A Prayer For Ministers

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1 Father of mercies, bow Thine ear,
Attentive to our earnest prayer:
We plead for those who plead for Thee;
Successful pleaders may they be!

2 How great their work, how vast their charge!
Do Thou their anxious souls enlarge:
Their best acquirements are our gain;
We share the blessings they obtain.

3 Clothe, then with energy divine
Their words, and let their words be Thine;
To them Thy sacred truth reveal,
Suppress their fear, inflame their zeal.

4 Teach them to sow the precious seed;
Teach them Thy chosen flock to feed;
Teach them immortal souls to gain,
Souls that will well reward their pain.

5 Let thronging multitudes around
Hear from their lips the joyful sound;
In humble strains Thy grace implore,
And feel Thy new-creating power.

6 Let sinners break their massy chains,
Distressèd souls forget their pains;
Let light through distant realms be spread,
And Sion rear her drooping head.



Source: The Church Hymnal: revised and enlarged in accordance with the action of the General Convention of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America in the year of our Lord 1892. (Ed. B) #287

Author: Benjamin Beddome

Benjamin Beddome was born at Henley-in Arden, Warwickshire, January 23, 1717. His father was a Baptist minister. He studied at various places, and began preaching in 1740. He was pastor of a Baptist society at Bourton-on-the-Water, Gloucestershire, until his death in 1795. In 1770, he received the degree of M.A. from the Baptist College in Providence, Rhode Island. He published several discourses and hymns. "His hymns, to the number of 830, were published in 1818, with a recommendation from Robert Hall." Montgomery speaks of him as a "writer worthy of honour both for the quantity and the quality of his hymns." --Annotations of the Hymnal, Charles Hutchins, M.A. 1872.… Go to person page >

Text Information

First Line: Father of mercies, bow Thine ear
Title: A Prayer For Ministers
Author: Benjamin Beddome
Meter: 8.8.8.8
Language: English
Copyright: Public Domain

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WAREHAM (Knapp)

William Knapp (b. Wareham, Dorsetshire, England, 1698; d. Poole, Dorsetshire, 1768) composed WAREHAM, so named for his birthplace. A glover by trade, Knapp served as the parish clerk at St. James's Church in Poole (1729-1768) and was organist in both Wareham and Poole. Known in his time as the "coun…

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GRACE CHURCH (Pleyel)


QUEBEC (Baker)

Henry Baker (b. Nuneham, Oxfordshire, England, 1835; d. Wimbledon, England, 1910; not to be confused with Henry W. Baker) was educated as a civil engineer at Winchester and Cooper's Hill and was active in railroad building in India. In 1867 he completed a music degree at Exeter College, Oxford, Engl…

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A Collection of Hymns and a Liturgy #673

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A Collection of Hymns and Sacred Songs #201

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A Collection of Hymns for the use of the African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church in America #215

A Collection of Psalms, Hymns, and Spiritual Songs #d79

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A Collection of Sacred Song #35(H100)

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A Collection of Sacred Song #35(H100)

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A Collection of Spiritual Hymns #245

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A Collection of Spiritual Hymns #809

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A Selection of Hymns & Psalms #326

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A Selection of Hymns from the Best Authors. #426

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A Selection of Hymns #265

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A Selection of Hymns #CDXXVI

A Selection of Hymns....3d ed #d70

A Selection of Psalms and Hymns for ... Diocese of Nova Scotia. 3rd ed. #d79

A Selection of Psalms and Hymns for Every Sunday ... Diocese of Quebec #d25

A Selection of Psalms and Hymns for the Use of the Diocese of Nova Scotia. 3rd ed. #d80

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A Selection of Psalms and Hymns #204

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A Selection of Psalms and Hymns #CCIV

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A Selection of Psalms and Hymns #204

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A Selection of Psalms and Hymns #84e

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A Selection of Spiritual Songs #765

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Baptist Hymn Book #a581

Baptist Songs with Music #d48

Book of Common Praise #d117

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Book of Worship (Rev. ed.) #200

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Book of Worship #200

Calvary Selection of Spiritual Songs with Music for the Church and the Choir #d221

Church Hymn Book . 3rd ed. #d132

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Church Hymn Book #CCCXLVI

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Church Hymnal #153

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Church Psalmody #393

Collection of Hymns for Public and Private Worship. 4th ed. #d71

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Deutsches Lieder- und Melodienbuch #a229

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Devotional hymns #161

General Baptist Hymn Book #d138

Gloria in Excelsis #d154

Gloria in Excelsis #d93

Gospel Light, or Hymns and Tunes for all Occasions of Christian Work and Worship #d97

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Hymn Book of the Methodist Protestant Church. (2nd ed.) #278

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Hymn book of the Methodist Protestant Church. (4th ed.) #278

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Hymn-Book of the Evangelical Association #636

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Hymnal and Canticles of the Protestant Episcopal Church with Music (Gilbert & Goodrich) #271

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Hymnal and Liturgies of the Moravian Church #307

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Hymnal Companion to the Prayer Book with Accompanying Tunes (Second Edition) #261

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Hymnal Companion to the Prayer Book #210

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Hymnal Companion to the Prayer Book #261

Hymnal of the Evangelical Church. Word ed. #d158

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Hymnal of the Methodist Episcopal Church #819

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Hymnal of the Methodist Episcopal Church #819

Hymnal of the Reformed Episcopal Church #d27

Hymnal of the Reformed Episcopal Church, adopted in General Council, Chicago, May 1879 #d61

Hymnal, Church of the Brethren #d98

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Hymnal #271

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Hymnal #271

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Hymni Ecclesiae #247

Hymns and Psalms, Original and Modern, Selected and Revised #d126

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Hymns and Songs of Praise for Public and Social Worship #844

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Hymns and Tunes #229

Hymns for Divine Worship in Churches and Sunday Schools and at Various Occasions #d30

Hymns for Schools and Families #d132

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Hymns for Schools and Families, Specailly Designed for the Children of the Church #83

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Hymns for the Sanctuary and Social Worship #1008

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Hymns for the Use of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Rev. ed. #215

Hymns for Use in Divine Worship ... Seventh-Day Adventists #d280

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Hymns of Praise and Patriotism #42

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Hymns of the Ages #281

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Hymns of the Ages #281

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Hymns of the Protestant Episcopal Church of the United States, as authorized by the General Convention #100

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Hymns of Worship #309

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Hymns Recommended for use in the Reformed Episcopal Church #57

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Hymns, Selected and Original, for Public and Private Worship #569

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Hymns, Selected and Original #569

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Hymns #569

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Hymns #569

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Hymns #569

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Hymns #569

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New Christian Hymn and Tune Book #115

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New Christian Hymn and Tune Book #115

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New Hymn and Tune book #185e

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New Hymn and Tune Book #185e

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Offices of Worship and Hymns #317

Our Service of Song #d63

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Prayer Book and Hymnal for the Sunday School #99

Psalms and Hymns Adapted to Social, Private and Public Worship #d194

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Psalms and Hymns and Spiritual Songs #987

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Psalms and Hymns #545

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