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Mercy, descending from above

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Mercy, descending from above

Author: Joseph Straphan
Tune: SILOAM (Woodbury)
Published in 24 hymnals

Author: Joseph Straphan

Straphan, Joseph. This author contributed 3 hymns to Rippon's Baptist Selection, 1787 (see p. 149, i.), viz.:—(1) "Blest is the man whose heart expands" (Education of the Young, (2) "On wings of faith mount up, my soul, and rise" (Heaven anticipated); and (3) "Our Father, Whose eternal sway" (Divine Worship). From No. 1 two centos have been taken:—(1) "Blest work the youthful mind to win," in several collections in Great Britain; and (2), "Delightful work, young souls to win," in use in America. Straphan's birth is given as 1757. From a hymn in the Gospel Magazine, we find that he resided at that time at Hanley. Further details are wanting. [Rev. W. R. Stephenson] --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, Appendix, Part II (190… Go to person page >

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Text Information

First Line:	Mercy, descending from above
Author:	Joseph Straphan
Language:	English
Copyright:	Public Domain

Tune

SILOAM (Woodbury)

All tunes published with 'Mercy, descending from above'^ top

Timeline

Page Scans

Hymn and Tune Book of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South (Round Note Ed.) (1902), p.358

Instances

Instances (1 - 24 of 24)

A Collection of Hymns for Public, Social and Domestic Worship #d541

A Collection of Hymns for Public, Social and Domestic Worship #d544

A Collection of Hymns for Public, Social, and Domestic Worship #d544

A Collection of Hymns for Public, Social, and Domestic Worship #797

A Collection of Hymns for the use of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Rev. with a Supplement #d389

A Collection of Hymns #645

A Selection of Psalms and Hymns #d41

A Selection of Psalms and Hymns, for the use of Sunday Schools #52

Conference Hymns #226

Hymn and Tune Book of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South (Round Note Ed.) #704

Hymn Book of the Colored M.E. Church in America #d331

Hymn Book of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South #704

Hymns for Schools and Families #d308

Hymns for Schools and Families, Specailly Designed for the Children of the Church #484

Hymns of the Protestant Episcopal Church of the United States, as authorized by the General Convention #114

Hymns selected from various authors #502

Hymns suited to the Feasts and Fasts of the Church and Other Occasions of Public Worship ... approved by the Convention of 1826 #d104

Psalms and Hymns for Public worship, Containing All the Psalms and Hymns of Dr. Watts ... #d558

Sabbath School Choir #d23

Selections from the Psalms of David in Metre #H114

Sunday School Hymn Book. (19th ed) #90

The Amaranth #d91

The Lecture-Room Hymn-Book #H114

The New England Sunday School Hymn Book #d85

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