On the dewy breath of even

On the dewy breath of even

Author: Julia Anne Elliott
Published in 23 hymnals

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On the dewy breath of even
Thousand odors mingling rise,
Borne like incense up to heaven,—
Nature’s evening sacrifice.

With her fragrant offerings blending,
Let our glad thanksgivings be
To Thy throne, O Lord, ascending,—
Incense of our hearts to Thee.

Thou, whose favors without number
All our days with gladness bless,
Let Thine eye, that knows no slumber,
Guard our hours of helplessness.

Then, though conscious we are sleeping
In the outer courts of death,
Safe beneath a Father’s keeping,
Calm we rest in perfect faith.



Source: A Book of Hymns for Public and Private Devotion (15th ed.) #554

Author: Julia Anne Elliott

Elliott, Julia Anne, née Marshall, daughter of Mr. John Marshall, of Hallsteads, Ullswater, was married to the Rev. H. V. Elliott (q.v.), in 1833, and died Nov. 3, 1841. Her hymns were contributed to her husband's Psalms & Hymns, 1835, anonymously, but in the Index to the "3rd thousand," 1839, her initials were added. These hymns are eleven in all, and concerning them, Miller has justly said (S. & Songs, p. 482), they "show a most refined poetical taste, and a special faculty for appreciating and expressing, appropriately, phases of thought and feeling that are beautiful, and that might have escaped common observation." Of these hymns the best known are, "Hail, thou bright and sacred morn," “On the dewy breath of even,” and "We lo… Go to person page >

Text Information

First Line: On the dewy breath of even
Author: Julia Anne Elliott
Source: Martineau's Col.
Language: English
Copyright: Public Domain

Notes

On the dewy breath of even. Julia Ann Elliott, née Marshall. [Evening.] First published in her husband's Psalms & Hymns, 1835, anonymously, and subsequently with the signature " I. A. E." in the Index. In modern collections it is usually found, as in the Leeds Hymn Book, 1853, and the Baptist Psalms & Hymns, 1858, where stanzas i.-iii. are unaltered from Mrs. Elliott, stanza v. from the same altered, and stanza iv. by another hand. In some hymn-books this hymn is attributed to Miss Charlotte Elliott, but in error.

--John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)

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A Book of Hymns for Public and Private Devotion (15th ed.) #554

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A Book of Hymns for Public and Private Devotion. (10th ed.) #554

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A Collection of Hymns, for the Christian Church and Home #370

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A Collection of Hymns, for the use of the United Brethren in Christ #573

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Children's Praise #11

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Christian Hymns for Public and Private Worship #852

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Church Choral-Book #444

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Hymn and Tune Book for the Church and the Home. (Rev. ed.) #165

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Hymn Book for Christian Worship #94

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Hymn Book for Christian Worship. 8th ed. #a94

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Hymns for the Church of Christ (3rd thousand) #430

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Hymns for the Church of Christ. (6th thousand) #430

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Hymns for the Sanctuary and Social Worship #1173

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Plymouth Collection #a1339

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Plymouth Collection of Hymns and Tunes; for the use of Christian Congregations #1339

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The Baptist Hymn and Tune Book #1339

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The Cyber Hymnal #9392

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The Gospel Psalmist #140

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The Psalms of Life #325

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The School Hymn-Book #50

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The Sunday School Liturgy. (4th ed.) #96

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Worship Song #588

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