Singing for Jesus, our Savior and King

Author: Frances R. Havergal

Havergal, Frances Ridley, daughter of the Rev. W. H. Havergal, was born at Astley, Worcestershire, Dec. 14, 1836. Five years later her father removed to the Rectory of St. Nicholas, Worcester. In August, 1850, she entered Mrs. Teed's school, whose influence over her was most beneficial. In the following year she says, "I committed my soul to the Saviour, and earth and heaven seemed brighter from that moment." A short sojourn in Germany followed, and on her return she was confirmed in Worcester Cathedral, July 17, 1853. In 1860 she left Worcester on her father resigning the Rectory of St. Nicholas, and resided at different periods in Leamington, and at Caswall Bay, Swansea, broken by visits to Switzerland, Scotland, and North Wales. She died… Go to person page >

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First Line: Singing for Jesus, our Savior and King
Author: Frances R. Havergal

Tune

SLANE

SLANE is an old Irish folk tune associated with the ballad 'With My Love Come on the Road" in Patrick W. Joyce's Old Irish Folk Music and Songs (1909). It became a hymn tune when it was arranged by David Evans (PHH 285) and set to the Irish hymn "Be Thou My Vision" published in the Church Hymnary (1…

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Instances

Instances (54)TextImageAudioScore
Augsburg Songs, Nos. l and 2 Combined #d274
Carmina for Social Worship #d222
Carmina for the Sunday School and Social Worship #16Image
Choice Gospel Songs #d172
De Ungas Sångbok: utgiven för Söndagsskolan Ungdomsmötet och hemmet #260Image
Echoes of Praise #d132
Gems from Augsburg Songs for Sunday Schools and other Services #d135
Gloria: a hymnal for use in Sunday schools, young people's societies, and devotional meetings #46Image
Gloria Deo: a Collection of Hymns and Tunes for Public Worship in all Departments of the Church #661Image
Hosanna for the Sunday School #62Image
Hymnal for American Youth #42Image
Hymns for Youth #103Text
Hymns of Grace and Truth #365Image
Hymns of Grace and Truth. 2nd ed. #d295
Hymns of the Centuries: Sunday School Edition #d227
Ideal Sunday School Hymns #d142
Junior Hymnal #d155
Lutheran Sunday School Hymnal. 9th ed. #d171
Lutherfoerbundets Saangbok, anbefalld till bruk inom Augustana-Synodens Ungdomsfoereningar och Lutherfoerbund #d267
Melody for the Sunday School #d79
Methodist Hymn and Tune Book #d711
Methodist Hymn-Book #783Image
Modern Festival Music, Book 4 #d10
Pilgrim Songs No.2 #d231
Songs for the Harvest Field #d105
Songs of Praise #d271
Songs of Praise and Consecration #d72
Songs of Praise and Devotion #d72
Songs of Praise and Prayer #d252
Songs of Praise and Prayer : for the Sunday School and Social Meeting #28Image
Songs of Praise for Sunday Schools, Church Societies and the Home #d277
Songs of Worship for the Sunday School #d192
Sun-Shine Songs for the Sunday School #120Image
Sunday School Book: containing liturgy and hymns for the Sunday School (Rev. and Enl. Ed.) #9Image
Sunday-School Book: with music: for the use of the Evangelical Lutheran congregations (Rev. and Enl.) #159Image
Sunday School Hymnal #d367
Sunlight in Sacred Song: New Collection of Gems for the Sunday School #92Image
The Children's Hymnal #d241
The Friends' Hymnal, a Collection of Hymns and Tunes for the Public Worship of the Society #d542
The Hymnal and Order of Service #d510
The Hymnal and Order of Service #d515
The Hymnal of the Evangelical Lutheran Augustana Synod. Text ed. #d523
The Junior Hymnal and Suggested Orders of Worship #d228
The Junior Hymnal, Containing Sunday School and Luther League Liturgy and Hymns for the Sunday School #d244
The Luther League Hymn Book #d130
The Methodist Sunday School Hymnal #14Image
The New Children's Hymnal #d253
The New Era of Song #d127
The Parish School Hymnal #d284
The School Hymnal #118Image
The Sunday School Hymnal: a collection of hymns and music for use in Sunday school services and social meetings #90Image
The Temple of Praise #d82
Unfading Treasures: a compilation of sacred songs and hymns, adapted for use by Sunday schools, Epworth Leagues, endeavor societies, pastors, evangelists, choristers, etc. #107Image
Worship and Song #d219