Salvation and immortal praise

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Salvation and immortal praise

Author: Isaac Watts
Tune: ST. MAGNUS (Clarke)
Published in 8 hymnals

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	Six Postludes on English Hymn Tunes

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1 Salvation and immortal praise
unto our God we sing!
Let heaven and earth and rocks and seas
with glad hosannas ring.

2 To Father, Son and Spirit blest,
the God whom we adore,
be glory, as it was, and is
and shall be evermore.

Source: The Book of Praise #629

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Author: Isaac Watts

Isaac Watts was the son of a schoolmaster, and was born in Southampton, July 17, 1674. He is said to have shown remarkable precocity in childhood, beginning the study of Latin, in his fourth year, and writing respectable verses at the age of seven. At the age of sixteen, he went to London to study in the Academy of the Rev. Thomas Rowe, an Independent minister. In 1698, he became assistant minister of the Independent Church, Berry St., London. In 1702, he became pastor. In 1712, he accepted an invitation to visit Sir Thomas Abney, at his residence of Abney Park, and at Sir Thomas' pressing request, made it his home for the remainder of his life. It was a residence most favourable for his health, and for the prosecution of his literary… Go to person page >

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First Line:	Salvation and immortal praise
Author:	Isaac Watts
Meter:	8.6.8.6
Language:	English
Copyright:	Public Domain

1 Timothy 1:17
(hymns)

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Tune

ST. MAGNUS (Clarke)

ST. MAGNUS first appeared in Henry Playford's Divine Companion (1707 ed.) as an anonymous tune with soprano and bass parts. The tune was later credited to Jeremiah Clark (b. London, England, c. 1670; d. London, 1707), who was a chorister in the Chapel Royal and sang at the coronation of James II in…

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