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[We rest on Thee our Shield and our Defender]

Appears in 4 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: James Mountain Incipit: 51233 44123 3211 Used With Text: 我惟靠祢 (We rest on Thee)

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我惟靠祢 (We rest on Thee)

Author: Edith G. Cherry Appears in 2 hymnals First Line: 我惟靠你,你是盾牌常護庇 Used With Tune: [We rest on Thee our Shield and our Defender]
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Wir ruh'n in Dir

Appears in 1 hymnal First Line: Wir ruh'n in Dir, Du unser Schild und Retter Used With Tune: [Wir run'n in Dir, Du unser Schild und Retter]
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We rest on Thee

Author: Edith Gilling Cherry Appears in 17 hymnals First Line: We rest on Thee—our Shield and our Defender! Used With Tune: ["We rest on Thee"—our Shield and our Defender!]

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We rest on Thee

Author: Edith Gilling Cherry Hymnal: Hymns of Consecration and Faith #125 (1902) First Line: We rest on Thee—our Shield and our Defender! Languages: English Tune Title: ["We rest on Thee"—our Shield and our Defender!]

我惟靠祢 (We rest on Thee)

Author: Edith G. Cherry Hymnal: Sheng tu shi ge = Hymnary (聖徒詩歌) #462 (1984) First Line: 我惟靠你,你是盾牌常護庇 Languages: Chinese Tune Title: [We rest on Thee our Shield and our Defender]
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我惟靠祢 (We rest on Thee, our Shield)

Hymnal: Small Church Music #5445 Languages: Chinese Tune Title: [We rest on Thee our Shield]

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Edith G. Cherry

1872 - 1897 Person Name: Edith Gilling Cherry Author of "We rest on Thee" in Hymns of Consecration and Faith Edith Adeline Gilling Cherry United Kingdom 1872-1897. Born at Plymouth, Devon, she was disabled from the age of 16 months by poliomyelitis and walked with crutches. The death of her only sister, who died at age 4, when Edith was age 6, devastated her. She had a gift for poetry and wrote much before the age of 15. She had friends who helped her supporting Sunday school work and the YWCA. She was a gifted illustrator of cards and porcelain which she neatly embellished with flower or fern sprays and Bible texts. Of her verse, she said, they were given to me and all I had to do was write them down. Some of her poems appeared in print in the periodical “The Christian”. She had two strokes in early life, and a 3rd, at age 25, took her life. She wrote beautiful poems and many hymn lyrics, filling 2 volumes. She wrote a poem on hearing of the death of C. H. Spurgeon. John Perry

James Mountain

1844 - 1933 Person Name: Rev. J. Mountain Composer of "["We rest on Thee"—our Shield and our Defender!]" in Hymns of Consecration and Faith Rv James Mountain United Kingdom 1844-1933. Born at Leeds, Yorkshire, England, he attended Gainford Academy, Rotherham College, Nottingham Institute, and Cheshunt College. He became pastor at Great Marlow, Buckinghamshire. Leaving the clerical field due to ill health, he conducted evangelistic campaigns in Britain (1874-82) and worldwide (1882-1889). An author, he wrote a number of books. He published a hymn book, “Hymns of consecration and faith”,and “Sacred songs for missions, prayer, and praise meetings” (1876). He died at Tunbridge Wells, Kent, England. John Perry