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[When shining stars their vigils keep]
Appears in 5 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Geo. C. Stebbins Incipit: 51232 16512 34767 Used With Text: God Bless My Boy
[When shining stars their vigils keep]
God Bless My Boy
Author: Mrs. S. E. A. Higgins Appears in 9 hymnals First Line: When shining stars their vigils keep Refrain First Line: God bless my boy, oh, bless my boy Used With Tune: [When shining stars their vigils keep]
God Bless My Boy
God Bless My Boy
Author: Mrs. S. E. A. Higgins Hymnal: Northfield Hymnal No. 3 #332 (1918) First Line: When shining stars their vigils keep Lyrics: 1 When shining stars their vigils keep,
And all the world is hushed in sleep,
'Tis then I breathe this pray’r so deep
God bless my boy tonight.
Refrain:
God bless my boy, oh, bless my boy,
And keep his footsteps right;
God bless my boy, oh, bless my boy,
God save my boy tonight.
2 I know not where his head my lie,
Perchance beneath the open sky ;
But this I ween, God's watchful eye
Can see my boy tonight. [Refrain]
3 As pass the days, the months and years,
With all the change, the hopes and fears,
God make each step of duty clear,
And keep his honor bright. [Refrain]
4 And when at last his work is o'er,
And earthy toil shall be no more,
May angels guide him to the shore
Where there shall be no night. [Refrain] Tune Title: [When shining stars their vigils keep]
God Bless My Boy
God Bless My Boy
Author: Mrs. S. E. A. Higgins Hymnal: Conference Hymnal #23 (1917) First Line: When shining stars their vigils keep Refrain First Line: God bless my boy, oh, bless my boy Languages: English Tune Title: [When shining stars their vigils keep]
God Bless My Boy
God Bless My Boy
Author: Mrs. S. E. A. Higgins Hymnal: Finest of the Wheat Male Chorus #30 (1896) First Line: When shining stars their vigils keep Refrain First Line: God bless my boy, oh, bless my boy Languages: English Tune Title: [When shining stars their vigils keep]
God Bless My Boy
George C. Stebbins
1846 - 1945 Person Name: Geo. C. Stebbins Composer of "[When shining stars their vigils keep]" in Conference Hymnal Stebbins studied music in Buffalo and Rochester, New York, then became a singing teacher. Around 1869, he moved to Chicago, Illinois, to join the Lyon and Healy Music Company. He also became the music director at the First Baptist Church in Chicago. It was in Chicago that he met the leaders in the Gospel music field, such as George Root, Philip Bliss, & Ira Sankey.
At age 28, Stebbins moved to Boston, Massachusetts, where he became music director at the Claredon Street Baptist Church; the pastor there was Adoniram Gordon. Two years later, Stebbins became music director at Tremont Temple in Boston. Shortly thereafter, he became involved in evangelism campaigns with Moody and others. Around 1900, Stebbins spent a year as an evangelist in India, Egypt, Italy, Palestine, France and England.
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George C. Stebbins
Eva A. S. Higgins
Person Name: Mrs. S. E. A. Higgins Author of "God Bless My Boy" in Conference Hymnal
Eva A. S. Higgins
