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[Saviour, like a bird to Thee]
Appears in 2 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: W. H. Doane Incipit: 31535 13223 21232 Used With Text: Like a Bird to Thee
[Saviour, like a bird to Thee]
Like a Bird to Thee
Author: W. Howard Doane Appears in 4 hymnals First Line: Savior, like a bird to Thee Refrain First Line: Like a bird let me fly to Thee Lyrics: 1. Savior, like a bird to Thee,
Weary and wounded my soul would flee;
O let me fold my wings and rest
Peacefully, trustingly, on Thy breast.
Refrain
Like a bird let me fly to Thee,
In Thine arms kindly shelter me;
Then my soul no more shall roam
Far, far away from home.
2. Savior, Thou my grief hast borne,
Thou hast a balm for the hearts that mourn;
One gentle word, and I shall rest
Hopefully, lovingly, on Thy breast. [Refrain]
3. I was lost till found by Thee;
Thine, blessèd Savior, the glory be;
Gladly I fold my wings and rest,
Lovingly, tenderly, on Thy breast. [Refrain] Used With Tune: [Savior, like a bird to Thee] Text Sources: Brightest and Best, by Robert Lowry & Howard Doane (New York: Biglow & Main, 1875), number 5
Like a Bird to Thee
Like a Bird to Thee
Author: W. Howard Doane Hymnal: The Cyber Hymnal #3770 First Line: Savior, like a bird to Thee Refrain First Line: Like a bird let me fly to Thee Lyrics: 1. Savior, like a bird to Thee,
Weary and wounded my soul would flee;
O let me fold my wings and rest
Peacefully, trustingly, on Thy breast.
Refrain
Like a bird let me fly to Thee,
In Thine arms kindly shelter me;
Then my soul no more shall roam
Far, far away from home.
2. Savior, Thou my grief hast borne,
Thou hast a balm for the hearts that mourn;
One gentle word, and I shall rest
Hopefully, lovingly, on Thy breast. [Refrain]
3. I was lost till found by Thee;
Thine, blessèd Savior, the glory be;
Gladly I fold my wings and rest,
Lovingly, tenderly, on Thy breast. [Refrain] Languages: English Tune Title: [Savior, like a bird to Thee]
Like a Bird to Thee
Like a Bird to Thee
Author: W. H. D. Hymnal: Select Gems #139 (1889) First Line: Saviour, like a bird to Thee Refrain First Line: Like a bird let me fly to Thee Languages: English Tune Title: [Saviour, like a bird to Thee]
Like a Bird to Thee
W. Howard Doane
1832 - 1915 Author of "Like a Bird to Thee" in The Cyber Hymnal An industrialist and philanthropist, William H. Doane (b. Preston, CT, 1832; d. South Orange, NJ, 1915), was also a staunch supporter of evangelistic campaigns and a prolific writer of hymn tunes. He was head of a large woodworking machinery plant in Cincinnati and a civic leader in that city. He showed his devotion to the church by supporting the work of the evangelistic team of Dwight L. Moody and Ira D. Sankey and by endowing Moody Bible Institute in Chicago and Denison University in Granville, Ohio. An amateur composer, Doane wrote over twenty-two hundred hymn and gospel song tunes, and he edited over forty songbooks.
Bert Polman
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Doane, William Howard, p. 304, he was born Feb. 3, 1832. His first Sunday School hymn-book was Sabbath Gems published in 1861. He has composed about 1000 tunes, songs, anthems, &c. He has written but few hymns. Of these "No one knows but Jesus," "Precious Saviour, dearest Friend," and "Saviour, like a bird to Thee," are noted in Burrage's Baptist Hymn Writers. 1888, p. 557.
--John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, Appendix, Part II (1907)
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Doane, W. H. (William Howard), born in Preston, Connecticut, 1831, and educated for the musical profession by eminent American and German masters. He has had for years the superintendence of a large Baptist Sunday School in Cincinnati, Ohio, where he resides. Although not a hymnwriter, the wonderful success which has attended his musical setting of numerous American hymns, and the number of his musical editions of hymnbooks for Sunday Schools and evangelistic purposes, bring him within the sphere of hymnological literature. Amongst his collections we have:—
(1) Silver Spray, 1868; (2) Pure Gold, 1877; (3) Royal Diadem, 1873; (4) Welcome Tidings, 1877; (5) Brightest and Best, 1875; (6) Fountain of Song; (7) Songs of Devotion, 1870; (8) Temple Anthems, &c.
His most popular melodies include "Near the Cross," "Safe in the Arms of Jesus," "Pass me Not," "More Love to Thee," "Rescue the Perishing," "Tell me the Old, Old Story," &c.
- John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)
W. Howard Doane
