A fitly spoken word, It hath mysterious powers

Author: George B. Bubier

Bubier, George Burden, son of the Rev. William Bubier, born at Reading, Feb. 2, 1823. After serving for some time in a bank at Banbury, he prepared for the Congregational Ministry, at Homerton College. He was successively pastor of congregations at Orsett, Essex, 1844; Union Chapel, Brixton; Cambridge; and Hope Chapel, Salford, 1854. In 1864 he was appointed Professor of Theology and Philosophy at Spring Hill Congregational College, Birmingham. He died at Acock's Green, near Birmingham, March 19, 1869. In 1855 he was joint editor with Dr. George Macdonald, and the brother of the latter, of Hymns and Sacred Songs for Sunday Schools and Social Worship, in two parts, &c, Manchester, Fletcher and Tubbs, 1855. A great many of the 318 hymns in th… Go to person page >

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First Line: A fitly spoken word, It hath mysterious powers
Author: George B. Bubier
Language: English
Copyright: Public Domain

Tune

TRENTHAM

Robert Jackson (b, Oldham, Lancashire, England, 1842; d. Oldham, 1914) originally, composed TRENTHAM as a setting for Henry W. Baker's "O Perfect Life of Love" (380). Named for a village in Staffordshire, England, close to the town in which Jackson was born, the tune was published with the Baker tex…

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MILLER (Berridge)


PELHAM (Benson)


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Carmina for Social Worship #d2

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Carmina for the Sunday School and Social Worship #216

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Hymns of the Faith #268

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Hymns of the United Church #163

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Hymns of the United Church #163

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The Century Hymnal #270

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The Congregational Mission Hymnal #258

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The Golden Hymn Book #288

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The New Baptist Praise Book #325

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The New Baptist Praise Book #325

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Worship Song #407

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Songs of Praise with Tunes #381

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