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Child of man, whose seed below

Child of man, whose seed below

Author: John Bowdler
Published in 3 hymnals


Author: John Bowdler

John Bowlder was born in London, in 1783. He was educated at Winchester College, and entered the legal profession. As a barrister, he gave unusual promise of eminence; but died in 1815, at the age of thirty-two. His miscellaneous writings were published in 1816, by his father, under the title of "Select Pieces of Prose and Verse." --Annotations of the Hymnal, Charles Hutchins, M.A., 1872.… Go to person page >

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First Line: Child of man, whose seed below
Author: John Bowdler
Copyright: Public Domain

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Songs in the Night; or Hymns for the Sick and Suffering. 2nd ed. #d24

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