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Author: Jefferson Hascall Meter: 8.6.8.6.5.6.10.6.10.6 Appears in 201 hymnals First Line: My latest sun is sinking fast Refrain First Line: O come, angel band, come and around me stand

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ANGEL BAND

Meter: 8.6.8.6.5.6.10.5.10.5 Appears in 63 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: William B. Bradbury Tune Sources: Timeless Truths (http://library.timelesstruths.org/music/Oh_Come_Angel_Band); Anonymous/Unknown, The Blue Book (124) Tune Key: C Major Incipit: 55555 61165 13215 Used With Text: Oh, Come, Angel Band

[My latest sun is sinking fast]

Appears in 1 hymnal Composer and/or Arranger: J. W. Dadmun Used With Text: Angels bear me away

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My Latest Sun Is Sinking Fast

Author: Jefferson Hascall Hymnal: The Cyber Hymnal #4427 Refrain First Line: O come, angel band Lyrics: 1. My latest sun is sinking fast, My race is nearly run; My strongest trials now are past, My triumph is begun. Refrain O come, angel band, Come and around me stand; O bear me away on your snowy wings To my eternal home; O bear me away on your snowy wings To my eternal home. 2. I know I’m near the holy ranks Of friends and kindred dear, For I hear the waves on Jordan’s banks, The crossing must be near. [Refrain] 3. I’ve almost reached my heav’nly home, My spirit loudly sings; Thy holy ones, behold, they come! I hear the noise of wings. [Refrain] 4. O bear my longing heart to Him, Who bled and died for me; Whose blood now cleanses from all sin, And gives me victory. [Refrain] Languages: English Tune Title: [My latest sun is sinking fast]

My Latest Sun Is Sinking Fast

Author: J. Hascall Hymnal: Harvest Hymns #41 (1924) Refrain First Line: O come, angel band, come and around me stand Languages: English Tune Title: [My latest sun is sinking fast]

My Latest Sun Is Sinking Fast

Author: J. Hascall Hymnal: Soul-stirring Songs and Hymns (Rev. ed.) #42 (1989) Refrain First Line: O come, angel band Topics: Heaven Tune Title: [My latest sun is sinking fast]

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William B. Bradbury

1816 - 1868 Composer of "ANGEL BAND" in Timeless Truths William Bachelder Bradbury USA 1816-1868. Born at York, ME, he was raised on his father's farm, with rainy days spent in a shoe-shop, the custom in those days. He loved music and spent spare hours practicing any music he could find. In 1830 the family moved to Boston, where he first saw and heard an organ and piano, and other instruments. He became an organist at 15. He attended Dr. Lowell Mason's singing classes, and later sang in the Bowdoin Street church choir. Dr. Mason became a good friend. He made $100/yr playing the organ, and was still in Dr. Mason's choir. Dr. Mason gave him a chance to teach singing in Machias, ME, which he accepted. He returned to Boston the following year to marry Adra Esther Fessenden in 1838, then relocated to Saint John, New Brunswick. Where his efforts were not much appreciated, so he returned to Boston. He was offered charge of music and organ at the First Baptist Church of Brooklyn. That led to similar work at the Baptist Tabernacle, New York City, where he also started a singing class. That started singing schools in various parts of the city, and eventually resulted in music festivals, held at the Broadway Tabernacle, a prominent city event. He conducted a 1000 children choir there, which resulted in music being taught as regular study in public schools of the city. He began writing music and publishing it. In 1847 he went with his wife to Europe to study with some of the music masters in London and also Germany. He attended Mendelssohn funeral while there. He went to Switzerland before returning to the states, and upon returning, commenced teaching, conducting conventions, composing, and editing music books. In 1851, with his brother, Edward, he began manufacturring Bradbury pianos, which became popular. Also, he had a small office in one of his warehouses in New York and often went there to spend time in private devotions. As a professor, he edited 59 books of sacred and secular music, much of which he wrote. He attended the Presbyterian church in Bloomfield, NJ, for many years later in life. He contracted tuberculosis the last two years of his life. John Perry

Jefferson Hascall

1807 - 1887 Author of "Oh, Come, Angel Band" in Timeless Truths Rv Jefferson Hascall USA 1807-1887. Born in Thompson, CT, he studied at Wilbraham Academy was ordained into the Methodist Church in 1829. He later became a minister and presiding elder over the Worcester Conference. He twice represented New England in the church's General Conference. He was considered an eloquent and powerful speaker and was considered responsible for the conversion over 150 people. Notice of his preaching engagements would fill the seats. He lived in Shrewsbury, MA, about 20 years and was also a public-spirited citizen and was universally respected. He favored education and the suppression of slavery. He married Julia Catherine Griswold in 1832, and after her death in 1842, Lavina Livermore in 1843, and they had seven children: Stephen, Julia, Martha, Henry, Emily, Wilbur, and Lee. He died at Medford, CT. John Perry