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Father in heaven, thy sacred name

Author: Joseph Hancox Appears in 14 hymnals

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Father in heaven, thy sacred name

Hymnal: Sacred Poetry #360 (1851)

Father in heaven! thy sacred name

Hymnal: A Collection of Psalms and Hymns, for Social and Private Worship #22 (1820) Languages: English

Father in heaven! thy sacred name

Hymnal: A Collection of Psalms and Hymns, for Social and Private Worship (Rev. ed. with supplement) #22 (1845) Languages: English

Author of "Father in heaven! thy sacred name" in A Collection of Psalms and Hymns for the Sanctuary In some hymnals, the editors noted that a hymn's author is unknown to them, and so this artificial "person" entry is used to reflect that fact. Obviously, the hymns attributed to "Author Unknown" "Unknown" or "Anonymous" could have been written by many people over a span of many centuries.

Joseph Hancox

1780 - 1824 Author of "Father in heaven, thy sacred name" Hancox, Joseph, 1780-1824. A Liverpool merchant, of fine poetical taste, four of whose hymns are in Martineau’s Hymns for the Christian Church and Home, Martineau’s Hymns of Praise and Prayer, also in the Norwich Collection, ed. 1826:— 1. Father in heaven, thy sacred name. The Lord's Prayer. 2. How welcome thy returning beams. The Lord's Day. 3. O for a faith in God's decrees. The shelter of faith. 4. Yon glorious orbs that gild the sky. New heavens and new earth. --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)