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Author: James Merrick, 1720-1769 Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 51 hymnals First Line: Arise, great God, and let Thy grace Lyrics: 1 Arise, great God, and let Thy grace Its beams effuse on Jacob’s race: Restore the long lost scattered band, And call them to their native land. 2 Their misery let Thy mercy heal, Their trespass hide, their pardon seal; Check in mid-course Thy dreadful ire, And bid its kindled flames expire! 3 O grant them still Thy love to share; Incline Thine ear, accept our prayer; Cleanse them from unbelief and sin, And gather, too, the Gentiles in. 4 How long shall Jacob’s offspring prove The sad suspension of Thy love? Say, shall Thy wrath perpetual burn? And wilt Thou ne’er, appeased, return? 5 Thy quickening Spirit now impart, And wake to joy each grateful heart, While Israel’s rescued tribes in Thee Their bliss and full salvation see! 6 No longer, heavenly Sire, delay, Thy wonted mercy now display, And let Thy all disposing will Thy people’s steadfast hope fulfill. Used With Tune: GRACE CHURCH

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GRACE CHURCH

Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 157 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Ignaz Josef Pleyel Tune Key: F Major Incipit: 33217 12355 43217 Used With Text: Arise, Great God

BURTON

Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 22 hymnals Tune Key: C Major Incipit: 51111 27123 33176 Used With Text: The restoration of Israel

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Arise, Great God

Author: James Merrick, 1720-1769 Hymnal: The Cyber Hymnal #8184 Meter: 8.8.8.8 First Line: Arise, great God, and let Thy grace Lyrics: 1 Arise, great God, and let Thy grace Its beams effuse on Jacob’s race: Restore the long lost scattered band, And call them to their native land. 2 Their misery let Thy mercy heal, Their trespass hide, their pardon seal; Check in mid-course Thy dreadful ire, And bid its kindled flames expire! 3 O grant them still Thy love to share; Incline Thine ear, accept our prayer; Cleanse them from unbelief and sin, And gather, too, the Gentiles in. 4 How long shall Jacob’s offspring prove The sad suspension of Thy love? Say, shall Thy wrath perpetual burn? And wilt Thou ne’er, appeased, return? 5 Thy quickening Spirit now impart, And wake to joy each grateful heart, While Israel’s rescued tribes in Thee Their bliss and full salvation see! 6 No longer, heavenly Sire, delay, Thy wonted mercy now display, And let Thy all disposing will Thy people’s steadfast hope fulfill. Languages: English Tune Title: GRACE CHURCH

Arise, great God! and let thy grace

Hymnal: Church Psalmody #H507 (1831) Languages: English

Arise, great God! and let thy grace

Hymnal: Psalms and Hymns, for Christian Use and Worship #H596 (1845)

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Ignaz Pleyel

1757 - 1831 Person Name: Ignaz Josef Pleyel Composer of "GRACE CHURCH" in The Cyber Hymnal Ignaz Joseph Pleyel; b. Ruppertstahl, near Vienna, 1757; d. Parice France, 1831 Evangelical Lutheran Hymnal, 1908

James Merrick

1720 - 1769 Person Name: James Merrick, 1720-1769 Author of "Arise, Great God" in The Cyber Hymnal Merrick, James , M.A., was born in 1720, and educated at Oxford, where he became a Fellow of Trinity College. He entered Holy Orders, but his health would not admit of parish work. He died at Reading, 1769. His publications include:— (1) Messiah, a Divine Essay. Humbly dedicated to the Reverend the Vice-Chancellor of the University of Oxford and the Visitors of the Free School in Reading. By James Merrick, Ætat. 14, Senior Scholar of the School at their last Terminal Visitation, the 7th of October, 1734. Reading. (2) The Destruction of Troy. Translated from the Greek of Tryphiodorus into English Verse, with Notes, &c. 1742. (3) Poems on Sacred Subjects. Oxford . 1763. (4) The Psalms of David Translated or Paraphrased in English Verse. By James Merrick, M.A., late Fellow of Trinity College, Oxford. Reading. J. Carnan and Co. 1765. 2nd ed. 1766. A few only of these paraphrases were divided into stanzas. In 1797 the Rev. W. D. Tattersall pulished the work "Divided into stanzas for Parochial Use, and paraphrased in such language as will be intelligible to every capacity . . . with a suitable Collect to each Psalm from the Works of Archbishop Parker." Merrick's paraphrases, although weak and verbose, were in extensive use in the early part of the present century, both in the Church of England and with Nonconformists. They have, however, fallen very much into disuse. Those in modern hymn-books, mainly in the form of centos, include:— 1. Blest Instructor, from Thy ways. Ps. xix. 2. Descend, O Lord! from heaven descend. Ps. cxliv. (In time of National Peril.) 3. Far as creation's bounds extend. Ps. cxlv. 4. God of my strength, the wise, the just. Ps. xxxi. 5. He who with generous pity glows. Ps. xli. 6. How pleasant, Lord.Thy dwellings are. Ps. lxxxiv. 7. Lift up your voice and thankful sing. Ps. cxxxvi. 8. Lo, my Shepherd's hand divine. Ps. xxiii. 9. Lord, my Strength, to Thee I pray. Ps. xxviii. 10. My heart its noblest theme has found. Ps.xlv. 11. O let me, [gracious] heavenly Lord extend. Ps. xxxix. 12. O turn, great Ruler of the skies. Ps. li. 13. Praise, O praise the Name divine. Ps. cl. 14. Sing, ye sons of [men] might, O sing. Ps. xxix. 15. Teach me, O teach me, Lord, Thy way. Ps. cxix. 16. The festal morn, my [O] God, is come. Ps. cxxii, (Sunday Morning.) 17. The morn and eve Thy praise resound. Ps. lxv. (Harvest.) 18. To Thy pastures, fair and large. Ps. xxiii. From his Poems on Sacred Subjects, 1763, the following centos have also come into common use: -- 19. Author of good, to Thee we turn. Resignation. 20. Eternal God, we look to Thee. Resignation. 21. 'Tis enough, the hour is come. Nunc Dimittis. John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)