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Appears in 4 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: J. Booth Incipit: 55321 61555 44332 Used With Text: Our wilful hearts have gone astray

Our wilful hearts have gone astray

Author: Rev. Louis F. Benson Appears in 9 hymnals Used With Tune: LYNWOOD

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Our wilful hearts have gone astray

Author: Rev. Louis F. Benson Hymnal: The Smaller Hymnal #243 (1928) Languages: English Tune Title: LYNWOOD

Our wilful hearts have gone astray

Author: Louis F. Benson, D.D. Hymnal: The Sunday School Hymnary #447a (1906) Languages: English Tune Title: LYNWOOD

Our Willful Hearts Have Gone Astray

Author: Louis F. Benson Hymnal: The Cyber Hymnal #16745 First Line: Our willful hearts have gone astray Lyrics: 1 Our willful hearts have gone astray; Our feet have wandered far away; O God, remember not the day When we forsook Thy love. 2 O patient eyes that saw us go! O careless hearts to grieve Him so! O feet so swift to leave, so slow When we came back to Love! 3 We followed far the wayward will; Our eyes turned home from every hill; They found Thee waiting, watching still, When we came back to Love. 4 We found no home to east or west; We bore no peace within the breast, Until once more we were at rest When we came back to Love. 5 "Our Father!" Hallowed be the name That all within Thy house proclaim; Their prayer and ours at last the same— Thy will be done, O Love. Languages: English Tune Title: LYNWOOD

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Louis F. Benson

1855 - 1930 Person Name: Louis F. Benson, D.D. Author of "Our wilful hearts have gone astray" in The Sunday School Hymnary Benson, Louis FitzGerald, D.D., was born at Philadelphia, Penn., July 22, 1855, and educated at the University of Penn. He was admitted to the Bar in 1877, and practised until 1884. After a course of theological studies he was ordained by the Presbytery of Philadelphia North, in 1888. His pastorate of the Church of the Redeemer, Germantown, Phila., extended from his ordination in 1888 to 1894, when he resigned and devoted himself to literary and Church work at Philadelphia. He edited the series of Hymnals authorised for use by the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A., as follows:— (1) The Hymnal, Phila., 1895; (2) The Chapel Hymnal, 1898; and (3) The School Hymnal, 1899. Dr. Benson's hymnological writings are somewhat extensive. They include:— (1) Hymns and Verses (original and translations), 1897; (2) The Best Church Hymns, 1898; (3) The Best Hymns, 1898; (4) Studies of Familiar Hymns, 1903, &c. Of his original hymns the following have come into American common use:— I. In The Hymnal, 1895:— 1. O Christ, Who didst our tasks fulfil. For Schools and Colleges. Written in 1894. 2. O risen Christ, Who from Thy throne. For Installation of a Pastor. Written in 1894. II. In The School Hymnal, 1899:— 3. A glory lit the wintry sky. Loneliness of Jesus. Written in 1897. 4. Happy town of Salem. Heaven. 5. Now the wintry days are o'er. Easter. 6. O sing a song of Bethlehem. Early Life of Jesus. 7. Open the door to the Saviour. Invitation. 8. Out of the skies, like angel eyes. Lullaby. 9. Who will teach me how to pray? Prayer. In Carey Bonner's Sunday School Hymnary, 1905:— 10. The sun is on the land and sea. Morning. 11. Our wilful hearts have gone astray. Penitence. 12. When I awake from slumber. Morning. Of the above, Nos. 1-4, 10-12 are from Hymns and Verses, 1897. In the above collection by C. Bonner, Nos. 1, 4, and 6 are also found. Of Dr. Benson's translations from the Latin one only is in common use. See "Plaudite coeli, Rideat aether." As a hymn writer Dr. Benson is not widely known, mainly through the recent publication of his verse. His hymns deserve attention, and will, no doubt, gain the public ear in due time; whilst his hymnological researches and publications are thorough and praiseworthy. --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, New Supplement (1907)