KELSO (Hopkins)

KELSO (Hopkins)

Composer: E. J. Hopkins (1872)
Published in 84 hymnals


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Composer: E. J. Hopkins

Dr Edward John Hopkins MusDoc United Kingdom 1818-1901. Born at Westminster, England, the son of a clarinetist with the Royal Opera House orchestra, he became an organist (as did two of his brothers) and a composer. In 1826 he became a chorister of the Chapel Royal and sang at the coronation of King William IV in Westminster Abbey. He also sang in the choir of St. Paul’s Cathedral, a double schedule requiring skill and dexterity. On Sunday evenings he would play the outgoing voluntary at St. Martin’s in-the-field. He left Chapel Royal in 1834 and started studying organ construction at two organ factories. He took an appointment at Mitcham Church as organist at age 16, winning an audition against other organists. Four years later… Go to person page >

Tune Information

Title: KELSO (Hopkins)
Composer: E. J. Hopkins (1872)
Meter: 7.7.7.7.7.7
Incipit: 11143 21165 13221
Key: B♭ Major
Copyright: Public Domain

Texts

Every Morning Mercies New

Ev'ry morning mercies new
Fall as fresh as morning dew;
Ev'ry morning let us pay
Tribute with the early day;
For Thy mercies, Lord, are sure;
Thy compassion doth endure.

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The Cyber Hymnal #1389
Text: Every Morning Mercies New
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The Hymnal, Revised and Enlarged, as adopted by the General Convention of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America in the year of our Lord 1892 #4
Text: Every morning mercies new
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Instances

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Church Hymnal, Mennonite #201

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The Cyber Hymnal #1389

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