Abiding Rest

DESCRIPTION: My soul has found abiding rest ... Jesus speaks to me ... by faith I seem to dwell by His dear Galilee." "I lay my heavy burdens down at my Redeemer's feet" "I shall have no fear on that eternal day"
AUTHOR: Dr. J. J. Manfield, tune: W. A. Ogden (but see NOTES) (source: hymnary.org)
EARLIEST DATE: 1939 (WITrinidadVillage02)
KEYWORDS: nonballad religious Jesus
FOUND IN: West Indies(Trinidad)
REFERENCES (1 citation):
ADDITIONAL: (no author listed), _Zion's Praises_ (Lamoni: Herald Publishing House, 1930 ("Digitized by Internet Archive")) #92 "Abiding Rest" (1 text, 1 tune)
RECORDINGS:
Henry Williams, Henry Thomas, Margaret Wright, Edna Wright, "Galilee (My Soul Has Found Abiding Rest)" (on WITrinidadVillage02)
NOTES [110 words]: According to Zion's Praises, D. Sankey is the owner of the copyright.
WITrinidadVillage02 follows the tune -- which sounds to me like "Mary Hamilton" [Child 173] -- and words in Zion's Praises , and follows the "Sankey into shout" hymn singing described in the notes to "Jesus Lover of My Soul." - BS
There is no question but that J. J. Mansfield wrote the text of this, but according to hymnary.org, there are at least three tunes, by W. A. Ogden, F. D. Barnes, and Thoro Harris. Ogden's is the most common, but given that the words cited here have drifted pretty far from the original, I would not bet on any particular recording using the Ogden tune. - RBW
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