[Come close to the Savior, thy loving Redeemer]

[Come close to the Savior, thy loving Redeemer]

Composer: Horatio Palmer
Published in 16 hymnals


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Composer: Horatio Palmer

Palmer, Horatio Richmond, MUS. DOC, was born April 26, 1834. He is the author of several works on the theory of music; and the editor of some musical editions of hymnbooks. To the latter he contributed numerous tunes, some of which have attained to great popularity, and 5 of which are in I. D. Sankey's Sacred Songs and Solos, London, 1881. His publications include Songs of Love for the Bible School; and Book of Anthems, the combined sale of which has exceeded one million copies. As a hymnwriter he is known by his "Yield not to temptation," which was written in 1868, and published in the National Sunday School Teachers' Magazine, from which it passed, with music by the author, into his Songs of Love, &c, 1874, and other collections. In A… Go to person page >

Tune Information

Title: [Come close to the Savior, thy loving Redeemer]
Composer: Horatio Palmer
Incipit: 54565 11712 16545
Key: E♭ Major
Copyright: Public Domain

Timeline

Media

The Cyber Hymnal #773
Text: Come Close to the Savior
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Instances

Instances (1 - 16 of 16)
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Exalted Praise #80

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Garnered Gems #52

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Gospel Hymn Selections for female voices #18

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Gospel Hymn Selections for Male Voices #107

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Gospel Praise #233

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Life-Time Hymns #136

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Ocean Grove Songs #42

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Song-Land Messenger Complete #197

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Songs of Love and Praise No. 4 #164

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Songs of the Peacemaker #94

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Songs Tried and Proved #42

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The Bow of Promise #60

TextScoreAudio

The Cyber Hymnal #773

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The Gospel Choir No. 2 #118

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The Young People's Hymnal #156

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Zion's Praises (1st ed.) #54

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