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A Voice From the Desert
Author: William H. Drummond Meter: 11.11.11.11 Appears in 44 hymnals First Line: A voice from the desert comes awful and shrill Lyrics: 1 A voice from the desert comes awful and shrill:
The Lord is advancing—prepare ye the way;
The word of Jehovah He comes to fulfill,
And o’er the dark world pour the splendor of day.
2 Bring down the proud mountain, though towering to Heaven,
And be the low valley exalted on high!
The rough path and crooked be made smooth and even,
For, Sion, your king, your Redeemer, is nigh.
3 The beams of salvation His progress illume,
The lone, dreary wilderness sings of her God;
The rose and the myrtle will suddenly bloom,
The olive of peace spread its branches abroa Used With Tune: GORDON Text Sources: Who Are the Happy?, 1818
A Voice From the Desert
A Voice From the Desert
Author: William H. Drummond Hymnal: The Cyber Hymnal #7910 Meter: 11.11.11.11 First Line: A voice from the desert comes awful and shrill Lyrics: 1 A voice from the desert comes awful and shrill:
The Lord is advancing—prepare ye the way;
The word of Jehovah He comes to fulfill,
And o’er the dark world pour the splendor of day.
2 Bring down the proud mountain, though towering to Heaven,
And be the low valley exalted on high!
The rough path and crooked be made smooth and even,
For, Sion, your king, your Redeemer, is nigh.
3 The beams of salvation His progress illume,
The lone, dreary wilderness sings of her God;
The rose and the myrtle will suddenly bloom,
The olive of peace spread its branches abroa Languages: English Tune Title: GORDON
A Voice From the Desert
A voice from the desert comes awful and shrill
Hymnal: Family Singing Book. Rev ed. with Supplement #d2 (1856)
A voice from the desert comes awful and shrill
A voice from the desert comes awful and shrill
Author: William H. Drummond Hymnal: The Christian Psalter #d2 (1841)
A voice from the desert comes awful and shrill
Adoniram J. Gordon
1836 - 1895 Person Name: Adoniram Judson Gordon Composer of "GORDON" in The Cyber Hymnal Adoniram J. Gordon (b. New Hampton, NH, 1836; d. Boston, MA, 1895) was educated at Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, and Newton Theological Seminary, Newton, Massachusetts. After being ordained in 1863, he served the Baptist Church in Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts, and the Clarendon Street Baptist Church, Boston. A close friend of Dwight L. Moody, he promoted evangelism and edited The Service of Song for Baptist Churches (1871) as well as The Vestry Hymn and Tune Book (1872). Both Gordon College and Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary are named after Gordon.
Bert Polman
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Gordon, Adoniram Judson, D.D., born at New Hampton, N.H., Apr. 19, 1836. Graduated at Brown University, 1860; entered the Baptist ministry; Pastor of Clarendon Street Baptist Church, Boston, 1869; and died in 1895. He published The Vestry Hymn and Tune Book, 1872; and was one of the editors of the Service of Song for Baptist Churches, 1871. His hymns in common use include:—
1. O blessed Paraclete. [Holy Spirit .] Given in Sursum Corda, 1898, as having been written in 1890.
2. O Spirit's anointing, for service appointing . [Foreign Missions.] This hymn was "written in the summer of 1886, at Northfield School for Bible Study, organised by Mr. Moody. More than one hundred college students connected with this school gave themselves to the work of foreign missions during their stay at Northfield. Four of their number were chosen to visit the colleges in different parts of the country, and endeavour to awaken a deeper interest in missions during the succeeding academic year. At their request Dr. Gordon” wrote this hymn. Baptist Hymns and Hymn Writers.
3. Where art thou, soul! I hear God say. [Divine Chiding.] Published in social meeting edition of The Service of Song, 1881.
--John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, New Supplement (1907)
Adoniram J. Gordon
William Hamilton Drummond
1778 - 1865 Person Name: William H. Drummond Author of "A Voice From the Desert" in The Cyber Hymnal Drummond, William Hamilton, D.D., son of an Irish physician, was born at Ballyclare, Antrim, Ireland, 1772, and died at Dublin, Oct. 16, 1865. Educated for the ministry at the University of Glasgow, he became, in 1793, the pastor of the Second Presbyterian Church, Belfast, and in 1816, of the Strand Street Chapel, Dublin. His poetical works include:—
(1) Juvenile Poems, 1797; (2) Trafalger, 1805; (3) The Giant's Causeway, 1811; (4) Clontarf, 1817; (5) Who are the Happy? a Poem, on the Christian Beatitudes, with other Poems on Sacred Subjects, 1818.
In 1818 A Selection of Psalms & Hymns for the Use of the Presbytery of Antrim, and the Congregation of Strand Street, Dublin, was published at Belfast. This Selection was probably edited by Dr. Drummond. It contained several of his hymns. Five of these (Nos. 84, 190, 201, 236, 264) were contributed to that edition.
From Who are the Happy? the following hymns have come into common use:—
1. A voice from the desert comes awful and shrill. Advent. This is in extensive use in the Unitarian hymn-books of America.
2. Come, let us sound her praise abroad. Charity.
3. Father, I may not ask for less. Charity. This is stanzas ii.-v. of No. 2, with a new introductory stanza. In this form the hymn was given in the Leeds Hymn Book, 1853.
4. Give thanks to God the Lord. Victory through Christ. Limited in use, although a hymn of much spirit. It appeared in the Belfast Psalms & Hymns, 1818.
5. O had I the wings of a dove. Retirement. This hymn is not suited to congregational use. It appeared in the Belfast Psalms & Hymns, 1818.
The original texts of these hymns are in Lyra Britannica, 1867, from whence also most of the biographical facts have been taken. A few of Drummond's hymns, in addition to those named, are found in some American Unitarian collections.
-- John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)
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Drummond, William, p. 312, ii. In the British Museum there is a copy of Drummond's Poems as fol¬lows :— Poems by William Drummond of Hawthornedene. The second Impression, Edinburgh. Printed by Andro Hart, 1616. Neither the Flowers of Zion, nor the translations from the Latin are therein.
--John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, Appendix, Part II (1907)
William Hamilton Drummond
