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Why Tarry?

Author: Valentine March Meter: 8.8.8.8.8 Appears in 2 hymnals First Line: Then when the sun was set they came

LAKE TAHOE

Meter: 8.8.8.8.8 Appears in 2 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: John Robson Sweney Tune Key: G Major or modal Incipit: 53333 21552 22765 Used With Text: Why Tarry?

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Author: Valentine March Hymnal: Songs of Joy and Gladness No. 2 #106 (1890) First Line: Then when the sun was set they came Languages: English Tune Title: [Then when the sun was set they came]

Why Tarry?

Author: Valentine March Hymnal: The Cyber Hymnal #12312 Meter: 8.8.8.8.8 First Line: Then when the sun was set they came Lyrics: 1 Then when the sun was set they came And brought the loved ones, blind and lame, To Him who wondrous words had taught, And miracles so mighty wrought, In Galilee, in Galilee. 2 ’Twas not till setting of the sun, No, not till night had just begun— They brought at last the loved ones ill, To supplicate the Master’s skill, On bended knee, on bended knee. 3 ’Twas passing strange so long they’d wait, These suffering and disconsolate. Why tarry all the weary day! Why did the sick ones still delay The Christ to see, the Christ to see? 4 O Great Physician from above, Heal Thou the sin-sick souls we love! But, Master, grant we may not bide So long a time—till eventide— To ask of Thee, to ask of Thee. Languages: English Tune Title: LAKE TAHOE

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John R. Sweney

1837 - 1899 Person Name: John Robson Sweney Composer of "LAKE TAHOE" in The Cyber Hymnal John R. Sweney (1837-1899) was born in West Chester, Pennsylvania, and exhibited musical abilities at an early age. At nineteen he was studying with a German music teacher, leading a choir and glee club, and performing at children’s entertainments. By twenty-two he was teaching at a school in Dover, Delaware. Soon thereafter, he was put in charge of the band of the Third Delaware Regiment of the Union Army for the duration of the Civil War. After the war, he became Professor of Music at the Pennsylvania Military Academy, and director of Sweney’s Cornet Band. He eventually earned Bachelor and Doctor of Music degrees at the Academy. Sweney began composing church music in 1871 and became well-known as a leader of large congregations. His appreciators stated “Sweney knows how to make a congregation sing” and “He had great power in arousing multitudes.” He also became director of music for a large Sunday school at the Bethany Presbyterian Church in Philadelphia of which John Wanamaker was superintendent (Wanamaker was the founder of the first major department store in Philadelphia). In addition to his prolific output of hymn melodies and other compositions, Sweney edited or co-edited about sixty song collections, many in collaboration with William J. Kirkpatrick. Sweney died on April 10, 1899, and his memorial was widely attended and included a eulogy by Wanamaker. Joe Hickerson from "Joe's Jottings #9" used by permission