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The music of his steps was sought

Author: William Hunter Appears in 2 hymnals Hymnal Title: Calvin Hymnary Project

THE ITINERANT'S DEATH

Appears in 1 hymnal Composer and/or Arranger: S. W. Hymnal Title: The Minstrel of Zion Tune Key: G Major or modal Incipit: 33112 34534 43217 Used With Text: The itinerant's death

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The music of his steps was sought

Author: Hunter Hymnal: A Collection of Hymns, for the use of the United Brethren in Christ #380 (1858) Hymnal Title: A Collection of Hymns, for the use of the United Brethren in Christ Languages: English

The itinerant's death

Hymnal: The Minstrel of Zion #157 (1845) Hymnal Title: The Minstrel of Zion First Line: The music of his steps was sought Lyrics: 1 The music of his steps was sought, His time had come, but he came not; His little ones were wont to greet The sound of his returning feet: They waited long, were waiting still, To see him hasting o'er the hill, Across the brook, and to the door, His manly face with joy spread o'er. 2 He was a faithful man of God, And in his Saviour's footsteps trod; Stern duty bade him often stray From those who near his bosom lay: But when from anxious toils return'd, Kind hearts with strong affection burn'd; The husband's and the father's voice, In every ear pour'd richest joys. 3 But ah! those ears no more shall hear That voice to wife and children dear; Those eyes of love shall never more Look on that face with joy spread o'er; Shall never see their loved one come, To cheer their hearth and bless their home: Low lies his form beneath the sod; High lives his spirit with his God. 4 Yet still they look with glistening eye, Till lo! a herald hastens nigh; He comes the tale of wo to tell, How he, their prop and glory fell; How died he in a stranger's room, How strangers laid him in the tomb, How spake he with his latest breath, And loved and bless'd them all in death. Tune Title: THE ITINERANT'S DEATH

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William Hunter

1811 - 1877 Hymnal Title: Calvin Hymnary Project Author of "The music of his steps was sought" Hunter, William, D.D, son of John Hunter, was born near Ballymoney, County Antrim, Ireland, May 26, 1811. He removed to America in 1817, and entered Madison College in 1830. For some time he edited the Conference Journal, and the Christian Advocate. In 1855 he was appointed Professor of Hebrew in Alleghany College: and subsequently Minister of the Methodist Episcopal Church, at Alliance, Stark Country, Ohio. He died in 1877. He edited Minstrel of Zion, 1845; Select Melodies, 1851; and Songs of Devotion, 1859. His hymns, over 125 in all, appeared in these works. Some of these have been translated into various Indian languages. The best known are :— 1. A home in heaven; what a joyful thought. Heaven a Home. From his Minstrel of Zion, 1845, into the Methodist Scholar's Hymn Book, London, 1870, &c. 2. Joyfully, joyfully onward I [we] move. Pressing towards Heaven. This hymn is usually dated 1843. It was given in his Minstrel of Zion, 1845, and Select Melodies, 1851, and his Songs of Devotion, 1859. It has attained to great popularity. Two forms of the hymn are current, the original, where the second stanza begins "Friends fondly cherished, have passed on before"; and the altered form, where it reads: “Teachers and Scholars have passed on before." Both texts are given in W. F. Stevenson's Hymns for Church & Home, 1873, Nos. 79, 80, c. 3. The [My] heavenly home is bright and fair. Pressing towards Heaven. From his Minstrel of Zion, 1845, into the Cottage Melodies, New York, 1859, and later collections. 4. The Great Physician now is near. Christ the Physician. From his Songs of Devotion, 1859 5. Who shall forbid our grateful[chastened]woe? This hymn, written in 1843, was published in his Minstrel of Zion, 1845, and in his Songs of Devotion, 1859. [ Rev. F. M. Bird, M.A.] --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)