Hezekiah Butterworth

Hezekiah Butterworth
Hezekiah Butterworth
Short Name: Hezekiah Butterworth
Full Name: Butterworth, Hezekiah, 1839–1905
Birth Year: 1839
Death Year: 1905

Butterworth, Hezekiah, was born at Warren, Rhode Island, Dec. 22, 1839. He wrote The Story of the Hymns, American Tract Society, 1875. He is the author of "0 Church of Christ, our blest abode" (The Church) in Root's cantata, Under the Palms, and of "Jesus, I Thee believe" (Jesus All in All) in the cantata Faith Triumphant.

--John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, Appendix, Part II (1907)

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Butterworth, Hezekiah, was born at Warren, R.I., Dec. 22, 1839, and died in 1905. His hymn, "Little ones of God are we" (Christ's Lambs), in the Sunday School Hymnary, 1905, and other collections, is dated 1870.

--John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, New Supplement (1907)


Texts by Hezekiah Butterworth (53)sort descendingAsAuthority LanguagesInstances
A star is in the air, And its light is trailing lowHezekiah Butterworth (Author)English3
A voice in the air and a star in the skyH. Butterworth (Author)English2
Abana was a riverHezekiah Butterworth (Author)English3
Again the rounded year has broughtHezekiah Butterworth (Author)English3
Arise, O church of JesusHezekiah Butterworth (Author)English3
Arise with joy and singHezekiah Butterworth (Author)English2
As mountains round His people riseHezekiah Butterworth (Author)English1
At early morn when I awakeHezekiah Butterworth (Author)English1
At my work I'm always singingH. Butterworth (Author)English3
By what I owe a mother's loveHezekiah Butterworth (Author)English1
By your soul's best interests standHezekiah Butterworth (Author)English1
"Dost thou love me?" said Jesus to Simon that dayHezekiah Butterworth (Author)English2
Fair morn of the ages, the sealed tomb is brokenHezekiah Butterworth (Author)English1
For us, O Lord, the year has broughtHezekiah Butterworth, 1839- (Author)English2
Form, form your mission bandsHezekiah Butterworth (Author)English4
Hail, morn of the angelHezekiah Butterworth (Author)English2
How amiable God's altars wereHezekiah Butterworth (Author)English2
How blessed the lot of the ChristianHezekiah Butterworth (Author)English1
I am singing, always singingHezekiah Butterworth (Author)English1
I have a hope that makes life sweetHezekiah Butterworth (Author)English1
I walked through the woodland meadowsHezekiah Butterworth (Author)English38
Ich stand einst am grünen HügelHezekiah Butterworth (Author)German1
In youth I have my Savior foundHezekiah Butterworth (Author)English2
Jesus, I Thee believeHezekiah Butterworth (Author)English1
Let us rejoice in HimHezekiah Butterworth (Author)English1
Like Paul at Troas Hearing the Macedonian callHezekiah Butterworth (Author)2
Little ones of God are weH. Butterworth (Author)English2
My Lord is mine from day to dayHezekiah Butterworth (Author)English1
My peace I leave theeHezekiah Butterworth (Author)English2
Now upon the earth are beamingHezekiah Butterworth (Author)English3
O blest are they whose lives are nobly endedHezekiah Butterworth (Author)English2
O children's day in the summer's prizeHezekiah Butterworth (Author)English4
O church of Christ, JerusalemHezekiah Butterworth (Author)English1
O church of Christ, our blest abodeH. Butterworth (Author)English4
O church, pursue thy marchHezekiah Butterworth (Author)English2
O hearts young and faithful, what harmonies moveHezekiah Butterworth (Author)English2
O radiant morn that breaks the nightHezekiah Butterworth (Author)English3
Our Anniversary day beholdHezekiah Butterworth (Author)English1
¡Pequeñitos de Jesús! Ya venimos a cantarH. Butterworth (Author)Spanish1
Sing children of Jesus, the KingHezekiah Butterworth (Author)English1
The light that once in Judah shoneHezekiah Butterworth (Author)English4
Thou art going now from our friendly sightHezekiah Butterworth (Author)English2
Thou art going out of the church tonightHezekiah Butterworth (Author)English3
To the Lord our SaviorH. Butterworth (Author)English3
We are marching home to Zion, To the blessed land aboveHezekiah Butterworth (Author)English1
We are marching home to Zion, we are marching day by dayHezekikah Butterworth (Author)English4
We meet with gladness on each lipHezekiah Butterworth (Author)English2
When by Moab's mountainHezekiah Butterworth (Author)English2
When, in the gates of ZionHezekiah Butterworth (Author)English3
When rose the temple on the sacred mountainHezekiah Butterworth (Author)English1
Where dwell the poor, where fall the weakHezekiah Butterworth (Author)1
Ye people, rise and singHezekiah Butterworth (Author)English2
Ye who love the republic, remember the claimHezekiah Butterworth (Author)1

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