Almighty Father, Bless the Word

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Almighty Father, bless the Word

Author: Anonymous (1823)
Published in 72 hymnals

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Piano/Organ
	Fourteen (14) American Spirituals and Hy…

Choral
	Good and Simple Gifts

Instrumental
	EASY ENSEMBLE MUSIC

Representative Text

1 Almighty Father, bless the Word
Which through Your grace we now have heard.
Oh, may the precious seed take root,
Spring up, and bear abundant fruit!

2 We praise You for the means of grace
As homeward now our steps we trace.
Grant, Lord, that we who worshiped here
May all at last in heav'n appear.

3 Praise God, from whom all blessings flow;
Praise Him, all creatures here below;
Praise Him above, ye heav'nly host:
Praise Father, Son, and Holy Ghost.

Source: Lutheran Service Book #923

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Author: Anonymous

In some hymnals, the editors noted that a hymn's author is unknown to them, and so this artificial "person" entry is used to reflect that fact. Obviously, the hymns attributed to "Author Unknown" "Unknown" or "Anonymous" could have been written by many people over a span of many centuries. Go to person page >

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First Line:	Almighty Father, bless the Word
Title:	Almighty Father, Bless the Word
Author:	Anonymous (1823)
Meter:	8.8.8.8
Source:	Church Poetry Philadelphia, 1823, sts. 1-2
Language:	English
Copyright:	Public Domain

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Notes

Almighty Father, bless the word. [After Sermon.] This hymn appeared anonymously in Dr. W. A. Muhlenberg's Church Poetry, Philadelphia, 1823. It was repeated in the American Prayer Book Collection, 1826, as No. 39, in 2 stanzas. It is found in several American collections, but is not in common use in Great Britain.

-- John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)

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Tune

OLD HUNDREDTH

This tune is likely the work of the composer named here, but has also been attributed to others as shown in the instances list below. According to the Handbook to the Baptist Hymnal (1992), Old 100th first appeared in the Genevan Psalter, and "the first half of the tune contains phrases which may ha…

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LES COMANDEMENS DE DIEU

LES COMMANDEMENS (French for "the commandments"), a rich and graceful tune in the Hypo-Ionian mode (major), was used in the Genevan Psalter (1547) for the Decalogue and for Psalm 140, and later in British psalters and in the Lutheran tradition. The first setting in the Psalter Hymnal derives from Cl…

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DUKE STREET

First published anonymously in Henry Boyd's Select Collection of Psalm and Hymn Tunes (1793), DUKE STREET was credited to John Hatton (b. Warrington, England, c. 1710; d, St. Helen's, Lancaster, England, 1793) in William Dixon's Euphonia (1805). Virtually nothing is known about Hatton, its composer,…

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The Cyber Hymnal #126

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Evangelical Lutheran Hymnary (1996), p.885

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Instances

Instances (1 - 72 of 72)

Hymns suited to the Feasts and Fasts of the Church and Other Occasions of Public Worship ... approved by the Convention of 1826 #d5

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 #33

The Lutheran Hymnary Junior ... of the Norwegian Evangelical Lutheran Synod, the Evangelical Lutheran Synod and the United Norwegian Lutheran Church of America #d16

Piano/Organ Fourteen (14) American Spirituals and Hymns Ten Chorale Improvisations, Set 4 The Heart of Worship (Contemporary Expressions of Worship for the Piano Soloist) More Piano/Organ...
Choral Good and Simple Gifts Good and Simple Gifts More Choral...
Instrumental EASY ENSEMBLE MUSIC Five Hymn Accompaniments for Brass Quartet and Organ, Set 2 Great Is Our God! (Contemporary Solos for Flute) More Instrumental...
Handbells Handbell Hymns, Vol. 3 Praise God! - Handbell Part Praise God! - Handbell Part More Handbells...

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