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Providence profusely kind

Providence profusely kind

Author: Anne Steele
Published in 21 hymnals

Representative Text

1 Providence, profusely kind,
Wheresoe'er you turn your eyes,
Bids you with a grateful mind
View a thousand blessings rise.

2 Thankful own what you enjoy:
But a changing world like this,
Where a thousand fears annoy,
Cannot give you perfect bliss.

3 Perfect bliss resides above,
Far above yon azure sky;
Bliss, that merits all your love,
Merits ev'ry anxious sigh.

4 What like this has earth to give?
O ye righteous! in your breast
Let the admonition live,
Nor on earth desire to rest.

5 When your bosom heaves a sigh,
Or your eye emits a tear,
Let your wishes rise on high,
Ardent rise to bliss sincere.

Source: A Collection of Hymns and A Liturgy: for the use of Evangelical Lutheran Churches; to which are added prayers for families and individuals #458

Author: Anne Steele

Anne Steele was the daughter of Particular Baptist preacher and timber merchant William Steele. She spent her entire life in Broughton, Hampshire, near the southern coast of England, and devoted much of her time to writing. Some accounts of her life portray her as a lonely, melancholy invalid, but a revival of research in the last decade indicates that she had been more active and social than what was previously thought. She was theologically conversant with Dissenting ministers and "found herself at the centre of a literary circle that included family members from various generations, as well as local literati." She chose a life of singleness to focus on her craft. Before Christmas in 1742, she declined a marriage proposal from contemporar… Go to person page >

Text Information

First Line: Providence profusely kind
Author: Anne Steele
Copyright: Public Domain

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A Collection of Hymns and a Liturgy for the Use of Evangelical Lutheran Churches #458

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A Collection of Hymns and a Liturgy #458

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A Collection of Hymns and A Liturgy #458

A Collection of Hymns from Various Authors. New ed. #d270

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A Collection of Psalms and Hymns #424

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A Selection of Hymns and Psalms for Social and Private Worship (2nd ed. Enl. and Imp.) #257

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A Selection of Hymns and Psalms for Social and Private Worship (6th ed.) #266

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A Selection of Hymns and Psalms, for Social and Private Worship. (11th ed.) #266

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A Selection of Hymns and Psalms #257

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A Selection of Sacred Poetry #424

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A Selection of Sacred Poetry #424

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Hymns for Children, Selected and Altered #84

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Hymns for Schools #136

Hymns, Selected from Various Authors, for the Use of the Unitarian Church in Washington #d119

Sunday School Singing Book #d25

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The Boston Sunday School Hymn Book #153

The Chapel Hymn Book (4th ed.) #d291

The Chapel Hymn Book. 5th ed. #d286

The Modern Psalmist #d260

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