Dear Is Thy Presence With Thy Friends

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Dear is Thy Presence with Thy friends

Author: H. C. G. Moule
Tune: LOVE DIVINE (Holmes)
Published in 1 hymnal

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1 Dear is Thy Presence with Thy friends,
To faith’s glad eyes reveal’d;
Their Sun when sorrow’s night descends,
In battle’s hour their shield.

2 But, ah! when heart and spirit faint,
‘Tis life to clasp the word
Which tells of Thee with ev’ry saint
For ever one, dear Lord.

3 Companions may converse and go;
But what shall now divide
Members and Head, above, below,
The Bridegroom and the Bride?

Source: Hymns of Consecration and Faith #284

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Author: H. C. G. Moule

Moule, Handley Carr Glyn, M.A., son of the Rev. H. Moule, was born at Fordington, Dec. 23, 1841, and educated at home and at Trinity College, Cambridge, B.A. in first class Classical and Theological honours, 1864-65. He was Carus Prizeman, 1862; Browne's Medallist, 1863; and gained the Seatonian Prize, 1869-73 and 1876. Taking Holy Orders in 1867, he was curate of Fordington, Dorset, 1867-73, and 1877-80; Dean, Trinity College, Cambridge, 1874-77; and Principal of Ridley Hall, Cambridge, 1880. He was Fellow of his College, 1865; Select Preacher at Cambridge, 1880-81, 87; and Chaplain to the Bishop of Liverpool, 1880. His works include:— (1) The Seatonian Prize Poems as above; (2) Poems on the Acts of the Apostles, 1869; (3) Sermons on t… Go to person page >

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First Line:	Dear is Thy Presence with Thy friends
Title:	Dear Is Thy Presence With Thy Friends
Author:	H. C. G. Moule
Language:	English
Publication Date:	1902
Copyright:	This text is in the public domain in the United States because it was published before 1930.