RALEIGH (Gilbert)

RALEIGH (Gilbert)

Composer: Walter Bond Gilbert
Published in 3 hymnals


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Audio files: MIDI

Composer: Walter Bond Gilbert

Walter Bond Gilbert DMus United Kingdom 1829-1910. Born at Exeter, Devon, England, he studied music under Alfred Angel, Samuel Wesley and Henry Bishop. He attended New College, Oxford and the University of Toronto, Canada. He was organist in Devon at Topsham in 1847, Bideford in 1849, Kent at Tonbridge in 1854, Old Colliegiate Church, Maidstone in 1859, Lee in 1866, Boston, Lincolnshirein 1868, and Trinity Chapel in New York City in 1869-1897. He taught music at Tonbridge School, helped found the College of Organists, edited the America Episcopal Hymnal, and wrote a number of monographs, including “Antiquities of Maidstone”. He continued to write church music, producing services, oratorios (including “The Restoration of Israel a… Go to person page >

Tune Information

Title: RALEIGH (Gilbert)
Composer: Walter Bond Gilbert
Meter: 8.8.8.8.8.8
Incipit: 55567 11771 76524
Key: B♭ Major
Copyright: Public Domain

Texts

The Lord unto my Lord thus spake

Lord, shall Thy children come to Thee?

Lord, shall Thy children come to Thee?
A boon of love divine we seek;
Brought to Thine arms in infancy,
Ere heart could feel, or tongue could speak,
Thy children pray for grace, that they
May come themselves to Thee to-day.

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Media

The Cyber Hymnal #9396
Text: The Lord Unto My Lord Thus Spake
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The Cyber Hymnal #9396

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