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John Sterling

Short Name: John Sterling
Full Name: Sterling John, 1806-1844
Birth Year: 1806
Death Year: 1844

Sterling was born at Kames Castle, Bute, July 20, 1806, and died at Ventnor, Isle of Wight, Sep. 18, 1844.

--John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, Appendix, Part II (1907

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Sterling, J., p. 1595, ii. (Under "When up to nightly skies," &c.) Another of his hymns which was given in the American Hymns of the Spirit, 1864 and Martineau's Hymns of Praise and Prayer, 1873, No. 31, "0 Source divine and Life of all" (Reverence and Love), has passed into a few modern American collections, including The Pilgrim Hymnal, 1904. It is dated 1840.

--John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, New Supplement (1907)

Wikipedia Biography

John Sterling (20 July 1806 – 18 September 1844) was a Scottish author.
Wikipedia Biography

TextsTunesHymnalsRecommendations
Texts by John Sterling (19)sort descendingAsAuthority LanguagesInstances
Could we but hear all nature's voicesJohn Sterling (Author)2
Earth, of man the bounteous motherJohn Sterling (Author)2
Fern von Gott bin ich gewandertJohn Sterling (Author)German2
Great God, 'mid boundless time and spaceJohn Sterling (Author)English3
Let us work and pray togetherJulia Sterling (Author)English2
Many a power within earth's bosomSterling (Author)2
O Source divine, and Life of allJohn Sterling (Author)English75
O Thou, the primal fount of life and peaceJohn Sterling (Author)English6
O thou, the Son of God most highJohn Sterling (Author)3
Press onward, press onward, and trusting the LordJulia Sterling (Author)English1
Still hope, still act, Be sure that lifeSterling (Author)5
Sweet morn from countless cups of goldSterling (Author)English4
Thou, God, so rulest, such the planSterling (Author)2
Thou, Lord, who rearest the mountains' heightSterling (Author)20
When up to nightly skies we gazeSterling (Author)English8
When you hear of good in people, tell itJohn Sterling (Author)English2
Wider than the ocean, deeper than the seaJohn Sterling (Author)English3
Yes, prayer is strong, and God is goodSterling (Author)2
Yes, prayer is sweet in every hallJohn Sterling (Author)2

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