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O Lord of life, to thee we pray

O Lord of life, to thee we pray

Author: R. C. Waterston
Published in 2 hymnals


Author: R. C. Waterston

Waterston, Robert Cassie, M.A., son of Robert Waterston, was born at Kennebunk, in 1812, but has resided from his infancy at Boston, Massachusetts. He studied Theology at Cambridge; had for five years the charge of a Sunday school for the children of seamen; was associated for several years with the Pitts Street Unitarian Chapel, Boston; and then pastor for seven years of the Unitarian Church of the Saviour in the same city. Much of his time has been given to literature, and a long list of his papers of various kinds is given in Putnam's Singers and Songs of the Liberal Faith, 1874. He also interested himself largely in educational matters. He contributed one hymn to the American Unitarian Cheshire Pastoral Association Christian Hymns, 1844… Go to person page >

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First Line: O Lord of life, to thee we pray
Author: R. C. Waterston
Copyright: Public Domain

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A Collection of Psalms and Hymns for Christian Worship. (45th ed.) #613

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Singers and Songs of the Liberal Faith #399

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