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Author: Wm P. Mackay Meter: 6.5.7.5 with chorus Appears in 2 hymnals First Line: We praise thee, O God! Refrain First Line: Hallelujah! Thine the glory Topics: Songs For Children Praise Used With Tune: [We praise Thee, O God] Text Sources: First verse added and chorus altered by Editor

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THINE THE GLORY

Meter: 6.5.7.5 with refrain Appears in 744 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: John J. Husband, 1760-1825 Tune Key: G Major Incipit: 51111 12333 31355 Used With Text: Hallelujah! thine the glory

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We Praise Thee, O God

Author: Wm P. Mackay Hymnal: The New Christian Hymnal #376 (1929) Meter: 6.5.7.5 with chorus First Line: We praise thee, O God! Refrain First Line: Hallelujah! Thine the glory Topics: Songs For Children Praise Languages: English Tune Title: [We praise Thee, O God]

Hallelujah! thine the glory

Author: William P. Mackay; Henry J. Kuiper Hymnal: Trinity Hymnal #634 (1961) Meter: 6.5.7.5 with refrain First Line: We praise thee, O God! Topics: Christ Lamb of God; God Praise of; Holy Scriptures; Holy Trinity Scripture: Psalm 47:6 Languages: English Tune Title: THINE THE GLORY

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W. P. Mackay

1839 - 1885 Person Name: Wm P. Mackay Author of "We Praise Thee, O God" in The New Christian Hymnal Mackay, William Paton, M.D., was born at Montrose, May 13, 1839, and educated at the University of Edinburgh. After following his medical profession for a time, he became minister of Prospect Street Presbyterian Church, Hull, in 1868, and died from an accident, at Portree, Aug. 22, 1885. Seventeen of his hymns are in W. Reid's Praise Book, 1872. Of these the best known is "We praise Thee, O God, for the Son of Thy love" (Praise to God), written 1863, recast 1867. [Rev. James Mearns, M.A.] --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, Appendix II (1907) ====================== Born: May 13, 1839, Montrose, Scotland. Died: August 22, 1885, Portree, Scotland, of an accident. Mackay graduated from the University of Edinburgh and initially worked as a doctor. However, he was ordained, and in 1868 became pastor of the Prospect Street Presbyterian Church in Hull. He married Mary Loughton Livingstone 1868 in Kingston Upon Hull, Yorkshire; they were living in Sculcoates, Yorkshire, as of 1881. Seventeen of his hymns appeared in W. Reid’s Praise Book in 1872. Sources: Hustad, p. 278 Julian, p. 1667 Reynolds, p. 365 http://www.hymntime.com/tch/bio/m/a/c/mackay_wp.htm

John J. Husband

1760 - 1825 Person Name: John J. Husband, 1760-1825 Composer of "THINE THE GLORY" in Trinity Hymnal Rv John Jenkins Husband United Kingdom 1760-1825. Born in Plymouth, England, he worked as a clerk at Surrey Chapel. He emigrated to the U.S. in 1809 and taught music in Philadelphia, PA. It is surmised that he married Anna Elizabeth Kirkhum, but no other family information was found. An author and composer, he also worked as a clerk at St. Paul’s Protestant Episcopal Church. In 1807 he published “A collection of hymns & Psalms for the use of singing school & musical societies”. He died in Philadelphia, PA. John Perry