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Grant thou thy servants, Lord

Grant thou thy servants, Lord

Author: Samuel Johnson
Published in 2 hymnals

Author: Samuel Johnson

Johnson, Samuel, M.A, was born at Salem, Massachusetts, Oct. 10, 1822, and educated at Harvard, where he graduated in Arts in 1842, and in Theology in 1846. In 1853 he formed a Free Church in Lynn, Massachusetts, and remained its pastor to 1870. Although never directly connected with any religious denomination, he was mainly associated in the public mind with the Unitarians. He was joint editor with S. Longfellow (q. v.) of A Book of Hymns for Public and Private Devotion, Boston, 1846; the Supplement to the same, 1848; and Hymns of the Spirit, 1864. His contributions to these collections were less numerous than those by S. Longfellow, but not less meritorious. He died at North Andover, Massachusetts, Feb. 19, 1882. His hymns were thus contr… Go to person page >

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First Line: Grant thou thy servants, Lord
Author: Samuel Johnson
Copyright: Public Domain
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Hymn and Tune Book for the Church and the Home and Services for Congregational Worship. Rev. ed. #d224

Hymn and Tune Book for the Church and the Home and Services for Congregational Worship. Rev. ed. #d224
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Hymn and Tune Book for the Church and the Home. (Rev. ed.) #610

Hymn and Tune Book for the Church and the Home. (Rev. ed.) #610
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