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O Help Us, Lord, to Keep This Day

Author: Ola Gunsolley Savage, 1895-1976 Appears in 2 hymnals Topics: Convey; Offering, Offertory; Prayer Responses; Stewardship Scripture: Psalm 118:24 Used With Tune: SILVER HILL
O Help Us, Lord, to Keep This Day

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SILVER HILL

Appears in 8 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Frederick C. Maker, 1844-1927 Tune Key: F Major Incipit: 32343 26721 22233 Used With Text: O help us, Lord, to keep this day
SILVER HILL

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O Help Us, Lord, to Keep This Day

Author: Ola Gunsolley Savage, 1895-1976 Hymnal: Hymns of the Saints #90 (1982) Topics: Convey; Offering, Offertory; Prayer Responses; Stewardship Scripture: Psalm 118:24 Languages: English Tune Title: SILVER HILL
O Help Us, Lord, to Keep This Day

O help us, Lord, to keep this day

Author: Ola Gunsolley Savage Hymnal: The Hymnal #563 (1956) Topics: Call to Worship; Responses and Amens Responses Scripture: Psalm 118:24 Tune Title: SILVER HILL
O help us, Lord, to keep this day

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Frederick C. Maker

1844 - 1927 Person Name: Frederick C. Maker, 1844-1927 Composer of "SILVER HILL" in Hymns of the Saints Frederick C. Maker (b. Bristol, England, August 6, 1844; d. January 1, 1927) received his early musical training as a chorister at Bristol Cathedral, England. He pursued a career as organist and choirmaster—most of it spent in Methodist and Congregational churches in Bristol. His longest tenure was at Redland Park Congregational Church, where he was organist from 1882-1910. Maker also conducted the Bristol Free Church Choir Association and was a long-time visiting professor of music at Clifton College. He wrote hymn tunes, anthems, and a cantata, Moses in the Bulrushes. Bert Polman
Frederick C. Maker

Ola Gunsolley Savage

1895 - 1976 Person Name: Ola Gunsolley Savage, 1895-1976 Author of "O Help Us, Lord, to Keep This Day" in Hymns of the Saints
Ola Gunsolley Savage
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