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[Be still, and know that I am God]

Appears in 3 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: C. H. Scott Incipit: 11111 11112 61767 Used With Text: Be still, and know that I am God

Be still, and know that I am God

Appears in 43 hymnals Used With Tune: [Be still, and know that I am God]

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Be still, and know that I am God

Hymnal: Unity Song Selections #58 (1926) Languages: English Tune Title: [Be still, and know that I am God]

Be still, and know that I am God

Hymnal: Unity Song Selections #58 (1941) Languages: English Tune Title: [Be still, and know that I am God]

Be Still

Hymnal: Truth in Song #9 (1896) First Line: Be still, and know that I am God Languages: English Tune Title: [Be still, and know that I am God]

1841 - 1897 Person Name: C. H. Scott Composer of "[Be still, and know that I am God]" in Unity Song Selections Clara Harriett Fiske Jones Scott USA 1841-1897. Born at Elk Grove, IL, daughter of a farmer, the family moved to Chicago in 1856. Clara enrolled in the first Chicago Musical Institute, after founders, Chauncy M Cady and William Bradbury, opened it in 1858. Following her graduation from the program, she found employment at the new Lyons Girl’s Seminary (also founded in 1858) in Lyons, IA. While working there, she met Henry Clay Scott, who worked for Scott & Ovington Brothers wholesale crockery company. The two married in 1861 in McGregor, IA. They had two daughters, Medora and Mary. The family moved to Austin, IL, near Chicago in the 1870s. She become a composer, hymnwriter, and publisher. She was the first woman to publish a volume of anthems, ‘The Royal anthem book’ in 1882. Horatio Palmer, a friend, helped her publish her songs. She issued three collections of songs. In 1895 she and her husband, now an invalid, moved to Chicago. In 1897 she was returning to her friend’s house after attending a funeral in DuBuque, IA. She was driving a horse-drawn buggy with two friends, Martha Hay and D D Myers. The buggy’s hold-back strap snapped, spooking the horse, who raced forward, colliding with a coping stone, causing the buggy to roll. Clara and Martha were thrown out and both died instantly. The third lady, D D, was severly injured. Clara’s funeral was well-attended by music writers, teachers, professors, publishers, and friends. Two of her own compositions were sung by a quartet of close friends. She died at Dubuque, IA. John Perry