As Pants the Hart

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As pants the hart for water brooks, So pants my soul, O God, for Thee

Author: Caroline L. Goodenough
Published in 14 hymnals

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1 As pants the hart for water brooks,
So pants my soul, O God, for thee;
For thee it thirsts, to thee it looks,
And longs the living God to see.

2 Oh! why art thou cast down, my soul?
And what should so disquiet thee?
Still hope in God, and him extol,
Whose face brings saving health to thee.

Source: Living Hymns: for use in the Sabbath School, Christian Endeavor Meetings, the church & home #285

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Author: Caroline L. Goodenough

Copyright records indicate Goodenough was living in Rochester, Massachusetts, in 1931. Her works include: High Lights on Hymnists and Their Hymns, 1931 --www.hymntime.com Go to person page >

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First Line:	As pants the hart for water brooks, So pants my soul, O God, for Thee
Title:	As Pants the Hart
Author:	Caroline L. Goodenough
Language:	English
Copyright:	Public Domain

Psalm 42
(hymns)

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WARD (Scottish)

BALM (Bradbury)

FEDERAL STREET

Henry Kemble Oliver (b. Beverly, MA, 1800; d. Salem, MA, 1885) composed FEDERAL STREET in 1832, possibly as an imitation of earlier psalm tunes in long meter. He took it to a music class taught by Lowell Mason (who may have contributed to the harmony); Mason (PHH 96) published it in his Boston Acade…

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