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O blessed Lord, once more, as at the opening

O blessed Lord, once more, as at the opening

Author: Anson D. F. Randolph
Published in 2 hymnals

Author: Anson D. F. Randolph

Randolph, Anson Davis Fete, was born at Woodbridge, New Jersey, Oct. 18, 1820, and subsequently became a publisher and bookseller in New York. His Hopefully Waiting and other Verses were published in 1861. His hymn "Weary, Lord, of struggling here" (Desiring to Depart), was written in 1849, and first printed in the New York Independent. It was repeated in his Hopefully Waiting, &c, 1867, and is in a few collections. [Rev. F. M. Bird, M.A.] --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)  Go to person page >

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First Line: O blessed Lord, once more, as at the opening
Author: Anson D. F. Randolph
Copyright: Public Domain

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Christ in Song #578

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Songs of the Soul #353

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