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THOUGHT

Appears in 2 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: J. B. Herbert Tune Key: G Major or modal Incipit: 33211 16712 23332 Used With Text: One sweetly solemn thought

Author: Phoebe Cary Appears in 719 hymnals Lyrics: 1 One sweetly solemn thought Comes to me o'er and o'er; I'm nearer to my parting hour Than e'er I've been before. 2 Nearer my Father's house, Where many mansions be; Nearer the throne where Jesus reigns, Nearer the crystal sea. 3 Nearer my going home, Laying my burden down, Leaving my cross of heavy grief, Wearing my starry crown. Topics: Death and Resurrection Used With Tune: THOUGHT

How peaceful is the grave!

Author: R. Blair Appears in 2 hymnals Lyrics: 1 How peaceful is the grave! Where, life's vain tumult past, Th' appointed house, by Heaven's decree, Receives us all at last. 2 There earthly troubles cease, There passions rage no more, And there the weary pilgrim rests From all the toils he bore. 3 There all, both small and great, Partake the same repose; And there in peace the ashes mix Of those who once were foes. 4 All, by the hand of death, Partake a common tomb; Yet saints shall not forever sleep Not theirs the sinner's doom. Topics: Death and Resurrection Used With Tune: THOUGHT

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One sweetly solemn thought

Author: Phoebe Cary Hymnal: The Seventh-Day Adventist Hymn and Tune Book #952 (1886) Lyrics: 1 One sweetly solemn thought Comes to me o'er and o'er; I'm nearer to my parting hour Than e'er I've been before. 2 Nearer my Father's house, Where many mansions be; Nearer the throne where Jesus reigns, Nearer the crystal sea. 3 Nearer my going home, Laying my burden down, Leaving my cross of heavy grief, Wearing my starry crown. Topics: Death and Resurrection Tune Title: THOUGHT

How peaceful is the grave!

Author: R. Blair Hymnal: The Seventh-Day Adventist Hymn and Tune Book #951 (1886) Lyrics: 1 How peaceful is the grave! Where, life's vain tumult past, Th' appointed house, by Heaven's decree, Receives us all at last. 2 There earthly troubles cease, There passions rage no more, And there the weary pilgrim rests From all the toils he bore. 3 There all, both small and great, Partake the same repose; And there in peace the ashes mix Of those who once were foes. 4 All, by the hand of death, Partake a common tomb; Yet saints shall not forever sleep Not theirs the sinner's doom. Topics: Death and Resurrection Tune Title: THOUGHT

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J. B. Herbert

1852 - 1927 Composer of "THOUGHT" in The Seventh-Day Adventist Hymn and Tune Book

Phoebe Cary

1824 - 1871 Author of "One sweetly solemn thought " in The Seventh-Day Adventist Hymn and Tune Book Phoebe Cary, (1824-1871) was born and raised in Mount Healthy in Hamilton County, Ohio. Her family came from Lyme, New Hampshire to Ohio when her grandfather was given land in return for his service in the Continental Army. She was the younger sister of Alice Cary (1820-1871). She and Alice submitted poetry to religious periodicals. Phoebe remained in Ohio and continued to write many hymns, including, "One sweetly solemn thought." Mary Louise VanDyke =========================================== Cary, Phoebe, sister of Alice Cary, born near Cincinnati, Ohio, Sept. 4, 1824, and died within six months of the death of the same sister at Newport, July 31, 1871. Her works include Poems and Parodies, 1854; and Poems of Faith, Hope and Love, 1868. With Dr. Charles F. Deems she compiled Hymns for all Christians, 1869. Her hymns are:— 1. One sweetly solemn thought. Anticipation of Heaven. This piece was not intended for public use, nor is it a suitable metre for musical treatment, yet it has won universal acceptance and popularity. In some instances this has been attained by change of metre as in the Supplement to the Baptist Psalms & Hymns 1880, No. 1185. Johnson's Encyclopedia is in error in saying it was "written at the age of 17." The Congregational Quarterly for Oct., 1874, says, "it was written, she tells us, in the little back third story bedroom, one Sabbath morning in 1852, on her return from church." This statement shows that it was composed when she was 28, and not 17. The popularity of the hymn in Great Britain arose mainly through its use in the Evangelistic services of Messrs. Moody and Sankey. In the Protestant Episcopal Hymns for Church and Home, Phila., 1860, No. 383, it is given as "A sweetly solemn thought." The following additional pieces by this author are in the Lyra Sacra Americana, 1868:— 2. Go and sow beside all waters. Seed Sowing. 3. Great waves of plenty rolling up. Gratitude. 4. I had drunk, with lips unsated. Living Waters. [Rev. F. M. Bird, M.A.] --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)