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Come to me, Lord, when first I wake

Author: H. V. Tebbs Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 14 hymnals Topics: Morning Used With Tune: MOZART

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HESPERUS

Appears in 511 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: H. Baker, Mus. Bac. Incipit: 33351 22355 54534 Used With Text: Come to me, Lord, when first I wake
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HOLLEY

Appears in 330 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Geo. Hews Incipit: 32313 23453 54533 Used With Text: Come to me Lord, when first I wake

OXFORD

Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 1 hymnal Composer and/or Arranger: Bishop C. Venn Pilcher Tune Key: D Major Incipit: 13516 54345 65313 Used With Text: Come to me, Lord, when first I wake

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Come to me, Lord, when first I wake

Author: H. V. Tebbs Hymnal: Melodies and Hymns for Divine Service in Appleton Chapel #a123 (1870) Languages: English

Come to me, Lord, when first I wake

Author: H. V. Tebbs Hymnal: The Book of Common Praise #8a (1939) Meter: 8.8.8.8 Topics: Morning Tune Title: OXFORD

Come to me, Lord, when first I wake

Author: H. V. Tebbs Hymnal: The Book of Common Praise #8b (1939) Meter: 8.8.8.8 Topics: Morning Tune Title: MOZART

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Henry Baker

1835 - 1910 Person Name: H. Baker, Mus. Bac. Composer of "HESPERUS" in Worship Song Henry Baker, Mus. Bac., son of the Rev. James Baker, Chancellor of the diocese of Durham; born at Nuneham, Oxfordshire; educated at Winchester School; graduated Bachelor in Music at the University of Oxford in 1867. He also worked as a civil engineer. Scottish Church Music, its composers and sources by James Love; William Blackwwod and Sons, Edinburgh and London, 1891

George Hews

1806 - 1873 Person Name: Geo. Hews Composer of "HOLLEY" in The Christian Hymnal Born: January 6, 1806, Weston, Massachusetts. Died: July 6, 1873, Boston, Massachusetts.

Henvy Virtue Tebbs

1797 - 1876 Person Name: H. V. Tebbs Author of "Come to me, Lord, when first I wake" in Worship Song Tebbs, Henry Virtue, was born in Chelsea in 1797. He was a Proctor in Doctors' Commons, and joined in establishing the first Sunday School in Chelsea. Most of his later years were spent on the Continent, mostly at Pegli, near Genoa, and where, mainly through his exertions, a Church for the English congregation was erected and where he died Nov. 27, 1876. (Record, Dec. 23,1876.) His hymn "Come to me, Lord, when first I wake" (Morning) was written for his wife's birthday, March 16, 1851, and circulated in MS. for some years. In 1866 it was printed in the N. Y. Hours at Home, and then in the Hymnal Companion and other collections. It has been translated into 17 languages, and has also been embossed for the blind. --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, Appendix, Part II (1907)
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