A mourning class, a vacant seat

Text Information

First Line: A mourning class, a vacant seat
Language: English
Copyright: Public Domain
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Notes

A mourning class, a vacant seat. [Death of a Scholar.] Appeared anonymously in the American Union Hymns, Philadelphia Sunday School Union, 1835, No. 285, in 5 stanzas of 4 lines, and headed "Death of a Scholar." It has been repeated in later editions of the Union Hymns, and is in extensive use in America. In Great Britain, it has been adopted by a few Sunday School hymn-books only. Original text, Methodist Free Church Sunday School Hymn Book, 1869, No. 358, with "the" for "his" in stanza ii., line 2. [William T. Brooke]

--John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)

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Tune

CONSTANCE (Wilson)


A MOURNING CLASS


OLD HUNDREDTH

This tune is likely the work of the composer named here, but has also been attributed to others as shown in the instances list below. According to the Handbook to the Baptist Hymnal (1992), Old 100th first appeared in the Genevan Psalter, and "the first half of the tune contains phrases which may ha…

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Instances

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A Collection of Hymns, for the use of the Wesleyan Methodist Connection of America. #574

A Collection of Hymns, for the use of the Wesleyan Methodist Connection of America. #574

American Sunday School Hymn Book. 2nd ed. #a305

American Sunday School Hymn Book. 2nd ed. #a305
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American Sunday School Hymn Book. New ed. #aa305

American Sunday School Hymn Book. New ed. #aa305
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Bradbury's Sabbath School Melodies, and Family Choir #16

Bradbury's Sabbath School Melodies, and Family Choir #16
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Hosanna for the Sunday School #192

Hosanna for the Sunday School #192

Hymns for Schools and Families #d3

Hymns for Schools and Families #d3
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Hymns for Schools and Families, Specailly Designed for the Children of the Church #259

Hymns for Schools and Families, Specailly Designed for the Children of the Church #259
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Hymns for Sunday Schools, Youth and Children #493

Hymns for Sunday Schools, Youth and Children #493
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Hymns for Sunday Schools, Youth, and Children #70

Hymns for Sunday Schools, Youth, and Children #70
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Hymns for Sunday Schools, Youth, and Children #493

Hymns for Sunday Schools, Youth, and Children #493
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Hymns for the Use of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Rev. ed. #S70

Hymns for the Use of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Rev. ed. #S70
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Hymns for Youth, Suitable to be Used in Sabbath and Parochial Schools #283

Hymns for Youth, Suitable to be Used in Sabbath and Parochial Schools #283

Manual of Devotion and Selection of Hymns for ... Girard College for Orphans #d5

Manual of Devotion and Selection of Hymns for ... Girard College for Orphans #d5
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Mission Songs #172

Mission Songs #172

Portsmouth Sunday School Hymn Book #d2

Portsmouth Sunday School Hymn Book #d2

Sabbath School and Social Hymns of the Reformed Protestant Dutch Church of the U.S.A. #d4

Sabbath School and Social Hymns of the Reformed Protestant Dutch Church of the U.S.A. #d4

Sabbath School Choir #d1

Sabbath School Choir #d1
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Sabbath School Songs #61c

Sabbath School Songs #61c

Select Hymns #d2

Select Hymns #d2
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Select Hymns #459

Select Hymns #459

Songs of Praise for Sabbath Schools and Families. New ed. #d1

Songs of Praise for Sabbath Schools and Families. New ed. #d1

Sunday School Hymn Book #d6

Sunday School Hymn Book #d6
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Sunday-School Hymns #184

Sunday-School Hymns #184
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The American Baptist Sabbath-School Hymn-Book #264

The American Baptist Sabbath-School Hymn-Book #264
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The American Sunday-School Hymn-Book #305

The American Sunday-School Hymn-Book #305

The Baptist Sabbath School Hymn Book #d5

The Baptist Sabbath School Hymn Book #d5

The Carol #d2

The Carol #d2
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The Child's Hymn Book #131

The Child's Hymn Book #131

The Golden Harp #d3

The Golden Harp #d3
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The Presbyterian Juvenile Psalmodist #230

The Presbyterian Juvenile Psalmodist #230
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The Public School Singing Book #154

The Public School Singing Book #154

The Sabbath School Hymn Book #d3

The Sabbath School Hymn Book #d3

The Sabbath School Lyre #d2

The Sabbath School Lyre #d2
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The Sabbath School Lyre #200

The Sabbath School Lyre #200
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The Sabbath School Melodist #171

The Sabbath School Melodist #171
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The Sabbath School Minstrel #24

The Sabbath School Minstrel #24

The Sabbath School Timbrel ... On the Same Notation as "The Timbrel of Zion" #d3

The Sabbath School Timbrel ... On the Same Notation as "The Timbrel of Zion" #d3

The Sunday School Choir and Superintendent's Assistant #d1

The Sunday School Choir and Superintendent's Assistant #d1

The Sunday School Melodist #d3

The Sunday School Melodist #d3

The Union Harp and Revival Chorister. Rev ed. #d6

The Union Harp and Revival Chorister. Rev ed. #d6
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The Young Choir #69

The Young Choir #69
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The Young Chorister; a collection of new and beautiful tunes, adapted to the use of Sabbath schools, from some of the most distinguished composers; together with many of the author's own compositions #36a

The Young Chorister; a collection of new and beautiful tunes, adapted to the use of Sabbath schools, from some of the most distinguished composers; together with many of the author's own compositions #36a
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The Young People's Chorister #271b

The Young People's Chorister #271b

Union Hymns. Rev. #d3

Union Hymns. Rev. #d3

Union Hymns. Rev. #d3

Union Hymns. Rev. #d3
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