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Meter: 8.6.8.6.8.6 Appears in 40 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Charles Steggall, 1826-1905 Tune Key: E Flat Major Incipit: 34565 31436 71234 Used With Text: Father, I know that all my life

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Father, I know that all my life

Author: Anna L. Waring Meter: 8.6.8.6.8.6 Appears in 234 hymnals Lyrics: 1 Father, I know that all my life Is portioned out for me; The changes that are sure to come, I do not fear to see: I ask thee for a present mind, Intent on pleasing thee. 2 I would not have the restless will That hurries to and fro, Seeking for some great thing to do, Or secret thing to know; I would be treated as a child, And guided where I go. 3 I ask thee for the daily strength, To none that ask denied, A mind to blend with outward life, While keeping at thy side, Content to fill a little space, If thou be glorified. 4 In service which thy will appoints There are no bonds for me; My secret heart is taught the truth That makes thy children free; A life of self-renouncing love Is one of liberty. Amen. Topics: Christian Life Obedience; Christian Service; Common Duties and Things; Consecration; Contentment; Decrees of God; Faith Living by; Life Sacredness of; Patience of Christians Scripture: Philippians 4:11 Used With Tune: MORWELLHAM

O holy city, seen of John

Author: Walter Russell Bowie, 1882- Meter: 8.6.8.6.8.6 Appears in 88 hymnals Topics: The Church of God Missions; The Life in Christ Fellowship and Service Used With Tune: MORWELLHAM

For them whose ways are in the height

Author: Richard Roberts Meter: 8.6.8.6.8.6 Appears in 5 hymnals Topics: The Life in Christ Pilgrimage, Protection, and Guidance Used With Tune: MORWELLHAM

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A simple-hearted child was He

Author: Albert Bigelow Paine Hymnal: Hymns for Children and Grownups to Use Together #3 (1953) Languages: English Tune Title: MORWELLHAM

O Holy City Seen of John

Author: Walter Russell Bowie Hymnal: Representative American Hymns of the Twentieth Century #10 (1953) Meter: 8.8.8.8 Tune Title: MORWELLHAM

O Holy City, Seen of John

Author: W. Russell Bowie Hymnal: Devotional Hymns #25 (1935) First Line: O Holy City seen of John Languages: English Tune Title: MORWELLHAM

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Anna Letitia Waring

1823 - 1910 Person Name: Anna L. Waring Author of "Contentment" in Timeless Truths See also in: Hymn Writers of the Church ================ Waring, Anna Laetitia, daughter of Elijah Waring, and niece of Samuel Miller Waring, was born at Neath, Glamorganshire, in 1820. In 1850 she published her Hymns and Meditations, by A. L. W., a small book of 19 hymns. The 4th edition was published in 1854. The 10th edition, 1863, is enlarged to 38 hymns. She also published Additional Hymns, 1858, and contributed some pieces to the Sunday Magazine, 1871. Her most widely known hymns are: "Father, I know that all my life," "Go not far from me, O my Strength," and "My heart is resting, O my God." The rest in common use include:— 1. Dear Saviour of a dying world. Resurrection. (1854.) 2. In heavenly love abiding. Safety in God. (1850.) 3. Jesus, Lord of heaven above. Love to Jesus desired. (1854.) 4. Lord, a happy child of Thine. Evening. (1850.) 5. My Saviour, on the [Thy] words of truth. Hope in the Word of God. (1850.) Sometimes stanza iv., "It is not as Thou wilt with me," is given separately. 6. O this is blessing, this is rest. Rest in the Love of Jesus. (1854.) 7. O Thou Lord of heaven above. The Resurrection. 8. Source of my life's refreshing springs. Rest in God. (1850.) 9. Sunlight of the heavenly day. New Year (1854.) 10. Sweet is the solace of Thy love. Safety and Comfort in God. (1850.) 11. Tender mercies on my way. Praise of Divine Mercies. (1850.) 12. Thanksgiving and the voice of melody. New Year (1854). 13. Though some good things of lower worth. Love of God in Christ, (1860.) These hymns are marked by great simplicity, concentration of thought, and elegance of diction. They are popular, and deserve to be so. [George Arthur Crawford, M.A.] -- John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907) =============== Waring, Anna L., p. 1233, ii. Of her hymns we have found the following in Lovell Squire's Selection of Scriptural Poetry, 3rd ed., 1848: 1. Father, I know that all my life, p. 367, ii. 2. Sweet is the solace of Thy love, p. 1233, ii. 10. 3. Though some good things of, &c., p. 1233, ii. 13. The statement in J. Telford's The Methodist Hymn Book Illustrated, 1906, p. 271, that Miss Waring contributed to her uncle's (S. M. Waring's) Sacred Melodies, 182G, cannot be correct, as she was then only six years old. [Rev. James Mearns, M.A.] --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, New Supplement (1907)

Charles Steggall

1826 - 1905 Composer of "MORWELLHAM" in Timeless Truths

Richard Roberts

1874 - 1945 Person Name: Richard Roberts, 1874- Author of "For Them Whose Ways Are in the Height" in The Mennonite Hymnary, published by the Board of Publication of the General Conference of the Mennonite Church of North America Roberts, Richard. (Festiniog, Wales, May 31, 1874--April 11, 1945, New York). Presbyterian/United Church. University of Wales, B.A., 1894. His ordination (1897) was preceded by work among Welsh coal-miners and followed by a time as assistant to the principal of Bala Theological College. He held three pastorates in London before emigrating first to Brooklyn, N.Y. (1917-1921), then to Montreal (1921-1926), and finally to Toronto (1926-1938). Here the skill of his preaching led to his election as moderator of the United Church for 1935-1936. His hymn "For those whose ways are in the height" was picked up from The Hymnary by the Methodists of Australia, another Dominion with great stretches of territory inaccessible except by air; considering the kind of planes they had to fly, and the weather they had to combat, pilots in both countries needed all the prayers they could get. --Hugh D. McKellar, DNAH Archives

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