Our land, with mercies crowned

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Our land, with mercies crowned

Author: Edwin T. Winkler
Published in 14 hymnals

Piano/Organ
	For Love of Country

Instrumental
	SIXTY-ONE TROMBONE HYMNS AND COUNTERMELO…

Handbells
	AMERICA, THE BEAUTIFUL

Author: Edwin T. Winkler

Winkler, Edwin Theodore, D.D., was born in Savannah, Nov. 13, 1823, and educated at Brown University. He entered the Baptist ministry in 1846, and subsequently filled several important literary and other appointments in addition to his pastorates. He died at Marion, Alabama, Nov. 10, 1883. He compiled The Sacred Lute, a Collection of popular Hymns, 1855 (enlarged ed., 1860), to which he contributed 8 hymns, the first lines of which are given in Burrage. (Burrage's Baptist Hymn Writers, 1888, p. 416.) Some of these have passed into other American collections, including "Our land with mercies crowned." (National Hymn.) -- John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)… Go to person page >

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First Line:	Our land, with mercies crowned
Author:	Edwin T. Winkler
Language:	English
Copyright:	Public Domain

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AMERICA (Thesaurus Musicus)

COLUMBIA

ITALIAN HYMN

Felice de Giardini (b. Turin, Italy, 1716; d. Moscow, Russia, 1796) composed ITALIAN HYMN in three parts for this text at the request of Selina Shirley, the famous evangelically minded Countess of Huntingdon. Giardini was living in London at the time and contributed this tune and three others to Mar…

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