No power on earth shall sever My soul from truth forever

No power on earth shall sever My soul from truth forever

Author: Minot Judson Savage
Tune: [When storms around are sweeping] (Plötz)
Published in 4 hymnals

Author: Minot Judson Savage

Savage, Minot Judson, D.D., was born at Norridgewock, Maine, June 10, 1841, and educated at Bangor Seminary, where he graduated in 1864. From 1867 to 1873 he was a Congregational Minister, and then he joined the Unitarians, and has now (1900) a charge in Boston. He has published several works, including Poems, Boston, 1882. He also edited, with H. M. Dow, Sacred Songs for Public Worship, Boston, 1883, to which he contributed 46 original hymns. In hymnals other than this, of his hymns the following are in common use:— 1. Dost thou hear the bugle sounding. Consecration to Duty. 2. Father, we would not dare to change Thy purpose, &C. Prayer. 3. 0 God Whose law is in the sky.… Go to person page >

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First Line: No power on earth shall sever My soul from truth forever
Author: Minot Judson Savage
Language: English
Copyright: Public Domain

Tune

[When storms around are sweeping] (Plötz)

This tune is misattributed to Johanna Kinkel. She was a musician who composed a tune to her husband's (Johann Gottfried Kinkel) poem, "Des Lehnsmanns Abschied" or "Ritters Abschied", first line: "Weh dass wir scheiden müssen." Otto Plötz also composed a tune to this poem in 1859. Plötz's tune is…

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A Book of Song and Service #54

Heart and Voice #d163

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Heart and Voice #136

Jubilate Deo #359

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