Tender mercies, on my way

Tender mercies, on my way

Author: Anna Letitia Waring
Tune: FESTUS
Published in 9 hymnals

Representative Text

Tender mercies, on my way
Falling softly like the dew,
Sent me freshly every day,
I will bless THE LORD for you.

Though I have not all I would,
Though to greater bliss I go,
Every present gift of good
To Eternal Love I owe.

Source of all that comforts me,
Well of joy for which I long,
Let the song I sing to Thee
Be an everlasting song.

Hymns and Meditations, 1873

Author: Anna Letitia Waring

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Text Information

First Line: Tender mercies, on my way
Author: Anna Letitia Waring
Meter: 7.7.7.7
Language: English
Copyright: Public Domain

Tune

FESTUS

FESTUS is an abridgement of a tune published in Johann A. Freylinghausen's (PHH 34) Geistreiches Gesangbuch (1704)* as a setting for "O du Hüter Israel." The shortened tune was first published in the Bristol Tune Book (1863). The tune title presumably honors Festus, the Roman procurator of Judea (A…

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ELLINGHAM (Godfrey)


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Instances

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Hymns and Meditations #11

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Hymns of the Spirit #180

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National Hymn and Tune Book #139

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Pilgrim Songs (Number Two) #193

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Song-Hymnal of Praise and Joy #212

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The Pilgrim Hymnal #261

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The Pilgrim Hymnal #344

Unity Hymns and Chorals. Rev and enl. with Service Elements #d266

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Worship Song #347

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