Eastergate (John Ireland)
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CPDL #15441: NWC Source
- Editor: John Henry Fowler (added 2007-11-15). Score information: A4, 1 page, 20 kbytes Copyright: Public Domain
- Edition notes: SATB version in English from CyberHymnal - File Sizes: PDF: 20 KB, MIDI: 2 KB, NWC: 1 KB
General Information
Title: Eastergate
Composer: John Ireland
Number of voices: 4vv Voicing: SATB
Genre: Sacred, Hymns Meter: 58. 53
Language: English
Instruments: piano/organ
Published: Tune: Eastergate, John N. Ireland, 1906; Lyrics: Isabella S. Stephenson, 1869. She wrote this hymn after his brother was sent to South Africa for health reasons. It was sung on the HMS Bacchante, and published in the Manual of Common Prayer at Sea, 1886.
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Cyber Hymnal entry for Eastergate:
Original text and translations
English text
- 1.
- Holy Father, in Thy mercy,
- Hear our anxious prayer.
- Keep our loved ones, now far distant,
- ’Neath Thy care.
- 2.
- Jesus, Savior, let Thy presence
- Be their light and guide;
- Keep, oh, keep them, in their weakness,
- At Thy side.
- 3.
- When in sorrow, when in danger,
- When in loneliness,
- In Thy love look down and comfort
- Their distress.
- 4.
- May the joy of Thy salvation
- Be their strength and stay;
- May they love and may they praise Thee
- Day by day.
- 5.
- Holy Spirit, let Thy teaching
- Sanctify their life;
- Send Thy grace, that they may conquer
- In the strife.
- 6.
- Father, Son, and Holy Spirit,
- God the One in Three,
- Bless them, guide them, save them, keep them
- Near to Thee.
Lyrics: Isabella S. Stephenson, 1869. Manual of Common Prayer at Sea, 1886.