Calm On the Listening Ear of Night

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1 Calm on the listening ear of night
Come heaven's melodious strains,
Where wild Judea stretches far
Her silver-mantled plains.
Celestial choirs from courts above
Shed sacred glories there;
And angels, with their sparkling lyres,
Make music on the air.

2 The answering hills of Palestine
Send back the glad reply;
And greet, from all their holy heights,
The Dayspring from on high.
O'er the blue depths of Galilee
There comes a holier calm,
And Sharon waves, in solemn praise,
Her silent groves of palm.

3 "Glory to God!" the sounding skies
Loud with their anthems ring,
"Peace to the earth, good-will to men,
From heaven's eternal King!"
Light on thy hills, Jerusalem!
The Saviour now is born!
And bright on Bethlehem's joyous plains
Breaks the first Christmas morn.

Hymnal: according to the use of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America, 1871

Author: Edmund H. Sears

Edmund Hamilton Sears was born in Berkshire [County], Massachusetts, in 1810; graduated at Union College, Schenectady, in 1834, and at the Theological School of Harvard University, in 1837. He became pastor of the Unitarian Society in Wayland, Mass., in 1838; removed to Lancaster in 1840; but on account of ill health was obliged to retire from the active duties of the ministry in 1847; since then, residing in Wayland, he devoted himself to literature. He has published several works. --Annotations of the Hymnal, Charles Hutchins, M.A., 1872… Go to person page >

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First Line: Calm on the listening ear of night
Title: Calm On the Listening Ear of Night
Author: Edmund H. Sears (1834)
Meter: 8.6.8.6
Language: English
Copyright: Public Domain

Tune

ST. AGNES (Dykes)

John B. Dykes (PHH 147) composed ST. AGNES for [Jesus the Very Thought of Thee]. Dykes named the tune after a young Roman Christian woman who was martyred in A.D. 304 during the reign of Diocletian. St. Agnes was sentenced to death for refusing to marry a nobleman to whom she said, "I am already eng…

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CAROL (Willis)


GOULD (Gould)


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A Book of Hymns for Public and Private Devotion (15th ed.) #106

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A Book of Hymns for Public and Private Devotion. (10th ed.) #106

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A Collection of Hymns, for the Christian Church and Home #164

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A Collection of Hymns, for the use of the United Brethren in Christ #96

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A Collection of Hymns #48

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A Collection of Psalms and Hymns for Christian Worship. (45th ed.) #573

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A Collection of Psalms and Hymns for Christian Worship. 16th ed. #573

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A Collection of Psalms and Hymns for the Sanctuary #241

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A Collection of Psalms and Hymns, for Social and Private Worship (Rev. ed. with supplement) #410

A Junior Hymnal with Song Stories and Worship Programs #d12

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A Manual of Devotion and Hymns for the House of Refuge, City of New York #163

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A Manual of Worship #263

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A Selection of Spiritual Songs #240

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A Service Book #93

A Treasury of Hymns, the Best-Loved Hymns, Carols ... #d37

Apples of Gold in Pictures of Silver #d26

At Worship, a hymnal for young churchmen #d34

Book of Common Praise #d67

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Book of Worship (Rev. ed.) #232

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Book of Worship with Hymns and Tunes #217

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Book of Worship #166

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Book of Worship #232

Bright Beams #d9

Calvary Selection of Spiritual Songs with Music for the Church and the Choir #d113

Carmina for Social Worship #d28

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Carmina for the Sunday School and Social Worship #63

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Carmina Sanctorum, a selection of hymns and songs of praise with tunes #155

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Carmina Sanctorum #155

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Carols Old and Carols New #612

Chapel Hymns and Services #d9

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Children of Zion #19

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Children's Praise #55

Choral Song #d17

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Christian Chorals #65

Christian Hymnal #d54

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Christian Hymns for Public and Private Worship #219

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Christian Praise #159

Christian Worship #201

Christian Youth Hymnal #9

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Christmas Carols and Hymns #75

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Christmas Carols and Hymns #75

Christmas Carols together with Certain Familiar Hymns and Songs #d8

Christmas Favorites #48

Church and University Hymns #d27

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Church Harmonies #279

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Church Hymnal, Mennonite #92

Church Hymnal, Mennonite #92

Church Hymnal, Mennonite #d68

Church Hymns #d17

Church Hymns #d19

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Church Hymns and Gospel Songs #54

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Church Hymns and Gospel Songs #54

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Church Hymns and Tunes #126

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Church Melodies #312

Church Music, a Collection of Hymn Tunes. #d23

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College Hymnal #78

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Common Praise #148

Compilation of Hymns for the Use of the Churches of the Christian Union #d101

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Evangelical Hymnal #96

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Forms and Hymns for Christmas #27

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Garnered Gems #167b

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Gates Ajar #143

Gems of Christian Song #d8

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Gems of Christmas Song #11

General Baptist Hymn Book #d76

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Gipsy Smith's Mission Hymnal #CH54

Gloria in Excelsis #d81

Gloria in Excelsis #d47

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Good-Will Songs #138

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Gospel Echoes #33

Gospel Light, or Hymns and Tunes for all Occasions of Christian Work and Worship #d60

Heart and Voice #d30

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Heart and Voice #242

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Heaven's Echo #198

Hymn and Tune Book #d11

Hymn and Tune Book for the Church and the Home and Services for Congregational Worship. Rev. ed. #d82

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Hymn and Tune Book for the Church and the Home. (Rev. ed.) #339

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Hymn and Tune Book, for the Church and the Home #353

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Hymn and Tune Book #51

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Hymn Book for Christian Worship #227

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Hymn Book for Christian Worship. 8th ed. #a227

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Hymn Book of the Methodist Protestant Church #65

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Hymn Book of the Methodist Protestant Church. (11th ed.) #65

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Hymn Book of the United Evangelical Church #96

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Hymn-Book of the Evangelical Association #86

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Hymn, Tune, and Service Book for Sunday Schools #58

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Hymnal Amore Dei #252

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Hymnal and Canticles of the Protestant Episcopal Church with Music (Gilbert & Goodrich) #26

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Hymnal and Liturgies of the Moravian Church #53

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Hymnal Companion to the Prayer Book with Accompanying Tunes (Second Edition) #73

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Hymnal Companion to the Prayer Book #27a

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Hymnal Companion to the Prayer Book #27b

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Hymnal Companion to the Prayer Book #73

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Hymnal for Christian Science Church and Sunday School Services #68

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Hymnal of the Methodist Episcopal Church #195

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Hymnal of the Methodist Episcopal Church #195

Hymnal of the Reformed Episcopal Church #d16

Hymnal of the Reformed Episcopal Church, adopted in General Council, Chicago, May 1879 #d35

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