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Hail, Sacred Truth!

Author: John Buttress Appears in 98 hymnals First Line: Hail, sacred Truth! whose piercing rays Lyrics: 1 Hail, sacred Truth! whose piercing rays Dispel the shades of night; Diffusing o’er the mental world The healing beams of light. 2 Thy Word, O Lord, with friendly aid, Restores our wand’ring feet, Converts the sorrows of the mind To joys divinely sweet. 3 O send Thy light and truth abroad In all their radiant blaze, And bid th’admiring world adore Thy glories of Thy grace. Used With Tune: BALLERMA Text Sources: Gospel Mag., 1778, p. 55

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BALLERMA

Appears in 473 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: François Hipplyte Barthélémon, 1741-1808 Tune Key: A Flat Major Incipit: 13216 56113 23532 Used With Text: Hail, Sacred Truth!
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MAITLAND

Appears in 671 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: George N. Allen Tune Key: B Flat Major Incipit: 34551 32161 65513 Used With Text: Hail, sacred truth! whose piercing rays
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WOODSTOCK

Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 130 hymnals Tune Key: G Major or modal Incipit: 13335 22234 56543 Used With Text: Revelation welcomed and disseminated

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Hail, sacred truth! whose piercing rays

Author: John Buttress Hymnal: The Seventh-Day Adventist Hymn and Tune Book #186 (1886) Lyrics: 1 Hail, sacred truth! whose piercing rays Dispel the shades of night, Diffusing o'er a ruined world The healing beams of light. 2 Jesus, thy word, with friendly aid, Restores our wandering feet; Converts the sorrows of the mind To joys divinely sweet. 3 O send thy light and truth abroad, In all their radiant blaze; And bid the admiring world adore The glories of thy grace. Topics: Worship Holy Scriptures Tune Title: MAITLAND
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Hail, sacred truth! whose piercing rays

Hymnal: Church Psalmody #H1 (1831) Languages: English
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Hail, sacred truth! whose piercing rays

Hymnal: Millennial Harp #C89 (1846) Languages: English

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William B. Bradbury

1816 - 1868 Person Name: W. B. Bradbury Composer of "BROWN" in Songs for the Service of Prayer William Batchelder Bradbury USA 1816-1868. Born at York, ME, he was raised on his father's farm, with rainy days spent in a shoe-shop, the custom in those days. He loved music and spent spare hours practicing any music he could find. In 1830 the family moved to Boston, where he first saw and heard an organ and piano, and other instruments. He became an organist at 15. He attended Dr. Lowell Mason's singing classes, and later sang in the Bowdoin Street church choir. Dr. Mason became a good friend. He made $100/yr playing the organ, and was still in Dr. Mason's choir. Dr. Mason gave him a chance to teach singing in Machias, ME, which he accepted. He returned to Boston the following year to marry Adra Esther Fessenden in 1838, then relocated to Saint John, New Brunswick. Where his efforts were not much appreciated, so he returned to Boston. He was offered charge of music and organ at the First Baptist Church of Brooklyn. That led to similar work at the Baptist Tabernacle, New York City, where he also started a singing class. That started singing schools in various parts of the city, and eventually resulted in music festivals, held at the Broadway Tabernacle, a prominent city event. He conducted a 1000 children choir there, which resulted in music being taught as regular study in public schools of the city. He began writing music and publishing it. In 1847 he went with his wife to Europe to study with some of the music masters in London and also Germany. He attended Mendelssohn funeral while there. He went to Switzerland before returning to the states, and upon returning, commenced teaching, conducting conventions, composing, and editing music books. In 1851, with his brother, Edward, he began manufacturring Bradbury pianos, which became popular. Also, he had a small office in one of his warehouses in New York and often went there to spend time in private devotions. As a professor, he edited 59 books of sacred and secular music, much of which he wrote. He attended the Presbyterian church in Bloomfield, NJ, for many years later in life. He contracted tuberculosis the last two years of his life. John Perry

George Nelson Allen

1812 - 1877 Person Name: George N. Allen Composer of "MAITLAND" in The Seventh-Day Adventist Hymn and Tune Book George Nelson Allen (1812-1871), studied at Western Reserve Academy in Hudson, Oh OH and with Lowell Mason in Boston. Allen gave a strong musical foundation to Oberlin College in its earliest years; in addition to being Professor of Music he also served as Professor of Geology and Natural History, Secretary and Treasurer. In 1835 he compiled The Oberlin Social and Sabbath Hymn Book, in which appeared his most well known tune MAITLAND (also known as CROSS AND CROWN or WESTERN MELODY) with the text "Must Jesus bear the cross alone?". This was adapted by Thomas A. Dorsey in 1938 for his hymn "Precious Lord, take my hand". hand." He composed anthems and wrote some additional music for Isaac Woodbury's Oratorio "Absalom." He compiled a small 3" x 4" hymnal that every student should keep in his pocket that went through several printings. Mary Louise VanDyke

F.-H. Barthélémon

1741 - 1808 Person Name: François Hipplyte Barthélémon, 1741-1808 Composer of "BALLERMA" in The Cyber Hymnal French violinist, composer, teacher, he became active in England, playing in an Italian comedy orchestra and led a band. He wrote opera, ballet, theatre music and ballads, popular songs, masques, concertos and 6 symphonies. John Perry
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