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O Thou In All Thy Might

Author: Frederick L. Hosmer Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 88 hymnals Scripture: Zephaniah 3:17 First Line: O Thou in all Thy might so far Used With Tune: BOARDMAN

Author: A. M. Toplady Appears in 355 hymnals Scripture: Zephaniah 3:17 First Line: Your harps, ye trembling saints Lyrics: 1 Your harps, ye trembling saints, Down from the willows take: Loud to the praise of love divine Bid every string awake. 2 Though in a foreign land, We are not far from home; And nearer to our house above We every moment come. 3 His grace will to the end Stronger and brighter shine; Nor present things, nor things to come, Shall quench the spark divine. 4 When we in darkness walk, Nor feel the heavenly flame, Then is the time to trust our God, And rest upon his name. 5 Soon shall our doubts and fears Subside at his control; His loving-kindness shall break through The midnight of the soul. 6 Blest is the man, O God, Who stays himself on thee; Who waits for thy salvation, Lord, Shall thy salvation see. Topics: Assurance Urged; Christians Encouragements; Comfort; Courage; Darkness Spiritual Used With Tune: ALEXANDER

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Our salvation near

Author: A. M. Toplady Hymnal: Laudes Domini #337 (1888) Scripture: Zephaniah 3:17 First Line: Your harps, ye trembling saints Lyrics: 1 Your harps, ye trembling saints, Down from the willows take: Loud to the praise of love divine Bid every string awake. 2 Though in a foreign land, We are not far from home; And nearer to our house above We every moment come. 3 His grace will to the end Stronger and brighter shine; Nor present things, nor things to come, Shall quench the spark divine. 4 When we in darkness walk, Nor feel the heavenly flame, Then is the time to trust our God, And rest upon his name. 5 Soon shall our doubts and fears Subside at his control; His loving-kindness shall break through The midnight of the soul. 6 Blest is the man, O God, Who stays himself on thee; Who waits for thy salvation, Lord, Shall thy salvation see. Topics: Assurance Urged; Christians Encouragements; Comfort; Courage; Darkness Spiritual Languages: English Tune Title: ALEXANDER

O Thou In All Thy Might

Author: Frederick L. Hosmer Hymnal: Church Hymnal, Mennonite #360 (1927) Meter: 8.6.8.6 Scripture: Zephaniah 3:17 First Line: O Thou in all Thy might so far Languages: English Tune Title: BOARDMAN

O Thou In All Thy Might

Author: Frederick L. Hosmer Hymnal: Church Hymnal, Mennonite #360 (2017) Meter: 8.6.8.6 Scripture: Zephaniah 3:17 First Line: O Thou in all Thy might so far Languages: English Tune Title: BOARDMAN

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Priscilla Jane Owens

1829 - 1907 Person Name: Priscilla J. Owens Scripture: Zephaniah 3:17 Author of "Jesus Saves" in Songs of the Kingdom Owens, Priscilla Jane, was born July 21, 1829, of Scotch and Welsh descent, and is now (1906) resident at Baltimore, where she is engaged in public-school work. For 50 years Miss Owen has interested herself in Sunday-school work, and most of her hymns were written for children's services. Her hymn in the Scotch Church Hymnary, 1898, "We have heard a joyful sound" (Missions), was written for a Sunday-school Mission Anniversary, and the words were adapted to the chorus "Vive le Roi" in the opera The Huguenots. [Rev. James Bonar, M.A.] --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, Appendix II (1907) ========================= Owens, Priscilla Jane. (July 21, 1829--December 5, 1907). Of Scottish and Welsh ancestry, she spent her entire life in Baltimore. She was a public school teacher there for 49 years. She was a member of the Union Square Methodist Church and took particular interest in its Sunday School. Her literary efforts, both in prose and poetry, appeared in such religious periodicals as the Methodist Protestant and the Christian Standard. --William J. Reynolds, DNAH Archives