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Lead On, O Cloud of Presence

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Author: Ruth C. Duck

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First Line: Lead on, O cloud of Presence
Title: Lead On, O Cloud of Presence
Author: Ruth C. Duck
Meter: 7.6.7.6 D
Language: English
Copyright: © 1992, GIA Publications, Inc.
Article: "Lead On, O Cloud of Presence": a way of reading hymn texts by Robin Knowles Wallace (from "The Hymn")
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LANCASHIRE (Smart)ST. THEODULPH (Teschner)JOURNEY (Couchman)Highcharts.com
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LANCASHIRE (Smart)

Henry T. Smart (PHH 233) composed the tune in 1835 for use at a missions festival at Blackburn, Lancashire, England. For that festival, which celebrated the three-hundredth anniversary of the Reformation in England, the tune was set to Reginald Heber's (PHH 249) “From Greenland's Icy Mountains.”…

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ST. THEODULPH (Teschner)

Now often named ST. THEODULPH because of its association with this text, the tune is also known, especially in organ literature, as VALET WILL ICH DIR GEBEN. It was composed by Melchior Teschner (b. Fraustadt [now Wschowa, Poland], Silesia, 1584; d. Oberpritschen, near Fraustadt, 1635) for "Valet wi…

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JOURNEY (Couchman)


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Appearance of this hymn in hymnals1992.519951997.520002002.520052007.520102012.520152017.52020050100Percent of hymnalsHighcharts.com
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