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Since All the Downward Tracts of Time

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1 Since all the varying scenes of time
God's watchful eye surveys,
O who so wise to choose our lot,
Or to appoint our ways?

2 Good, when he gives, supremely good,
Nor less when he denies;
E'en crosses, from his sovereign hand,
Are blessings in disguise.

3 Why should we doubt a Father's love,
So constant and so kind?
To his unerring, gracious will
Be every wish resigned.

Source: The Seventh-Day Adventist Hymn and Tune Book: for use in divine worship #730

Author: James Hervey

Hervey, James, M.A., son of the Rector of Weston-Favell and Collingtree, diocese of Peterborough, was born at Hardingstone, near Northampton, Feb. 14, 1714, and educated at the Free Grammar School, Northampton, and Lincoln College, Oxford. At Oxford he had John Wesley, then a Fellow of Lincoln, as his tutor. Ordained in 1736, he assisted his father for a short time, and then became Curate of Dummer. At the end of a year he passed on to Devonshire, first as a guest of Mr. Orchard, at Stoke Abbey, and then as Curate of Bideford. In 1742 he left Bideford and rejoined his father, whom he succeeded as Rector of Weston-Favell and Collingtree in 1752. He died Dec. 25, 1758. His controversial and religious writings were very popular at one time, bu… Go to person page >

Text Information

First Line: Since all the varying scenes of time
Title: Since All the Downward Tracts of Time
Author: James Hervey
Meter: 8.6.8.6
Source: Reflections from a Flower Garden, 1746
Language: English
Copyright: Public Domain

Since all the coming [varying] scenes of time. Altered forms of "Since all the downward tracts of time," p. 517, i.

--John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, Appendix, Part II (1907)

Notes

Since all the coming [varying] scenes of time. Altered forms of "Since all the downward tracts of time," p. 517, i.

--John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, Appendix, Part II (1907)

Tune

WILTSHIRE (Smart)


NAOMI (Nägeli)

NAOMI was a melody that Lowell Mason (PHH 96) brought to the United States from Europe and arranged as a hymn tune; the arrangement was first published in the periodical Occasional Psalm and Hymn Tunes (1836). Some scholars have attributed the original melody to Johann G. Nageli (PHH 315), but there…

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ST. ANNE

Though no firm documentation exists, ST. ANNE was probably composed by William Croft (PHH 149), possibly when he was organist from 1700-1711 at St. Anne's Church in Soho, London, England. (According to tradition, St. Anne was the mother of the Virgin Mary.) The tune was first published in A Suppleme…

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The American Hymn and Tune Book #d690

The Association Hymn Book #d108

The Baptist Hymn and Praise Book #d428

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The Baptist Hymn and Tune Book for Public Worship #154

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The Baptist Hymn and Tune Book, for Public Worship #63.154

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The Baptist Hymn Book #154

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The Baptist Hymn Book #664

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The Baptist Hymnal, for Use in the Church and Home #80

The Baptist Hymnal #80

The Baptist Hymnal. Shaped notes ed. #d510

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The Baptist Praise Book #211

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The Baptist Psalmody #56

The Book of Praise #d679

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The Canadian Baptist Hymn Book #103

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The Chapel hymn book, with tunes #533

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The Christian Church Hymnal #27

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The Christian Hymn Book #85

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The Christian Psalmist; or, Watts' Psalms and Hymns #162

The Church Hymn Book #d847

The Church Hymn Book #d477

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The Clifton Chapel Collection of "Psalms, Hymns, and Spiritual Songs" #726

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The Cluster of Spiritual Songs, Divine Hymns and Sacred Poems #CCCLXVI

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The College Hymnal #425

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The Cyber Hymnal #5870

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The Devotional Hymn and Tune Book #436

The Devotional Hymn Book #d417

The Evangelical Hymn and Tune Book #d648

The Gospel Praise Book #d386

The Halifax Selection of Hymns #d366

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The Harp #95

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The Harp. 2nd ed. #a95

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The Heart and Voice #109c

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The Hymn Book of the African Methodist Episcopal Church #44

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The Hymn Book of the Free Methodist Church #574

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The Lyrica #257

The Millennial Harp #d369

The Millennial Harp #d370

The Modern Harp #d224

The National Baptist Hymn Book #d475

The National Baptist Hymn Book #ad475

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The National Baptist Hymnal #103

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The New Baptist Psalmist and Tune Book #106

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The New Hymn Book #9

The People's Praise Book or Carmina Sanctorum #d534

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The Presbyterian Hymnal #371

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The Presbyterian Hymnal #371

The Primitive Hymns #d582

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The Psalmist #190

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The Psalmist #190

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The Psalmody #160

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The Psalms and Hymns #49b

The Public School Hymnal, for the Use of High Schools and Seminaries. New and enl. ed. #d213

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The Public School Hymnal #99

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The Sabbath Hymn and Tune Book #191a

The Sabbath Hymn Book. Baptist ed. #d926

The Service of Song for Baptist Churches #d782

The Service of Song for Baptist Churches #d494

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The Seventh-Day Adventist Hymn and Tune Book #730

The Southern Psalmist #d726

The Southern Psalmist #d846

The Southern Psalmist. New ed. #d763

The Southern Psalmist. New ed. #d890

The St. Alban Hymnal #d371

The Vestry Hymn and Tune Book #d414

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The Vestry Singing Book #218

The Village Hymn book #d241

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The Voice of Praise #124

Union Hymns #d350

Universalist Hymn Book #d555

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Zion's Songster #147

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