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My Purchased Files| Text: | Serenity |
| Author: | John Greenleaf Whittier |
| Tune: | SERENITY |
| Composer: | Charles E. Ives |
| Media: | Audio recording |
499. Serenity
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O sabbath rest of Galilee!
O calm of hills above,
where Jesus knelt to share with thee
the silence of eternity interpreted by love.
Drop thy still dews of quietness till all our striving cease;
take from our souls the strain and stress,
and let our ordered lives confess the beauty of thy peace.
| Text Information | |
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| First Line: | O sabbath rest of Galilee |
| Title: | Serenity |
| Author: | John Greenleaf Whittier (1872) |
| Meter: | 86.886 |
| Language: | English |
| Publication Date: | 1989 |
| Topic: | Sanctifiying and Perfecting Grace: Prayer, Trust, Hope; Calmness and Serenity; Hope (1 more...) |
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| Name: | SERENITY |
| Composer: | Charles E. Ives (ca. 1909) |
| Meter: | 86.886 |
| Key: | a minor |
| Copyright: | Music © 1942, renewed 1970 Associated Music Publishers, Inc., by permission of G. Schirmer |
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| Audio recording: |  Sample |
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