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Spread the News

Be merciful to us, O God, upon Thy people shine

Author: Henry Francis Lyte
Tune: [Be merciful to us, O God]
Published in 11 hymnals

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Author: Henry Francis Lyte

Lyte, Henry Francis, M.A., son of Captain Thomas Lyte, was born at Ednam, near Kelso, June 1, 1793, and educated at Portora (the Royal School of Enniskillen), and at Trinity College, Dublin, of which he was a Scholar, and where he graduated in 1814. During his University course he distinguished himself by gaining the English prize poem on three occasions. At one time he had intended studying Medicine; but this he abandoned for Theology, and took Holy Orders in 1815, his first curacy being in the neighbourhood of Wexford. In 1817, he removed to Marazion, in Cornwall. There, in 1818, he underwent a great spiritual change, which shaped and influenced the whole of his after life, the immediate cause being the illness and death of a brother cler… Go to person page >

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Text Information

First Line: Be merciful to us, O God, upon Thy people shine
Title: Spread the News
Author: Henry Francis Lyte
Language: English
Refrain First Line: Spread the news far and wide
Copyright: Public Domain
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Instances

Instances (1 - 11 of 11)

A Collection of Hymns for the use of the Wesleyan Methodist Connection of America #d52

A Collection of Hymns for the use of the Wesleyan Methodist Connection of America #d52
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Additional Hymns, Adopted by the General Synod of the Reformed Protestant Dutch Church in North America, at their Session, June 1846, and authorized to be used in the churches under their care #193

Additional Hymns, Adopted by the General Synod of the Reformed Protestant Dutch Church in North America, at their Session, June 1846, and authorized to be used in the churches under their care #193
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Church Psalmody #421

Church Psalmody #421
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Loving Voices #33

Loving Voices #33
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The Baptist Psalmody #1029

The Baptist Psalmody #1029

The Canadian Baptist Hymnal for the use of Churches and Families #d52

The Canadian Baptist Hymnal for the use of Churches and Families #d52
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The Psalmist #858

The Psalmist #858
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The Psalmist #858

The Psalmist #858
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The Psalms and Hymns, with the Doctrinal Standards and Liturgy of the Reformed Protestant Dutch Church in North America #H571

The Psalms and Hymns, with the Doctrinal Standards and Liturgy of the Reformed Protestant Dutch Church in North America #H571
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Windows of Heaven #47

Windows of Heaven #47
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Windows of Heaven #47

Windows of Heaven #47
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