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Grant us hearts, dear Lord, to yield thee

Author: Eliza S. Alderson Appears in 3 hymnals Hymnal Title: Worship and Song Used With Tune: WESTON

Appears in 48 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: John E. Roe (1838-1871) Hymnal Title: Worship and Song Incipit: 33432 32135 54632 Used With Text: Grant us hearts, dear Lord, to yield thee

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Grant us hearts, dear Lord, to yield Thee

Hymnal: A Church hymnal #353 (1870) Hymnal Title: A Church hymnal

Grant us hearts, dear Lord, to yield thee

Author: Eliza S. Alderson Hymnal: Worship and Song #154 (1913) Hymnal Title: Worship and Song Languages: English Tune Title: WESTON

Grant us hearts, dear Lord, to yield thee

Author: Eliza S. Alderson Hymnal: Worship and Song Edition B #ad93 (1916) Hymnal Title: Worship and Song Edition B Languages: English

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Eliza S. Alderson

1818 - 1889 Hymnal Title: Worship and Song Author of "Grant us hearts, dear Lord, to yield thee" in Worship and Song Alderson, Eliza Sibbald, née Dykes, granddaughter of the Rev. Thomas Dykes, of Hull, and sister of the Rev. Dr. Dykes, born in 1818, and married, in 1850, to the Rev. W. T. Alderson, some time chaplain to the West Riding House of Correction, Wakefield. Mrs. Alderson is the author of the following hymns, the first of which is likely to attain a commanding position:— 1. And now, beloved Lord, Thy soul resigning. [Passiontide.] A hymn of more than usual merit, in 6 stanzas of 4 lines, written in 1868 at the request of Dr. Dykes. In 1875, stanzas i., ii., v. and vi., were given in the revised edition of Hymns Ancient & Modern, No. 121, with a special tune Commendation by Dr. Dykes. The full original text is restored in Thring's Collection, 1882, No. 170. 2. Lord of glory, Who hast bought us. [Almsgiving.] Written in 1864, in 5 stanzas of 8 lines, and published in the Appendix to Hymns Ancient & Modern, 1868, No. 372, and repeated in the revised edition 1875, No. 367, Mrs. Alderson says, "It was the very strong feeling that a tithe of our income was a solemn debt to God and His poor, which inspired it." Dr. Dykes’s tune "Charitas" was composed for this hymn. --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907) ===================== Alderson, Eliza S., p. 38, i. She was born Aug. 16, 1818, and died at Kirkthorpe, Yorkshire, Mar. 18, 1889. --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, New Supplement (1907)