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John Morison

Short Name: John Morison
Full Name: Morison, John, 1750-1798
Birth Year: 1750
Death Year: 1798

Morison, John, D.D., was born in Aberdeenshire in 1749. He studied at the University of Aberdeen (King's College), where he graduated M.A. in 1771. In 1780 he became parish minister of Canisbay, Caithness. He received the degree of D.D. from the University of Edinburgh in 1792. He died at Canisbay, June 12, 1798. He was one of the members added on May 26, 1781, to the Committee appointed by the General Assembly of 1775 to revise the Translations and Paraphrases of 1745. To him are ascribed Nos. 19, 21, 29, 30 and 35, in the 1781 collection, and he is said to have been joint author with John Logan of Nos. 27 and 28. [Rev. James Mearns, M.A.]

--John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)

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TextsTunesHymnalsRecommendations
Texts by John Morison (15)sort descendingAsAuthority LanguagesInstances
Alas, and did my Savior bleedJohn Morison (Author)English1
Amidst the mighty, where he isJohn Morrison (Author)0
Attend, and mark the solemn fastJohn Morison (Author)English1
Come, let us to the Lord our GodJohn Morison, c. 1750-1798 (Author)English81
Do I delight in sorrow's dressJohn Morison (Author)1
في الليلة التي بهاJohn Morison (Author)Arabic0
Let such as feel oppression's load [rod]John Morison (Author)8
Long hath the night of sorrow reignedRev. John Morison (1749-1798) (Author)English5
Los que andaban en la oscuridadJohn Morison (Author)Spanish2
Our hearts, if God we seek to knowJohn Morrison (Author)1
The race that long in darkness pinedJohn Morrison (Author)English153
To hail Thy rising, Sun of lifeJohn Morison (Author)English5
To us a child of hope is bornJohn Morrison (Author)English210
Trust in a loving Father'sJohn Morrison (Author)1
'Twas on that night, when doomed to knowJohn Morrison (Author)English41
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