Our Nation

Representative Text

1 Gone are those great and good
Who here, in peril, stood,
And raised their hymn.
Peace to the reverend dead!
The light that on their head
The passing years have shed
Shall ne’er grow dim.

2 Ye temples, that to God
Rise where our fathers trod,
Guard well your trust—
The faith that dared the sea,
The truth that made them free,
Their cherished purity,
Their garnered dust.

3 Thou high and holy One,
Whose care for sire and son
All nature fills—
While day shall break and close,
While night her crescent shows,
O let Thy light repose,
On these our hills.

Source: The Cyber Hymnal #10145

Author: John Pierpont

Pierpont, John, son of James Pierpont, of Litchfield, Connecticut, was born at Litchfield, April 6, 1785, and educated at Yale College, where he graduated in 1804. After fulfilling engagements as a Tutor in New Haven, and in Charlestown, South Carolina, he was admitted to the Bar in 1812. Shortly after he retired and went into business, only to leave it also, and to pass on to Harvard College as a student in theology. In 1819 he succeeded Dr. Holley as the pastor of the Unitarian congregation in Hollis Street, Boston. At length his zeal against intemperance and slavery caused him to resign his charge in 1840 [sic. 1845] (see Lothrop's Proceedings of an Eccl. Council in the case of the Hollis Street Meeting and the Rev. J. Pierpont). At this… Go to person page >

Text Information

First Line: Gone are those [the] great and good
Title: Our Nation
Author: John Pierpont
Language: English
Copyright: Public Domain

Tune

ITALIAN HYMN

Felice de Giardini (b. Turin, Italy, 1716; d. Moscow, Russia, 1796) composed ITALIAN HYMN in three parts for this text at the request of Selina Shirley, the famous evangelically minded Countess of Huntingdon. Giardini was living in London at the time and contributed this tune and three others to Mar…

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ST. AMBROSE (Monk)


METHUEN (Oliphant)


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The Cyber Hymnal #10145
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Instances

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A Book of Hymns and Tunes #174

A Collection of Hymns for the Sanctuary. Rev.ed. with a Supplement #d33

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Church Harmonies #860

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High School Hymnal #51

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Hymn and Tune Book for the Church and the Home. (Rev. ed.) #786

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Hymn and Tune Book, for the Church and the Home #689

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Hymn Book for Christian Worship #727

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Hymn Book for Christian Worship. 8th ed. #a727

Hymns and Tunes for the Sunday School, the Congregation and the Home #d62

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Hymns for the Church of Christ (3rd thousand) #460

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Hymns for the Church of Christ. (6th thousand) #460

Hymns of the Spirit for Use in the Free Churches of America #364

Jubilate Deo #367

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Pilgrim Songs #206b

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Plymouth Collection #a1006

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Plymouth Collection of Hymns and Tunes; for the use of Christian Congregations #1006

Prayers and Hymns for the Church and the Home #d208

School and College Hymnal #d46

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School and College Hymnal #51

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Services for Congregational Worship. The New Hymn and Tune Book #417

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Songs for Social and Public Worship #984

Songs of the Unity #d78

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The Baptist Hymn and Tune Book #1006

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The Carol #156b

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The Cyber Hymnal #10145

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The Gospel Psalmist #881

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The Pilgrim Hymnal #420

The School Hymn Book #d20

The Service of Praise #d98

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Unity Services and Songs #101b

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