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El Himnario #225
Display Title: Objeto de mi fe First Line: Objeto de mi fe Tune Title: OLIVET Author: Roy Palmer; T. Westrup Date: 1998 Subject: Iglesia | Fe
El Himnario #225
Objeto de mi fe, Divino Salvador
Translator: Thomas M. Westrup
(no biographical information available about Thomas M. Westrup.) Go to person page >Author: Ray Palmer
Ray Palmer (b. Little Compton, RI, 1808; d. Newark, NJ, 1887) is often considered to be one of America's best nineteenth-century hymn writers. After completing grammar school he worked in a Boston dry goods store, but a religious awakening prodded him to study for the ministry. He attended Yale College (supporting himself by teaching) and was ordained in 1835. A pastor in Congregational churches in Bath, Maine (1835-1850), and Albany, New York (1850-1865), he also served as secretary of the American Congregational Union (1865-1878). Palmer was a popular preacher and author, writing original poetry as well as translating hymns. He published several volumes of poetry and hymns, including Sabbath Hymn Book (1858), Hymns and Sacred Pieces (1865… Go to person page >Arrangements
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