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Will God, who made the earth and sea

Will God, who made the earth and sea

Author: Eliza Lee Follen
Published in 16 hymnals


Author: Eliza Lee Follen

Follen, Eliza Lee, née Cabot, a well-known Unitarian writer, daughter of Samuel Cabot, born at Boston, August 15, 1787, and married, in 1828, to Professor Charles Follen, who perished on board the "Lexington," which was burnt on Long Island Sound, Jan. 13,1840. Mrs. Follen died at Brookline, Mass., 1860. She was a voluminous writer. Her Poems were first published at Boston (Crosby & Co.), 1839, and whilst she was in England she issued another volume for children's use, entitled The Lark and the Linnet, in 1854. Both volumes also contain some translations from the German, and versions of a few Psalms. Her best known hymns are:— 1. How sweet to be allowed to pray. Resignation. Appeared in the Christian Disciple, Sept., 1818,… Go to person page >

Text Information

First Line: Will God, who made the earth and sea
Author: Eliza Lee Follen
Language: English
Copyright: Public Domain

Tune

BELMONT (Gardiner)

This tune has been mis-attributed to various other composers, but is clearly the work of the above-named composer.

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TIVERTON (Grigg)

Rippon credited this tune to "Rev. F. J. Grigg (d. 1768). This may refer to Joseph Grigg who died in 1768. However, it is also possible the tune was composed by Jacob Grigg, who was born in 1769 and was a fellow student with John Rippon at the Bristol Baptist College. It is also credited to Thomas G…

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Timeline

Instances

Instances (1 - 16 of 16)
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A Book of Hymns and Tunes #75

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Hymn, Tune, and Service Book for Sunday Schools #47

Hymnal for children #d243

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Hymnal with Music for Children #54a

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Hymnal with Music for Children #54b

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Hymnal with Music for Children #54a

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Hymnal with Music for Children #54b

Hymns and Tunes for the Sunday School, the Congregation and the Home #d191

Hymns for Sunday School Worship #d96

Hymns, Selected and Original, for Sunday Schools of the Evangelical Lutheran Church #d530

Sabbath School and Social Hymns of the Reformed Protestant Dutch Church of the U.S.A. #d322

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Sabbath School Songs #27c

The Golden Harp #d404

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The Infant-School Hymn-Book #33

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The Sabbath School Lute #84

Youthful Voices #d253

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