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Author: Flora Kirkland Appears in 3 hymnals First Line: Hark, the birds and brooklets singing! Refrain First Line: Hark, the blossoms seem to whisper Lyrics: 1 Hark, the birds and brooklets singing! Hark, the breezes soft reply! Children, join the song of nature;— Singing praise to God on high. Refrain: Hark, the blossoms seem to whisper “Think of all your Father’s love.” Hark, the bird-notes seem to echo, “Lift a song to God above.” 2 Bend and watch the dainty flowers, Soft and low they seem to say;— “God hath made us silent preachers, Sing His praise on Children’s Day.” [Refrain] 3 List the music from the tree tops, soft the leafy fingers play. ‘Tis the wind harp’s gentle music Praising God on Children’s Day. [Refrain] 4 Children, heed these many voices, Lift your hearts in earnest praise, To the Lover of the children Who with blessings crowns your days. [Refrain] Used With Tune: [Hark, the birds and brooklets singing]

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[Hark, the birds and brooklets singing]

Appears in 2 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Adam Geibel Incipit: 34325 32111 46153 Used With Text: Many Voices

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Many Voices

Author: Flora Kirkland Hymnal: Uplifted Voices #198 (1901) First Line: Hark, the birds and brooklets singing! Refrain First Line: Hark, the blossoms seem to whisper Lyrics: 1 Hark, the birds and brooklets singing! Hark, the breezes soft reply! Children, join the song of nature;— Singing praise to God on high. Refrain: Hark, the blossoms seem to whisper “Think of all your Father’s love.” Hark, the bird-notes seem to echo, “Lift a song to God above.” 2 Bend and watch the dainty flowers, Soft and low they seem to say;— “God hath made us silent preachers, Sing His praise on Children’s Day.” [Refrain] 3 List the music from the tree tops, soft the leafy fingers play. ‘Tis the wind harp’s gentle music Praising God on Children’s Day. [Refrain] 4 Children, heed these many voices, Lift your hearts in earnest praise, To the Lover of the children Who with blessings crowns your days. [Refrain] Tune Title: [Hark, the birds and brooklets singing]

Many Voices

Author: Flora Kirkland Hymnal: World-Wide Hosannas #232 (1904) First Line: Hark, the birds and brooklets singing Refrain First Line: Hark, the blossoms seem to whisper Topics: Children's Day; Nature; Summer Languages: English Tune Title: [Hark, the birds and brooklets singing]

Many voices

Author: Flora Kirkland Hymnal: Voices from the Woodland #d2 (1900) First Line: Hark, the birds and brooklets singing Refrain First Line: Hark, the blossoms seem to whisper

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Adam Geibel

1855 - 1933 Composer of "[Hark, the birds and brooklets singing]" in Uplifted Voices Born: September 15, 1855, Neuenheim, Germany. Died: August 3, 1933, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Though blinded by an eye infection at age eight, Geibel was a successful composer, conductor, and organist. Emigrating from Germany probably around 1864, he studied at the Philadelphia Institute for the Blind, and wrote a number of Gospel songs, anthems, cantatas, etc. He founded the Adam Geibel Music Company, later evolved into the Hall-Mack Company, and later merged to become the Rodeheaver Hall-Mack Company. He was well known for secular songs like "Kentucky Babe" and "Sleep, Sleep, Sleep." In 1885, Geibel organized the J. B. Stetson Mission. He conducted the Stetson Chorus of Philadelphia, and from 1884-1901, was a music instructor at the Pennsylvania Institution for the Instruction of the Blind. His works include: Evening Bells, 1874 Saving Grace, with Alonzo Stone (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: Stone & Bechter, Publishers, 1898) Consecrated Hymns, (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: Geibel & Lehman, 1902) Uplifted Voices, co-editor with R. Frank Lehman (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: Geibel & Lehman, 1901) World-Wide Hosannas, with R. Frank Lehman (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: Geibel & Lehman, 1904) Hymns of the Kingdom, co-editor with R. Frank Lehman et al. (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: Geibel & Lehman, 1905) --www.hymntime.com/tch/

Flora Kirkland

1862 - 1911 Author of "Many Voices" in Uplifted Voices Flora Kirkland was born in 1862 in Kentucky, before moving to Brooklyn, New York. After graduating from school she became a public school teacher for the seventh grade. She was a member of Tompkins Avenue Congregational Church for which she wrote a number of hymns. She was very active in the Wallabout Bay Mission in that neighborhood of Brooklyn. Most of Wallabout Bay would be filled in to make way for the Brooklyn Navy Yard. She died 17 January 1911. Brooklyn Standard Union, 16 January 1911