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There Shall Be Showers of Blessing

Author: D. W. Whittle Meter: 8.7.8.7 with refrain Appears in 317 hymnals First Line: There shall be showers of blessing: This is the promise of love Refrain First Line: Showers of blessing Topics: Prayer for Revival; Revival, Prayer for

I Will Sing Of My Redeemer

Author: P. P. Bliss Meter: 8.7.8.7 with refrain Appears in 318 hymnals First Line: I will sing of my Redeemer And His wondrous love for me Refrain First Line: Sing, O sing of my Redeemer Lyrics: 1 I will sing of my Redeemer and his wondrous love to me; on the cruel cross he suffered, from the curse to set me free. Sing, O sing of my Redeemer! With his blood he purchased me; on the cross he sealed my pardon, paid the debt, and made me free. 2 I will tell the wondrous story, how my lost estate to save, in his boundless love and mercy, he the ransom freely gave. I will praise my dear Redeemer, his triumphant power I'll tell: how the victory he gives me over sin and death and hell. 3 I will sing of my Redeemer and his heavenly love for me; he from death to life has brought me, Son of God, with him to be. Sing, O sing of my Redeemer! With his blood he purchased me; on the cross he sealed my pardon, paid the debt, and made me free. Psalter Hymnal (Gray), 1987 Topics: Adoration; Recessionals

Never Give Up

Author: Fanny Crosby Meter: 8.7.8.7 with refrain Appears in 61 hymnals First Line: Never be sad or desponding Topics: Admonition

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TRUST IN JESUS

Meter: 8.7.8.7 with refrain Appears in 283 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: William J. Kirkpatrick Tune Key: A Flat Major Incipit: 32176 16513 53212 Used With Text: 'Tis So Sweet to Trust in Jesus

HOW CAN I KEEP FROM SINGING

Meter: 8.7.8.7 with refrain Appears in 76 hymnals Tune Sources: American traditional melody; Arr.: compilers Common Ground, 1998 Tune Key: F Major Incipit: 51231 21651 35332 Used With Text: No storm can shake my inmost calm

GREENSLEEVES

Meter: 8.7.8.7 with refrain Appears in 166 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: John Stainer, 1840-1901 Tune Sources: English melody, 16th C. Tune Key: e minor Incipit: 13456 54271 23117 Used With Text: What Child Is This

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As the Waters Rise Around Us

Author: Mary Louise Bringle, b. 1953 Hymnal: New Wine In Old Wineskins #4 (2007) Meter: 8.7.8.7 with refrain Refrain First Line: Lord have mercy Topics: Courage; Fear; God's Care For Us; Mercy; Suffering Languages: English Tune Title: BRYN CALFARIA

I Will Praise Him

Author: Margaret J. Harris, 1865-1919 Hymnal: Rejoice Hymns #5 (2011) Meter: 8.7.8.7 with refrain First Line: When I saw the cleansing fountain Refrain First Line: I will praise Him! I will praise Him! Topics: Adoration and Praise; Easter; Jesus Blood and the Cross Scripture: Psalm 95:6 Languages: English Tune Title: I WILL PRAISE HIM

Praise the LORD, Sing Hallelujah (Psalm 148)

Hymnal: Lift Up Your Hearts #6 (2013) Meter: 8.7.8.7 with refrain First Line: Praise the LORD, sing hallelujah Refrain First Line: Praise the LORD, sing hallelujah Lyrics: 1 Praise the LORD, sing hallelujah, from the heavens praise his name; praise the LORD, our great Creator; all his angels, praise proclaim. All his hosts, together praise him, sun and moon and stars on high; praise the LORD, O heavens of heavens, and the floods above the sky. Refrain: Praise the LORD, sing hallelujah, for his name alone is high, and his glory is exalted, and his glory is exalted, and his glory is exalted, far above the earth and sky. 2 Let them praise the LORD their Maker: they were made at his command. God established them forever; his decree shall ever stand. Let the earth sing hallelujah: raging seas, you monsters all, fire and hail and snow and vapors, stormy winds that hear his call. [Refrain] 3 All you fruitful trees and cedars, every hill and mountain high, creeping things and beasts and cattle, birds that in the heavens fly, kings of earth and all you people, princes great, earth's judges all; praise his name, young men and maidens, aged men, and children small. [Refrain] Topics: Creation; God as Creator; Mercy; Praise of God Scripture: Psalm 32:1-2 Languages: English Tune Title: PRAISE JEHOVAH

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William Hunter

1811 - 1877 Meter: 8.7.8.7 with refrain Author of "The Great Physician" in Baptist Hymnal 1991 Hunter, William, D.D, son of John Hunter, was born near Ballymoney, County Antrim, Ireland, May 26, 1811. He removed to America in 1817, and entered Madison College in 1830. For some time he edited the Conference Journal, and the Christian Advocate. In 1855 he was appointed Professor of Hebrew in Alleghany College: and subsequently Minister of the Methodist Episcopal Church, at Alliance, Stark Country, Ohio. He died in 1877. He edited Minstrel of Zion, 1845; Select Melodies, 1851; and Songs of Devotion, 1859. His hymns, over 125 in all, appeared in these works. Some of these have been translated into various Indian languages. The best known are :— 1. A home in heaven; what a joyful thought. Heaven a Home. From his Minstrel of Zion, 1845, into the Methodist Scholar's Hymn Book, London, 1870, &c. 2. Joyfully, joyfully onward I [we] move. Pressing towards Heaven. This hymn is usually dated 1843. It was given in his Minstrel of Zion, 1845, and Select Melodies, 1851, and his Songs of Devotion, 1859. It has attained to great popularity. Two forms of the hymn are current, the original, where the second stanza begins "Friends fondly cherished, have passed on before"; and the altered form, where it reads: “Teachers and Scholars have passed on before." Both texts are given in W. F. Stevenson's Hymns for Church & Home, 1873, Nos. 79, 80, c. 3. The [My] heavenly home is bright and fair. Pressing towards Heaven. From his Minstrel of Zion, 1845, into the Cottage Melodies, New York, 1859, and later collections. 4. The Great Physician now is near. Christ the Physician. From his Songs of Devotion, 1859 5. Who shall forbid our grateful[chastened]woe? This hymn, written in 1843, was published in his Minstrel of Zion, 1845, and in his Songs of Devotion, 1859. [ Rev. F. M. Bird, M.A.] --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)

John R. Sweney

1837 - 1899 Meter: 8.7.8.7 with refrain Composer of "FILL ME NOW" in Hymns for the Living Church John R. Sweney (1837-1899) was born in West Chester, Pennsylvania, and exhibited musical abilities at an early age. At nineteen he was studying with a German music teacher, leading a choir and glee club, and performing at children’s entertainments. By twenty-two he was teaching at a school in Dover, Delaware. Soon thereafter, he was put in charge of the band of the Third Delaware Regiment of the Union Army for the duration of the Civil War. After the war, he became Professor of Music at the Pennsylvania Military Academy, and director of Sweney’s Cornet Band. He eventually earned Bachelor and Doctor of Music degrees at the Academy. Sweney began composing church music in 1871 and became well-known as a leader of large congregations. His appreciators stated “Sweney knows how to make a congregation sing” and “He had great power in arousing multitudes.” He also became director of music for a large Sunday school at the Bethany Presbyterian Church in Philadelphia of which John Wanamaker was superintendent (Wanamaker was the founder of the first major department store in Philadelphia). In addition to his prolific output of hymn melodies and other compositions, Sweney edited or co-edited about sixty song collections, many in collaboration with William J. Kirkpatrick. Sweney died on April 10, 1899, and his memorial was widely attended and included a eulogy by Wanamaker. Joe Hickerson from "Joe's Jottings #9" used by permission

Mary D. James

1810 - 1883 Meter: 8.7.8.7 with refrain Author of "All for Jesus" in The Celebration Hymnal Mary Dagworthy Yard James USA 1810-1883. Born at Trenton, NJ, she began teaching Sunday school at age 13 in the Methodist Episcopal Church. She married Henry B James, and they had four children: Joseph, Mary, Ann, and Charles.. She became a prominent figure in the Wesleyan Holiness movement of the early 1800s, assisting Phoebe Palmer (also a hymnist) and often leading meetings at Ocean Grove, NJ, and elsewhere. She wrote articles that appeared in the “Guide to holiness”, “The New York Christian advocate”, “The contributor”, “The Christian witness:, “The Christian woman”, “The Christian standard”, and the “Ocean Grove record”. She wrote a biography of Edmund J Yard entitled, “The soul winner” (1883). She strived to live a life as close to Christ as possible. She died in New York City. John Perry

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