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Stern winter throws his icy chains

Author: Anne Steele
Tune: [Stern winter throws his icy chains]
Published in 108 hymnals

Representative Text

1 Stern winter throws his icy chains
Encircling nature round;
How bleak, how comfortless the plains,
Late with gay verdure crowned.

2 The sun withdraws his vital beams,
And light and warmth depart;
And drooping, lifeless nature seems
An emblem of my heart.

3 Return, O blissful Sun, and bring
Thy soul-reviving ray:
This mental winter shall be spring,
This darkness turn to day.

4 Oh, happy state! divine abode!
Where spring eternal reigns,
And perfect day, the smile of God,
Fills all the heavenly plains.

5 Great Source of light, thy beams display,
My drooping joys restore!
And guide me to the seats of day,
Where winter frowns no more.

Source: The Voice of Praise: a collection of hymns for the use of the Methodist Church #985

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Author: Anne Steele

Anne Steele was the daughter of Particular Baptist preacher and timber merchant William Steele. She spent her entire life in Broughton, Hampshire, near the southern coast of England, and devoted much of her time to writing. Some accounts of her life portray her as a lonely, melancholy invalid, but a revival of research in the last decade indicates that she had been more active and social than what was previously thought. She was theologically conversant with Dissenting ministers and "found herself at the centre of a literary circle that included family members from various generations, as well as local literati." She chose a life of singleness to focus on her craft. Before Christmas in 1742, she declined a marriage proposal from contemporar… Go to person page >

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First Line:	Stern winter throws his icy chains
Title:	Winter
Author:	Anne Steele
Meter:	8.6.8.6
Language:	English
Copyright:	Public Domain

Job 38:29-30
(hymns)

Tune

[Stern winter throws his icy chains]

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Timeline

Page Scans

Songs of the Church: or, hymns and tunes for Christian worship (1879), p.355

Instances

Instances (1 - 100 of 108)

A Baptist Hymn Book, Designed Especially for the Regular Baptist Church and All Lovers of Truth #d670

A Choice Selection of Evangelical Hymns, from various authors #410

A Collection of Hymns and Prayers, for Public and Private Worship #410

A Collection of Hymns for Public and Private Worship approved by the Presbytery of Charleston #d135

A Collection of Hymns for the use of the Wesleyan Methodist Connection of America #d466

A Collection of Hymns from Various Authors. New ed. #d293

A Collection of Hymns, for the use of the United Brethren in Christ #886

A Collection of Hymns, for the use of the Wesleyan Methodist Connection of America. #732

A Collection of Psalms and Hymns for Social and Private Worship #CIX

A Collection of Psalms, Hymns and Spiritual Songs; suited to the various kinds of Christian worship; and especially designed for and adapted to the Fraternity of the Brethren... #757

A Collection of Spiritual Hymns #581

A Manual of Devotion and Hymns for the House of Refuge, City of New York #363

A New Selection of Hymns; designed for the use of conference meetings, private circles, and congregations, as a supplement to Dr. Watts' Psalms and Hymns #454

A New Selection of Nearly Eight Hundred Evangelical Hymns, from More than 200 Authors in England, Scotland, Ireland, & America, including a great number of originals, alphabetically arranged #586

A New Selection of Psalms and Hymns from the Most Approved Authors, Adapted to Public and Private Worship. 2nd ed. #d439

A New Selection of Seven Hundred Evangelical Hymns ... intended as a Supplement to Dr. Watts's Psalms and Tunes #586

A Selection of Hymns #d257

A Selection of Hymns and Spiritual Songs #H.CCCXCI

A Selection of Hymns and Spiritual Songs #H.CCCXCI

A Selection of Hymns from the Best Authors, intended to be an Appendix to Dr. Watts' Psalms & Hymns. 2nd Baltimore ed. #aDVI

A Selection of Hymns from the Best Authors. #506

A Selection of Hymns, adapted to the devotions of the closet, the family, and the social circle; and containing subjects appropriate to the monthly concerns of prayer for the success... #571

A Selection of Hymns, from the Best Authors, Designed as a Supplement to Dr. Watts' Psalms and Hymns #d558

A Selection of Hymns #DVI

American Sunday School Psalmody; or, hymns and music, for the use of Sunday-schools and teacher's meetings; with a manual of instruction #63

Baptist Hymn Book #a661

Chapel Hymns #d505

Christian Hymns for Public and Private Worship #736

Christian Psalmody, in Four Parts; containing Dr. Watt's Psalms Abridged; Dr. Watt's Hymns Abridged; Select Hymns from Other Authors; and Select Harmony #SH211

Christian Psalms and Hymns to Aid in Public and Private Devotion #d816

Church Choral-Book #237

Church Chorals and Choir Studies #94

Church Hymn Book . 3rd ed. #d439

Church Hymn Book; consisting of hymns and psalms, original and selected. adapted to public worship and many other occasions. 2nd ed. #665

Church Poetry #177

Congregational Hymn and Tune Book; containing the Psalms and Hymns of the General Association of Connecticut, adapted to Suitable Tunes #468

Familiar Hymns, Alphabetically Arranged. #d224

Hymns for Schools #336

Hymns for Sunday Schools #282

Hymns for the Hospital Chapel, Worcester #d196

Hymns for the Sanctuary and Social Worship #1210

Hymns Selected #d185

Hymns Selected from Dr. Watts, Dr. Doddridge and Various Other Writers #d184

Hymns selected from various authors #511

Hymns, Selected and Arranged for the Sunday School of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of St. Matthew, Philadelphia #d156

Hymns, Selected and Original, for Public and Private Worship #606

Hymns, Selected and Original, for Public and Private Worship, published by General Synod for the Evangelical Lutheran Church. 68th ed. (8th rev. ed.) #d717

Hymns, Selected and Original, for Sunday Schools of the Evangelical Lutheran Church #d392

Hymns, Selected and Original #606

Hymns, Selected from the Most Approved Authors, for the use of Trinity Church, Boston #96

Hymns #606

Hymns #606

Hymns #606

Hymns #606

New Union Hymns #414

Parish Psalmody #d738

Parish Psalmody #d752

Prayers for the Use of Families with a Selection of Hymns #d119

Psalms and Hymns Adapted to Public Worship, and Approved by the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in the United States of America #H459

Psalms and Hymns, Adapted to Public Worship #131

Psalms and Hymns, for Christian Use and Worship #H644

Psalms and Hymns, for the Use of the German Reformed Church, in the United States of America. (2nd ed.) #358

Psalms, Hymns and Spiritual Songs, Original and Selected. (7th ed.) #S415

Sacred poetry #d343

Sacred Poetry #aH.CXCI

Sacred Poetry #d340

Sacred Poetry #H.CXCI

Select Hymns from Other Authors, Selected Harmony Together with Directions for Musical Expression. 2nd ed. #a211

Select Hymns, The Third Part of Christian Psalmody. 3rd ed. #aa211

Select Hymns #211

Selection of Hymns, for Public Worship designed to be used with Watts' #72

Songs for the Sanctuary, or Hymns and Tunes for Christian Worship #1326

Songs for the Sanctuary; or Psalms and Hymns for Christian Worship (Baptist Ed.) #1326

Songs for the Sanctuary; or, Psalms and Hymns for Christian Worship (Words only) #1326

Songs for the Sanctuary #1326

Songs for the Sanctuary #1326

Songs for the Sanctuary #1326

Songs of Devotion for Christian Assocations #522

Songs of the Church #1191

Sunday-School Hymns #249

Supplement to Watts #d379

The Baptist Hymn Book, in Two Parts #d500

The Baptist Hymn Book #661

The Baptist Praise Book #1296

The Christian Harmonist #62

The Church Hymn Book #d887

The Congregational Hymn Book #976

The Gospel Psalmist #895

The Halifax Selection of Hymns #d374

The Harp #914

The Harp. 2nd ed. #a914

The Psalmist #1042

The Psalmist #1042

The Psalmody #955

The Psalms and Hymns of Dr. Watts #1224

The Psalms and Hymns, with the Catechism, Confession of Faith, and Liturgy, of the Reformed Dutch Church in North America #83

The Psalms and Hymns, with the Doctrinal Standards and Liturgy of the Reformed Protestant Dutch Church in North America #H657

The Psalms and Hymns #83

The Psalms of David ... New ed. #d200

The Psalms, Hymns and Spiritual Songs of the Rev. Isaac Watts, D. D. #D211

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