While My Redeemer's Near

While my Redeemer's near

Author: Anne Steele
Published in 186 hymnals

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Representative Text

1 While my Redeemer's near,
My Shepherd and my Guide,
I bid farewell to anxious fear--
My wants are all supplied.

2 Dear Shepherd, if I stray,
My wand'ring feet restore;
To thy fair pastures guide my way,
And let me rove no more.

3 All praise to thee at last,
Dear Saviour, shall be given,
When earthly trials all are past,
And earth exchanged for heaven.


Source: The Voice of Praise: a collection of hymns for the use of the Methodist Church #640

Author: Anne Steele

Anne Steele was the daughter of Particular Baptist preacher and timber merchant William Steele. She spent her entire life in Broughton, Hampshire, near the southern coast of England, and devoted much of her time to writing. Some accounts of her life portray her as a lonely, melancholy invalid, but a revival of research in the last decade indicates that she had been more active and social than what was previously thought. She was theologically conversant with Dissenting ministers and "found herself at the centre of a literary circle that included family members from various generations, as well as local literati." She chose a life of singleness to focus on her craft. Before Christmas in 1742, she declined a marriage proposal from contemporar… Go to person page >

Text Information

First Line: While my Redeemer's near
Title: While My Redeemer's Near
Author: Anne Steele
Language: English
Copyright: Public Domain

Tune

GORTON (Beethoven)

The tune GORTON derives from the second movement of Ludwig van Beethoven's Piano Sonata No. 23, Opus 57 (1807); however, the arranger and any significance to the tune title are unknown. GORTON was published with this versification of Psalm 79 in the 1912 Psalter. Sing this tune in parts, beginning v…

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Timeline

Media

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Instances

Instances (1 - 100 of 186)

A Collection of Hymns from Various Authors. New ed. #d365

A Collection of Psalms, Hymns, and Spiritual Songs #d365

A Liturgy for the New Church #d111

A Liturgy for the New Church. 3rd ed. #d111

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A Selection of Hymns & Psalms #141

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A Selection of Hymns and Spiritual Songs #H.CXIX

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A Selection of Hymns and Spiritual Songs #H.CXIX

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A Selection of Hymns from the Best Authors. #197

A Selection of Hymns, from Various Authors #d432

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A Selection of Hymns #CXCVII

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A Selection of Spiritual Songs #578

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Baptist Chorals #286

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Baptist Hymn Book #a151

Cantica Laudis #d349

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Carmina Sacra #171a

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Choice Hymns #32

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Christian Melodies #133

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Christian Melodies #133

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Christian Praise #409

Christian Psalms and Hymns to Aid in Public and Private Devotion #d1066

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Church Choral-Book #296

Church Hymn Book . 3rd ed. #d617

Church Melodies, a Collection of Psalms, Hymns and Spiritual Songs #d1166

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Church Melodies #157

Church Music, a Collection of Hymn Tunes. #d193

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Church Psalmist #P23f

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Church Psalmist #P23f

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Church Psalmist #P23f

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Church Psalmody #P23.5

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Church Psalmody #P23e

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Crown of Life #133

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Gathered Jewels #73

Harmonia Ecclesiae #d297

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Hymns and Songs of Praise for Public and Social Worship #85

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Hymns for Social Worship #72

Hymns for Social Worship. 6th ed. #d280

Hymns for the Vestry and the Fireside #d360

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Hymns of the "Jubilee Harp" #a292

Hymns, Psalms, and Spiritual Songs, including Some Never Before in Print #d349

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Hymns #783

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Hymns #783

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Hymns #783

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Manual of Christian Psalmody #P23e

Melodies of the Church #d1119

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Mission Songs #115

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National Hymn and Tune Book #105

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New Christian Hymn and Tune Book #413

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New Christian Hymn and Tune Book #413

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New Select Hymns #78

New Starry Crown for the Sabbath School #d79

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Notes of Victory for Sunday Schools #52

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Pilgrim Songs #118

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Pocket Hymns #114

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Poems on Subjects Chiefly Devotional, Vol. 1 #159

Prayers and Hymns for the Church and the Home #d803

Psalmista #d269

Psalms and Hymns Adapted to Social, Private and Public Worship #d923

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Psalms and Hymns and Spiritual Songs #38

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Psalms and Hymns #P23e

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Pure Delight #58

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Sacred Melodies for Social Worship #165

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Sacred Songs for Family and Social Worship #3

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Sacred Songs for Social Worship #98

Schools Lyrics #d254

Song-Flowers #d143

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Songs for Social and Public Worship #545

Songs for the Sabbath School #d31

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Songs for the Sanctuary, or Hymns and Tunes for Christian Worship #730

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Songs for the Sanctuary; or, Psalms and Hymns for Christian Worship (Words only) #730

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Songs for the Sanctuary #730

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Songs for the Sanctuary #730

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Songs for the Sanctuary #730

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Songs for the Service of Prayer #109

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Songs of Gladness for the Sabbath School #101b

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Songs of Praise #37

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Songs of Praise #73

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Songs of the Church #474

Spirit of Song #d132

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Sursum Corda #407a

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Sursum Corda #407b

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Temple Melodies #226

Templi Carmina #d281

The Advent Christian Hymnal #d1023

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