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![]() | They whose course on earth is o'erAuthor: John Mason NealePublished in 14 hymnals |
Neale, John Mason, D.D., was born in Conduit Street, London, on Jan. 24, 1818. He inherited intellectual power on both sides: his father, the Rev. Cornelius Neale, having been Senior Wrangler, Second Chancellor's Medallist, and Fellow of St. John's College, Cambridge, and his mother being the daughter of John Mason Good, a man of considerable learning. Both father and mother are said to have been "very pronounced Evangelicals." The father died in 1823, and the boy's early training was entirely under the direction of his mother, his deep attachment for whom is shown by the fact that, not long before his death, he wrote of her as "a mother to whom I owe more than I can express." He was educated at Sherborne Grammar School, and was afterwards… Go to person page >| First Line: | They whose course on earth is o'er |
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They whose course on earth is o'er. J. M. Neale. [Communion of Saints.] First published in his Hymns for the Young, 1844, No. xv., in 9 stanzas of 4 lines, and based on the article of the Creed "The Communion of Saints." In 1866, Dr. Neale revised the text on his death-bed, and made alterations in stanzas iv., v. and ix. This text was published in his posthumous Original Sequences, Hymns, and other Ecclesiastical Verses, 1866, p. 64, and given there for All Souls at Vespers. The same text was repeated in the People's Hymnal, 1867; and, with the omission of stanzas ii., in the Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge Church Hymns, 1871.
--John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)
| Instances (14) | First Line | Text Title | Refrain First Line | Authors | Composers | Meter | Scripture | Tune Title | Tune Key | Incipit | Languages | Publication Date | |||||
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| Carmina Sanctorum, a selection of hymns and songs of praise with tunes #690 | They whose course on earth is o'er | John M. Neale; John Mason Neale | 1886 | ||||||||||||||
| Carmina Sanctorum: a selection of hymns and songs of praise with tunes #690 | They whose course on earth is o'er | John M. Neale; John Mason Neale | 1885 | ||||||||||||||
| Church Hymns with Tunes #522 | They whose course on earth is o’er | 7.7.7.7 | 1874 | ||||||||||||||
| Enlarged Songs of Praise #295 | They whose course on earth is o’er | 7.7.7.7 | 1931 | ||||||||||||||
| Hymns Ancient & Modern, New Edition #386 | They whose course on earth is o’er | 7.7.7.7 D | 1904 | ||||||||||||||
| Hymns Ancient & Modern, Revised #273 | They whose course on earth is o’er | 7.7.7.7 | 1950 | ||||||||||||||
| Hymns Ancient & Modern, Standard Edition #538 | They whose course on earth is o’er | 7.7.7.7 | 1875 | ||||||||||||||
| Hymns and Songs of Praise for Public and Social Worship #922 | They whose course on earth is o'er | Rev. John Mason Neale, 1818-1866 | 1874 | ||||||||||||||
| Songs for the Lord's House #d461 | They whose course on earth is o'er | John M. Neale; John Mason Neale | 1880 | ||||||||||||||
| The Book of Common Praise, being the Hymn Book of the Church of England in Canada. Annotated ed. #d679 | They whose course on earth is o'er | John M. Neale; John Mason Neale | 1909 | ||||||||||||||
| The Book of Common Praise, being the Hymn Book of The Church of England in Canada (revised 1938) #633b | They whose course on earth is o'er | Rev. John M. Neale | Carl M. von Weber | 7.7.7.7 | WEBER | E Major | 1939 | ||||||||||
| The Book of Common Praise, being the Hymn Book of The Church of England in Canada (revised 1938) #633a | They whose course on earth is o'er | Rev. John M. Neale | Jonathan Battishill | 7.7.7.7 | BATTISHILL (ST. ALBAN'S) | F Major or modal | 1939 | ||||||||||
| The English Hymnal #500 | They whose course on earth is o’er | 7.7.7.7 | 1906 | ||||||||||||||
| The People's Praise Book or Carmina Sanctorum #d628 | They whose course on earth is o'er | John M. Neale; John Mason Neale | 1889 |
