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O Jesu, kindly Lord, to thee

Author: Thomas Kingo

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Translator: Roland F. Palmer

Palmer, Roland Ford. (London, England, December 12, 1891--August 24, 1985, Victoria, British Columbia). Anglican. Trinity College (Toronto), L.Th., 1914; B.A., 1916. Pastorates (in Ontario) at Engleheart, 1916-1918; Port Arthur, 1918-1919. Entered the Society of St. John the Evangelist ("Cowley Fathers") at Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1919; novice master, later Superior, at San Francisco, 1921-1927; Superior at Bracebridge, Ont., 1927-1949, 1966-1969; Diocesan Missioner, Algoma Diocese, 1949-1966; retired to Toronto in 1969, moving to Victoria in 1979. He published four devotional books, and contributed much to the 1959 revision of the Canadian Prayer Book. His hymn "Sing of Mary, pure and lowly" in the 1938 Book of Common Praise was credited… Go to person page >

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Text Information

First Line: O Jesu, kindly Lord, to thee
Danish Title: O Jesu, sode Jesu, dig
Author: Thomas Kingo
Translator: Roland F. Palmer (1938)
Language: English
Copyright: Public Domain
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Tune

SCHÜTZ 81


EISENACH (Gesius)

MACHS MIT MIR was first published in the collection of music Das ander Theil des andern newen Operis Geistlicher Deutscher Lieder (1605) by Bartholomäus Gesius (b. Münchenberg, near Frankfurt, Germany, c. 1555; d. Frankfurt, 1613). A prolific composer, Gesius wrote almost exclusively for the churc…

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The Book of Common Praise #247

The Book of Common Praise #247

The Hymn Book of the Anglican Church of Canada and the United Church of Canada #346

The Hymn Book of the Anglican Church of Canada and the United Church of Canada #346
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