Lord, let thy Spirit deign to stay

Lord, let thy Spirit deign to stay

Author: Nathaniel Colver
Published in 4 hymnals

Author: Nathaniel Colver

Colver, Nathaniel, D.D., an eminent preacher and abolitionist, born at Orwell, Vermont, 1794, and entered the Baptist Ministry in 1836, becoming successively Pastor at Boston, Detroit, Cincinnati, and Chicago. After the war, in 1865, he founded the Colver Institute at Richmond, Virginia. He died Sept. 25, 1870. In 1848 he contributed 17 hymns to Banvard's Christian Melodist, Boston, U.S; Of these the best known are:—“Come, Lord, in mercy come again," Lent; and " Weep for the lost! thy Saviour wept" (Sympathy), as in the Baptist Praise Book, N. Y., 1871, &c. [Rev. F. M. Bird, M.A.] --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)… Go to person page >

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First Line: Lord, let thy Spirit deign to stay
Author: Nathaniel Colver
Copyright: Public Domain

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Choice Hymns #302

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The Christian Melodist #15

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The Harp #1115

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The Harp. 2nd ed. #a1115

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