Hymns of Truth and Light ‎#507

507. Life of Ages, Richly Poured

Text Information

• First Line: Life of ages, richly poured
• Title: Life of Ages, Richly Poured
• Author: Samuel Johnson (1864)
• Meter: 77.77
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1998
• Topic: God: Justice and Righteousness; God: Love; Human Experience: Search for Truth and Meaning; Justice

Tune Information

• Name: SONG 13
• Composer: Orlando Gibbons (1623, adapt.)
• Meter: 77.77
• Key: D Major

Text Information:

Educated at Salem, Massachusetts, Harvard College and Harvard Divinity School, Samuel Johnson was a life-long free-thinking minister. This text first appeared in Hymns of the Spirit, a hymnbook co-authored by Johnson and Samuel Longfellow