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BLESSED HOME

Composer: John Stainer (1875)
Published in 13 hymnals


Composer: John Stainer

Sir John Stainer (6 June 1840 – 31 March 1901) was an English composer and organist whose music, though not generally much performed today (with the exception of The Crucifixion, still heard at Passiontide in many Protestant churches of the former British Empire), was very popular during his lifetime. His work as choir trainer and organist set standards for Anglican church music which are still influential. He was also active as an academic, becoming professor of music at Oxford. According to Peter Charlton's biography, Sir Arthur Sullivan's tribute to Stainer was blunt and memorable: "He is a genius". Biography Stainer was born in Southwark, London, on 6 June 1840. As a boy, he sang in the choir of St Paul's Cathedral (a house in the… Go to person page >

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Tune Information

Composer: John Stainer (1875)
Meter: 6.6.6.6
Incipit: 32675 13267 51176
Key: A♭ Major
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Texts

There is a blessed home

There is a blesséd home
Beyond this land of woe,
Where trials never come,
Nor tears of sorrow flow;
Where faith is lost in sight,
And patient hope is crown'd,
And everlasting light
Its glory throws around.
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Thy way, not mine, O Lord

Thy way, not mine, O Lord,
However dark it be:
Lead me by Thine own hand,
Choose out the path for me.
Smooth let it be or rough,
It will be still the best;
Winding or straight, it leads
Right onward to Thy Rest
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Shine Thou upon Us, Lord

Shine Thou upon us, Lord,
True Light of men, to-day,
And through the written Word
Thy very self display;
That so from hearts which burn
With gazing on Thy face
Thy little ones may learn
The wonders of Thy grace.
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Instances

Instances (13)TextImageAudioScore
Common Service Book of the Lutheran Church #386Image
Hymnal and Liturgies of the Moravian Church #583
The Book of Common Praise, being the Hymn Book of The Church of England in Canada (revised 1938) #615b
The Church Hymnal: revised and enlarged in accordance with the action of the General Convention of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America in the year of our Lord 1892. (Ed. B) #632bImage
The Church Hymnal: revised and enlarged in accordance with the action of the General Convention of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America in the year of our Lord 1892. (Ed. B) #679aImage
The Cokesbury Hymnal #110
The Evangelical Hymnal with Tunes #511bImage
The Hymnal: as authorized and approved by the General Convention of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America in the year of our Lord 1916 #394TextImage
The Hymnal: as authorized and approved by the General Convention of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America in the year of our Lord 1916 #515TextImage
The Hymnal : published in 1895 and revised in 1911 by authority of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in the United States of America : with the supplement of 1917 #259Image
The Hymnal : published in 1895 and revised in 1911 by authority of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in the United States of America : with the supplement of 1917 #628Image
The Hymnal, Revised and Enlarged, as adopted by the General Convention of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America in the year of our Lord 1892 #679bTextImage
The Presbyterian Book of Praise: approved and commended by the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in Canada, with Tunes #343Image
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