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Keep silence, all ye sons of men

Appears in 4 hymnals Used With Tune: ST. AGNES
Keep silence, all ye sons of men

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ST. AGNES

Appears in 1,194 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Rev. John B. Dykes Incipit: 33323 47155 53225 Used With Text: Keep silence, all ye sons of men
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KILMARNOCK

Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 83 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Neill Dougall, 1776-1862 Tune Sources: Clarke's Parochial Psalmody 2nd edition, 1831 Tune Key: D Major Incipit: 13565 33216 51651 Used With Text: Keep silence, all ye sons of men
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BANGOR

Appears in 105 hymnals Tune Sources: Ravenscroft's Psalter, 1621 Incipit: 53215 17655 56765 Used With Text: Keep silence, all ye sons of men
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Proverbs 8:22-36: Keep silence, all ye sons of men

Hymnal: Scottish Psalter and Paraphrases #R13 (1800) Meter: 8.6.8.6 First Line: Keep silence, all ye sons of men Lyrics: Keep silence, all ye sons of men, and hear with rev’rence due; Eternal Wisdom from above thus lifts her voice to you: I was th’ Almighty’s chief delight from everlasting days, Ere yet his arm was stretched forth the heav’ns and earth to raise. Before the sea began to flow, and leave the solid land, Before the hills and mountains rose, I dwelt at his right hand. When first he reared the arch of heav’n, and spread the clouds on air, When first the fountains of the deep he opened, I was there. 128 There I was with him, when he stretched his compass o’er the deep, And charged the ocean’s swelling waves within their bounds to keep. With joy I saw th’ abode prepared which men were soon to fill: Them from the first of days I loved, unchanged, I love them still. Now therefore hearken to my words, ye children, and be wise: Happy the man that keeps my ways; the man that shuns them dies. Where dubious paths perplex the mind, direction I afford; Life shall be his that follows me and favour from the Lord. But he who scorns my sacred laws shall deeply wound his heart, He courts destruction who contemns the counsel I impart. Scripture: Proverbs 8:22-36 Languages: English
Proverbs 8:22-36: Keep silence, all ye sons of men
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Keep silence, all ye sons of men

Hymnal: The Irish Presbyterian Hymnbook #R13 (2004) Meter: 8.6.8.6 Lyrics: 1 Keep silence, all ye sons of men, and hear with rev’rence due; eternal Wisdom from above thus lifts her voice to you: 2 I was th’ Almighty’s chief delight from everlasting days, ere yet his arm was stretched forth the heav’ns and earth to raise. 3 Before the sea began to flow, and leave the solid land, before the hills and mountains rose, I dwelt at his right hand. 4 When first he reared the arch of heav’n, and spread the clouds on air, when first the fountains of the deep he open'd, I was there. 5 There I was with him, when he stretch'd his compass o’er the deep, and charg'd the ocean’s swelling waves within their bounds to keep. 6 With joy I saw th’ abode prepar'd which men were soon to fill: them from the first of days I lov'd, unchang'd, I love them still. 7 Now therefore hearken to my words, ye children, and be wise: happy the man that keeps my ways; the man that shuns them dies. 8 Where dubious paths perplex the mind, direction I afford; life shall be his that follows me and favour from the Lord. 9 But he who scorns my sacred laws shall deeply wound his heart, he courts destruction who contemns the counsel I impart. Scripture: Proverbs 8:22-36 Languages: English Tune Title: KILMARNOCK
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Keep silence, all ye sons of men

Hymnal: The Songs of Zion #34 (1915) Languages: English Tune Title: ST. AGNES
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John Bacchus Dykes

1823 - 1876 Person Name: Rev. John B. Dykes Composer of "ST. AGNES" in The Songs of Zion As a young child John Bacchus Dykes (b. Kingston-upon-Hull' England, 1823; d. Ticehurst, Sussex, England, 1876) took violin and piano lessons. At the age of ten he became the organist of St. John's in Hull, where his grandfather was vicar. After receiving a classics degree from St. Catherine College, Cambridge, England, he was ordained in the Church of England in 1847. In 1849 he became the precentor and choir director at Durham Cathedral, where he introduced reforms in the choir by insisting on consistent attendance, increasing rehearsals, and initiating music festivals. He served the parish of St. Oswald in Durham from 1862 until the year of his death. To the chagrin of his bishop, Dykes favored the high church practices associated with the Oxford Movement (choir robes, incense, and the like). A number of his three hundred hymn tunes are still respected as durable examples of Victorian hymnody. Most of his tunes were first published in Chope's Congregational Hymn and Tune Book (1857) and in early editions of the famous British hymnal, Hymns Ancient and Modern. Bert Polman
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Neil Dougall

1776 - 1862 Person Name: Neill Dougall, 1776-1862 Composer of "KILMARNOCK" in The Irish Presbyterian Hymnbook Born: De­cem­ber 9, 1776, Green­ock, Ren­frew­shire, Scot­land. Died: Oc­to­ber 1, 1862, Green­ock, Scot­land. Buried: Green­ock, Scot­land. Neil’s fa­ther, wheel­wright Neill Dou­gall, was draft­ed in­to the ar­my, and died in Cey­lon (now Sri Lanka) when his son was on­ly four years old. At age 15, Neil be­came an ap­pren­tice on the ship Bri­tan­nia. In 1795, while he was load­ing a gun to fire the se­cond vol­ley of a sa­lute to com­mem­o­rate Lord Howe’s vic­to­ry over the French, an ex­plo­sion blind­ed him and took his arm. Af­ter re­cov­er­ing, he be­gan his mu­sic­al ca­reer. In 1798, he at­tend­ed a sing­ing class un­der Ro­bert Dun­can, and in the fall of the next year opened his own class, which he ran un­til 1844. He gave an­nu­al con­certs in Green­ock from 1800 [sic, Frost] to 1860. --www.hymntime.com/tch
Neil Dougall
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