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Father, ere we depart

Father, ere we depart

Published in 5 hymnals

Text Information

First Line: Father, ere we depart
Copyright: Public Domain
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Father, ere we thence depart. J. Hart. [Dismission.] First published in his Supplement to his Hymns composed on Various subjects, 1762, No. 82, in 2 stanzas of 4 lines. In 1767 it was given in R. Conyers's Collection as "Father, before we hence depart." This was repeated in Toplady's Psalms & Hymns, 1776, No. 159, and is the received text of modern hymn-books in Great Britain and America.

--John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)

Notes

Father, ere we thence depart. J. Hart. [Dismission.] First published in his Supplement to his Hymns composed on Various subjects, 1762, No. 82, in 2 stanzas of 4 lines. In 1767 it was given in R. Conyers's Collection as "Father, before we hence depart." This was repeated in Toplady's Psalms & Hymns, 1776, No. 159, and is the received text of modern hymn-books in Great Britain and America.

--John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)

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Instances

Instances (1 - 5 of 5)

Hymns, etc. composed on various subjects #178

Hymns, etc. composed on various subjects #178
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Hymns, etc. #S82

Hymns, etc. #S82
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Hymns #178

Hymns #178

Supplement to Watts #d118

Supplement to Watts #d118

The Old Baptist Hymn Book #d84

The Old Baptist Hymn Book #d84
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