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Thou God of years and seasons, all

Author: John G. Adams Appears in 3 hymnals

WINCHESTER

Appears in 388 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Dr. Croft Incipit: 51566 54334 32554 Used With Text: For a Christian Festival

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Thou God of years and seasons all

Author: J. G. Adams Hymnal: Church Harmonies #989 (1876) Languages: English

For a Christian festival

Author: J. G. Adams Hymnal: Prayers and Hymns for the Church and the Home #d706 (1866) First Line: Thou God of years and seasons, all

For a Christian Festival

Author: J. G. Adams Hymnal: The Gospel Psalmist #949 (1861) First Line: Thou God of years and seasons Tune Title: WINCHESTER

1678 - 1727 Person Name: Dr. Croft Composer of "WINCHESTER" in The Gospel Psalmist William Croft, Mus. Doc. was born in the year 1677 and received his musical education in the Chapel Royal, under Dr. Blow. In 1700 he was admitted a Gentleman Extraordinary of the Chapel Boyd; and in 1707, upon the decease of Jeremiah Clarke, he was appointed joint organist with his mentor, Dr. Blow. In 1709 he was elected organist of Westminster Abbey. This amiable man and excellent musician died in 1727, in the fiftieth year of his age. A very large number of Dr. Croft's compositions remain still in manuscript. Cathedral chants of the XVI, XVII & XVIII centuries, ed. by Edward F. Rimbault, London: D. Almaine & Co., 1844

John G. Adams

1810 - 1887 Person Name: J. G. Adams Author of "For a Christian Festival" in The Gospel Psalmist Adams, John Greenleaf. Co-editor with Dr. E. H. Chapin of the Universalist Hymns for Christian Devotion, 1846; and, alone, of the Gospel Psalmist, 1861. He was born in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, 1810. The collections named contain in each case 16 hymns by him. They are not, however, received outside his sect. The best are:— 1. Heaven is here, its hymns of gladness. [Peace.] Contributed to the Hymns for Christian Devotion, 1846, No. 419, in 4 stanzas of 4 lines. 2. God's angels! not only on high do they sing. [Ministry of Angels.] No. 830 in his Gospel Psalmist, 1861, and No. 240 in Longfellow and Johnson's Hymns of the Spirit, Boston, 1864. [Rev. F. M. Bird, M.A.] --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, (1907)