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Ancient of days, thy servants meet

Ancient of days, thy servants meet

Author: F. G. Lee
Published in 3 hymnals


Author: F. G. Lee

Lee, Frederick George, D.D., born in 1832, educated at St. Edmund Hall, Oxford (S. C. L. 1854), and Vicar of All Saints, Lambeth, since 1867. Author of a large number of works (see Crockford, 1891). His hymns "Laud the grace of God victorious" (St. Alban), and "When day's shadows lengthen" (Old Age), appeared in the People's Hymnal, 1867. --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, Appendix, Part II (1907)… Go to person page >

Text Information

First Line: Ancient of days, thy servants meet
Author: F. G. Lee
Refrain First Line: Miserere, Domine
Copyright: Public Domain

Notes

Ancient of Days, Thy servants meet. F G. Lee. [For the Faithful Departed.] In his De Profundis, 1899, and in Tozer's Catholic Hymns, 1898, No. 120.

--John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, New Supplement (1907)

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Catholic Church Hymnal with Music #140

Diocesan Hymnal #d8

St. Francis Hymnal and Choir Manual #d16

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