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God is Near Thee

Author: Jessica Rankin Appears in 3 hymnals First Line: Faint not, fear not, God is near thee Used With Tune: [Faint not, fear not, God is near thee]

[Faint not, fear not, God is near thee]

Appears in 3 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Henry Smart Incipit: 33536 55427 13542 Used With Text: Faint not, fear not, God is near thee

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Author: Jessica Rankin Hymnal: Christian Life Songs #107 (1890) First Line: Faint not, fear not, God is near thee Languages: English Tune Title: [Faint not, fear not, God is near thee]

Faint not, fear not, God is near thee

Author: Jessica Rankin Hymnal: Hymns of Worship and Service #291 (1908) Languages: English Tune Title: [Faint not, fear not, God is near thee]

Faint not, fear not, God is near thee

Author: Jessica Rankin Hymnal: Hymns of Worship and Service #291 (1913) Languages: English Tune Title: [Faint not, fear not, God is near thee]

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Henry Thomas Smart

1813 - 1879 Person Name: Henry Smart Composer of "[Faint not, fear not, God is near thee]" in Hymns of Worship and Service Henry Smart (b. Marylebone, London, England, 1813; d. Hampstead, London, 1879), a capable composer of church music who wrote some very fine hymn tunes (REGENT SQUARE, 354, is the best-known). Smart gave up a career in the legal profession for one in music. Although largely self taught, he became proficient in organ playing and composition, and he was a music teacher and critic. Organist in a number of London churches, including St. Luke's, Old Street (1844-1864), and St. Pancras (1864-1869), Smart was famous for his extemporizations and for his accompaniment of congregational singing. He became completely blind at the age of fifty-two, but his remarkable memory enabled him to continue playing the organ. Fascinated by organs as a youth, Smart designed organs for important places such as St. Andrew Hall in Glasgow and the Town Hall in Leeds. He composed an opera, oratorios, part-songs, some instrumental music, and many hymn tunes, as well as a large number of works for organ and choir. He edited the Choralebook (1858), the English Presbyterian Psalms and Hymns for Divine Worship (1867), and the Scottish Presbyterian Hymnal (1875). Some of his hymn tunes were first published in Hymns Ancient and Modern (1861). Bert Polman