Let Thy Kingdom, Blessed Savior

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Author: John A. Granade

Born: 1770, New Bern County, North Carolina. Died: December 6, 1807, Sumner County, Tennessee. After a period of desperate depression, Granade came to Christ in 1800 at a Presbyterian camp meeting at Desha’s Creek, Sumner County, Tennessee. Ordained a Methodist circuit riding preacher, Granade was referred to by the Nashville Banner as the "wild man of Goose Creek" (Sumner County, Tennessee) and was also variously known as "the poet of the backwoods" and "the Wild Man of Holston." Granade worked in part in the world of shape-note singing in the Shenandoah Valley, where a variety of musical sources, both sacred and profane, were at play. His works include: Pilgrim’s Songster (Lexington, Kentucky: 1804) --www.hymntime.com/tc… Go to person page >

Text Information

First Line: Let Thy Kingdom, blessed Savior
Title: Let Thy Kingdom, Blessed Savior
Author: John A. Granade
Language: English
Copyright: Public Domain

Tune

NETTLETONGOOD SHEPHERD (54335)PLACITASOtherHighcharts.com
Frequency of use
NETTLETON

The authorship of this tune is not clear, with different editors attributing the tune to different composers (or not naming one at all). See the instances list above for the different attributions. From William J. Reynolds, Companion to Baptist Hymnal (1976): "Nettleton first appeared as a two-part…

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GOOD SHEPHERD (54335)


PLACITAS


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Appearance of this hymn in hymnals1820184018601880190019201940196019802000050100Percent of hymnalsHighcharts.com

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