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As darker, darker fall around

Appears in 35 hymnals Used With Tune: SAWLEY
As darker, darker fall around

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PETERBOROUGH OLD

Appears in 145 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Ralph Harrison Incipit: 13344 32135 54323 Used With Text: As darker, darker, fall around
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ST. AMBROSE

Appears in 3 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: C. Steggall, Mus. Doc. Incipit: 11231 17132 7665 Used With Text: As darker, darker, fall around
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ST. PETER

Appears in 763 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: A. R. Reinagle (1799-1877) Incipit: 51765 54332 14323 Used With Text: As darker, darker, fall around
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As Darker, Darker Fall Around

Author: Anonymous Hymnal: The Cyber Hymnal #244 Meter: 8.6.8.6 First Line: As darker, darker, fall around Lyrics: 1. As darker, darker, fall around The shadows of the night, We gather here with hymn and prayer, To seek the eternal light. 2. Father in Heaven, to Thee are known Our many hopes and fears, Our heavy weight of mortal toil, Our bitterness of tears. 3. We pray Thee for our absent ones, Who have been with us here: And in our secret heart we name The distant and the dear. 4. For weary eyes, and aching hearts, And feet that from Thee rove, The sick, the poor, the tired, the fallen, We pray Thee, God of love. 5. We bring to Thee our hopes and fears And at Thy footstool lay; And, Father, Thou who lovest all Wilt hear us as we pray. Languages: English Tune Title: MARTYRDOM
As Darker, Darker Fall Around

As darker, darker fall around

Hymnal: The Hymnary of the United Church of Canada #564 (1930) Meter: 8.6.8.6 Topics: Times and Seasons Evening Languages: English Tune Title: ENGEDI
As darker, darker fall around

As darker, darker fall around

Author: Unknown Hymnal: The Hymnary #564 (1936) Meter: 8.6.8.6 Topics: Times and Seasons Evening Languages: English Tune Title: ENGEDI
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Anonymous

Author of "As Darker, Darker Fall Around" in The Cyber Hymnal In some hymnals, the editors noted that a hymn's author is unknown to them, and so this artificial "person" entry is used to reflect that fact. Obviously, the hymns attributed to "Author Unknown" "Unknown" or "Anonymous" could have been written by many people over a span of many centuries.
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Hugh Wilson

1766 - 1824 Composer of "MARTYRDOM" in The Cyber Hymnal Hugh Wilson (b. Fenwick, Ayrshire, Scotland, c. 1766; d. Duntocher, Scotland, 1824) learned the shoemaker trade from his father. He also studied music and mathematics and became proficient enough in various subjects to become a part-­time teacher to the villagers. Around 1800, he moved to Pollokshaws to work in the cotton mills and later moved to Duntocher, where he became a draftsman in the local mill. He also made sundials and composed hymn tunes as a hobby. Wilson was a member of the Secession Church, which had separated from the Church of Scotland. He served as a manager and precentor in the church in Duntocher and helped found its first Sunday school. It is thought that he composed and adapted a number of psalm tunes, but only two have survived because he gave instructions shortly before his death that all his music manuscripts were to be destroyed. Bert Polman
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R. E. Hudson

1843 - 1901 Person Name: Ralph E. Hudson Arranger of "MARTYRDOM" in The Cyber Hymnal Ralph Hudson (1843-1901) was born in Napoleon, OH. He served in the Union Army in the Civil War. After teaching for five years at Mt. Union College in Alliance he established his own publishing company in that city. He was a strong prohibitionist and published The Temperance Songster in 1886. He compiled several other collections and supplied tunes for gospel songs, among them Clara Tear Williams' "All my life long I had panted" (Satisfied). See 101 More Hymn Stories, K. Osbeck, Grand Rapids, MI: Kregel Publications, 1985). Mary Louise VanDyke
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