There Is a Green Hill Far Away - Revision history

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‎Notes pertaining to The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

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‎LDS Notes

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‎External Links

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‎Lyrics

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‎Lyrics

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‎LDS Notes

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 =Notes pertaining to The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints=
-It seems likely that the reason the third verse is missing in the current LDS hymnal is that the tune ''[[meditation]]'', commonly used with this song (which is in [[common meter]]), was not published in early church hymnals, but rather another tune written in [[common meter double]] was used in [[Deseret Sunday School Songs, 1909]]; there were five verses in the original hymn, and so to make it fit [[common meter double]] one of the verses had to be dropped.
+It seems likely that the reason the third verse is missing in Hymns, 1985 is that the tune ''[[meditation]]'', commonly used with this song (which is in [[common meter]]), was not published in early church hymnals, but rather another tune written in [[common meter double]] was used in [[Deseret Sunday School Songs, 1909]]; there were five verses in the original hymn, and so to make it fit [[common meter double]] one of the verses had to be dropped.
 =Tunes=

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 *[http://www.lds.org/churchmusic/detailmusicPlayer/index.html?searchlanguage=1&searchcollection=1&searchseqstart=194&searchsubseqstart=%20&searchseqend=194&searchsubseqend=ZZZ Flash printable/playable sheet music from LDS.org]
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+=Notes pertaining to The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints=
 It seems likely that the reason the third verse is missing in the current LDS hymnal is that the tune ''[[meditation]]'', commonly used with this song (which is in [[common meter]]), was not published in early church hymnals, but rather another tune written in [[common meter double]] was used in [[Deseret Sunday School Songs, 1909]]; there were five verses in the original hymn, and so to make it fit [[common meter double]] one of the verses had to be dropped.

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 =External Links=
-*[http://www.cyberhymnal.org/htm/t/i/tiagreen.htm Cyberhymnal article]
+*[http://www.hymntime.com/tch/htm/t/i/tiagreen.htm Cyber Hymnal&trade; article]
 [[category:Hymns]]

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 =Lyrics=
-*Poet: [[Mrs. Cecil Frances Alexander]] (a discrepancy in dates seems to imply that Cecil Frances Alexander was not the same person as Mrs. Cecil Frances Alexander, however, this requires some research, as the Cyberhymnal claims they are one and the same; a further discrepancy has been found wherein a hymnal says she, the author of [[All Things Bright and Beautiful]], was born in 1823)
+*Poet: [[Mrs. Cecil Frances Alexander]] (1823–1895), 1847—the Cyberhymnal says she was born in 1818, though several public domain sources say she was born in 1823.
 *Copyright: [[Public Domain]]
 ==Lyrics from [[Service Book and Hymnal: for Evening Prayer and Sunday-Schools, 1891]] (no. 76)==

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 **Copyright: [[Public Domain]]
 **Contributer: [[User:Veramet|Veramet]] 14:23, 11 September 2007 (MDT)
-*Version from [[Deseret Sunday School Songs, 1909]] (no. 252): using an arrangement from an old melody
+*[[C.M.D.]] version from [[Deseret Sunday School Songs, 1909]] (no. 252): using an arrangement from an old melody
 **[[media:252 There Is a Green Hill Far Away.pdf|PDF]]
 **[[media:252 There Is a Green Hill Far Away.mid|MIDI]]

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 *Poet: [[Mrs. Cecil Frances Alexander]] (a discrepancy in dates seems to imply that Cecil Frances Alexander was not the same person as Mrs. Cecil Frances Alexander, however, this requires some research, as the Cyberhymnal claims they are one and the same)
 *Copyright: [[Public Domain]]
 ==Lyrics from [[Service Book and Hymnal: for Evening Prayer and Sunday-Schools, 1891]] (no. 76)==
 <pre>1. There is a green hill far away
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 And trust in His redeeming blood,
 And try His works to do.</pre>
 =External Links=