FORTITUDE (Filby)

FORTITUDE (Filby)

Composer: William C. Filby (1874)
Published in 38 hymnals


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Composer: William C. Filby

Baptized: St. Paul, January 16, 1833, Hammersmith, Middlesex, England. Died: June 22, 1913, Richmond, Surrey, England. Son of William and Lucy Filby, William studied in France, and played the organ at St. Peter’s Church, Hammersmith (1849); Bromley Parish Church, Kent (1853); the London churches of St. Peter, Walworth; St. Matthew, Bayswater; and St. Luke, Westbourne Park; Holy Trinity, Margate, Kent; Holy Trinity, Stepney, London; and St. Paul, West Greenwich, London (1884). He also served as organist at the International Exhibitions of 1882 and of 1885, wrote and lectured on church music, opera and music education, and composed organ voluntaries, operettas, songs, part songs and choruses. --www.hymntime.com/tch/  Go to person page >

Tune Information

Title: FORTITUDE (Filby)
Composer: William C. Filby (1874)
Meter: 5.5.5.5.6.5.6.5
Incipit: 56531 67153 56553
Copyright: Public Domain

Texts

Breast the Wave, Christian

Breast the wave, Christian,
When it is strongest;
Watch for day, Christian,
When the night's longest;
Onward and onward still
Be Thine endeavour;
The rest that remaineth
Will be for ever.

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Media

The Cyber Hymnal #620
Text: Breast the Wave, Christian
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Instances

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Christian Song #354

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Hymnal with Music for Children #121

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Hymnal with Music for Children #121

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Hymns of the Church #382

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Hymns of the Faith #401

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Hymns of the United Church #185

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Hymns of the United Church #185

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Hymns of Worship and Service #340

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Hymns of Worship and Service #340

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Hymns of Worship and Service #263

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Hymns of Worship and Service. (Chapel ed.) #263

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In Excelsis for School and Chapel #212

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Life-Time Hymns #164

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Praise and Thanks #61

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Praise and Thanks #B1-61

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Small Church Music #4651

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Songs for Christian Soldiers #27

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Songs of Service #66

Songs of Service. Rev. ed. #a66

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Sunday School Hymnal #60

The Book of Praise for Church, School and Home #178

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The Book of Praise for Sunday Schools #178

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The Chapel Hymnal #252

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The Chapel Hymnal #252

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The Church Hymnal #490

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The Church Hymnal #656a

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The Cyber Hymnal #620

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The Epworth Hymnal No. 2 #174

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The Haverford School Hymnal #252

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The Hymnal #492

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The Hymnal of Praise #286

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The Hymnal of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America 1940 #565

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The Hymnal #112

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The Methodist Sunday School Hymnal #211

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The Mission Hymnal #22

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The Mission Hymnal. (Enlarged Edition) #22

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The Primitive Methodist Church Hymnal #354

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The School Hymnal #211

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