Gently Lead Us
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Date:
6/17/2021
Type:
Concert
Price:
FREE
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First line: Gently, Lord, O gently lead us
Tune name: CHARLESTOWN
Stanzas: 1, 1, 2, 3, 3
Genre: American folk hymn
Source: Saintly Praises 134
Composer: United States Sacred Harmony
Author: Thomas Hastings
Singer: Michael E. Owens
Quality: 3
Comments: This poem manages to speak about death with an openness and simplicity absent from most modern hymnals. It’s extremely hard to write a song that expresses grief. The pitfalls of cliché, and of maudlin sentiment, are huge. And the rare song that avoids them, I think we should treasure.
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Michael E. Owens is an amateur musician serving the Reformed and Mennonite communities from Lancaster County, PA. Michael was born in 1974, and is a piano technician and music engraver by trade. www.noteworthymusicservices.com
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