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[On the heights why standest thou]

Appears in 3 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: William Howard Doane Tune Key: B Flat Major Incipit: 51233 47151 35432

Author: Caroline Dana Howe Appears in 3 hymnals First Line: On the heights why standest thou Lyrics: 1. On the heights why standest thou, Sentinel, with sleepless brow? In the service of our Lord, I am keeping watch and word; Sleeping never, guarding ever All the posts of danger near; Lest our city should be captured, Lest the enemy appear. Refrain Tho’ the night be long and weary, Cheer thee, soldier, yonder distant ray Shall dispel these war clouds dreary; Thou shalt soon behold the day! 2. On the heights what seest thou, Sentinel, with sleepless brow? Sin and crime with heedless bound, Send their forces all around; Never sleeping, ever keeping, Faithful guard tho’ foes appall, Christ Himself our arms will strengthen, Mighty to encompass all. [Refrain] 3. On the heights what hearest thou, Sentinel, with sleepless brow? Still the foe in phalanx broad, Arms himself against the Lord; Armor glancing, swift advancing, When we thought salvation near; Waken soldiers! march to battle, Christ the Lord is Captain here. [Refrain] Used With Tune: [On the heights why standest thou] Text Sources: Royal Diadem for the Sunday School, by Robert Lowry & W. Howard Doane (New York: Biglow & Main, 1873), number 149

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Sentinel upon the Heights

Author: Caroline Dana Howe Hymnal: The Cyber Hymnal #5977 First Line: On the heights why standest thou Lyrics: 1. On the heights why standest thou, Sentinel, with sleepless brow? In the service of our Lord, I am keeping watch and word; Sleeping never, guarding ever All the posts of danger near; Lest our city should be captured, Lest the enemy appear. Refrain Tho’ the night be long and weary, Cheer thee, soldier, yonder distant ray Shall dispel these war clouds dreary; Thou shalt soon behold the day! 2. On the heights what seest thou, Sentinel, with sleepless brow? Sin and crime with heedless bound, Send their forces all around; Never sleeping, ever keeping, Faithful guard tho’ foes appall, Christ Himself our arms will strengthen, Mighty to encompass all. [Refrain] 3. On the heights what hearest thou, Sentinel, with sleepless brow? Still the foe in phalanx broad, Arms himself against the Lord; Armor glancing, swift advancing, When we thought salvation near; Waken soldiers! march to battle, Christ the Lord is Captain here. [Refrain] Languages: English Tune Title: [On the heights why standest thou]

Sentinel Upon the Heights

Author: Caroline Dana Howe Hymnal: Our Song Book #60 (1890) First Line: On the heights why standest thou Refrain First Line: Tho' the night be long and weary Languages: English Tune Title: [On the heights why standest thou]

Sentinel upon the Heights

Author: Caroline Dana Howe Hymnal: The Bright Array #140 (1889) First Line: On the heights why standest thou Scripture: Isaiah 21:11 Tune Title: [On the heights why standest thou]

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W. Howard Doane

1832 - 1915 Person Name: William Howard Doane Composer of "[On the heights why standest thou]" in The Cyber Hymnal An industrialist and philanthropist, William H. Doane (b. Preston, CT, 1832; d. South Orange, NJ, 1915), was also a staunch supporter of evangelistic campaigns and a prolific writer of hymn tunes. He was head of a large woodworking machinery plant in Cincinnati and a civic leader in that city. He showed his devotion to the church by supporting the work of the evangelistic team of Dwight L. Moody and Ira D. Sankey and by endowing Moody Bible Institute in Chicago and Denison University in Granville, Ohio. An amateur composer, Doane wrote over twenty-two hundred hymn and gospel song tunes, and he edited over forty songbooks. Bert Polman ============ Doane, William Howard, p. 304, he was born Feb. 3, 1832. His first Sunday School hymn-book was Sabbath Gems published in 1861. He has composed about 1000 tunes, songs, anthems, &c. He has written but few hymns. Of these "No one knows but Jesus," "Precious Saviour, dearest Friend," and "Saviour, like a bird to Thee," are noted in Burrage's Baptist Hymn Writers. 1888, p. 557. --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, Appendix, Part II (1907) =================== Doane, W. H. (William Howard), born in Preston, Connecticut, 1831, and educated for the musical profession by eminent American and German masters. He has had for years the superintendence of a large Baptist Sunday School in Cincinnati, Ohio, where he resides. Although not a hymnwriter, the wonderful success which has attended his musical setting of numerous American hymns, and the number of his musical editions of hymnbooks for Sunday Schools and evangelistic purposes, bring him within the sphere of hymnological literature. Amongst his collections we have:— (1) Silver Spray, 1868; (2) Pure Gold, 1877; (3) Royal Diadem, 1873; (4) Welcome Tidings, 1877; (5) Brightest and Best, 1875; (6) Fountain of Song; (7) Songs of Devotion, 1870; (8) Temple Anthems, &c. His most popular melodies include "Near the Cross," "Safe in the Arms of Jesus," "Pass me Not," "More Love to Thee," "Rescue the Perishing," "Tell me the Old, Old Story," &c. - John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)

Caroline Dana Howe

1825 - 1907 Author of "Sentinel upon the Heights" in The Cyber Hymnal Born: Circa 1825, Fryeburg, Maine. Howe’s works include: Ashes for Flame (Portland, Maine: Loring, Short & Harmon, 1885) --www.hymntime.com/tch =========== Caroline Dana Howe was borrn in Freyburg, ME, but having since infancy lived in Portland, the birthplace of Longfellow and Willis, this house of the poets may well claim her as its own. A large number of her songs have been set to music, for which they are admirably adapted, and are to be found ini sheet music and in church collections. She is also well known as a writer of short serial stories, juvenile sketches, essays, etc. and the Mass. Sunday School Society has published a book of about 200 pages of hers, carried successfully through several editions. Mrs. Howe’s poems have a dignity and purity, united with a depth of thought and feeling, that commend them at once to all readers of cultivate literary taste; and it may be said with truth, that no living writer in her native State is more favorably known in the department of song. Her songs have been gathered into at least twenty-six collections. excerpts from Woman in sacred song: a library of hymns, religious poems and sacred music ... edited by Eva Munson Smith