Comfort in the Promises

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O God, to thee we raise our eyes

Author: Charlotte Richardson
Published in 21 hymnals

Piano/Organ
	Final Flourishes, Vol. 2

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1 O God, to thee we raise our eyes;
Calm resignation we implore;
O let no murmuring thought arise,
But humbly let us still adore.

2 With meek submission may we bear
Each needful cross thou shalt ordain;
Nor think our trials too severe,
Nor dare thy justice to arraign.

3 For though mysterious now thy ways
To erring mortals may appear,
Hereafter we thy name shall praise
For all our keenest sufferings here.

4 Thy needful help, O God, afford,
Nor let us sink in deep despair;
Aid us to trust thy sacred word,
And find our sweetest comfort there.

Source: The Seventh-Day Adventist Hymn and Tune Book: for use in divine worship #717

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Author: Charlotte Richardson

Richardson, Charlotte, née Smith, an American, was born of poor parents in 1775. In 1802 she was married to a Mr. Richardson, who died two years after. In 1806 several of her poetical compositions were published as Poems written on Different Subjects. From this work the hymn "0 God, to Thee we raise our eyes" (Resignation) is taken. It is altered from a poem on the death of her husband. (Nutter's Hymn Studies, &c, 1884.) --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, Appendix, Part II (1907)… Go to person page >

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First Line:	O God, to thee we raise our eyes
Title:	Comfort in the Promises
Author:	Charlotte Richardson
Meter:	8.8.8.8
Language:	English
Copyright:	Public Domain

Luke 14:27
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MORNING HYMN (Barthélemon)

During the early 1780s François H. Barthélemon (b. Bordeaux, France, 1741; d. Southwark, Surrey, England, 1808) wrote MORNING HYMN at the request of Jacob Duche, chaplain at the Female Orphan Asylum in London, England. Duche had requested that Barthélemon compose a tune for the well-known morning…

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YORK (Barnes)

GILEAD (Mehul)

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