service Book for Sunday Schools #20Image
Hymns and Poetry for the Young #d6
Hymns for Children and Young Persons #d22
Hymns for Infant Minds #d4
Hymns for Infant Minds. Armstrong's 2nd ed. #d6
Hymns for Little Children #d1
Hymns for Schools and Families #d4
Hymns for Schools and Families #d21
Hymns for Schools and Families, Specailly Designed for the Children of the Church #141Image
Hymns for Social Worship: selected from Watts, Doddridge, Newton, Cowper, Steele and others #469Image
Hymns for Sunday Schools. 2nd ed. #d5
Hymns for Sunday Schools, Selected from Various Authoors #d13
Hymns for Youth, Suitable to be Used in Sabbath and Parochial Schools #5Image
Hymns, Selected and Arranged for the Sunday School of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of St. Matthew, Philadelphia #d5
Hymns, Selected and Original, for Sunday Schools of the Evangelical Lutheran Church #d16
Juvenile Psalmody. Second ed. #d5
Liturgy and Hymns for Sunday Schools #d7
New Union Hymns #91Image
Portsmouth Sunday School Hymn Book #d6
Selection of Hymns for the Sunday School Union of the Methodist Episcopal Church #233Image
Songs of Praise for Sabbath Schools and Families. New ed. #d3
Sunday School Hymn Book #d7
Sunday School Hymn Book. (19th ed) #101Image
Sunday-School Hymns #59Image
The American Baptist Sabbath-School Hymn-Book #7Image
The American Sunday-School Hymn-Book #70Image
The Baptist Sabbath School Hymn Book #d27
The Boston Sunday School Hymn Book: with devotional exercises. (Rev. ed.) #42Image
The Child's Hymn Book #87Image
The Child's Prayer and Hymn Book #d4
The Disciples' Hymn Book: a collection of hymns and chants for public and private devotion #194Image
The Mozart Collection of Sacred Music: containing melodies, chorals, anthems and chants, harmonized in four parts; together with the celebrated Christus and Miserere by ZIngarelli #113Image
The Presbyterian Juvenile Psalmodist #67Image
The Sabbath Chimes #d12
The Sunday School Liturgy. (4th ed.) #37Image
Union Hymns. Rev. #d20
Union Hymns. Rev. #d21
Year of Worship for Sunday Schools and Homes #22