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For Zion's sake I will not rest, Nor will I even hold my peace

For Zion's sake I will not rest, Nor will I even hold my peace

Author: J. Rusling
Tune: KNOX (51232)
Published in 2 hymnals

Author: J. Rusling

Rusling, J., p. 931, i. 255, b. 1788, d. 1839. From this American writer there is a mutilated fragment in Stryker's College Hymnal, 1904: "The morn, O Christian, breaketh o'er thee" (Death and Heaven anticipated). In H. W. Beecher's Plymouth Collection, 1855, this hymn begins “Christian, the morn breaks sweetly o'er thee." It is usually dated 1832. --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, New Supplement (1907)  Go to person page >

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First Line: For Zion's sake I will not rest, Nor will I even hold my peace
Author: J. Rusling
Language: English
Publication Date: 1838
Copyright: Public Domain
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Portions of the Psalms of David, and other parts of scripture, in verse #192

Portions of the Psalms of David, and other parts of scripture, in verse #192
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The Brethren Hymnal #182

The Brethren Hymnal #182
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