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Jesus, what precept is like thine

Author: Mary Ashton Livermore
Published in 10 hymnals

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	Hymn Harmonizations, Set 5

Author: Mary Ashton Livermore

Livermore, Mary Ashton Rice (Mrs. D.P.). (December 19, 1821 [sic]--May 23, 1905). Her husband was a Universalist minister. She was a noted writer, editor, and lecturer; associate director of the Sanitary Commission during the Civil War; and a prominent leader in the causes of temperance and women's suffrage. She published The Story of My Life in 1897. She was awarded an honorary degree of Doctor of Laws by Tufts College in 1896. A hymn written by her beginning "Jesus, what precept is like thine" is included in Hymns New and Old, 1895. --Henry Wilder Foote, DNAH Archives Go to person page >

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WARRINGTON

WARRINGTON was composed by Ralph Harrison (b. Chinley, Derbyshire, England, 1748; d. Manchester, Lancashire, England, 1810) and published in his collection of psalm tunes, Sacred Harmony (1784). The tune's rising inflections help to accent words such as erotic (probably the only time this word has b…

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Christian Science Hymnal (1909), p.8

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Instances (1 - 10 of 10)	Title	First Line	Tune	Author	Meter	Date	Subject
Christian Science Hymnal #7	Jesus, what precept is like thine	Jesus, what precept is like thine	GERMANY	Mrs. Mary A. Livermore		1909
Christian Science Hymnal #163	Jesus, what precept is like thine	Jesus, what precept is like thine	WARRINGTON	Mary A. Livermore		1932
Christian Science Hymnal: a selection of spiritual songs #7a	Jesus, what precept is like thine	Jesus, what precept is like thine		Mrs. Livermore		1893
Christian Science Hymnal: a selection of spiritual songs #7b	Jesus, what precept is like thine	Jesus, what precept is like thine		Mrs. Livermore		1893
Christian Science Hymnal: a selection of spiritual songs #7c	Jesus, what precept is like thine	Jesus, what precept is like thine		Mrs. Livermore		1893
Christian Science Hymnal: a selection of spiritual songs #7	Jesus, what precept is like thine	Jesus, what precept is like thine		Mrs. Livermore, abr.		1898
Church Harmonies: a collection of hymns and tunes for the use of Congregations #902	Jesus, what precept is like thine	Jesus, what precept is like thine		Mrs. Livermore		1876
Hymns for Christian Devotion: especially adapted to the Universalist denomination #815	Jesus, what precept is like thine	Jesus, what precept is like thine		Mary Ashton Livermore		1865
Hymns for Christian Devotion: especially adapted to the Universalist denomination. (New ed.) #815	Jesus, what precept is like thine	Jesus, what precept is like thine		Mrs. Livermore	L. M.	1871	Criminal reform \| ; Philanthropic Subjects \| ; Reclaiming Power of Love \|
Prayers and Hymns for the Church and the Home #d325	Reclaiming power of love	Jesus, what precept is like thine		Mary Ashton Livermore		1866