Texts Tunes Instances People Hymnals

Ere I sleep, for every favor

Top
Full Text
Author
Text Info
Notes
Tune
Timeline
Page Scans
Instances

Ere I sleep, for every favor

Author: John Cennick
Published in 66 hymnals

Full Text

Ere I sleep, for ev'ry favor
This day showed
By my God,
I will bless my Saviour.

O my Lord, what shall I render
To thy Name,
Still the same,
Gracious, good, and tender?

Leave me not, but ever love me;
Let thy peace
Be my bliss,
Till thou hence remove me.

Source: Trinity Hymnal #337

All full texts • Compare texts ^ top

Author: John Cennick

John Cennick was born at Reading, Berkshire, in the year 1717. He became acquainted with Wesley and Whitefield, and preached in the Methodist connection. On the separation of Wesley and Whitefield he joined the latter. In 1745, he attached himself to the Moravians, and made a tour in Germany to fully acquaint himself with the Moravian doctrines. He afterwards ministered in Dublin, and in the north of Ireland. He died in London, in 1755, and was buried in the Moravian Cemetery, Chelsea. He was the author of many hymns, some of which are to be found in every collection. --Annotations of the Hymnal, Charles Hutchins, M.A. 1872.… Go to person page >

^ top

Text Information

Text Information

First Line:	Ere I sleep, for every favor
Author:	John Cennick

^ top

Notes

Ere I [we] sleep, for every favour. Cennick. [Evening.] Published in his Sacred Hymns for the Children of God, &c, 1741, No. 14, in 7 stanzas of 4 lines, as the second of two hymns for evening. It was repeated in later editions of the same work, in Whitefield's Collection, 1754; in M. Madan's Psalms & Hymns, 1760; the early editions of Lady Huntingdon's Collection, and others of the old collections, and is also well known to modern hymnals, but usually in an abbreviated form, and sometimes as “Ere we sleep," &c. Orig. text in Stevenson's Hymns for the Church & Home, 1873, with the omission of stanza vii., which reads:—

"So whene'er in death I slumber,
Let me rise || With the wise,
Counted in their number."

--John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)

^ top

Tune

KIRK ELLA

BRIESEN

THANET

All tunes published with 'Ere I sleep, for every favor'^ top

Timeline

^ top

Page Scans

Hymnal and Liturgies of the Moravian Church (1920), p.718

^ top

Instances

Instances (66)	First Line	Text Title	Authors	Composers	Meter	Tune Title	Tune Key	Languages	Publication Date
A Collection of Divine Hymns from Various Authors #d14	Ere I sleep, for every favor		John Cennick						1814
A Collection of Hymns for the Use of the Protestant Church of the United Brethren. (New and Rev. ed.) #898	Ere I sleep, for ev'ry favor								1819
A Collection of Hymns, for the Use of the Protestant Church of the United Brethren. New and Revised ed. #1090	Ere I sleep, for ev'ry favor								1832
A Collection of Hymns for the Use of the Protestant Church of the United Brethren. Rev. ed. #d148	Ere I sleep, for every favor		John Cennick						1813
A Collection of Psalms and Hymns: suited to the various occasions of public worship and private devotion #379	Ere I sleep for every favor								1884
A Collection of Psalms, Hymns, and Spiritual Songs: suited to the various occasions of public worship and private devotion, of the church of Christ (6th ed.) #379	Ere I sleep, for every favor		John Cennick						1872
A Collection of Psalms, Hymns, and Spiritual Songs Suited to the Various Occasions of Public Worship. 2nd ed. #d92	Ere I sleep, for every favor		John Cennick						1851
A Collection of Psalms, Hymns, and Spiritual Songs: suited to the various occasions of public worship and private devotion of the church of Christ: with an appendix of German hymns #379	Ere I sleep, for every favor		John Cennick						1869
A Collection of Psalms, Hymns, and Spiritual Songs: with the music of Mason's Sacred Harp and Missouri Harmony adapted #622	Ere I sleep, for every favor								1839
A Compilation of Genuine Church Music. 4th ed. #d67	Ere I sleep, for every favor		John Cennick						1847
A Selection of Psalms and Hymns: done under appointment of the Philadelphian Association (2nd ed) #294	Ere I sleep, for ev'ry favour								1801
A Selection of Psalms and Hymns: done under the appointment of the Philadelphian Association #CCXCIV	Ere I sleep, for every favor		John Cennick						1790
Anglican Hymn Book #16	Ere I sleep, for every favor				8.3.3.6				1868
Carmina Sacra: or, Boston Collection of Church Music: comprising the most popular psalm and hymn tunes in eternal use together with a great variety of new tunes, chants, sentences, motetts... #299	Ere I sleep, for every favor		John Cennick						1841
Christian Praise #d81	Ere I sleep, for every favor		John Cennick						1957
Church Melodies, a Collection of Psalms, Hymns and Spiritual Songs #d236	Ere I sleep, for every favor		John Cennick						1833
Church Music, a Collection of Hymn Tunes. #d33	Ere I sleep, for every favor		John Cennick						1855
Church Psalmody: a Collection of Psalms and Hymns adapted to public worship #H711	Ere I sleep, for every favor								1831
Church Psalmody: a Collection of Psalms and Hymns Adapted to Public Worship #711	Ere I sleep, for every favor								1843
Cottage Melodies; a hymn and tune book, for prayer and social meetings and the home circle #393	Ere I sleep, for every favor								1859
Harmonia Sacra, being a Compilation of Church Music. 10th ed #d72	Ere I sleep, for every favor		John Cennick						1860
Hymnal and Liturgies of the Moravian Church #41	Ere I sleep, for every favor	Ere I Sleep, for Every Favor	John Cennick, 1718-1755		8.3.3.6 D	BRIESEN		English	1969
Hymnal and Liturgies of the Moravian Church #783	Ere I sleep, for every favor		John Cennick						1920
Hymns for Children (2nd ed.) #viii	Ere I sleep, for every favor								1860
Hymns for Children. 3rd ed. #d4	Ere I sleep, for every favor		John Cennick						1863
Hymns for Schools and Families #d120	Ere I sleep, for every favor		John Cennick						1853
Hymns for Schools and Families, Specailly Designed for the Children of the Church #525	Ere I sleep, for every favour								1859
Immanuel Hymnal #d91	Ere I sleep, for every favor		John Cennick						1929
Jubilant Voices #d31	Ere I sleep, for every favor		John Cennick						1870
Manual of Christian Psalmody: a collection of psalms and hymns for public worship #711	Ere I sleep, for every favor								1832
Melodies of the Church: a collection of psalms and hymns adapted to publick and social worship, seasons of revival, monthly concerts of prayer, and various similar occasions... #d220	Ere I sleep, for every favor		John Cennick						1832
Offices of Worship and Hymns: with tunes, 3rd ed., revised and enlarged #877	Ere I sleep, for every favor		John Cennick, 1718-55						1891
Plymouth Sunday-School Hymnal #d31	Ere I sleep, for every favor		John Cennick						1892
Select Songs No. 2: for the singing service in the prayer meeting; Sunday school; Christian Endeavor meetings #15	Ere I sleep, for ev'ry favor		John Cennick						1893
The American Hymnal #d109	Ere I sleep, for every favor		John Cennick						1919
The Baptist Church Hymnal: chants and anthems with music #C173	Ere I sleep, for ev'ry favour								1900
The Choir: or, Union collection of church music. Consisting of a great variety of psalm and hymn tunes, anthems, &c. original and selected. Including many beautiful subjects from the works.. (2nd ed.) #313b	Ere I sleep, for every favor								1833
The Christian Melodist, a Collection of Popular Songs, for Use in Public and Social Meetings ... #d74	Ere I sleep, for every favor		John Cennick						1850
The Christian Minstrel: a New System of Musical Notation with a Collection of Psalm Tunes, Anthems, and Chants. 3rd ed. #d59	Ere I sleep, for every favor		John Cennick						1846
The Christian Minstrel: a New System of Musical Notations; with a Collectionof Psalm Tunes, Anthems, & Chants ... 104th ed. #d71	Ere I sleep, for every favor		John Cennick						1858
The Christian Psalmist #d155	Ere I sleep, for every favor		John Cennick						1854
The Christian Psalmist (Numeral ed.) 10th ed., 1st rev. ed. #d83	Ere I sleep, for every favor		John Cennick						1851
The Coronation Hymnal #d77	Ere I sleep, for every favor		John Cennick						1895
The Harmonia Sacra. 14th ed. #d71	Ere I sleep, for every favor		John Cennick						1871
The Hymnal: Published by Authority of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. #d91	Ere I sleep, for every favor		John Cennick						1933
The Hymnary for use in Baptist churches #555	Ere I sleep, for every favour	Ere I sleep, for every favour	John Cennick, 1718 - 1755	Henry Ernest Nichol	8.3.3.6	KIRK ELLA	G Major or modal	English	1936
The Hymnary of the United Church of Canada #555	Ere I sleep, for every favour	Ere I sleep, for every favour	John Cennick, 1718 - 1755	Henry Ernest Nichol	8.3.3.6	KIRK ELLA	G Major	English	1930
The Hymnary with Tunes: a collection of music for Sunday schools #65a	Ere I sleep, for every favor		John Cennick						1872
The Liturgy and the Office of Worship and Hymns of the American Province of the Unitas Fratrum, or the Moravian Church #877	Ere I sleep, for every favor		John Cennick						1908
The Modern Harp: or, Boston Sacred Melodist. #d58	Ere I sleep, for every favor		John Cennick						1846
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 #239	Ere I sleep, for every favor		John Cennick						1846
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 #297	Ere I sleep, for ev'ry favor	Evening Hymn							1846
The National Psalmist #d37	Ere I sleep, for every favor		John Cennick						1848
The New Hymnary: a collection of hymns and tunes for Sunday Schools #65a	Ere I sleep, for every favor		John Cennick, 1718-1755						1876
The New Village Harmony #d23	Ere I sleep, for every favor		John Cennick						1878
The Palm: a collection of sacred music, for choirs, singing schools and conventions #224c	Ere I sleep, for every favor		John Cennick						1870
The Philharmonia, a Collection of Tunes, Adapted to Public and Private Worship #d96	Ere I sleep, for every favor		John Cennick						1875
The Psaltery #d51	Ere I sleep, for every favor		John Cennick						1845
The Sabbath School Melodist: being a selection of hymns with appropriate music; for the use of Sabbath schools, families and social meetings #147	Ere I sleep, for every favor		John Cennick						1850
The Sacred Harp or Eclectic Harmony: a collection of church music, consisting of a great variety of psalm and hymn tunes, anthems, sacred songs and chants...(New ed., Rev. and Corr.) #146b	Ere I sleep, for every favor		John Cennick						1835
The Sacred Melodeon #d15	Ere I sleep, for every favor		John Cennick						1848
The Sanctus #d60	Ere I sleep, for every favor		John Cennick						1857
The Temple Harp #d76	Ere I sleep, for every favor		John Cennick						1872
The Voice of melody: a choice collection of hymn tunes for choirs, prayer-meetings, congregations, and family use #134b	Ere I sleep, for ev'ry favor								1860
Trinity Hymnal #337	ere I sleep, for ev'ry favor	ere I sleep, for every favor				Thanet			1961
Union Hymns: adapted to Social Meetings and Family Worship Selected from Church Psalmody, with Additional Hymns #d103	Ere I sleep, for every favor		John Cennick						1834

All instances ^ top

Ere I sleep, for every favor

Contents

Ere I sleep, for every favor

Full Text

Author: John Cennick

Text Information

Notes

Tune

Timeline

Page Scans

Instances