Hard heart of mine! - O that the Lord

Hard heart of mine! - O that the Lord

Author: Henry Alline
Tune: SUNBURY (Holyoke)
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Author: Henry Alline

Alline, Henry. (Newport, Rhode Island, January 14, 1748--January 28, 1784, Northampton, New Hampshire). Congregationalist/"New Light". In 1760 his family took up land near Hampden, Nova Scotia, far from any school or church; hence the spiritual experience which, in 1775, impelled him to begin preaching found him with the drive and magnetism, but without the solid grounding, of a Wesley or a Whitefield. His stress on the "new light," and the revival meetings which he conducted all over Nova Scotia had no connection with the American Revolution beyond coincidence in time; yet that was enough to alarm the authorities. He had sermons, tracts, and probably sheets of hymns printed at Halifax before the peace treaty of 1783 allowed him to cross th… Go to person page >

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First Line: Hard heart of mine! - O that the Lord
Author: Henry Alline
Language: English
Copyright: Public Domain

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Harmonia Americana: containing a concise introduction to the grounds of music; with a variety of airs, suitable fore divine worship and the use of musical societies; consisting of three and four parts #64
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Hymns, Original and Selected, for the Use of Christians. (5th ed. corr.) #153

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The Young Christian's Companion #5

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The Young Christian's Companion. 2nd ed. #a5

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Harmonia Americana #64

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