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O had I wings like a Dove

Author: C. J. Appears in 15 hymnals First Line: O had I wings like a dove, I would fly Used With Tune: [O had I wings like a dove, I would fly]

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[Oh! had I wings, like a dove, I would fly]

Appears in 5 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Chas. Jeffreys Incipit: 55432 11765 55513 Used With Text: Oh! had I wings, like a Dove

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O had I wings like a Dove

Author: C. J. Hymnal: Select Songs No. 2 #24 (1893) First Line: O had I wings like a dove, I would fly Languages: English Tune Title: [O had I wings like a dove, I would fly]
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Oh! had I wings, like a Dove

Author: Mary S. B. Dana Hymnal: The Male Chorus No. 1 #118 (1888) First Line: Oh! had I wings, like a dove, I would fly Languages: English Tune Title: [Oh! had I wings, like a dove, I would fly]
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Words of Promise

Author: Charles Jefferys Hymnal: Gospel Praise Book. #205 (1885) First Line: O! had I wings like a dove, I would fly Lyrics: 1 O! had I wings like a dove, I would fly Away from this world of care; My soul would mount to the realms on high, And seek for a refuge there; But is there no haven here on earth? No hope for the wounded breast? No favored spot where content has birth, In which I may find a rest? 2 O, is it not written, Believe and live? The heart by bright hope allured Shall find the comfort these words can give, And be by its faith assured; Then why should we fear the cold world’s frown, When truth to the heart has given The light of religion to guide us on In joy to the paths of heaven. 3 There is, there is in Thy holy word— Thy word which can ne’er depart— There is a promise of mercy stored For the lowly and meek of heart: “My yoke is easy, My burden light, Then come unto Me for rest;”— These, these are the words of promise stored For the wounded and wearied breast. Languages: English Tune Title: [O! had I wings like a dove, I would fly]

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Asa Hull

1828 - 1907 Arranger of "Words of Promise" in Sunday School Anthem and Chorus Book Asa Hull USA 1828-1907. Born in Keene, NY, he became a music publisher in New York City. He married Emma F Atherton, and they had a daughter, Harriett. He wrote many tunes and authored temperance rallying songs. He published 33 works, of which 21 were songbooks, between 1863-1895. He died in Philadelphia, PA. John Perry

Mary Dana Shindler

1810 - 1883 Person Name: Mary S. B. Dana Author of "Oh! had I wings, like a Dove" in The Male Chorus No. 1 Shindler, Mary Stanley Bunce, née Palmer, better known as Mrs. Dana, was born in Beaufort, South Carolina, Feb. 15, 1810. In 1835 she was married to Charles E. Dana, of New York, and removed with him to Bloomington, now Muscatine, Iowa, in 1838. Mr. Dana died in 1839, and Mrs. Dana returned to South Carolina. Subsequently she was married to the Rev. Robert D. Shindler, who was Professor in Shelby College, Kentucky, in 1851, and afterwards in Texas. Mrs. Shindler, originally a Presbyterian, was for some time an Unitarian; but of late years she has been a member of the Protestant Episcopal Church. As Mary S. B. Dana she published the Southern Harp, 1840, and the Northern Harp, 1841. From these works her hymns have been taken, 8 of which are in T. O. Summers's Songs of Zion, 1851. The best known are:— 1. Fiercely came the tempest sweeping. Christ stilling the storm. (1841.) 2. I'm a pilgrim, and I'm a stranger. A Christian Pilgrim. (1841.) 3. O sing to me of heaven. Heaven contemplated. (1840.) Sometimes given as "Come, sing to me of heaven." [Rev. F. M. Bird, M.A.] -- John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907) =================== Shindler, Mary S. B., p. 1055, i. Other hymns usually attributed to this writer, are "Prince of Peace, control my will" (Perfect Peace), in the Church of England Magazine, March 3, 1858, in 32 lines; and " Once upon the heaving ocean" (Jesus calming the Sea). --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, Appendix, Part II (1907)

Charles Jeffreys

Person Name: Charles Jefferys Author of "Words of Promise" in Gospel Praise Book.
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