Now on land and sea descending

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1 Now, on land and sea descending,
brings the night its peace profound.
Let our vesper hymn be blending
with the holy calm around.
Jubilate! Jubilate!
Jubilate! Amen!
Let our vesper hymn be blending
with the holy calm around.

2 Soon as dies the sunset glory,
stars of heav’n shine out above,
telling still the ancient story
their Creator’s endless love.
Jubilate! Jubilate!
Jubilate! Amen!
Telling still the ancient story
their Creator’s changeless love.

3 Now, our wants and burdens leaving
to our God who cares for all,
cease we fearing, cease we grieving;
touched by God our burdens fall.
Jubilate! Jubilate!
Jubilate! Amen!
Cease we fearing, cease we grieving;
touched by God our burdens fall.

4 As the darkness deepens o’er us,
lo! Eternal stars arise.
Hope and faith and love rise glorious,
shining in the Spirit’s skies.
Jubilate! Jubilate!
Jubilate! Amen!
Hope and faith and love rise glorious,
shining in the Spirit’s skies.

Source: Voices Together #503

Author: Samuel Longfellow

Longfellow, Samuel, B. A., brother of the Poet, was born at Portland, Maine, June 18, 1819, and educated at Harvard, where he graduated in Arts in 1839, and in Theology in 1846. On receiving ordination as an Unitarian Minister, he became Pastor at Fall River, Massachusetts, 1848; at Brooklyn, 1853; and at Germantown, Pennsylvania, 1860. In 1846 he edited, with the Rev. S. Johnson (q. v.), A Book of Hymns for Public and Private Devotion. This collection was enlarged and revised in 1848. In 1859 his Vespers was published, and in 1864 the Unitarian Hymns of the Spirit , under the joint editorship of the Rev. S. Johnson and himself. His Life of his brother, the Poet Longfellow, was published in 1886. To the works named he contributed the follow… Go to person page >

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VESPER HYMN (Bortnianski)

VESPER HYMN appeared in John A. Stevenson's Selection of Popular National Airs (1818) as a setting for Thomas Moore's "Hark! The Vesper Hymn Is Stealing." A footnote in that hymnal explained that Stevenson had added what is-now the first line of the retrain to a "Russian Air." Some later hymnals att…

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The Cyber Hymnal #4637

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Hymns of the Spirit #58

Prayers and Hymns for the Church and the Home #d427

Lyra Sacra Americana #d129

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Hymn, Tune, and Service Book for Sunday Schools #167

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National Hymn and Tune Book #152

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Singers and Songs of the Liberal Faith #453

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Church Harmonies #51

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Hymn and Tune Book for the Church and the Home. (Rev. ed.) #163

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The Carol #73a

The School Hymn Book #d42

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Hymnal, Amore Dei #155

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Hymns of the Church Universal #575

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Plymouth Sunday-School Hymnal #32

The Plymouth Hymnal #d332

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Evangel Songs #207

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Unity Services and Songs #81a

Universal Hymns #159

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Life-Time Hymns #46

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The Treasury of American Sacred Song with Notes Explanatory and Biographical #117

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Hymn Tunes #154

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Hymnal Amore Dei #155

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Song-Hymnal of Praise and Joy #571

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The Morning Stars Sang Together #26

Jubilate Deo #37

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Gloria Deo #604

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New Manual of Praise #176

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Hymnal, Amore Dei. Rev. ed. #a155

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The Golden Hymn Book #17

Hymns Ancient and Modern, New Edition #27

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The Pilgrim Hymnal #523

Unitarian Service Book, and Hymns for Church and Home. Abridged ed. #d247

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A Book of Song and Service #141

The Friends' Hymnal #d410

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Worship Song #596

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Church Hymns and Tunes #24

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Isles of Shoals Hymn Book and Candle Light Service #31

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The Fellowship Hymn Book #309

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The Friends' Hymnal, a Collection of Hymns and Tunes for the Public Worship of the Society #a604

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The Fellowship Hymn Book #309

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The Pilgrim Hymnal #645

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Common Praise #51

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Hymns for Schools and Colleges #29

Unity Hymns and Chorals. Rev and enl. with Service Elements #d180

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Services for Congregational Worship. The New Hymn and Tune Book #154

The Church Hymnal #d264

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The School Hymnal #15

The St. Alban Hymnal #d266

Chapel Hymns and Services #d75

Hymns of the Christian Life #31

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Christian Song #21

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American Church and Church School Hymnal #22

Hymns of the Christian Life #d258

The Presbyterian Hymnal #462

The Oxford American Hymnal for Schools and Colleges #d219

The Beacon Song and Service book #55

American Church and Church School Hymnal #d207

Hymns of the Christian Life #d255

Hymns of the Spirit for Use in the Free Churches of America #111

The New Church Hymnal #d274

Life Songs No. 2 #d186

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The Abingdon Song Book #23

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The Cokesbury Worship Hymnal #178

Christian Worship and Praise #192

The Methodist Hymnal #45

Hymnal for Christian Worship #d178

Christian Worship #141

Favorite Hymns No. 2 #18

Worship in Song #d196

Hymns of the Rural Spirit #21

Junior Hymns #17

Christian Youth Hymnal #127

Sing Unto the Lord #d85

Songs for Christian Worship #d168

The Hymnal of the Evangelical Mission Covenant Church of America #36

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At Worship #29

The Churches of God Hymnal. #d336

A. M. E. C. Hymnal #489

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The Hymnbook #67

Baptist Hymnal #28

The Youth Hymnary #d131

My Camp Book #d19

The A. M. E. Zion Hymnal #46

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The Hymnal of The Evangelical United Brethren Church #41

Pilgrim Hymnal #52

The Junior Hymnal #d59

Christian Youth Chapbook #d27

Sing to the Lord #d141

The Chapbook #58

North American Hymnal (2nd ed.) #56

When Youth Sing #d118

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Christian Praise #31

Hymns for the Celebration of Life #d148

Junior Hymnal #d103

The Book of Hymns #d312

The Methodist Hymnal #d312

Hymns of Grace #d274

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