Rare Australian World War 1 Music, Handwritten By Dr. J. Laurence Rentoul,
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| Reference Number: Avaluer:1984 | Modified Item: No |
| Authenticity: Original | Country: Australia |
This is a touching hymn written in ink by Dr. J. Laurence Rentoul on the 26.8.17, and signed by him at the right hand corner.
This hymn has never been registered and is handwritten in ink behind a copy of Australia’s Battle Hymn, words by Dr. j. Laurence Rentoul and Music by Rev. J. McIntosh. M.A.
This hymn is Lead Kindly Light the words have been rewritten or should I say completely changed by Dr. Laurence Rentoul for our Australian soldiers who were heading off to war.:-
L...ead Kindly Light
Thou who hast all thy people in thy sight, To thee we comeBe thou their guide, their comfort, and their lightAfar from home:Keep thou their souls in steadfastness and rightRemember Lord Australia’s sons tonightGone from the humble cottage in the dell, From home sweet home:Gone from the loved ones they love so wellTo face the stormGone from the mansion to defend the rightRemember Lord Australia’s sons tonightSons are now dying, ‘tis the cost of war, Have mercy LordWilt thou prepare them as they cross the bar?Have mercy LordBurst forth death’s gloom by Heaven’s celestial lightRemember Lord Australia’s sons tonightBe thou their refuge in their darkest hourBe thou their stayStretch forth thy hand, show thine almighty power, In thine own wayThou did’st on Galilee reveal thy mightOh comfort Lord, Australia’s sons tonight.
Signed and dated.
John Laurence Rentoul (1846-1926). He was a clergyman and Professor of Theology at Ormond college, Melbourne University.. His portrait hangs in their foyer.
He was a great poet including From Far Lands, poems of Nth and South (1914) . His most famous poem was called Australia and this was included in the Oxford Book of Australian verses.
Because of his many involvements for the good of the people his death was recorded in all newspapers as a Tragic end and such a loss of such a great leader.
He was survived by his wife and four children. One of them being Ida Rentoul Outhwaite, the famous artist and illustrator of children books.
Please email for any further informations or photographs. My camera is not the best.
Thanks for taking a look at this rather prominent piece of history. Unpublished and unregistered.
This hymn has never been registered and is handwritten in ink behind a copy of Australia’s Battle Hymn, words by Dr. j. Laurence Rentoul and Music by Rev. J. McIntosh. M.A.
This hymn is Lead Kindly Light the words have been rewritten or should I say completely changed by Dr. Laurence Rentoul for our Australian soldiers who were heading off to war.:-
L...ead Kindly Light
Thou who hast all thy people in thy sight, To thee we comeBe thou their guide, their comfort, and their lightAfar from home:Keep thou their souls in steadfastness and rightRemember Lord Australia’s sons tonightGone from the humble cottage in the dell, From home sweet home:Gone from the loved ones they love so wellTo face the stormGone from the mansion to defend the rightRemember Lord Australia’s sons tonightSons are now dying, ‘tis the cost of war, Have mercy LordWilt thou prepare them as they cross the bar?Have mercy LordBurst forth death’s gloom by Heaven’s celestial lightRemember Lord Australia’s sons tonightBe thou their refuge in their darkest hourBe thou their stayStretch forth thy hand, show thine almighty power, In thine own wayThou did’st on Galilee reveal thy mightOh comfort Lord, Australia’s sons tonight.
Signed and dated.
John Laurence Rentoul (1846-1926). He was a clergyman and Professor of Theology at Ormond college, Melbourne University.. His portrait hangs in their foyer.
He was a great poet including From Far Lands, poems of Nth and South (1914) . His most famous poem was called Australia and this was included in the Oxford Book of Australian verses.
Because of his many involvements for the good of the people his death was recorded in all newspapers as a Tragic end and such a loss of such a great leader.
He was survived by his wife and four children. One of them being Ida Rentoul Outhwaite, the famous artist and illustrator of children books.
Please email for any further informations or photographs. My camera is not the best.
Thanks for taking a look at this rather prominent piece of history. Unpublished and unregistered.
