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Charlotte Elliott (18 March 1789 – 22 September 1871) was an English evangelical Anglican [1] poet, hymn writer, and editor. She is best known by two hymns, "Just As I Am" and "Thy will be done". [2] Elliott edited Christian Remembrancer Pocket Book (1834–1859) and The Invalid's Hymn book, 6th edition, 1854. [2]
The Gambler's lament (or "Gamester's lament") is one of the hymns of the Rigveda which do not have any direct cultic or religious context. It is found in the late Tenth Book (RV 10.34), where most of such hymns on "miscellaneous" topics are found, suggesting a date of compilation corresponding to the early Indian Iron Age .
Folliott Sandford Pierpoint (7 October 1835 – 10 March 1917) was a hymnodist and poet.. Born at Spa Villa, Bath, England, he was educated at Queens' College, Cambridge. [1]
A hymnal or hymnary is a collection of hymns, usually in the form of a book, called a hymnbook (or hymn book). They are used in congregational singing . A hymnal may contain only hymn texts (normal for most hymnals for most centuries of Christian history); written melodies are extra, and more recently harmony parts have also been provided.
The Book of Hymns was the official hymnal of The Methodist Church, later the United Methodist Church, in the United States, until it was replaced in 1989 by The United Methodist Hymnal. Published in 1966 by The Methodist Publishing House , it replaced The Methodist Hymnal of 1935 as the official hymnal of the church.
Although the work was not published until 1765, Smart was advertising a work containing both Psalms and Hymns in 1763. [5] The Hymns contained thirty-five hymns. They were not reprinted until Christopher Smart's daughter, Elizabeth LeNoir, published Miscellaneous Poems, which contained changed versions of hymn 3, 7, 10, 11, 13, 15, 28, and 32. [5]
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The hymnal includes seven poems by the denomination's founder Mary Baker Eddy set to various tunes: Christ My Refuge, Christmas Morn, Communion Hymn, Feed My Sheep, Love, Mother's Evening Prayer, and Satisfied. [3] The hymnal also includes hymns written by John Greenleaf Whittier, Isaac Watts, Samuel Longfellow, and many others.