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Benjamin LaTrobe

Short Name: Benjamin LaTrobe
Full Name: LaTrobe, Benjamin, 1725-1786
Birth Year: 1725
Death Year: 1786

La Trobe, Benjamin, was born in Dublin, April 19, 1725, and educated at the University of Glasgow. He entered the Ministry of the Moravians, and subsequently became superintendent of that body in England. He died Nov. 29, 1786. Several of his translation of German hymns appeared in the Moravian Hymn Book, 1789. [George Arthur Crawford, M.A.]

--John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)


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Texts by Benjamin LaTrobe (22)sort descendingAsAuthority LanguagesInstances
Again another fleeting yearLaTrobe (Author)English2
And now that years have sped awayBenjamin LaTrobe (Author)0
Aus tiefer Not schrei ich zu dir, Herr Gott, erhör' mein RufenBenjamin Latrobe, 1725-1786 (Translator (English))German1
Dark the night the sun will makeBenjamin LaTrobe (Author)0
Here in the Name of Christ our LordBenjamin LaTrobe (Translator)English3
I gaze up to the heavens aboveBenjamin LaTrobe (Author)0
I know that my Redeemer lives, and givesBenjamin LaTrobe (Author)0
I think upon the gentle mouldBenjamin LaTrobe (Author)0
I will rejoice in God my SaviorBenjamin LaTrobe (Author)English5
In the hour when thoughts ariseBenjamin LaTrobe (Author)0
In this world, so full of snaresBenjamin LaTrobe, 1725-86 (Author)2
Jesus' Name, Jesus' NameBenjamin Latrobe (Author)6
Jesus' name, source of all life and happinessBenjamin LaTrobe (Author)1
Lo where his thunder's voiceBenjamin LaTrobe (Author)0
Lord of life, now sweetly slumberBenjamin LaTrobe (Author)English1
O how blessed is the stationBenjamin La Trobe, 1725-86 (Author)3
Out of the deep I cry to Thee, My God, with heart's contritionBenjamin Latrobe (Translator)English7
Out of the depths I cry to Thee, Lord, hear me, I implore TheeBenjamin LaTrobe (Translator)English3
Savior of Thy chosen raceBenjamin LaTrobe (Author)English6
The Lord bless and keep thee in His favorBenjamin La Trobe, 1725-1786 (Translator)English4
The storm is busy in the skyBenjamin LaTrobe (Author)0
The will of God is always best, His will be done foreverB. Latrobe (Author)English1

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