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Author: John H. Hopkins Meter: 5.4.5.4.5.4 D Appears in 11 hymnals First Line: God of our fathers, Bless this our land Lyrics: 1 God of our fathers, Bless this our land; Ocean to ocean Owneth Thy hand. Home of all nations From far and near, Give to unite us Thy faith and fear. God of our fathers Failing us never, God of our fathers, Be ours forever. 2 Lord God of Sabaoth, Mighty in war, Boundless and numberless Thine armies are. Thy right hand conquereth All that oppose; Launch forth Thy thunderbolts, Smite down our foes; Lord God of Sabaoth, Failing us never, Lord God of Sabaoth, Fight for us ever. 3 Lord God our Saviour, Thy love o'erflows, Making our wilderness Bloom as the rose. Thou with true liberty Makest us free, Knowing no master, No king, but Thee; Lord God our Saviour, Failing us never, Lord God our Saviour, Reign Thou forever. 4 Spirit of unity, Crown of all kings, Find us a resting place Under Thy wings: By Thine own presence Thy will be done, Millions of free men Banded as one. Lord God almighty, Failing us never, Thine be the glory, Now and forever. Amen. The Hymnal: revised and enlarged as adopted by the General Convention of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America in the year of our Lord 1892

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[God of our Fathers]

Appears in 3 hymnals Incipit: 51232 12345 51232 Used With Text: National Hymn

GOD OF OUR FATHERS

Meter: Irregular Appears in 3 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Rev. C. O. Arnold Incipit: 13517 65436 55544 Used With Text: God of our fathers, Bless this our land

COLUMBIA

Appears in 2 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Dudley Buck Tune Key: C Major Incipit: 17176 55434 3333 Used With Text: God of Our Fathers, Bless This Our Land

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Bless This Our Land

Author: John H. Hopkins Hymnal: The Endeavor Hymnal #216 (1901) First Line: God of our fathers, Bless this our land Topics: Christian Citizenship; National; Native Land Languages: English Tune Title: [God of our fathers, Bless this our land]

God of Our Fathers, Bless This Our Land

Author: John Henry Hopkins, 1820-1891 Hymnal: AGO Founders Hymnal #10 (2009) Languages: English Tune Title: COLUMBIA

God of our fathers, Bless this our land

Author: John H. Hopkins Hymnal: The Praise Hymnary #443 (1898) Meter: Irregular Topics: National and Patriotic; National and Patriotic Our Country Tune Title: GOD OF OUR FATHERS

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Dudley Buck

1839 - 1909 Composer of "[God of our fathers]" in The Hymnal, Revised and Enlarged, as adopted by the General Convention of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America in the year of our Lord 1892

John H. Hopkins

1820 - 1891 Person Name: J. H. Hopkins Author of "God of our fathers" in The Church Hymnal John Henry Hopkins, Jr MA USA 1820-1891. Born in Pittsburgh, PA, having 12 siblings, the son of pioneer parents (his father from Dublin, his mother from Hamburg) he became an ecclesiologist. His father had been an ironmaster, school teacher, lawyer, priest and second Episcopal Bishop of Vermont, (becoming presiding bishop in 1865). When his father founded the Vermont Episcopal Institute, he needed an assistant to help run it, so he picked his son to become a tutor and disciplinarian. The younger Hopkins played the flute and bugle in the school orchestra and also taught Sunday school. John Henry reflected the artistic talents of both parents in music, poetry, and art. After graduating from the University of Vermont in 1839, he returned to help his father with the school, but a financial crisis hit that year and the school had to close. He worked as a reported in New York City while studying law. He developed a throat ailment and went south to be in a warmer climate. From 1842-1844 he tutored the children of Episcopal Bishop Elliott of Savannah, GA, returning to take his M.A. from Vermont in 1845. He graduated from General Theological Seminary in 1850 and was ordained a deacon, serving as first instructor in church music at the Seminary. He founded and edited the “Church Journal” from 1853 to 1868. Interested in New York’s Ecclesiological Society, his artistic talents were apparent in designing stained-glass windows, episcopal seals, and a variety of other church ornaments. At the same time, his musical talents led to the writing and composing of a number of fine hymns and tunes, as well as anthems and services. He was ordained a priest in 1872, and was Rector of Trinity Church, Plattsburg, NY, from 1872-1876, then of Christ Episcopal Church in Williamsport, PA, from 1876-1887. He helped get the building debt paid off by 1879 with(in 10 years of its construction). During his time there a Sunday school building was also erected, having steam heat and a tiled floor. He designed some of the church furniture and bishop periphernalia as well as wrought iron tombs in Wildwood Cemetery. He also helped design two other church buildings in the area. A man of many talents, he was much beloved as a scholar, writer, preacher, controvertialist, musician, poet, and artist, excelling in all that he did. Totally devoted to his parish people, he especially loved children and was kind to anyone in need. He was considered very down-to-earth. He delivered the eulogy at the funeral of President Usysses S Grant in 1885. He was considered a great developer of hymnody in the Episcopal Church in the mid-19th century. His “Carols, hymns, and songs,”, published in 1863, had a 4th edition in 1883. In 1887 he edited “Great hymns of the church”. He wrote a biography of his father (the life of John Henry Hopkins, S.T.D.) He never married. He died at Hudson, NY. John Perry ======================= Hopkins, John Henry, D.D., Jun., son of J. H. Hopkins, sometime Bishop of Vermont, was born at Pittsburg, Pa., Oct. 28, 1820, educated at the University of Vermont, ordained in 1850, Rector of Christ's Church, Williamsport, Pa., 1876, and died at Troy, New York, Aug. 13, 1891. He published Poems by the Wayside written during more than Forty Years, N.Y., James Pott, 1883; and Carols, Hymns, and Songs, 1862; 3rd ed. 1882. Of his hymns the following are in common use: 1. Blow on, thou [ye] mighty Wind. Missions. 2. Come with us, O blessed Jesus. Holy Communion. 3. Glory to God the Father be. (Dated 1867.) Holy Trinity. 4. God hath made the moon whose beam. (Dated 1840.) Duty. 5. Lord, now round Thy Church behold. (Dated 1867.) For the Reunion of Christendom. These hymns are in his Poems by the Wayside, 1883. In the same volume there are translations of the O Antiphons. --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, Appendix, Part II (1907) ============== Hopkins, J. H., p. 1571, ii. The following additional hymns by him are in the American Hymnal, revised and enlarged .... Protestant Episcopal Church. . . U.S.A., 1892:— 1. God of our fathers, bless this our land. National Hymn. 2. When from the east the wise men came. Epiphany. --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, New Supplement (1907)