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Hail, vernal delights of the ground

Hail, vernal delights of the ground

Author: Benjamin Rhodes
Published in 1 hymnal

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Author: Benjamin Rhodes

Rhodes, Benjamin, born at Mexborough, Yorkshire, in 1743, was brought under the influence of religion by the preaching of George Whitefield in 1766. He was the son of a schoolmaster, and received the elements of a good education in his youth. He was for many years a Wesleyan Minister, having been sent forth to preach by John Wesley. He died at Margate Oct. 13, 1815. To Joseph Benson's Hymns for Children and Young Persons, 1806, and his Hymns for Children selected chiefly from the publications of the Rev. John and Charles Wesley, and Dr. Watts, &c, 1814 (an additional volume to the first, and sometimes bound up with it), he contributed several hymns. Very few of these are now in common use. They include "Children, your parents' will obey" (D… Go to person page >

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First Line: Hail, vernal delights of the ground
Author: Benjamin Rhodes
Copyright: Public Domain

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Hymns for Children and Young Persons. First Am. from the London ed. #d45

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