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Father, While the Shadows Fall

Author: Emily H. Miller Appears in 13 hymnals Hymnal Title: A Book of Song and Service Refrain First Line: Take me in Thy holy keeping Topics: Evening Used With Tune: [Father, while the shadows fall]

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[Father, while the shadows fall]

Appears in 7 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: William H. Monk Hymnal Title: A Book of Song and Service Incipit: 32135 51176 13366 Used With Text: Father, While the Shadows Fall

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Appears in 1 hymnal Composer and/or Arranger: A. M. Goodhart, b. 1866 Hymnal Title: Church Hymns Incipit: 34517 25123 2165 Used With Text: Father, while the shadows fall

[Father, while the shadows fall]

Appears in 2 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Geo. Marks Evans Hymnal Title: The Finest of the Wheat No. 3 Incipit: 34345 43232 34323 Used With Text: Father, While the Shadows Fall

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Father, While the Shadows Fall

Author: Emily H. Miller Hymnal: A Book of Song and Service #143 (1905) Hymnal Title: A Book of Song and Service Refrain First Line: Take me in Thy holy keeping Topics: Evening Languages: English Tune Title: [Father, while the shadows fall]

Take me in thy holy keeping

Author: Emily Huntington Miller Hymnal: Choral Song #d39 (1891) Hymnal Title: Choral Song First Line: Father, while the shadows fall

Take me in thy holy keeping

Author: Emily Huntington Miller Hymnal: Choral Song #d40 (1891) Hymnal Title: Choral Song First Line: Father, while the shadows fall

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Emily Huntington Miller

1833 - 1913 Person Name: Emily H. Miller Hymnal Title: A Book of Song and Service Author of "Father, While the Shadows Fall" in A Book of Song and Service Miller, Emily, née Huntingdon, daughter of the Rev. Thomas Huntington, D.D., was born at Brooklyn, Connecticut, Oct. 22, 1833: and was subsequently married to Professor Miller. Mrs. Miller is joint editor of The Little Corporal, published at Chicago, in which several of her poetical pieces appeared. Of her hymns the most widely known are:— 1. Enter Thy temple, glorious King. Opening of a Place of Worship. This was written for the opening of the Methodist Episcopal Church, at Akron, Ohio, 1861; and is in several collections, including the Methodist Episcopal Hymnal, 1878. 2. I love to hear the story. Early Piety. Written for and published in The Little Corporal, 1867. This is in extensive use in Great Britain and America. It was included in Hymns Ancient & Modern, in 1875. 3. Beyond the dark river of death. Heaven. 4. Blessed are the children. Early Piety. 5. Father, while the shadows fall. Evening. 6. Hark, the chorus swelling. Christmas. 7. I love the name of Jesus. Holy Name Jesus. 8. Jesus bids us shine. Early Piety. 9. Stay, trembling soul, and do not fear. Holy Communion. 10. Work and never weary, though thy strength be small. Perseverance. Of these hymns, No. 7 is in the 1878 Additional Hymns to the Leeds Sunday School Hymn Book; No. 8, is in Barrett's Book of Praise for Children, 1881; No. 9, in Common Praise, 1879; and Nos. 4, 5, 6, and 10, in E. Hodder's New Sunday School Hymn Book, 2nd ed., 1868. --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, Appendix, Part II (1907) ======================= Miller, Emily, née Huntington, p. 1579, ii. Of Mrs. Miller's hymns, Nos. 4, 5, 6 and 10 were written for and first printed in The Little Corporal, as follows: 4—April, 1868; 5—Aug. 1868; 6—May, 1868; and 10—Sept. 1868. Nos. 7, 8, and 9 are not hers. No. 8, "Jesus bids us shine," she informs us is by Susan Warner. [Rev. James Mearns, M.A.] --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, New Supplement (1907)

William Henry Monk

1823 - 1889 Person Name: William H. Monk Hymnal Title: A Book of Song and Service Composer of "[Father, while the shadows fall]" in A Book of Song and Service William H. Monk (b. Brompton, London, England, 1823; d. London, 1889) is best known for his music editing of Hymns Ancient and Modern (1861, 1868; 1875, and 1889 editions). He also adapted music from plainsong and added accompaniments for Introits for Use Throughout the Year, a book issued with that famous hymnal. Beginning in his teenage years, Monk held a number of musical positions. He became choirmaster at King's College in London in 1847 and was organist and choirmaster at St. Matthias, Stoke Newington, from 1852 to 1889, where he was influenced by the Oxford Movement. At St. Matthias, Monk also began daily choral services with the choir leading the congregation in music chosen according to the church year, including psalms chanted to plainsong. He composed over fifty hymn tunes and edited The Scottish Hymnal (1872 edition) and Wordsworth's Hymns for the Holy Year (1862) as well as the periodical Parish Choir (1840-1851). Bert Polman