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A Hymnal for Joyous Youth #20
Display Title: Stealing from the world away First Line: Stealing from the world away Tune Title: FLOWER Author: Ray Palmer Date: 1927
A Hymnal for Joyous Youth #20
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Stealing from the world away
Author: Ray PalmerPublished in 78 hymnals
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Author: Ray Palmer
Ray Palmer (b. Little Compton, RI, 1808; d. Newark, NJ, 1887) is often considered to be one of America's best nineteenth-century hymn writers. After completing grammar school he worked in a Boston dry goods store, but a religious awakening prodded him to study for the ministry. He attended Yale College (supporting himself by teaching) and was ordained in 1835. A pastor in Congregational churches in Bath, Maine (1835-1850), and Albany, New York (1850-1865), he also served as secretary of the American Congregational Union (1865-1878). Palmer was a popular preacher and author, writing original poetry as well as translating hymns. He published several volumes of poetry and hymns, including Sabbath Hymn Book (1858), Hymns and Sacred Pieces (1865… Go to person page >Instances
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Apples of Gold in Pictures of Silver #d214
Display Title: Stealing from the world away First Line: Stealing from the world away Author: Ray Palmer Date: 1867
Apples of Gold in Pictures of Silver #d214
Beautiful Songs of Zion, a Collection of New and Old Songs #d140
Display Title: Stealing from the world away First Line: Stealing from the world away Author: Ray Palmer Date: 1900
Beautiful Songs of Zion, a Collection of New and Old Songs #d140
Christian Hymnal #d444
Display Title: Stealing from the world away First Line: Stealing from the world away Author: Ray Palmer Date: 1924
Christian Hymnal #d444
Christian Work-songs #d170
Display Title: Stealing from the world away First Line: Stealing from the world away Author: Ray Palmer Date: 1890
Christian Work-songs #d170
Church Hymns and Gospel Songs #42
Display Title: Stealing from the world away First Line: Stealing from the world away Tune Title: HORTON Author: Ray Palmer Date: 1903
Church Hymns and Gospel Songs #42
Church Hymns and Gospel Songs #42
Display Title: Stealing from the world away First Line: Stealing from the world away Tune Title: HORTON Author: Ray Palmer Date: 1898 Subject: Prayer |
Church Hymns and Gospel Songs #42
Gems and Jewels #149
Display Title: Flower First Line: Stealing from the world away Tune Title: [Stealing from the world away] Date: 1890
Gems and Jewels #149
Gipsy Smith's Mission Hymnal #CH42
Display Title: Stealing from the world away First Line: Stealing from the world away Tune Title: HORTON Author: Ray Palmer Date: 1906
Gipsy Smith's Mission Hymnal #CH42
Gloria in Excelsis #d628
Display Title: Stealing from the world away First Line: Stealing from the world away Author: Ray Palmer Date: 1905
Gloria in Excelsis #d628
Gloria in Excelsis #d388
Display Title: Stealing from the world away First Line: Stealing from the world away Author: Ray Palmer Date: 1905
Gloria in Excelsis #d388
Glory Songs #21
Display Title: Stealing from the World Away First Line: Stealing from the world away Tune Title: [Stealing from the world away] Author: Ray Palmer Date: 1911
Glory Songs #21
Gospel Melodies New and Old #159
Display Title: An Evening Prayer First Line: Stealing from the world away Tune Title: [Stealing from the world away] Author: Ray Palmer, D. D. Scripture: Psalm 27:8 Date: 1904
Gospel Melodies New and Old #159
Harmony in Praise #d193
Display Title: Stealing from the world away First Line: Stealing from the world away Author: Ray Palmer Date: 1890
Harmony in Praise #d193
High School Hymnal #19
Display Title: Stealing from the world away First Line: Stealing from the world away Tune Title: HOLLEY Author: Rev. Ray Palmer Date: 1899
High School Hymnal #19
Hymni Ecclesiae #19
Display Title: Stealing from the world away First Line: Stealing from the world away Tune Title: FLOWER Author: Ray Palmer Date: 1911
Hymni Ecclesiae #19
Hymns for the Sanctuary and Social Worship #806
Display Title: Stealing from the world away First Line: Stealing from the world away Author: Ray Palmer Date: 1874
Hymns for the Sanctuary and Social Worship #806
Hymns, Psalms and Gospel Songs with Responsive Readings #d359
Display Title: Stealing from the world away First Line: Stealing from the world away Author: Ray Palmer Date: 1911
Hymns, Psalms and Gospel Songs with Responsive Readings #d359
Hymns, Psalms and Gospel Songs #201
Display Title: Stealing from the world away First Line: Stealing from the world away Tune Title: HORTON Author: Ray Palmer Date: 1904
Hymns, Psalms and Gospel Songs #201
Junior Christian Endeavor Songs #55
Display Title: An Evening Prayer First Line: Stealing from the world away Tune Title: [Stealing from the world away] Author: Rev. Ray Palmer Date: 1893
Junior Christian Endeavor Songs #55
Laudes Domini #77
Display Title: Quiet communion First Line: Stealing from the world away Tune Title: HALL Author: Ray Palmer Date: 1888 Subject: Christ | Sun; Prayer and Invocation |
Laudes Domini #77
Laudes Domini #107
Display Title: Stealing from the world away First Line: Stealing from the world away Author: Ray Palmer Date: 1884
Laudes Domini #107
Laudes Domini #43
Display Title: Quiet communion First Line: Stealing from the world away Tune Title: DIJON Author: Ray Palmer Date: 1890 Subject: Close of Worship | ; Opening of Service | ; Prayer | ; Prayer and Invocation |
Laudes Domini #43
Luther League Hymnal #38
Display Title: Stealing from the world away First Line: Stealing from the world away Tune Title: DIJON Author: Ray Palmer Date: 1894
Luther League Hymnal #38
Lyra Sacra Americana #d178
Display Title: In thy light shall we see light First Line: Stealing from the world away Author: Ray Palmer Date: 1868
Lyra Sacra Americana #d178
Male Chorus No. 2 #11
Display Title: Evening Prayer First Line: Stealing from the world away Tune Title: [Stealing from the world away] Author: Rev. Ray Palmer Date: 1898
Male Chorus No. 2 #11
Melodies of Salvation #d143
Display Title: Stealing from the world away First Line: Stealing from the world away Author: Ray Palmer Date: 1899
Melodies of Salvation #d143
Montreat Hymns #201
Display Title: Stealing from the world away First Line: Stealing from the world away Tune Title: HORTON Author: Ray Palmer Date: 1916
Montreat Hymns #201
New Christian Hymn and Tune Book #450
Display Title: Stealing from the world away First Line: Stealing from the world away Tune Title: FLOWER Author: Ray Palmer Date: 1882 Subject: Prayer |
New Christian Hymn and Tune Book #450
New Christian Hymn and Tune Book #450
Display Title: Stealing from the world away First Line: Stealing from the world away Tune Title: FLOWER Author: Ray Palmer Date: 1887 Subject: Prayer |
New Christian Hymn and Tune Book #450
Old and New Welsh and English Hymns #90a
Display Title: Stealing from the world away First Line: Stealing from the world away Tune Title: PLEYEL'S HYMN Author: Ray Palmer Date: 1939
Old and New Welsh and English Hymns #90a
Popular Hymns Number 2 #34
Display Title: Repose First Line: Stealing from the world away Tune Title: REPOSE Author: Ray Palmer Date: 1901
Popular Hymns Number 2 #34
Royal Gems #186c
Display Title: Stealing from the world away First Line: Stealing from the world away Tune Title: HORTON Date: 1880
Royal Gems #186c
Sacred Songs No. 2 #81
Display Title: An Evening Prayer First Line: Stealing from the world away Tune Title: [Stealing from the world away] Author: Ray Palmer, D. D. Scripture: Psalm 27:8 Date: 1899 Subject: Prayer |
Sacred Songs No. 2 #81
Sacred Songs No. 2 (words ed.) #d152
Display Title: Stealing from the world away First Line: Stealing from the world away Author: Ray Palmer Date: 1900
Sacred Songs No. 2 (words ed.) #d152
School and College Hymnal #d137
Display Title: Stealing from the world away First Line: Stealing from the world away Author: Ray Palmer Date: 1899
School and College Hymnal #d137
School and College Hymnal #19
Display Title: Stealing from the world away First Line: Stealing from the world away Tune Title: HOLLEY Author: Rev. Ray Palmer Date: 1906
School and College Hymnal #19
Songs for Social and Public Worship #790
Display Title: Stealing from the world away First Line: Stealing from the world away Date: 1863
Songs for Social and Public Worship #790
Songs for Sunday Schools and Gospel Meetings #149c
Display Title: Stealing from the world away First Line: Stealing from the world away Author: Ray Palmer Date: 1876
Songs for Sunday Schools and Gospel Meetings #149c
Songs for the New Life #d588
Display Title: Stealing from the world away First Line: Stealing from the world away Author: Ray Palmer Date: 1869
Songs for the New Life #d588
Songs for the Sanctuary, or Hymns and Tunes for Christian Worship #893
Display Title: Stealing from the world away First Line: Stealing from the world away Author: Ray Palmer Date: 1872
Songs for the Sanctuary, or Hymns and Tunes for Christian Worship #893
Songs for the Sanctuary; or Psalms and Hymns for Christian Worship (Baptist Ed.) #893
Display Title: Stealing from the world away First Line: Stealing from the world away Author: Ray Palmer Date: 1869
Songs for the Sanctuary; or Psalms and Hymns for Christian Worship (Baptist Ed.) #893
Songs for the Sanctuary; or, Psalms and Hymns for Christian Worship (Words only) #893
Display Title: Stealing from the world away First Line: Stealing from the world away Meter: 7s. Scripture: Acts 10:33 Date: 1868 Subject: Communion of Christians | With God; The Christian | Prayer
Songs for the Sanctuary; or, Psalms and Hymns for Christian Worship (Words only) #893
Songs for the Sanctuary #893
Display Title: Stealing from the world away First Line: Stealing from the world away Scripture: Acts 10:33 Date: 1868 Subject: Communion of Christians | With God; The Christian | Prayer
Songs for the Sanctuary #893
Songs for the Sanctuary #893
Display Title: Stealing from the world away First Line: Stealing from the world away Author: Ray Palmer Date: 1871
Songs for the Sanctuary #893
Songs for the Sanctuary #893
Display Title: Stealing from the world away First Line: Stealing from the world away Author: Ray Palmer Date: 1875
Songs for the Sanctuary #893
Songs of Gratitude #107
Display Title: Stealing from the world away First Line: Stealing from the world away Tune Title: BOONE Date: 1880
Songs of Gratitude #107
Songs of Gratitude #107
Display Title: Stealing from the world away First Line: Stealing from the world away Tune Title: BOONE Date: 1877
Songs of Gratitude #107
Songs of Service and Praise #d86
Display Title: Stealing from the world away First Line: Stealing from the world away Author: Ray Palmer Date: 1904
Songs of Service and Praise #d86
Songs of the Church #744
Display Title: Stealing from the world away First Line: Stealing from the world away Author: Ray Palmer Date: 1879
Songs of the Church #744
Standard Hymns and Spiritual Songs #219
Display Title: Stealing from the world away First Line: Stealing from the world away Tune Title: HORTON Author: Ray Palmer Date: 1917
Standard Hymns and Spiritual Songs #219
The American Tune Book (Carmina Sacra, enlarged) #d350
Display Title: Stealing from the world away First Line: Stealing from the world away Author: Ray Palmer Date: 1869
The American Tune Book (Carmina Sacra, enlarged) #d350
The Book of Praise #d703
Display Title: Stealing from the world away First Line: Stealing from the world away Author: Ray Palmer Date: 1869
The Book of Praise #d703
The Centennial Hymnal #d352
Display Title: Stealing from the world away First Line: Stealing from the world away Author: Ray Palmer Date: 1911
The Centennial Hymnal #d352
The Chapel Service Book #d131
Display Title: Stealing from the world away First Line: Stealing from the world away Author: Ray Palmer Date: 1920
The Chapel Service Book #d131
The Christian Church Hymnal #109
Display Title: Stealing from the world away First Line: Stealing from the world away Tune Title: HORTON Author: Ray Palmer Date: 1906
The Christian Church Hymnal #109
The Christian Hymn Book #577
Display Title: Stealing from the world away First Line: Stealing from the world away Date: 1866
The Christian Hymn Book #577
The Christian Hymnal #d621
Display Title: Stealing from the world away First Line: Stealing from the world away Author: Ray Palmer Date: 1871
The Christian Hymnal #d621
The Christian Hymnal #688
Display Title: Stealing from the world away First Line: Stealing from the world away Date: 1875
The Christian Hymnal #688
The Christian hymnal #463
Display Title: Stealing from the world away First Line: Stealing from the world away Author: Ray Palmer Date: 1882
The Christian hymnal #463
The Christian Hymnal #300
Display Title: Stealing from the world away First Line: Stealing from the world away Author: Ray Palmer Date: 1877
The Christian Hymnal #300
The Church and School #d194
Display Title: Stealing from the world away First Line: Stealing from the world away Author: Ray Palmer Date: 1888
The Church and School #d194
The Coronation Hymnal #20
Display Title: Stealing from the world away First Line: Stealing from the world away Tune Title: PLEYEL'S HYMN Author: Ray Palmer Date: 1894
The Coronation Hymnal #20
The Cyber Hymnal #6329
Display Title: Stealing from the World Away First Line: Stealing from the world away Tune Title: PLEYEL'S HYMN Author: Ray Palmer Meter: 77.77
The Cyber Hymnal #6329
The Gospel Choir No. 2 #121
Display Title: An Evening Prayer First Line: Stealing from the world away Tune Title: [Stealing from the world away] Author: Rev. Ray Palmer Date: 1895
The Gospel Choir No. 2 #121
The New Laudes Domini #150
Display Title: Stealing from the world away First Line: Stealing from the world away Author: Ray Palmer Date: 1892 Subject: Prayer and Invocation |
The New Laudes Domini #150
The Philharmonia #d393
Display Title: Stealing from the world away First Line: Stealing from the world away Author: Ray Palmer Date: 1875
The Philharmonia #d393
The Praise Hymnal #35
Display Title: Stealing from the world away First Line: Stealing from the world away Tune Title: FLOWER Author: Ray Palmer Date: 1896
The Praise Hymnal #35
The Praise Hymnary #279
Display Title: Stealing from the world away First Line: Stealing from the world away Author: Ray Palmer Meter: 7s. Date: 1898 Subject: Evening | ; Morning and Evening |
The Praise Hymnary #279
The Sabbath Hymn and Tune Book #387b
Display Title: Stealing from the world away First Line: Stealing from the world away Date: 1859
The Sabbath Hymn and Tune Book #387b
The Sabbath Hymn Book. Baptist ed. #d961
Display Title: Stealing from the world away First Line: Stealing from the world away Author: Ray Palmer Date: 1858
The Sabbath Hymn Book. Baptist ed. #d961
The Saints' Harp #d781
Display Title: Stealing from the world away First Line: Stealing from the world away Author: Ray Palmer Date: 1870
The Saints' Harp #d781
The School Hymnary #153
Display Title: Stealing from the world away First Line: Stealing from the world away Tune Title: HELENA Author: Ray Palmer Date: 1889
The School Hymnary #153
The Standard Church Hymnal #106
Display Title: Stealing from the world away First Line: Stealing from the world away Tune Title: REPOSE Author: Ray Palmer Date: 1888
The Standard Church Hymnal #106
The Voice of Thanksgiving #309
Display Title: Stealing from the world away First Line: Stealing from the world away Tune Title: PLEYEL'S HYMN Author: Ray Palmer Date: 1913
The Voice of Thanksgiving #309
Union Hymns #d370
Display Title: Stealing from the world away First Line: Stealing from the world away Author: Ray Palmer Date: 1834
Union Hymns #d370
Unity Song Selections #55
Display Title: Stealing from the world away First Line: Stealing from the world away Tune Title: [Stealing from the world away] Author: Ray Palmer Date: 1926
Unity Song Selections #55
University Hymns #222
Display Title: Stealing from the world away First Line: Stealing from the world away Tune Title: ST. BEES Author: Ray Palmer Date: 1907
University Hymns #222
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