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SHEPHERD

Appears in 6 hymnals Incipit: 55551 56155 55112 Used With Text: Lord, dismiss us with Thy blessing

Lord, Dismiss Us With Thy Blessing

Author: Robert Hawker Meter: 8.7.8.7 Appears in 156 hymnals Lyrics: 1 Lord, dismiss us with Thy blessing; Bid us now depart in peace; Still on heav’nly manna feeding, Let our faith and love increase. 2 Fill each heart with consolation; Up to Thee our hearts we raise; When we reach our blissful station, Then we’ll give Thee nobler praise. Used With Tune: SEMARANG Text Sources: Psalms and Hymns for the Sunday School in the Parish Church of Charles Plymouth, 9th edition, no date (13th edition issued in 1807)

Israel's Shepherd, Guide Me

Appears in 68 hymnals First Line: Israel's Shepherd, guide me, feed me Lyrics: 1 Israel's Shepherd, guide me, feed me, Through my pilgrimage below, And beside the waters lead me, Where thy flock rejoicing go. 2 Lord, thy guardian presence ever, Meekly kneeling, I implore; I have found thee, and would never, Never wander from thee more. Used With Tune: [Israel's Shepherd, guide me, feed me]

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Israel's Shepherd, Guide Me

Hymnal: Calvary Songs #19 (1875) First Line: Israel's Shepherd, guide me, feed me Lyrics: 1 Israel's Shepherd, guide me, feed me, Through my pilgrimage below, And beside the waters lead me, Where thy flock rejoicing go. 2 Lord, thy guardian presence ever, Meekly kneeling, I implore; I have found thee, and would never, Never wander from thee more. Languages: English Tune Title: [Israel's Shepherd, guide me, feed me]

Lord, dismiss us with thy blessing

Author: Rev. Robert Hawker, D.D. Hymnal: Laudes Domini #62 (1888) Languages: English Tune Title: SHEPHERD

Lord, Dismiss Us with Thy Blessing

Author: Robert S. Hawker, M. D. Hymnal: The Praise Book #52 (1906) Topics: Praise General; Prayer Meeting Closing; Worship; Worship Closing Tune Title: [Lord, dismiss us with Thy blessing]

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Charles C. Converse

1832 - 1918 Person Name: C. C. Converse Composer of "SHEPHERD" in Laudes Domini Pseudonyms: Clare, Lester Vesé, Nevers, Karl Reden, Revons ================================= Charles Crozat Converse LLD USA 1832-1918. Born in Warren, MA, he went to Leipzig, Germany to study law and philosophy, as well as music theory and composition under Moritz Hauptmann, Friedrich Richter, and Louis Plaidy at the Leipzig Conservatory. He also met Franz Liszt and Louis Spohr. He became an author, composer, arranger and editor. He returned to the states in 1859 and graduated from the Albany, NY, Law School two years later. He married Lida Lewis. From 1875 he practiced law in Erie, PA, and also was put in charge of the Burdetta Organ Company. He composed hymn tunes and other works. He was offered a DM degree for his Psalm 126 cantata, but he declined the offer. In 1895 Rutherford College honored him with a LLD degree. He spent his last years in Highwood, NJ, where he died. He published “New method for the guitar”, “Musical bouquet”, “The 126th Psalm”, “Sweet singer”, “Church singer”, “Sayings of Sages” between 1855 and 1863. he also wrote the “Turkish battle polka” and “Rock beside the sea” ballad, and “The anthem book of the Episcopal Methodist Church”. John Perry

Robert Stephen Hawker

1803 - 1873 Person Name: Robert S. Hawker, M. D. Author of "Lord, Dismiss Us with Thy Blessing" in The Praise Book Hawker, Robert Stephen, M.A., grandson of Dr. Robert Hawker, was born at Plymouth, Dec. 3, 1804, and educated at Pembroke College, Oxford (B.A. 1828, M.A. 1836). On taking Holy Orders in 1829, he became Curate of Wellcombe, Devon, and in 1834 Vicar of Morwenstow, Cornwall. He died at Morwenstow, Aug. 15, 1873, having been received into the Roman Catholic communion the previous evening. He published several poetical works, including Ecclesia, 1840, in which some of his hymns appeared. Hymns by him were also published in Lyra Messianica, 1864. His “Child Jesus, a Cornish Carol," beginning, "Welcome, that star in Judah's sky," appeared in both these works. Very few of his hymns are in common use. -- John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology =============== Hawker, R. S, p. 499, i, The statement on p. 499, respecting the death of R. S. Hawker, is an error through imperfect information. He died at Plymouth on March 25, 1875, and was buried in the cemetery of that town. His life and works have been set forth in The Vicar of Monvenstow, by S. Baring-Gould, 1876; 3rd ed. 1899; Memorials, &c, by F. G. Low, 1876; and The Life and Letters of R. S. Hawker, by C. E. Byles, 1905. --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, New Supplement (1907)