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Dark and thorny is the desert
Author: Unknown Appears in 137 hymnals Used With Tune: REGENT SQUARE
Dark and thorny is the desert
[Dark and thorny is the desert]
Appears in 79 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Unknown Incipit: 12354 32232 13271 Used With Text: Dark and Thorny Is the Desert
[Dark and thorny is the desert]
REGENT SQUARE
Appears in 948 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Sir H. Smart Tune Key: C Major Incipit: 53153 21566 51432 Used With Text: Dark and thorny is the desert
REGENT SQUARE
Dark and thorny is the desert
Hymnal: The Southern Harmony, and Musical Companion (New ed. thoroughly rev. and much enl.) #83 (1854) Meter: 8.7 Lyrics:
1.
Dark and thorny is the desert,
Through which pilgrims make their way;
But beyond this vale of sorrows
Lie the fields of endless day.
Fiends, loud howling through the desert,
Make them tremble as they go;
And the fiery darts of Satan
Often bring their courage low.
2.
O, young soldiers, are you weary
Of the troubles of the way?
Does your strength begin to fail you,
And your vigor to decay?
Jesus, Jesus, will go with you,
He will lead you to his throne;
He who dyed his garments for you,
And the wine press trod alone.
3.
He whose thunder shakes creation,
He who bids the planets roll;
He who rides upon the tempest,
And whose sceptre sways the whole.
Round him are ten thousand angels,
Ready to obey command;
They are always hovering round you,
Till you reach the heavenly land.
4.
There, on flowery hills of pleasure,
In the fields of endless rest,
Love, and joy, and peace shall ever
Reign and triumph in your breast.
Who can paint those scenes of glory,
Where the ransomed dwell on high?
Where the golden harps for ever
Sound redemption through the sky?
5.
Millions there of flaming seraphs
Fly across the heavenly plain;
There they sing immortal praise--
Glory! glory! is their strain:
But methinks a sweeter concert
Makes the heavenly arches ring,
And a song is heard in Zion
Which the angels cannot sing.
6.
See the heavenly host, in rapture,
Gaze upon this shining band;
Wondering at their costly garments,
And the laurels in their hand!
There, upon the golden pavement,
See the ransomed march along,
While the splendid courts of glory
Sweetly echo to their song.
7.
O their crowns, how bright they sparkle!
Such as monarchs never wear;
They are gone to heavenly pastures--
Jesus is their Shepherd there.
Hail, ye happy, happy spirits!
Welcome to this blissful plain!--
Glory, honor, and salvation!
Reign, sweet Shepherd, ever reign.
Languages: English Tune Title: THORNY DESERT
Dark and thorny is the desert
Dark And Thorny Is The Desert
Author: Anonymous Hymnal: The Cyber Hymnal #9793 Meter: 8.7.8.7 D Lyrics: 1 Dark and thorny is the desert
Through which pilgrims make their way;
Yet beyond this vale of sorrow,
Lie the fields of endless day.
Fiends loud howling in the tempest
Make them tremble as they go—
And the fiery darts of Satan
Often lay their courage low.
2 Oh! young soldiers, do you murmur
At the troubles of the way?
Do your hearts begin to fail you
And your vigor to decay?
Jesus, Jesus shall defend you—
He shall lead you to His throne,
He that dyed His garments for you,
And the wine press trod alone.
3 He whose thunder shakes creation,
He that bids the planets roll,
He who rides upon the tempest,
And whose scepter sways the whole;
Round Him see ten thousand angels,
Ready to receive command;
They are ever watching round you,
’Till you reach the heavenly land.
4 There, on flowery fields of pleasure,
And the hills of endless rest—
Joy and peace and love, shall ever
Reign and triumph in your breast;
Who can paint the scenes of glory,
Where the ransomed dwell on high,
Where the golden harps forever
Sound redemption round the sky.
5 There a million flaming seraphs
Fly across the heavenly plain;
There they sing immortal praises,
Glory! Glory! is their strain.
But methinks a sweeter concert
Makes the crystal arches ring,
And a song is heard in Zion
Which the angels cannot sing!
6 See the heavenly host in rapture,
Gaze upon this shining band—
Wondering at their costly garments
And the laurels in their hand.
There upon the golden pavement,
See the ransomed march along—
While the splendid courts of glory
Sweetly echo to their song.
7 But methinks, in whiter garments,
Some are marching on before;
Oh! their crowns, how bright they sparkle,
Such as monarchs never wore.
They were shepherds in My pastures,
Faithful in My cause below;
They shall now, in peace forever,
Sit on thrones as white as snow.
8 Round them see the lambs they gathered,
See the flocks they fed with care;
Now they’re come to richer pastures;
Jesus is their shepherd there.
Hail! ye happy, happy spirits!
Death no more shall make you fear;
Sin and sorrow, pain and anguish,
Shall no more disturb you there.
9 Sinners here shall not deride you,
Tho’ they vexed you while below;
Now they’re gone, and gone forever,
To the gulf of endless woe.
Closed in that eternal prison,
They can injure you no more;
Hell, alas, is all around them!
And eternity before!
10 There they find a God of justice,
Whom they once refused to fear;
There a lake of burning sulfur,
Tho’ they disbelieved it here;
Hark! methinks I hear from Tophet,
Cries more dreadful than the rest;
Some appear in greater anguish,
And with sorer vengeance pressed.
11 "Ah!" they cry, "we heard the Gospel,
Where the Lord revived His cause;
Saw how numbers bowed before Him,
Yet we still refused His laws.
We rejected every warning—
Scorned the penitential tear;
We despised the calls of mercy—
Now we lie in fetters here."
12 Sinners, will you come to Jesus?
Oh! that you would come today;
Come, before the sword of vengeance
Cuts you down upon the way.
Soon the harvest may be gathered,
And the sheaves collected home;
Then, in vain you’ll call for mercy,
And, in vain, may wish to come. Languages: English Tune Title: ERIE
Dark And Thorny Is The Desert
Dark and Thorny Is the Desert
Author: Unknown Hymnal: Christian Hymnal (Rev. ed.) #449 (1959) Languages: English Tune Title: [Dark and thorny is the desert]
Dark and Thorny Is the Desert
Anonymous
Person Name: Unknown Author of "Dark and thorny is the desert" in African Methodist Episcopal hymn and tune book 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.
Anonymous
Henry Thomas Smart
1813 - 1879 Person Name: Sir H. Smart Composer of "REGENT SQUARE" in African Methodist Episcopal hymn and tune book Henry Smart (b. Marylebone, London, England, 1813; d. Hampstead, London, 1879), a capable composer of church music who wrote some very fine hymn tunes (REGENT SQUARE, 354, is the best-known).
Smart gave up a career in the legal profession for one in music. Although largely self taught, he became proficient in organ playing and composition, and he was a music teacher and critic. Organist in a number of London churches, including St. Luke's, Old Street (1844-1864), and St. Pancras (1864-1869), Smart was famous for his extemporizations and for his accompaniment of congregational singing. He became completely blind at the age of fifty-two, but his remarkable memory enabled him to continue playing the organ. Fascinated by organs as a youth, Smart designed organs for important places such as St. Andrew Hall in Glasgow and the Town Hall in Leeds. He composed an opera, oratorios, part-songs, some instrumental music, and many hymn tunes, as well as a large number of works for organ and choir. He edited the Choralebook (1858), the English Presbyterian Psalms and Hymns for Divine Worship (1867), and the Scottish Presbyterian Hymnal (1875). Some of his hymn tunes were first published in Hymns Ancient and Modern (1861).
Bert Polman
Henry Thomas Smart
Charles C. Converse
1832 - 1918 Person Name: Charles Crozat Converse Composer of "ERIE" in The Cyber Hymnal Pseudonyms: Clare, Lester Vesé, Nevers, Karl Reden, Revons
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Charles Crozat Converse LLD USA 1832-1918. Born in Warren, MA, he went to Leipzig, Germany to study law and philosophy, as well as music theory and composition under Moritz Hauptmann, Friedrich Richter, and Louis Plaidy at the Leipzig Conservatory. He also met Franz Liszt and Louis Spohr. He became an author, composer, arranger and editor. He returned to the states in 1859 and graduated from the Albany, NY, Law School two years later. He married Lida Lewis. From 1875 he practiced law in Erie, PA, and also was put in charge of the Burdetta Organ Company. He composed hymn tunes and other works. He was offered a DM degree for his Psalm 126 cantata, but he declined the offer. In 1895 Rutherford College honored him with a LLD degree. He spent his last years in Highwood, NJ, where he died. He published “New method for the guitar”, “Musical bouquet”, “The 126th Psalm”, “Sweet singer”, “Church singer”, “Sayings of Sages” between 1855 and 1863. he also wrote the “Turkish battle polka” and “Rock beside the sea” ballad, and “The anthem book of the Episcopal Methodist Church”.
John Perry
Charles C. Converse
