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Closet Hymn

Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 17 hymnals First Line: When, O my Savior, shall this heart Used With Tune: ACCOMACK

ACCOMACK

Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 2 hymnals Used With Text: Closet Hymn

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When, O my Savior, shall this heart

Author: Jared Bell Waterbury Hymnal: Hymns and Spiritual Songs, Original and Selected, for the Use of Christians. (8th ed.) #b269 (1840) Languages: English

When, O my Savior, shall this heart

Hymnal: Hymns and Spiritual Songs, Original and Selected, for the Use of Christians. (5th ed.) #B269 (1838) Meter: 8.8.8.8 Topics: Closet Hymn Languages: English

When, O my Savior, shall this heart

Author: Jared Bell Waterbury Hymnal: The Christian Lyre, Volume 1 #144 (1830) Languages: English

1799 - 1876 Person Name: J. B. W. Author of "Closet Hymn" in The Christian Lyre Waterbury, Jared Bell, D.D., was born in New York City, Aug. 11, 1799, and graduated at Yale College, 1822. He was for some time pastor of a Congregational church at Hudson, New York, and then of Bowdoin Street Congregational church, Boston. He died at Brooklyn, Dec. 31, 1876. He published Advice to a Young Christian; The Officer on Duty, and other works. To the Rev. J. Leavitt's Christian Lyre, vol. i., 1830, he contributed the following hymns, each of which was headed, "Written for the Lyre," and signed "J. B. W.":— 1. My Jesus, Thou hast taught. The Love of Jesus. 2. Met, O God, to ask Thy presence. Repentance. 3. 0 fly, mourning sinner, saith Jesus to me. Promise of Pardon. 4. See Sodom wrapt in fire. Warning. 5. Sinner, is thy heart at rest? The Voice of Conscience. 6. Soldiers of the Cross, arise! Lo! your Leader from the skies. Soldiers of the Cross. 7. When, O my Saviour, shall this heart? Desiring Jesus. In vol. ii. of the same work, 1830, also:-- 8. I have fought the good fight; 1 have finished my race. Martyr's Death Song. Another of his hymns is given in the Songs for the Sanctuary, 1865, as:— 9. Infinite love, what precious stores. Riches of Divine Grace. Sometimes dated 1862. Of these hymns, Nos. 5, 6, and 9 are the best known. [Rev. F. M. Bird, M.A.] -- John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)