Our Father God, in whom we live

Our Father God, in whom we live

Author: Robert Walmsley
Tune: ERNAN (Mason)
Published in 2 hymnals

Author: Robert Walmsley

Walmsley, Robert, was b. at Manchester March 18, 1831, went to Sale in 1870, where he was till 1904 in business as a jeweller, and d. at Sale Oct. 30, 1905. He was a Congregationalist, and was for 28 years connected with the work of the Manchester Sunday School Union, many of his hymns being written for the annual Whitweek Festival. He published 44 of them, with a preface dated Dec. 1900, as Sacred Songs for Children of all Ages. They are simple, musical, full of a deep love of God, of the works of God in nature, and of little children, and deserve to be more extensively used. The best-known of the longer hymns are:— 1. O praise our God to-day; Ye people haste to pay. [Praise to God.] Dated 1899, and included in his Sacred Songs, &… Go to person page >

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First Line: Our Father God, in whom we live
Author: Robert Walmsley
Meter: Irregular
Language: English
Publication Date: 1938
Notes: May be sung to any Long Metre tune.
Copyright: This text may still be under copyright because it was published in 1938.

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The Book of Common Praise #683e

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The Sunday School Hymnary #401A

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