Keep us, Lord, O, keep us ever

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Keep us, Lord, O, keep us ever

Author: Thomas Kelly
Published in 43 hymnals

Piano/Organ
	Marian Hymns - Music for Manuals

Choral
	O Sanctissima/ O How Joyfully

Handbells
	Christmas Carillon

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1 Keep us, Lord, oh, keep us ever;
Vain our hope, if left by thee;
We are thine; oh, leave us never,
Till thy glorious face we see;
Then to praise thee
Through a bright eternity.

2 Precious is thy word of promise,
Precious to thy people here;
Never take thy presence from us,
Jesus, Saviour, still be near:
Living, dying,
May thy name our spirits cheer.

Source: Laudes Domini: a selection of spiritual songs ancient & modern (Abr. ed.) #132

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Author: Thomas Kelly

Kelly, Thomas, B.A., son of Thomas Kelly, a Judge of the Irish Court of Common Pleas, was born in Dublin, July 13, 1769, and educated at Trinity College, Dublin. He was designed for the Bar, and entered the Temple, London, with that intention; but having undergone a very marked spiritual change he took Holy Orders in 1792. His earnest evangelical preaching in Dublin led Archbishop Fowler to inhibit him and his companion preacher, Rowland Hill, from preaching in the city. For some time he preached in two unconsecrated buildings in Dublin, Plunket Street, and the Bethesda, and then, having seceded from the Established Church, he erected places of worship at Athy, Portarlington, Wexford, &c, in which he conducted divine worship and preached. H… Go to person page >

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First Line:	Keep us, Lord, O, keep us ever
Author:	Thomas Kelly
Language:	English
Copyright:	Public Domain

Psalm 91:11
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CALVARY (51171)

SICILIAN MARINERS

SICILIAN MARINERS is traditionally used for the Roman Catholic Marian hymn "O Sanctissima." According to tradition, Sicilian seamen ended each day on their ships by singing this hymn in unison. The tune probably traveled from Italy to Germany to England, where The European Magazine and London Review…

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MERLO

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