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Lord, Our Lord, We Praise Thee

Appears in 16 hymnals First Line: Lord, our Lord, thro' earth's vast frame Scripture: Psalm 8 Used With Tune: [Lord, our Lord, thro' earth's vast frame] Text Sources: Psalm 8 Circa 1880

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[Lord, our Lord, thro' earth's vast frame]

Appears in 388 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: William F. Sherwin; Alfred B. Smith Tune Key: G Major or modal Incipit: 11165 45111 65457 Used With Text: Lord, Our Lord, We Praise Thee

LORD, OUR LORD

Appears in 4 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: W. T. Wiley Incipit: 55556 51132 32165 Used With Text: Lord, our Lord, o'er earth's vast frame

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Lord, our Lord, o'er earth's vast frame

Hymnal: Bible Songs #9 (1891) Languages: English Tune Title: LORD, OUR LORD

Lord, our Lord, o'er earth's vast frame

Hymnal: Bible Songs #9 (1897) Languages: English Tune Title: LORD, OUR LORD

Lord, our Lord, o'er earth's vast

Hymnal: Bible Songs #9 (1879) First Line: Lord, our Lord, o'er earth's vast frame Topics: Children Offer Praise Scripture: Psalm 8:1-5 Languages: English Tune Title: LORD, OUR LORD

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William F. Sherwin

1826 - 1888 Composer of "[Lord, our Lord, o'er earth's vast frame]" in Bible Songs Sherwin, William Fisk, an American Baptist, was born at Buckland, Massachusetts, March 14,1826. His educational opportunities, so far as schools were concerned, were few, but he made excellent use of his time and surroundings. At fifteen he went to Boston and studied music under Dr. Mason: In due course he became a teacher of vocal music, and held several important appointments in Massachusetts; in Hudson and Albany, New York County, and then in New York City. Taking special interest in Sunday Schools, he composed carols and hymn-tunes largely for their use, and was associated with the Rev. R. Lowry and others in preparing Bright Jewels, and other popular Sunday School hymn and tune books. A few of his melodies are known in Great Britain through I. D. Sankey's Sacred Songs and Solos, where they are given with his signature. His hymnwriting was limited. The following pieces are in common use:— 1. Grander than ocean's story (1871). The Love of God. 2. Hark, bark, the merry Christmas bells. Christmas Carol. 3. Lo, the day of God is breaking. The Spiritual Warfare. 4. Wake the song of joy and gladness. Sunday School or Temperance Anniversary. 5. Why is thy faith, 0 Child of God, so small. Safety in Jesus. Mr. Sherwin died at Boston, Massachusetts, April 14, 1888. -- John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907) ================== Sherwin, W. F., p. 1055, i. Another hymn from his Bright Jewels, 1869, p. 68, is "Sound the battle cry" (Christian Courage), in the Sunday School Hymnary, 1905, and several other collections. --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, New Supplement (1907)

Alfred B. Smith

1916 - 2001 Arranger of "[Lord, our Lord, thro' earth's vast frame]" in Living Hymns Used pseudonym B. C. Laurelton ---------- In 1930, he began playing on radio broadcasts in Jersey City, New Jersey, on "The Old Fashioned Gospel Hour." After meeting Wendell P. Loveless, Alfred enrolled at the Moody Bible Institute in Chicago and became a member of the WMBI staff. During service as Minister of Music at The Church of the Open Door in Philadelphia, he taught at The Philadelphia School of the Bible in the fall of 1938. During that year, he wrote "For God So Loved the World" after visiting the ninety-four year-old hymn writer George C. Stebbins. Smith met Billy Graham when they were both students at Wheaton College. During their long collaboration, they founded Singspiration in 1941. After graduating from Wheaton, Smith, Graham, and George Beverly Shea started "Youth for Christ" in Chicago. --Daniel Mahraun (from livinghymns.org)