O Shepherd of Israel divine, Too far from Thy fold I have

O Shepherd of Israel divine, Too far from Thy fold I have

Author: Thomas Hastings
Published in 6 hymnals

Author: Thomas Hastings

Hastings, Thomas, MUS. DOC., son of Dr. Seth Hastings, was born at Washington, Lichfield County, Connecticut, October 15, 1784. In 1786, his father moved to Clinton, Oneida Co., N. Y. There, amid rough frontier life, his opportunities for education were small; but at an early age he developed a taste for music, and began teaching it in 1806. Seeking a wider field, he went, in 1817, to Troy, then to Albany, and in 1823 to Utica, where he conducted a religious journal, in which he advocated his special views on church music. In 1832 he was called to New York to assume the charge of several Church Choirs, and there his last forty years were spent in great and increasing usefulness and repute. He died at New York, May 15, 1872. His aim was the… Go to person page >

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First Line: O Shepherd of Israel divine, Too far from Thy fold I have
Author: Thomas Hastings
Language: English
Copyright: Public Domain

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Hymns of Worship #487

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The Baptist Hymn Book #930

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The Christian Psalmist; or, Watts' Psalms and Hymns #326

The Psalmodist #d165

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The Psalms and Hymns, with the Doctrinal Standards and Liturgy of the Reformed Protestant Dutch Church in North America #H371

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