Before the day draws near its ending

Before the day draws near its ending

Author: John Ellerton
Published in 16 hymnals

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Author: John Ellerton

Ellerton, John, M.A., son of George Ellerton, was born in London, Dec. 16, 1826, and educated at Trinity College, Cambridge (B.A. 1849; M.A. 1854). Taking Holy Orders he was successively Curate of Easebourne, Sussex, 1850; Brighton, and Lecturer of St. Peter's, Brighton, 1852; Vicar of Crewe Green, and Chaplain to Lord Crewe, 1860; Rector of Hinstock, 1872; of Barnes, 1876; and of White Roding, 1886. Mr. Ellerton's prose writings include The Holiest Manhood, 1882; Our Infirmities, 1883, &c. It is, however, as a hymnologist, editor, hymnwriter, and translator, that he is most widely known. As editor he published: Hymns for Schools and Bible Classes, Brighton, 1859. He was also co-editor with Bishop How and others of the Society for Promoting… Go to person page >

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First Line: Before the day draws near its ending
Author: John Ellerton
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LES COMMANDEMENS

LES COMMANDEMENS (French for "the commandments"), a rich and graceful tune in the Hypo-Ionian mode (major), was used in the Genevan Psalter (1547) for the Decalogue and for Psalm 140, and later in British psalters and in the Lutheran tradition. The first setting in the Psalter Hymnal derives from Cl…

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SUNSET (Stocks)


RENDEZ À DIEU

GENEVAN 98/118 is the one tune in the Psalter Hymnal used for two psalms. It was first published in the 1551 Genevan Psalter as a setting for Psalm 118; in the 1562 edition it was also set to Psalm 98 (hence both numbers in the tune name). The tune is also often named RENDEZ A DIEV, the French incip…

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Instances (16)TextImageAudioScore
Church Hymns and Tunes #29Image
Church Hymns and Tunes for use in Baptist Churches #d47
Common Praise: hymns with tunes for Christian worship #45Image
Hymnal for Colleges and Schools #d25
Hymnal for Colleges and Schools. 3rd ed. #d26
Hymnal of the Evangelical Church. Word ed. #d56
Hymns for Worship #d22
Pilgrim Hymnal #508
Songs for Worship #d17
The Book of Common Praise, being the Hymn Book of The Church of England in Canada (revised 1938) #26
The Harvard University Hymn Book #d24
The Hymnal: Published by Authority of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. #d41
The Hymnbook #57
The Milton Hymnal #d22
The Oxford American Hymnal for Schools and Colleges #d36
Worship and Hymns for All Occasions #d23
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