God, Who Blesses New Beginnings

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Author (sts. 1, 2): Harry N. Huxhold, b. 1922

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Author (st. 3): John Newton, 1725-1807

John Newton (b. London, England, 1725; d. London, 1807) was born into a Christian home, but his godly mother died when he was seven, and he joined his father at sea when he was eleven. His licentious and tumul­tuous sailing life included a flogging for attempted desertion from the Royal Navy and captivity by a slave trader in West Africa. After his escape he himself became the captain of a slave ship. Several factors contributed to Newton's conversion: a near-drowning in 1748, the piety of his friend Mary Catlett, (whom he married in 1750), and his reading of Thomas à Kempis' Imitation of Christ. In 1754 he gave up the slave trade and, in association with William Wilberforce, eventually became an ardent abolitionist. After becoming a tide… Go to person page >

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First Line: God, who blesses new beginnings
Title: God, Who Blesses New Beginnings
Author (sts. 1, 2): Harry N. Huxhold, b. 1922
Author (st. 3): John Newton, 1725-1807 (alt.)
Language: English
Copyright: Sts. 1 and 2 © 1978 Lutheran Book of Worship, Adapted anre reprinted by permision of Augsburg Fortress

Tune

HYFRYDOL

One of the most loved Welsh tunes, HYFRYDOL was composed by Rowland Hugh Prichard (b. Graienyn, near Bala, Merionetshire, Wales, 1811; d. Holywell, Flintshire, Wales, 1887) in 1830 when he was only nineteen. It was published with about forty of his other tunes in his children's hymnal Cyfaill y Cant…

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Catholic Book of Worship III #626

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