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Wake, sweetest strains

Author: Grant Colfax Tullar Appears in 3 hymnals First Line: Low in the grave they had

[Low in the grave they had buried Christ the Saviour]

Appears in 2 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: I. H. Meredith Incipit: 55521 33675 56666 Used With Text: Wake, Sweetest Strain

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Author: Grant Colfax Tullar Hymnal: The Cyber Hymnal #7110 First Line: Low in the grave they had buried Christ the Savior Refrain First Line: Wake, sweetest strains of music! Lyrics: 1. Low in the grave they had buried Christ the Savior; Dark was the night round the silent guarded tomb, But with the dawn came a glow of heav’nly splendor Glory filled the earth dispelling gloom. Refrain Wake, sweetest strains of music! Telling out the story How from death the Savior rose To live forevermore. Wake, sweetest strains of music! Drive away all sadness Let your anthems ring from shore to shore. 2. Close to the tomb were the soldiers vigil keeping, When from above came a form of dazzling light, Then He arose from the grave a mighty victor Angels welcomed Him in robes of white. [Refrain] 3. Joy to the world, let this day be filled with gladness— Wake sweetest strains join this happy Easter song, Peace shall abide for the grave has lost its terror Christ is risen—let His praise prolong. [Refrain] Languages: English Tune Title: [Low in the grave they had buried Christ the Savior]

Wake, Sweetest Strain

Author: Grant Colfax Tullar Hymnal: Sunday School Hymns No. 1 #269 (1903) First Line: Low in the grave they had buried Christ the Saviour Refrain First Line: Wake, sweetest strains of music! Topics: Easter Languages: English Tune Title: [Low in the grave they had buried Christ the Saviour]

Wake, sweetest strains

Author: Grant Colfax Tullar Hymnal: The Festival Song Budget, Easter #d20 (1914) First Line: Low in the grave they had Languages: English

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Grant Colfax Tullar

1869 - 1950 Author of "Wake, Sweetest Strain" in The Cyber Hymnal Grant Colfax Tullar was born August 5, 1869, in Bolton, Connecticut. He was named after the American President Ulysses S. Grant and Vice President Schuyler Colfax. After the American Civil War, his father was disabled and unable to work, having been wounded in the Battle of Antietam. Tullar's mother died when he was just two years old so Grant had no settled home life until he became an adult. Yet from a life of sorrow and hardship he went on to bring joy to millions of Americans with his songs and poetry. As a child, he received virtually no education or religious training. He worked in a woolen mill and as a shoe clerk. The last Methodist camp meeting in Bolton was in 1847. Tullar became a Methodist at age 19 at a camp meeting near Waterbury in 1888. He then attended the Hackettstown Academy in New Jersey. He became an ordained Methodist minister and pastored for a short time in Dover, Delaware. For 10 years he was the song leader for evangelist Major George A. Hilton. Even so, in 1893 he also helped found the well-known Tullar-Meredith Publishing Company in New York, which produced church and Sunday school music. Tullar composed many popular hymns and hymnals. His works include: Sunday School Hymns No. 1 (Chicago, Illinois: Tullar Meredith Co., 1903) and The Bible School Hymnal (New York: Tullar Meredith Co., 1907). One of Grant Tullar's most quoted poems is "The Weaver": My Life is but a weaving Between my Lord and me; I cannot choose the colors He worketh steadily. Oft times He weaveth sorrow And I, in foolish pride, Forget He sees the upper, And I the under side. Not til the loom is silent And the shuttles cease to fly, Shall God unroll the canvas And explain the reason why. The dark threads are as needful In the Weaver's skillful hand, As the threads of gold and silver In the pattern He has planned. He knows, He loves, He cares, Nothing this truth can dim. He gives His very best to those Who chose to walk with Him. Grant Tullar --http://www.boltoncthistory.org/granttullar.html, from Bolton Community News, August 2006.

I. H. Meredith

1872 - 1962 Person Name: Isaac Hickman Meredith Composer of "[Low in the grave they had buried Christ the Savior]" in The Cyber Hymnal Pseudonyms Charles C. Ackley (taken from his wife’s name, Clarissa Ackley Cowan) Broughton Edwards Floyd Engle (from his address on Floyd Street in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey) Arthur Grantley Bruce Kennedy See also Ackley, Chas. C. 1872-1962 See also Edwards, Broughton