Come, thou almighty will, Our fainting bosoms fill

Come, thou almighty will, Our fainting bosoms fill

Tune: ITALIAN HYMN
Published in 10 hymnals

Text Information

First Line: Come, thou almighty will, Our fainting bosoms fill
Source: Hymns of the Spirit
Language: English
Copyright: Public Domain

Notes

Come, Thou almighty Will. [Invocation.] Appeared anonymously in the American Unitarian Hymns of the Spirit, 1864, No. 7, in 3 stanzas of 7 lines. It is repeated in later hymnals, and still Anon.

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

Tune

ITALIAN HYMN

Felice de Giardini (b. Turin, Italy, 1716; d. Moscow, Russia, 1796) composed ITALIAN HYMN in three parts for this text at the request of Selina Shirley, the famous evangelically minded Countess of Huntingdon. Giardini was living in London at the time and contributed this tune and three others to Mar…

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Hymns of the Spirit #7

Hymns of the Spirit for Use in the Free Churches of America #47

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National Hymn and Tune Book #296

Unity Hymns and Chorals. Rev and enl. with Service Elements #d38

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Vestry Harmonies #35b

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Hymns of the Church Universal #523

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Isles of Shoals Hymn Book and Candle Light Service #85

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Services for Congregational Worship. The New Hymn and Tune Book #9

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