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)

Wikipedia Biography

Hezekiah Butterworth (December 22, 1839 – September 5, 1905) was an American author and poet.

Texts by Hezekiah Butterworth (50)sort descendingAsAuthority LanguagesInstances
A star is in the air, And its light is trailing lowHezekiah Butterworth (Author)English2
A voice in the air and a star in the skyH. Butterworth (Author)3
Abana was a riverHezekiah Butterworth (Author)English4
Again the rounded year has broughtHezekiah Butterworth (Author)English4
Arise, O church of JesusHezekiah Butterworth (Author)English4
Arise with joy and singHezekiah Butterworth (Author)English3
At early morn when I awakeHezekiah Butterworth (Author)English2
At my work I'm always singingHezekiah Butterworth (Adapter)English3
By what I owe a mother's loveHezekiah Butterworth (Author)English2
By your soul's best interests standHezekiah Butterworth (Author)English2
"Dost thou love me?" said Jesus to Simon that dayHezekiah Butterworth (Author)English3
Fair morn of the ages, the sealed tomb is brokenHezekiah Butterworth (Author)English2
For us, O Lord, the year has broughtHezekiah Butterworth, 1839- (Author)English3
Form, form your mission bandsHezekiah Butterworth (Author)English5
Hail, morn of the angelHezekiah Butterworth (Author)English2
How amiable God's altars wereHezekiah Butterworth (Author)English3
How blessed the lot of the ChristianHezekiah Butterworth (Author)English2
I am singing, always singingH. Butterworth (Author)English2
I have a hope that makes life sweetHezekiah Butterworth (Author)English2
I walked through the woodland meadowsHezekiah Butterworth (Author)English39
Ich stand einst am grünen HügelHezekiah Butterworth (Author)German2
In youth I have my Savior foundHezekiah Butterworth (Author)English3
Jesus, I Thee believeHezekiah Butterworth (Author)English2
Like Paul at Troas Hearing the Macedonian callHezekiah Butterworth (Author)3
Little ones of God are weH. Butterworth (Author)English3
My Lord is mine from day to dayHezekiah Butterworth (Author)English2
My peace I leave theeHezekiah Butterworth (Author)English3
Now upon the earth are beamingHezekiah Butterworth (Author)English4
O blest are they whose lives are nobly endedHezekiah Butterworth (Author)English3
O children's day in the summer's prizeHezekiah Butterworth (Author)English5
O church of Christ, JerusalemHezekiah Butterworth (Author)English2
O church of Christ, our blest abodeHezekiah Butterworth (Author)English5
O church, pursue thy marchHezekiah Butterworth (Author)English3
O hearts young and faithful, what harmonies moveHezekiah Butterworth (Author)English3
O radiant morn that breaks the nightHezekiah Butterworth (Author)English4
Our Anniversary day beholdHezekiah Butterworth (Author)English2
¡Pequeñitos de Jesús! Ya venimos a cantarH. Butterworth (Author)Spanish2
The light that once in Judah shoneHezekiah Butterworth (Author)English5
Thou art going now from our friendly sightHezekiah Butterworth (Author)English3
Thou art going out of the church tonightHezekiah Butterworth (Author)English4
To the Lord our SaviorHezekiah Butterworth (Author)English4
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)English5
We meet with gladness on each lipHezekiah Butterworth (Author)English3
When by Moab's mountainHezekiah Butterworth (Author)English3
When, in the gates of ZionHezekiah Butterworth (Author)English4
When rose the temple on the sacred mountainHezekiah Butterworth (Author)English2
Where dwell the poor, where fall the weakHezekiah Butterworth (Author)2
Ye people, rise and singHezekiah Butterworth (Author)English2
Ye who love the republic, remember the claimHezekiah Butterworth (Author)2

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