Briggs, C. A. A hymn beginning "God's law demands one living faith" is attributed to a person with this name in Hedge and Huntington's Hymns for the Church of Christ, (1853). It is probable, but not certain, that the author was Rev. Charles Briggs, Halifax, Massachusetts (January 17, 1791--December 1, 1873, Roxbury, Massachusetts). He graduated from Harvard College in 1815, and from Divinity School in 1818, was minister of the First Church in Lexington, Massachusetts, 1818-1834, and secretary of the American Unitarian Association, 1835-1848.
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This tune is likely the work of the composer named here, but has also been attributed to others as shown in the instances list below.
According to the Handbook to the Baptist Hymnal (1992), Old 100th first appeared in the Genevan Psalter, and "the first half of the tune contains phrases which may ha…
Display Title: God's law demands one living faithFirst Line: God's law demands one living faithTune Title: WARRENAuthor: Anon.Date: 1886Subject: Worship | Law of God