Ye saints on earth, your voices raise,
And sing the eternal Father’s praise,
And glorify the Son;
Give glory to the Holy Ghost,
And join with all the angelic host
To bless the great Three-One.
Hart, Joseph, was born in London in 1712. His early life is involved in obscurity. His education was fairly good; and from the testimony of his brother-in-law, and successor in the ministry in Jewin Street, the Rev. John Hughes, "his civil calling was" for some time "that of a teacher of the learned languages." His early life, according to his own Experience which he prefaced to his Hymns, was a curious mixture of loose conduct, serious conviction of sin, and endeavours after amendment of life, and not until Whitsuntide, 1757, did he realize a permanent change, which was brought about mainly through his attending divine service at the Moravian Chapel, in Fetter Lane, London, and hearing a sermon on Rev. iii. 10. During the next two years ma… Go to person page >
Display Title: Ye saints on earth, your voices raiseFirst Line: Ye saints on earth, your voices raiseAuthor: HartMeter: 8.8.6.Scripture: 1 Chronicles 16:28Date: 1844Subject: Doxologies |